Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1917 — Page 1

olume XV. Number 13.

LINER IS SUNK Liner Minnesota Sunk in Collision is London An- ■ nouncement Today. - ■ RUSSIANS I ALL BACK King of Bavaria Accedes to < Kaiser Wilhelm’s Dcnunciation of Allies. (United press Service) BULLETIN London, Jan. 15—(Special to Daily

Democrat)—The steamer Minnesota has been sunk' in a collision today. j Zurich, Jan. 15—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Karl Liebknecht. German Socialist leader has been sentenced to four and one half years imprisonment at hard labor and expulsion from the; bar according to advices received to•day. Amsterdam. Jan. 15—(Special to l Daily Democrat)—Appreciation of the Kaiserk defiance to the allies and . agreement to his declaration that the! ententes refusal of peace shows th'dr lust of conquest was expressed in a message from the king of Bavaria to Kaiser Wilhelm today according t;> dispatches. The kings message said: —“Your strong words expressing indignation over our enemies reply finds a lively echo in all our hearts. All the (Ser- ' man people share your iron will to break our enemies presumption.” Berlin via irelezs to Saville, Jan. 15 ' —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Capture by storm in hand Io hand fight- ' ing of the villiage of Vadeni, the last city held by the Russian forces south' j of th river Sereth was announced to-' day in official statements. ,

SERVICES CONTINUE. The following contribution was sent in. but there is nothing to indicate nt what place the services arei held: “The regular services still continue with increasing interest and at-. tendance. A goodly number were; present at the young people's meeting Sunday evening. "The Second Coming of Christ." ft was taught plainly how he would come, and his purpose in coming. To judge the world in righteousness, the resurrection of all the dead, at the same instant, coming forth from the graves With a spiritual body. The ascension of the righteous to meet the Lord, to forever be with him. and the departure of the wicked nito the lake of fire to be tormented forever, with the devil and his angels, etc. The subject next Sunday evening will be “The ( Christian and the Sinner Contrasted." A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend. Prayer service, Wednes-day-evening, 7:30 p. tn.; Sabbth school, 9:30 a. m.: Young People's meeting. Sunday. 7:00 p. tn.” SUFFERS FROM PARALYSIS. Green Burkhead. well known citizen and business man, suffered a stroke of paralysis last night about 8 o’clock and is in a rather serious condition at his home on South Thirteenth street. He was at his home where a few neighbors had gathered with the family and they were sing-i ing, when Mr. Burkhead suddenly fell forward. His entire right side is paralysed and he is unable to talk today though he understands when .spoken to. He has been in poor health for several years and this attack is coni idered serious. M ... —r» — ■-— - —

TO ATTACK TAMPICO i 1 (United Press Service) Galveston, Texas, Jan. 15 —(Special ( to Daily Democrat)—An attack cn Tampico by Villistas is expected daily ' hy the inhabitants of the city, according to passengers arriving here from Tampico today. They said Villa had Mired all rolling stock on the line to Monterery for military purposes and tjtere had not been a train out of Tampico sinbe January seventh. IS MAKING GOOD Ed Berling was at Herne this morning attending a directors and stock holders meeting of the Berne Overall & Shirt Co., This concern has been in business one year and this was i heir first annual meeting. It is a growing concern and promises to be one of the best in that town. They ' paid a dividend of 10 per cent for the year.

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HAVE BOUGHT A NEW EDISON The House Committee of the Masonic lodge today contracted for lhe purchase of an Edison laibratory Model i phongraph, newest machine of Its kind on the market and the best made! it is claimed. The machine will be de- i i livered today with thirty records and! I the boys expect to secure new recj ords as they come out. The phono- ■ graph is finished in mahogany and! finishes the club rooms just about ! tight and the boys are anticipating! much pleasure from this addition. The machine was purchased from the Holthotise Drug Store, local agents for this instrument. HENRYJSNAMEU

Thomas W. Lawson Names Chairman Henry, Probe Committee, as Leak. DEWEY IS DYING Mann White Slave Act Covers Non-Commercial Vice Rules Supreme Court. (United Press Service) BULLETIN. Washington, D. C., Jan. 15—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Thomas W. Lawson today told the house leak to Wall street committee that Chairman Henry of the committee was the congressman wh« told him of rumors regarding the leak on the president's not to belligerents. Lawson’s congressional informant, he testified last week, connected the name of a cabinet member and another official with the leak. Washington, Jan. 15—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Late this afternoon Admiral Dewey's physicians issued a statement that the hero of Manilla

bay was slowly sinking. His death at any moment. The statement says: "Admiral Dewey has been slowly declining since early this morning. Although he has shown great rallying powers at times] he is slowly sinking.” _____ Washington, Jan. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The supreme court today decided that the Mann whit’ i slave law applies to non-commercial vice and is constitutional, in upholding state court trials resulting in con-! viction of Maury 1. Diggs, F. Drew Caminetti and L. T. Hays, for violation of the law. Diggs and Caminetti were sentenced to prison and fined for transportation of women to another state from their California home, pleaded that the law was not intended to apply to ' non-commercial vice. Washington, Jan. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A decision fovori’ig the government and against the railroads in the railway “mail pay divii Sor” case involving millions of dollars in paying for mail transportation! was given today by the supreme cou't. 1 It sustained the court of claims decision sustaining the postmaster general. WALKER FILES BILL (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Jan. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Final action on some of the important bills now before the legislature was predicted for this week when both houses convened , after a three day recess at two o’clock this afternoon. Bills creating a state highway commission, simplifying impeachment pro-

ceedings, abolition of capital punishment, were scheduled for quick action. Representative Walker of Adams County expected to introduce a bill providing for military training in all public schools. Harvey Harmon of Princeton stated that he would introduce a bill providing for lepers in the state. The 1.11 l will allow counties in which epers are found to establish a one acre farm in connection with the county farm, for lepers. o— i READY TO TAKE IT. I (United Press Service) Washington, Jan. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat)— Prepared, it was officially hinted, to take over the territory which will be vacated when General Pershings column withdraws from Mexico, ten thousand Carranxistas have arived at Torreon from the south the state department dispatches said todayi

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, January 15, 1917.

THE CO-WORKERS Twenty-six Members of Decatur Class Conduct Monroeville Service IN THE M. E. CHURCH Afternoon Service for Men Assist With Music at Revival in the Evening. ■■■ « ■ ■ Automobiles bearing twenty-six j ! members of the Co-Workers' Class of I the Methodist Sunday school left here!

' yesterday for Monroeville where they conducted a men’s service in the afternoon at the Methodist church. A musical service was given and exeel- ■ lent talks given by Dan Erwin and ' Charles Teeple. At five o’clock the Monroeville ladies served a delicious and appetizing luncheon in the church for the visitors and the class remained for the 1 evening service. A great revival is in 1 progress at the Monroeville church land the Co-Workers' class which has | a fine men's chorus, under the dir- : ection of W. F. Beery, conducted tiie musical service. Those in the party were: Mel J. Butler. Milton E. Hower, Frank Carroll. Harve Smith, Janies Catchall, W. F. Beery. C. 1,. Walters. C. D. Lewton. Herschel Reynolds, J. C. Burkhead, Fred Bencher, Alex R. Bell, Joe D. McFarland, C. D. Teeple, Joe H. Haney, Dan N. Erwin, Dale Sphar, E. Burt Lenhart, Dr. J. Q. Neptune. Jesse O. Sellemeyer, Henry Dellinger. Walter E. Johnson and the pianist. Miss Celia Andrews, accompanied by her mother. Mrs. Agnes Andrews. o :— K. OF C. NOTICE. < Regular meeting tonight. The lecturer has arranged something good in the way of entertainment. G. K. promSjnbar Superintendent of Hartford City Schools to Address Parents-Teachers OF THE WEST WARD Thursday Evening at U. B. Church—The Public is Cordially Invited. Professor Merlin, M. Dunbar, superintendent of the Hartford City school, has been secured to give the main address at the meeting to be conducted at the United Brethren church, under i the auspices of the Parents-Teachers’ club of the West Ward school. The meeting will be held Thursday evening, the program beginning at 7:15 o'clock. Six or seven local speakers will also give addresses and thel evening will be a very good one. Professor Dunbar will speak on some of the parents-teachers' problems. He is an educator of state fame and has made a special study, of the problems that confront both teachers and parents, and is well qualified to speak thereof. Mr. Dunbar is an Adams’ county boy, having been born and

reared at Linn Grove. The public is cordially invited toI come. RESUME ELECTION PROBE (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Jan. 15—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Investigation of alleged frauds in Vanderberg county was taken up by the Federal grand jury when it reconvened today for its probe into the November seventh balloting in Indiana. Although no witnesses from Vanderberg county were j present L. Ert Slack, United States I district attorney stated that evidence 1 which investigators at Evansville had been procuring would be presented. ' BARBER SHOP SOLD. John W. Rabbitt this morning sold his barber shop on South Second street to Ed L. Augenbaugh, who took possession at once. Mr. Rabbitt’s plans contemplate his leaving the city, it is said.

TO CONDUCT INSTITUTE Mrs. McCrea Will Address Missionary Societies At Presbyterian i ——— I Not only have the members of (bel 1 Presbyterian Missionary society been | looking forward with interest to the i event, but the members of the societies of the other churches, will also i heartily appreciate the missionary institute which will be conducted al the i Ih-esbyterian church, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Mrs. McCrea, 1 | of Indianapolis, former synodical pres-1 j ident. She will give an address on a | good subject and the meeting will no conducted like an Institute, with the .answering of questions. There will :be no charge. The ladies of the s,’i defies of other churches have been inI vited through pulpit announcement, and a cordial invitation is also extend-' ed herewith.

Jthe court news *1 1 John Williamson Pleads J Guilty to Larceny—Geneva Man Arrested . AT PORTLAND, INDIANA 1 Fort Wayne Case Will be Appealed to Supreme Court—Other Notes. John Williamson, of Geneva, brought here from Portland Saturday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff D. Jacobs, was arraigned in court this morning, where he.pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny, that of taking coal from the G. R. & 1. railroad. The i charge was made by Detective Will poehrman. The Portland Cnmnier cial Review says of the arrest: “John (Williamson, known as “Three-fingered John,” was placed under arrest as a fugitive from justice by Marshal TTffben shortly before 3 o'clock Saturday , afternoon, and placed in the city cala- , boose to await the arrival of the town marshal of Geneva, who had a warrant for his arrest on a charge of grand larceny. Marshal Tieben received a telephone message from the Geneva official shortly after two o’clock, stating that Williamson was ■ in this city and requesting that he be apprehended and held until the arrival of the Geneva officer. Tieben | located his man in the Baker and I House pool room about twenty minutes later.” In the case of James P. Karr vs. John D. Rauclu from Fort Wayne, special appearance was entered by! Leonard, Rose & Zollars, to the petition of the paintiff to require the de fendant to turn over certain stock. Motion by defendant to strike out plea in abatement was sustained; and defendant given 20 days to file bill o' exception. Motion by defendant to strike out and dismiss and strike from' the record the plaintiff’s motion to require the defendant to turn over certain stock in his hands to the receiver, was overruled to which the dei fendant excepted, twenty days being given to file bill of exceptions. Demurrer by the defendant to motion by | the plaintiff to require the defendant ! to turn over certain stock to the re-1 1 ceiver was overruled, and excepted to,t as was also objection to filing of said demurrer. Notice was given to the court by the defendant that he intends I to appeal to the supreme court upon ! the bill of exceptions showing the court’s decision overruling the plea ir abatement. Motion by the defendant I to strike out plaintiff’s motion and up-

on the pleadings overruled and the court gives the defendant twenty days < time to file all bills of exceptions, t Counter showing filed by the defend- ( s.nts. Motion by plaintiff to require ( defeandant to turn over said stock. , In the estate of D. Sprunger, Josia 1 Sprunger, executor, filed inventory which was approved. He was also authorized to sell personal property at public sale after two weeks* publica-' tion and posting. In the Frank Lord estate, appraise-1 inent of real estate as filed. Charles Morrison, guardian of Chas, i . Sims, filed current report which Was approved and the trust continued. Judge D. E. Smith is at Bluffton this afternoon. Jos. M. Pease et al to John M. i Wheeler, 43.55 acres of Wabash town- | ship, quit claim deed, SSO.

HOOSIER BRIEFS Hartford City Business Men Will Not Guarantee the Sale of Tickets FOR THE CHAUTAUQUA Bl u lit on Odd Fellows Will Entertain Grand Officers on January. 26. Hartford City, Jan. 15—(Special to I Daily Democrat)—Hartford City busi-| ness men balked at guaranteeing 'lie'

! sale of seven hundred tickets at tw > | ! dollars and fifty cents each, to get a k Redpath Chautauqua for that city this summer. Fort Wayne—Officials of the Fort, 5 Wayne Corugated Paper Company deny their intention to erect a plant lat Hartford City. An official of the] I company was in Hartford City Satur-] day and refused to make a statement ! | for the public. » ] k Bluffton. Ind. —On January 26th the! Bluffton Encampment of Odd Fellows will entertain Grand Chief Patriarch • Charles Allison of Russiaville and i Grand Junior Warden, John LaFollette of Portland. Lodges in the vicinity willi probably Ims invited to. attend.

Dunkirk. —Tho contract for tho cr- , 1 notion of a twenty thousand dollar church here was awarded to John f. Fudge of this city. Work on the new church will begin early in the spring. i , I Portland, —The .smallpox situation in this city is improved. Three homes ! were released from quarantine Saturday and no new cases have developed in the past few days. Van Wert, —Twa prisoners in the . county jail here escaped early yester- ' day afternoon by squeezing through the bars'. CHTrIIH OFFICE Board of Trustees of the St. Mary’s Church Wes Re-elected Sunday. SERVE ANOTHER YEAR B. J. Smith Treasurer and C. S. Niblick, Secretary —To Meet Tuesday. The annual election of officers took place Sunday morning immediately after the high mass servies at the St. Mary's Catholic church, with the re ! suit that the old board was re-elected. The officers also comprise the board ■of trustees. They are B. J. Smith, treasurer; C. S. Niblic, secretary; H. H. Bremerkamp, John C. Moran and Clayson Carroll, collectors. Tuesday levelling at the Knights of Columbus hall a business meeting will be held I by the finance board and the officers. The fund for the new SIOO,OOOI j church building is growing rapidly and it is a certainty that at tlie end of five years the beautiful new edifice j will be built. i The officers elected will serve for another year. o GET YOUR TICKETS

The members of thes Masonic house committee are selling tickets now f.r the big entertainment to be given Friday evening by the Chicago ’trouba-1 dore company. The five members of that company will give a delightful program of songs, readings and music from 8:15 to 9:30 and the following that will be given a dance continuing until midnight. Tickets are ready now, one dollar per couple or single tickets at fifty cents. Don’t miss this delightful evening. o TO SEARCH MEXICO (United Press Service) ! .Washington, Jan. 15—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A squadron of army aeroplanes will be sent into Mexico in search of Colonel Bishop and Lieutenant Robertson missing army aviators, Major General Bell telegraphed the war department today. Latest teports said no trace of the men had been discovered.

AT THE REX TODAY. “The Yellow Menace" deals with the fanatical ambition of Ali Singh, portrayed with ali his masterly art by Mr. Steven t, Chinese, Junapese. Hindus, Malays ami Polynesoans, Into ! one mighty army to conquer “the lion !of the west,” the United States. How Ali Singh invades America and laughs i scornfully at the traps set for hint by I the secret service and other govern- | mental agencies and terrorizes the land, forms the substance of the sixteen episodes, although besides the big scenes employing hundreds of people and the numerous sensational scenes, there runs throughout the series a tender love story. ABOUT THE SICK

Harry Parr, Working on Scaffolding for Interurban, Receives Shock AND IS THROWN To Ground—Samuel Burkhead Very Low—Miss Anker is Better. Harry Parr, while working on a P scaffolding, adjusting an overhead ( wire for the interurban, near the > Holthouse garage, recevied an elec- > trie shock this afternoon about 2:20.'

. which rendered him unconscious, throwing him to lhe ground. His knees were badly skinned and he was ,! badly bruised, and rendered 'very nervous by the shock. However, at the time of going to press, lie had not rallied sufficiently to talk very much. i and his physician could not tell the . extent of any internal injuries, if any. He was taken to his home on ‘ Ninth street. is a son of Mrs. Amy Parr. — Veronica, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Anker, is better, although she] lias been bedfast since Thursday] when she suffered a relapse, having been ill the first of the year with ’ catarrhal fever and an abscess in her head. Barney "Wertzberger went to Fort ! Wayne this morning where lie will en- ! ter the St. Joseph hospital for treatment, and probably for an operatim if that, is deemed best. He was accompanied by Mrs. Wertzberger,, his] father, Joseph Rumschlag and the io-] cal physician. Mr. Wertzberger is ihe well known barber of this city. Mrs. W. Wade and child returned j this afternoon to their home in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Wade has been at the Mrs. Wade lias been at ETAOINNN bedside of her father, Samuel Burk-1 : head, well known veteran, who is very I low. He remains about the same. GET YOUR SEAT The High School Students Will Take' the Gallery. You must be sure to attend thei school faculty's play. "The Deaco t’s Second Wife” Tuesday evening at the \ opera house. If you haven't gotten ; your seat yet, you can get a good onura chair by seeing any of the high j school students, or by calling them at the central school building. Phone ! 30. The high school students will give up their seats and take the gel-1 lery. The play promises to be a very i ! good one. It is full of fun and will drive away dull care. 0 TO CURB TRUSTS.

Sorvlro' Washington. D. C., Jan. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Secretary of i the Navy Daniels plans to equip navy j yards so they can build one-third of all ships and manufacture one-third of all necessary munitions all the , time, two-thirds if manufacturers and ’ i builders demand unreasonable prices I and everything the navy needs in case j exorbitant prices are demanded, he ! told the house naval committee today. LOWEST TEMPERATURE | The lowest temperature of the winter was experienced Sunday nfbrning when thermometers at various places i > throughout the city ranged from six ■ to ten degrees below zero. The cold j > held at zero until near noon when it . began to warm up slightly gaining! . about fourteen degrees in the early 11 afternoon. This morning the tern- ■ • perature was ten degrees above, hav-i ling risen from zero in the early even-: I Ing.

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A CULTURE CLUB L 1 The Catholic Club Name of 'I New Organization to Meet Fortnightly FOR THE STUDY Os Educational Subject— Has Seventeen Members —The Officers. “The Catholic Culture Club” is the name of a new organization of seventeen young ladies, who will meet fort-

nightly for the study of some educational subject. The golden rod is their flower and the colors, brown and | gold. The following officers have been chosen: President. Miss Emilie Ton- [ nelier; vice president, Mrs. RoTtert McMahon; recording secretary. Miss Rose Voglewede; corresponding secretary and treasurer. Miss Adelaide Deininger. The membership roll includes tho following: Leona Bosse. Genevieve Bremerkamp, Margaret and Rose (Tmter, Adelaide, Frances and Mary Deininger, Mary Hartings, Gertrude hnd Helena Holthouse, Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, Mrs. Robert McMahon, Georgia Meibers, Emilie and Rose Tonnelier, Bertha and Rose Voglewede. The study period will be divided

. into two parts. The first is devoted 11 to current events; and the second to 1 the topic as laid out in the year book, j Thursday is the meeting night. The meeting this week will be I Thursday. January 18, with Miss Adelaide Deininger. Miss Bertha Vogle--1 'cede will have the program, her subiect being “Why Nations War.” A WONDERFUL PRODUCTION. One of the current season's biggest hits in New York. Chicago. Philadel- ; oh La. Pittsburg, San Francisco and Los Angeles. D. W. Griffith's latest I spectacle, "Intolerance.” is booked to ] •’npear at the Majtstic theater. Fort Wayne, for three days commencing Monday evening, January 15, and twice daily. 2:15 and 8:15 p. tn. In his, said to be the most magnificent j production of all time. Mr. Griffith j gives visual presentation of four different decades—Babylon in the days of Belshazzar, the magnificent; Judea, at the time of Nazarene; Medieval France, when Catherine de Medica dictated to her son, Charles IX, and the present—and throughout them all he sustains most interestingly tho motive of the play—love's struggle throughout the ages. Possibly the most stupenduously magnificent ucenes are those representing Belshazzar’s feast. They disclose a pan- ! oramic view, of over a mile of anI cient world splendors and architec- ! tural wonders aganist wheih diaphan- | ously attired women and picturesquei ly clad men stand out in ste: eoscopic i relief. Such battle scenes as those I revealing the clash of Belshazzar’s ] forces and the hordes of Cyrus on and about the mighty walls of Babylon are breathtaking. You see catapults ! and battering rams, crossbows, and (laming engines in action; you see | huge moving siege towers with their ! complement of gladiators crash to the ground; you see mighty men, in hand to hand conflict —ancient warfare. ! thrilling, inspiring, so real that you | cannot believe it mine. There are | three love stories in “Intolerance.” ! each witli its own set of characters. I The principal players of the largest | cast ever assembled for any stage ; production numbers Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Miriam Cooper, Constance Talmage. Bessie Love, Seena Owen,

Margery Wilson, Robert Harron, Alfred Paget. Elmer Clifton. Tully Marshall and Walter Long. A symphony | orchestra of thirty will interpret the ; score. o • MACCABEES TO MEET I . An especially large number of the Maccabees are requested to be at the meeting to be held Tuesday night commencing at seven-thirty o’clock, at which time business of importance will come before the order. Every member of the order is urged to be there. CENSUS REPORT Mr. and Mrs. William Lammert of ! First street are happy over the birth !of their first grandchild. This is the ten pound daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Liniger of Third street. ; The’babe has been named Rose Elizabeth. The mother was formerly Miss [ Bertha Lammert.