Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1917 — Page 1

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| AT TWO O'CLOCK i Indiana Will Decide furor Against Prohibition Tomorrow Afternoon. I THOUSANDS THERE I To Lend Moral Support to Measure—ls Special Order of Business. I ft . (United Press Service) i BULLETIN. Indianapolis. Ind.. Jan. 31 — (SpecI ial to Daily Democrat)—lndiana will ■ decide for or dganist prohibition tog morrow at two o’clock. Lieutenant Governor Bush today ■ announced that the Wright prohibition bill which has already passed E the house will be made a special or- ■ der of business in the senate for two ■ o’clock tomorrow afternoon. | Indianapolis, Jan, 31—(Special to t* 811 *' I’etnocrat) - After charges were / |ma<le in the senate today that an atIF tempt was being made to rush the con■fititutional convention bill through the upper house of the legislature wii.it- ■ <>ut giving the measure due considers atfon, action on the bill was postponSi:• ed until the afternoon session. | The Wright prohibition bill was recommended for passage by the sen- * ale committee on rights and privileK fees. Thousands of prohibitionists g were arriving in Indianapolis today to be on hands for the final action on the measure tomorow. An attempt to amend the bill so that drug stores woud be prohibited from selling intoxicating liquors is under consideration, it was learned Today. Senator Chambers is backing the amendment. The visiting committee ' appointed by ex-gavernor Samuel M. Ralsttjn today made its recommendations for appropriations to the house. The committee recommended that the tax lew for the maintainance of Indiana uni- & versity. Purdue university and the B state normal school be raised to twenty cents from seven cents. It explained that salaries were practically do'ibB: led in 1916 as compared witli 1913. K The committee asked that $259,900 be appropriated for improvements of fethe villiage for epileptics besides the ■ regular appropriation of $77,500. The K specific appropriation is for the purI' chase of land and construction of ad- | ditional cottages. ! Indianapolis, Jan. 31 — (Special to ■paily Democrat)—nick M. Vesey, ■representative from Ft. Wayne and K Surprise of the legislative session, to■nv sprung another sensation when ■he announced he favored passage o' ■ the woman suffrage bill. He sprang ■bis first surprise by voting tor the ■ prohibition bill when he was suppos- ■ ed to be “wet.’ | Vesey, who is chairman of the house ■committee considering woman sufbad supposedly been opposed '< ■ the measure and announced eat lint ■in the week that the bill would prob- ■ ably be killed in committee. The Fort Wayne representative toBduy stated, however, that he not only ■ favored the measure but that he would ■make a speech for it it the bill reath■cs the floor of the house. E Indianapolis, Jan. 31— (Special to ■Daily Democrat)—The fate ot lildiK ana’s saloons, as far as the prt st it ■legislature is concerned, will proba >- Ely be decided at tomorow's session oi ■ft the upper house of the legislating. ■ According to present indications, ft the Wright Prohibition bill, which has ■ already passed the house, will come Bnp for third reading ami a vote on thft senate tomorrow. Thousands of prohibition workers | from all parts of the state are preI paring to come to Indianapolis tomorI row for a great demonstration when I the prohibition measure comes up ter I final action. R. S. Shumaker, superin- ■ tendent of the anti-saloon league, pr-‘ I dieted today that there would be t.0),I 000 prohibition workers in the city to ■ morrow. The fate of the measure was still E uncertain today, with both sides | claimrng victory. About tin on ? B. thing certain regarding <'>' ' d< 101 I which the senate will take is that 1 | will be close. Several senators have lelti.e < I make known what stand tin .> « 1 I until their vote is cast. The drys ti.i I practically certain of twenty lour am

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( the wets of at. least twenty-one. This leaves four in the doubtful column. One thing which considered signifh cant today, however, was the fact that the dry workers are asking immediate action of the prohibition bill, despite the fact that a new senator will be elected from Noble and Steuben counties a dry districtnext week, to succeed the late Senator Green. It is stated that the prohi[j tionists would not desire the senate to act on the bill until after the new senator is elected, if they were not > confident that they would be victor- ' ions without the aid of the legislator to be elected to succeed Green. BRIEFS Harry Wanted the License and Kind Friend Loaned Him the Price. f I UNDER WHICH UNION )o Bituminous Block Workers Come—Montpelier School is Condemned. (United Press Service) Terre Haute, Jan. 31—(Special to : Daily Democrat)—Harry 1). Dill, appeared at the courthouse to procure a marriage license. When he learned the amount the license cost, he was 1 forced to go out and “touch” a friend for the amount necessary. (United Press Service) Gary.—Gary's first life insurance company is being formed. It will be known as the Gary National Life Insurance Company. (United Press Service) Brazil —The Otter Creek Coal Company here is mining both block and bituminous coal, and union officials are unable to decide whether the work ers should come under the jurisdtc ! tiontt of the bitumnoius or block miners union. (United r-ress Service) Hartford City—The Main street ( ward school building of Montpelier I Las been condemned by the state board of health and cannot be used for school purposes after next June. (United Press Scrv’-a) Evansville —Vanderburgh county's road school opened at the court house today. o REVIVAL AT M. E. CHURCH. Special services at the Methodist church ahe already attracting 'large audiences. The music is led by a volunteer choir which fills the choir loft- -now made larger to provide room for a big choir. The music is helpful and inspiring. Everyone is welcome to these services. The outI look is that there will be a great re- ! viva! of religion, brought, about by this series of meetnigs. Com? and - see. CMMITTEE. ■ ° ADMITS FAILURE (Uni.ed Press Service) Washington. Jan. 31 (Special to . Daily Democrat) —Recalled by the senate military committee for cross fire grilling' by senator Lee, Major General Wood today admitted tne I quartermasters department of the - army had “collapsed entirely ’ during the early stages of military mobilization on the border. ON SOUTHERN TRIP 1 J. S. Dowers left last evening for Cuba where he will spend a couple of 1 week touring altout the Islands and then will go to Jacksonville, Fla , where he will make an indefinite stay. He will visit at Jacksonville, ' Forgartyville and a number ot other well known winter resorts. Mr. Bowers has been making these trips lor his health. _ DR. C. S. CLARK ASSISTED Dr C. S. Clark assisted at the opor- !- ation performed on Mrs. J. O. fisher ». Tuesday afternoon, he administering . the anaesthetic. Mrs. Fisher is geti. ting along quite well considering the seriousness of the case. A trained 11 nurse is in attendance. ~~\eva NG ELI CAL CHURCH V - n This evening at 7:00 the mid week it service will take place after which the choir will rehearse songs for the o dedication. Let all who can make an :e effort to be present for the first meet--e ing. Note the change from 7:30 to id 7:00.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, January 31, 1917.

STATE OFFICER .1 Miss Florence McGregor, of Mt. Vernon, Guest of d Local Rebekahs. iTWO WERE INITIATED V 11 . Mrs. E. S. Christen and Mrs. Bruce Christian Received as Members. I Miss Florence McGregor, of Mt. Vernon, president of the state Rebekah I assembly, was a guest of the local | lodge last evening, at a very pleasant gathering, largely attended. The initiatory degree was given two candidates, Mrs. E. S. Christen and Mrs. Bruce Christen, both of whom have been Rebekahs at prior times. Following the initiation, Miss McGreI gor gave an address, complimenting { the degree team on their work, and ' I making various suggestions of profit to the order. Addresses were also given by members of the local lodge, including Misdames A. D. Artman, Stella Crist, ! Rena Hoffman. Homer Knodle, E. S. Christen and others. The local degree team may enter the district contest to be held at Bluffton soon, and suggestions relative to that were re- [ | ceived. Several out of town members were present. Among them were Berne ladies and also, Mrs. Alice Kirkendall Sullivan, of Washington state, this being her first visit here in thirteen years. A social, with the serving of refreshments, including baked bears, pickles, sandwiches, coffee cake and tutti-frutti closed the assembly at . the midnight hour. MR.BROAS DEAD Burley Broas, 70. Well Known Geneva, Mason, Died Yesterday. WAS ILL A YEAR Os Bright’s Disease—Funeral Will be Held on Thursday Afternoon. Burley Broas, 70, for twenty years . a well known figure in the oil fields in the vicinity of Geneva, passed away at four o’clock yesterday afternoon at the home of J. H. Runyon, at Geneva, He has been ill a year of Brights disease, to which his death was due. Mr. Broas was a thirty-second degree Mason, and is well known in Decatur Masonic circles as well. He was in the class with County Treasurer George Kinzle taking the thirtysecond degree in Indianapolis in 1900. Mr. Broas was never married, He was a Canadian by birth but for forty years of more was connected with the Liebet family at Geneva. He has a sister but her location is unknown 1 here. The funeal will be held from the Masonic hall at Gevena Thursday as- ! ternoon. The body will be taken to i Indianapolis for burial, the Liebert ', family with whom he was associated having their burial place there. I THE WALL BETWEEN Francis X. Bushman and Beverly ' Bayne, the crowned king and queen of the silent drama, will be seen here ‘ at the Crystal theater tonight in “The ' Wall Between”, a sensational five act Metro wonderplay. This production | is by far the most pretentious feature i in which these stars have appeared ' in their long career on the screen. r It is a military masterpiece and as--5 j fords an excellent opportunity for the ' staging of scores of thrilling seems. ' “The Wall Between” was produced 1 under the personal direction of John W. Noble, of the Metro staff, who is a graduate of West Point and saw seven years active service as an officer in k the United States Army. A typical i Metro cast will be seen in this feat e ure and more than two thousand perT sons appear in the production. "The ■'Wall Between” was produced by the oj Quality Pictures Coropration for the | Metro program.

S BOHNKE FUNERAL THURSDAY 11 The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Isays further, of Mrs. William Bohnk*<s {death: “Surviving relatives of Mis. f | Christine Bohnke, an account «<>t' { whose death appeared in these colj unins Tuesday morning, include he{sides the rusband, C. W. Bohnke, the i following children: Mrs. Clarence { Fields, Geneva; Mrs. William Getting, j [ Mrs. Carl Bohner, Clara. Carl, Her- { man and Theodore of this city, and three grandchildren. "Funeral services will be conducted from the residence, 2225 Lafayette street, Thursday afternoon nt 1:30 o'clock and at 2 o’clock from Zion’s Lutheran church, with Rev. Luehr officiating. Interment at Concordia.” 'prevent plague t 1 > Dr. Harry Smock of Sears, i > Roebuck & Company Talks in Indiana. ’ l AT STATE CAPITAL t Sanitation, Ventilation and Medical Care is the Best Cure. ' (United Press Service) South Bend.. Jan. 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Dr. Harry Smock, chief surgeon for the Sears Roebuck ! company, spoke before the Indiana Society for the Prevention of Tuber- ( culosis in session here today on pre vention of tuberculosis in industries. I He explained how increased sanitation, better ventilation and medical I cares for employes served to lessen I the danger of tuberculosis. Miss Gwynedd Webster of Goshen I spoke on the “Extension of Commun- { | ity Nursing. “She told of the great II work which is being done by publii , { nurses toward preventing spread et the White Plague. George E. O’Brien, South Bend ! - President of the board ot' health in hospital; Dr. Eric Cull, director of t.m Ft. Recovery hospital, Ft. Wayne, E B.Wetherow, superintendent of Miami county schools; Miss Mary Ogilvie. Evansville and Edwin L. Rickert, sup- , erintendent of Connersville schools, spoke at this afternoon's session. The convention will close with a ’ banquet tonight. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Mr. LeCount was greeted by a good audience last night. He stated that he was getting acquainted last nighl ' and would be ready to preach tonight > However he gave a helpful message on the theme. “Knowing Christ.” The people were interested and will be J glad to go again. Song service to- . night opens promptly at 7:30. Mr. LeCount will speak on “The Incarnation of Christ as applied to modern j ■ society. thLcHTnews Partition Case is Filed— Also a Complaint on Lease Entered. ARRESTS ARE MADE ) • . I 1 Ed Kintz Charged With Allowing Minors to Play Pool—Bond Given. I 1 J. F. Fruchte and J. T. Merryman are attorneys for Louise Koldewey! 1 who filed a partition case against I.i- --’ sette Dirkson, et al. ‘ - 1 Sheriff Ed Green arrested Ed Kintz j o ntwo inditementjs rendered by the - grand jury. One was for allowing . minors to play pool and the other allowing minors in his pool room. He I gave a S2OO bond in each case. , A. C. Butcher filed a complaint for, a Gay, Zwick & DJyers against Wilma j II Emery, on lease, demand SBO. n 1 Real estate transfers: Barbara t- Schindler to Otto Neuenschwander, ■- lot 219 Berne, $500; John C. Moran to e Joseph L. Hook, 5 acres of Blue Creek e township, John A. Mumma, to Otto e Fuelling, 40% acres of Root township $4050.

AT LOS ANGELES s ' • 1. f Body of Harriet Morrison Wallace Laid to Rest in Englewood Cemetery THIS AFTERNOON 1 Death Followed Serious » Heart Attack of Last Friday Night. ( Funeral services for Harriet Morrii 1 son Wallace whose death occurred al ’ San Gabriel. Cal. Monday night ;:t 9:15 o’clock were held this afternoon | the body being laid to rest in lieauiii ful Englewood cemetery, Los Angeles. ! Detailed word of the illnes and tip l death was received this morning InMr. and Mrs.-John Niblick. Although Mrs. Wallace had been ill for six months, the last serious stage cant?, i in a serious heart attack Friday. Tirs continued until her death Monday I night. The body was not brought ba-k here for burial owing to the fact that I the mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison, { who has suffered much from the strain and worry, was unable to make the trip. Coming as it would, in tliA midst of the winter season, when shei has become acclimated to the south, where she has spent many winters the trip would further have endangered the health of the mother. Hence the interment in the south. NEARLY HALF DIVORCES / The divorce cases filed in the Allen I | circuit court equaled nearly half of the! | marriages licenses filed. There were i 952 marriage licenses issued; and 417 i : divorce complaints filed. ABOUT OLOIPAIN In New America Will be Lesson of Methodist Missionary Society. AT THE CHURCH Mrs. Emma Daniels is the Leader—Good Program Has Been Announced. Program of the W. H. Missionary Society of the M. E. church. Meeting to be held in Lecture room of the church on Thursday at 2:30 p. m. Study Lesson “Old Spain in New America." Leader—Mrs. Emma L. Daniels. Devotionals —Mrs. W. J. Meyers. In the land of Adobe and Sunshine. ! —Mrs. Dan Beery. The Bible in Latin America. —Mrs. Earl Adams. j Missions in the two Americas — Mrs. Will Schrock. , Music. : i i The Angels of Bunea Vista —Whit-jj ! tier —Mrs. Roy Archbold. | Illustrated Eary Missions. —Mis. | ; I Dan Sprang. { j Music. . I , Business. | MEMBERS OF UNIQUE GUN CLUB The Urbana Democrat of Urbana, j Ohio, contained in a recent issue a ’ picture of fourteen “Marksmen and i hard hitters,” members of the Careys- ! ville and Platteville gun club, a unij que organization in that section. They { use old fashioned muzzle loading I squirrel rifles and they know how to { I shoot. Among the members are Sol' ! Brandyberry, aged 70 and recognized, as one of the best shots, also Tom I | Everett, formerly of this county, who { has won his share of honors. They! hold frequent meets and have issued | a challenge to any gun club in th» j country. L. C. HELM IN THE THIRD — L. C. Heim, well known insurance! j man, yesterday filed his declaration I with City Clerk DeVoss as a candi-j date for councilman of the third whrd.l , So far his is the only declaration filed i for councilnian of that ward. The re-1 : publicans held a caucus at head quari ters last evening and discussed a slate i ticket which will probably be filed this week. I

I WABASH TRAIN WRECKED 1 I (United PresM Service) Dillon, Ind., Jim 31 (Special to ().• Dally Democrat) Two were kil'.ei ami several injured when a passim ger train on the Wabash road was do railed toilay. Both the fireman ant i engineer were pinned beneath the < n glne. None of the passengers wen seriously Injured. ANDREWS FUNERAL Funeral services were held this as ' ternoon at two o’clock from the hoim on south Second street, for Mrs. John D. Andrews, burial being in the Maple wood cemetery. LEAK WAS A MYTH Secretary Lansing’s Interpretation Responsible for Market Conditions. THERE WAS NO LEAK — Committee Investigating Leak Winding Up Hearings in New York. (United Press Service) New York, Jan. 31 — (Special to the | Daily Democrat) -Secretary lamsing's interpretation of President Wilson's peace message and not the leak ti Wall street was what killed the market E. F. Hutton, stock broker, told the house committee probers today. He held that the tip originated in the | house of F. A. Connolly and Company i of which President Wilson's brother-in-law- is a member was not responsible for the break in the market. If Connolly and Company bad real “inside information” they failed to u ic )t to advantage it develbped today for their accounts show losses of forty ; thousand dollars in trading during the [ leak period. The committee has all the so call 'd leak messages of the Hutton house excepting the confidential reports Con-! nolly forwarded. o CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY. The twenty-second anniversary of I the Jtinibr Endeavor society will he celebrated at the Christian church Thursday evening, February 1. Ttiej pastor. Rev. Paul Marsh, will deliver the address. The program: Junior Chorus. Song—Congregation, invocation. Junior Chorus. Scripture Reading. Solo—Dorothy Enos. Recitation—Madeline Marsh. Recitation —Virginia Steele. Junior Chorus. Reading—Marcia Holm. Address- —Rev. Marsh. Reading—Helen Wilhelm. Offering. Benediction. DESPONDENT; KILLS FAMILY (United Press Service} New York, Jan. 31 —(Special to ih - Daily Democrat)—Brooding over the, death of his wife and despondent be-1 cause his three children were not receiving proper care, Charles Trapp, I forty, shot the children today and! then attempted suicide by firing a bullet into his head. All are in a hospital where it was said Trail]) may r - cover. The children will probably die. BASKET BALL FRIDAY EVENING Arrangements have been complete.! for the basket ball game at Weber hall next Friday evening. At th it lime the Decatur high school girls will meet the Bluffton high school girls and an interesting game is ex I pected. The second game will be la • tween the eighth grade boys of Decatur and Monroeville. o - — ALASKA BONE DRY (United Press Service) Washington, Jan. 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The senate today passed the Alaska “bone dry” prohi ; {bition bill. The bill not only proiii-, bits the manufacture and sale of iuI toxicating liquors in Alaska hut Mtlij {not permit it to be shipped into tie! j territory. n— REVIVAL AT UNITED BRETHREN ■ ' | An excellent revival Is being held at the United Brethren church, Mr. I Beuluab, of Bluffton, Conducting 'h - service during the Illness of the Rev Harman The attendance is quite! good and the meetings continue with |m/<rt '’i'erest. ■■

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SMALL LOSSES •dj ' ’ "• England in December Suf- •' sered Small Losses Pro--1- j <’ portionatelv. BAR HOSPITAL SHIPS f- 4 From Freedom of the Seas —Berlin Makes Official Announcement. 11 (United Press Service) Berlin, via wireless to Saville, Jan. j 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) De* ’ [ daring that it has proven misuse of hospital ships by the allies Germany- ! today gave formal notice that free passage of hospital ships in certain zotv-s in the channel would hereafter bo , withheld. London. Jan. 31—(Special to Daily Democrat)—England lost in Dece n- ' I her 12,314 officers and men. 17,734 wounded and 2,298 missing. The to* tai was announced in the official casualty lists. (By Ed L. Keen' London. Jan. 31—(Special to Daily , Democrat) —Arrest of four persons charged with conspiracy to poison prei mier David Lloyd George and Arthur Henderson the loborite member of Lloyd Georges war council became . known today through araignment ot 1 the quartet at Derby. The defendants were Mrs. Alien . Wheelton, her daughter Harriet anti ■ another daughter, Mrs. Winifred Mi- . son with Albert Mason, husband of the last named daughter. Mason is an I expert chemist. The women were ail I supposed to be suffragettes. The conspiracy was reported to Scotland ■ Yard Saturday. Berlin, Via Saville. Jan. 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat > —Storming trf several Russian positions in a forest I on the Riga front anti repulse of coun- { ter attacks was reported in todays cfi ficial statement. More than 900 Res- { sian soldiers were captured. London, Jan. 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany is about to tell America that she is ready to formulate peace terms if the Allies request. I them in a communication to Ambassador Bernstorff at Washington. Holland dispatches today gave this as t. new German peace movement apparently decided upon at a conference on the Kaisers birthday. t These reports aroused the greatest interest here today but there was an entire lack of responsiveness to the | suggestion that the allies submit a formal request for German peace terms. England and her allies feel that they have sufficiently answered the German peace terms as well as President Wilsons suggestions in the three notes already written. First intimations that Germany was sending another communication to America was made in dispatches Monday from Berlin. These followed persistent rumors that the Kaiser would make his birthday the anniversary for ; somes further peace moves o TO MAKE OUR OWN (United Press Service) Washington. Jan. 31—(Special 1o Dally Democrat)—Secretary Daniels | has decided the United States will make its own navy projectiles, if the manufacurerers in the United States cannot supply them as reasona.ile ' | rates. While no official announcement has been made it wal? officially D hinted today that the arangemeuts I whereby Hatfield, the British concern, was to supply $3,000,000 nr more n<' projectiles is off. The navy department will this week advertise tor machinery to equip a government projectile plant. Admiral Fletcher will look for a suitable site for the factoiv. He was instructed today. » — ■■■■— A WORLD CONGRESS. (United Press Service) > Washington. Jan. 31 — (Special to Daily Democrat) A congress of till i nations will be necessary to determine j arrangements for future word peace i according to official opinion expressed here today. In view of this convention the impression has gained the grounds during the las) few weeks that the if the president moves again it will be formally to suggest such a { conference. However there will he no {developments in the peace maneuvers until Grmany responds to President 1 Wilsons address is received here.