Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 15 February 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 39.

TEUTONS FORCE DOWN THE AMERICAN FLAG BRAND WHITLOCK MINISTER TO BELGIUM RESTRAINED FROM COMMUNICATING WITH HOME GOVERNMENT DETAIN RELIEF WORKERS.

(United Press Service) Washington. Feb. 15 (Special to Daily Democrat) -Relations wi.h Germany and the Teuton allies wv stretched to the snapping point to day when this government receivt d positive confirmation that Brand Whit lock American minister to Belgian had been forced to lower the Stars and Stripes from the American legation Brussels. This confirmation brought Germany and the United States nearer to open hostilities than any event since Prescient Wilson broke off diplomatic relations with the Kaiser. Officials viewed the act as a possible open affront. This latest case is made more grave, officials said, in view of the additional information that Whitlock is now refused communication with his home government and Belgian Relief workers are being detained. While officials would not discuss the case it was hinted that as soon a> more facta are in hand this government iiiiiy take pre-emptory demand ui on Germany to explain without delay. Coming, as the incident dees, on the heelslof the sinking of an American vessel in the .Mediterranean in violation of law as construed by the United States government, heavy blows were struck at tlie small lingc.ing hopes of the president that hostilities between the United States and Germany might be avoidt d. (By Carl. W. Ackermann.) Copyriht 1917 by the United Press Paris, Feb. 15- (Special to Dailv Democrat)— -Warning against the dual menace of German submarine activities in American waters and aain German peace propoganda which may : be in reality a play for time is being] sounded today by American officials familiar with the real situation in Berlin. Germanys attempts to negotiate the issue of her unlimited submarine order through lite Swiss legation while Ambassador Gerard was still in Berlin is regarded with suspicion. The move is viewed as an attempt to forstall action by President Wilson until Germany can make such disposition of her submarines as will enable her better to strike at America in case of war. The maneuver having failed it is no surprise to American officials to heat that Germany has now repudiated the efforts of the Swiss minister. The suggestion for negotiation is regarded solely ar having been an expedient to gain time while the man financed peace movement in America could get into action. Washington, Feb"" 15—< Special to Daily Democrat) -Representative Gardner today called upon the government to furnish American merchant ships armanment. He declared that if armanment is not given the American merchant fleet then the navy depart-, ment should furnish convoys. Gardner denounced William Jennings Bryan for conducting a campaign "appealing to the cowardice which lurks in every man's breast a cowardice which is the result of the strongest of human instincts; the mstinct of self-preservation. New York. N'T"Feb. ial to Daily Democrat)- The British admiralty has designated Halifax as the port of call for neutral ships leaving American ports, instead o Kirkwall, it was learned today. Kirkwall is in the danger zone marked off by Germany. By being allowed to stop at Halifax for examination vessels can take a course north of tho submarine area and in a measure de feat the blockade. The British sailing ship Anisdale has been sunk and her crew, im Iml

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

I ing one American, saved, after suf--1 sering great hardships, according io i' message from Ambassador Page to the state department today. WANT THE SUFFRAGETTES. (United Press Serv’-el Indianapolis. Ind., Feb. 15—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Suffragettes from all parts of the state were urged to come to the capital today immediately by members of the Women's Legislative Council and work in the interests of the suffrage bill now before the house. Judiciary B committee, which now has the Maston suffrage bill which passed the senate under considers tion. will probably report tomorrow. The Aldredge house bill which has been amended so that it will not be so favorable to women, may be handed down for passage late today Iby Speaker Echbach. Cities would be held liable i for damages for pollution of streams with sewage Under a bill introduced by Senator Bird and Representative Hessongin in both houses today. Lanz introduced a bill to create a state department of insurance in the senate. Another bill which has the support of the administration would create a separate department of banking and insurance and is now before both houses. Representative Walker introduced a bill which would divide the state into health districts to be supervised by the state hoard of health. Walker withdrew his bill providing for military training in Indiana schools. — o WEBB BILL FAVORABLE (United Press Service) Washington, Feb. 15—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Webb bill for national prohibition amendment to the constitution was formally reported to the house today by tin' judiciary j committee. i The Webb bill was agreed upon by a majority of the committee sever,al weeks ago. The report states the I committee ‘reports the resolution fav-i orably and recommends its passage I thereby submitting the proposed amendment to the legislatures of he states for ratification." Prohibition states including those where partial prohibition only is tn effect and where liquor is imported for personal use In limited quantities will be made “bone dry” through n rider to the postoffice bill adopted today, by the senate. ARREST CITY OFFICIALS (United Press Service) i Indianapolis, Feb. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —City officials and members of the police department including chief of police Samuel Parratt were arrested today on irditements returned by the federal grand juty charging consipracy to defraud the government at election,S|. All were released on bonds of S3OOO excepting Chief Parrott, who put up SSOOO bail. Besides Parrott the following were ar-i rested: Herman Adam, city sealer or weights and measures; Dennis Bush, former street commissioner; police sergeant Wayland Sanders; Roy Pope police lieutenants Oscar Merrill ami Mortimer Hulse and Frank M. Johnson. Lee Stringer city detective wis also arrested. ———. JOHN RICE INJURED John Rice, veteran horse buyer, was the victim of an accident when the lines dropped over the dashboard of his buggy last night, frightening 'the horse, entailing a runaway, in which Mr Rice was thrown out suf- ■ sering five gashes in his scalp. Seven; stitches were necessary to close 4 he 1 wound. The accident happened at Monmouth at five o'clock. He was ' carried into the Dr. Ziegler home, '.where a Decatur physician attended i him. He was later brought home. He > is resting easier today. First reports -’raid that Mr. Rice was killed.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, February 15, 1917.

THEY REORGANIZE I Prohibition Conference * Held for County Yesterday—Jesse Swartz - MADE NEW CHAIRMAN • For County—Organization r Effected for Better Enforcement of Law. At the Adams idbunty prohibition . conference held yesterday at the Christian church in this city, which was one of those being held at this I J time in every county in the state, a| } I re-organization of the (tarty was c f-1 ■ fected the purpose being for the better enforcement of the dry laws. Jesse Swartz was made county chairman; Rev. W. Paul Marsh, sec- -' retary and treasurer; and J. W. Shif- ■ feily, A. J. Neuhauser and J. W. John- ‘ ’ son, members of j.he committee. The meeting was quite well attend-) ’ ■ ed and former County Chairman Glen- * denning presided. The program as heretofore published was given and excellent talks were included therein. i GREAT MEETINGS The meetings at the United Brethren ,' church are increasing in interest. The ] j house is well filled, and meetings pro-' • grossing in interest from night to night. Splendid music was furnished ‘ by the choir last evening. A number i went forward and five were saved. Meetings are being held at 2:00 p. in. ' in the church and prayer services are I being held in the basement of the | church, at 7:00 o'clock just previous' Ito the regular evening service. This ; is held as a stimulus to the evening ~ service. theljhaWall Given by Delta Theta Tau Sorority Last Evening Was a Success. VALENTINE DANCE Franklin Orchestra of Fort Wayne and Many Features Characterize Ball. The colors, emblems and symbols of St. Valentine’s day lent themselves prettily in the decorations for the K. ' of C. hall last evening where the Del- , ta Theta Tati sorority gave their char-, , ity ball. Streamers and Festoons oi' , red hearts and cupids from the red , and white petal-blossom caps of tlieji lights were drawn to the center of | i the ceiling where they fell in a shower] l of red and white small hearts. Potted I I palms were used effectively and the i < details of the programs and the favors' ' were carried out in the valentine idea.!' Because the four-piece Franklin or 1 ' chestra from Fort Wayne, and many; 1 guests were delayed in arrival on ac-; ' count of the lateness of their car, the ] ‘ grand march opening the ball did not I start until nine-thirty o’clock. This was lead by Miss Glennys Mangold , and Carl Bales, of Fort Wayne, with j i forty couples following. These wore ] .joined later by very many more who , 1 came on delayed cars. ( A pretty announcement of the ] I dances was made by means of large ; red hearts suspended from a palm, i beaming the name of the dance in gold < , letters. Programs were in double heart form, red and white, with white cords, embellished with smaller gilt hearts, and bearing "Delta Theta Tau Charity 1 ball,” the place and date. Very early • in the program, and during a circle twostep, favors were given. Th-’se ' were red caps for the gentlemen ami ' wb.ite caps for the ladies, which were worn during the remainder of the 1 evening. During the tenth dance on the pro-' 1 gram there was an “elimination” feat-i tire. Each couple was given a red heart hearing a number and tho or- ■( chestra called off all the numbers, the . last couple on the floor being Gladys Myers and Herman. Ehinger. Mirsl i Myers was presented with a corsage ■ ] bouquet of red roses. I

• The throwing of qonfetti during om ’: of the dunces near tho end of the pro gram made a very pretty scene In the reception room a pretty v.il entine booth was erected when 1 nil entines were sold h> Miss Virglait I Smith. Supper was also served i> the dining room. This was prepare! . by Agnes and Amelia Weber and ser ved by four young girl.- Florenc. Holthouse. Florence Myers, Beatrice Keller and Cecelia Miller. Misses Glennys Mangold and Mm- ; garet Smith, chairmen of the ent ■■■• tainment committee had able assist ants in all the members of the sorority in making the affair the very successful one it was, and the proceeds will he used in the charity work for which the sorority has already established ' a good record. Many guests from out of town were (Continued on Page 4.) WILL BUILD NEWCHURCH Official Board of Christian Church Decided Matter Last Night. WILL SECURE PLANS Committee to Start Canvass—May Gt Aid from Extension Society. The official board of the Christian church met in a special called meet- ' ing last night to consider the matter jof an every-membei canvass for the I finances of the local church for the I year. Among one of the very important matters that was discussed was ] the matter of a new church building ' the board of the church having felt i the need of a modern church build ing to meet the needs of tho Bible school and church, and knowing it to be the desire of the membership of the church that they build. A mo tion was made and seconded that they build some time in the near future, which motion, when voted upon was unanimously carried. A commit- ' tee of the entire official hoard was appointed to look after the matter of raising the necessary funds for the erection of the building; also to find I out what it will cost to build a new modern church building; also to have an architect submit plans for the pro posed building, and find out just what kind of a building they can build upon their present church lot. Tho new church building will hr modern in every respect. There will be arrangements made to meet the needs of the present day church. In all probabilities the church will contain a full basement to be used sci social purposes and other activities of the church, such as a fully-equip-ped kitchen and dining room, and Bibe’ school rooms, mother s room, and oth er rooms that are necessary to make it a modern church. If the loca' Christian church should not be able to raise enough money to build the churth they can apply to the Church Extension Society of the Christian church, and this being a county sea: in a good farming and industrial community, they will advance them from $5,000 to SIO,OOO for the erection of a new church building. The meeting was the best of ift kind imaginable, every member of the board favoring the proposition of; a new building. The old church needs 1 repairs and rather than spend any ] money to repaint, remodel and add a ' basement to the old building it was' decided to build new and modern. Rev. Marsh has had some experience | at this work, being responsible for I the $30,000 church now being erect j ed at Seymour, Ind. o TWO ARE KILLED ■ ■■ • (United Press Service) Butler, Ind., Feb. 15— (Special Io Daily Democrat) —Robert 1\ McKay, 55, Bowling Green, Ohio, and Fred Duke. Angola, Indiana were killed here today when a jitney bus in which they were riding was struck by a. New York Central train. .Duke was' driving the car and McKay, a traveling man, was going to the station to catch a train for Fort Wayne. REV. J. W. METZNER HERE Rev. J. W. .Metzner, of Elkhart, pre-' siding elder, will preach this evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Evangelical church after which the quarterly conference will be held. Rev. Metzner will also preach Sunday.

THE COURT NEWS 1-1 J,' Florence English Says Lewis Markley is Laggard in Love. SHE DEMANDS $5,000.00 For Breach of Marriage Promise—New Suits Are 1 Filed in Court. h _ :1 A Wells county breach of marriage] „ promise suit will be heard in the Ad- - ams circuit court. The papers arriv(d today. Florence English is (lie plaintiff and she demands $5,000 dam ages from Lewis P. Markley. She says they became engaged to marry I] during January of 1916 and relying on said promise she had since remain ’d; single and is a willing mood to live up to the mutual agreement. She I says, however, that the defendant 1 Markley is a laggard in love, and in; ] fact, that on last December 6. in anI ger. he refused to live up to their I agreement to marry. Whereby she, demands $5,000. i F. S. Armantrout is attorney for up-' ter J. Baumgartner and others in a suit against Frank U. Miller, on note . and account, demand $173.86. Real estate transfers: Perry J. Everhart to Noah Gresley, lot 14 Monroe. $2,000: Sheriff Ed Green to Mary M. Koenig, Sheriff's deed for 8.75 acres of Washington township. $1250.34; Adam Augsburger et al to Joint Sny.ler < lot 283 Berne, $2650: John Snyder to I Adam Augsburger. 40 acres of Hart-1 ford township, $5650; . j Licensed to marry: Lee Hilyard. born September 22, 1890 son of Pierce] (Continued on Page 4.) — apopLexT fatal Mrs. L. W. Dornsef, Wife of Pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. DIED THIS MORNING Suffered Stroke of Apoplexy Sunday—Funeral to he Next Sunday. Clara, wife of the Rev. L. W. Dorn- , seif, pastor for fifteen or more years ' of the St. Peter's Lutheran congregation in Root township, died this morning at 11:45 o'clock. She had been I in frail health for some time but h- r' last fatal illness came in an attack of apoplexy Sunday. Mr. Dornseif; waes about fifty-six years of age. All of her children were called to] her bedside and were at home when she passed away, as was a brother, j Benjamin Kuntz, of St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Dornseif was a woman of noble character and the entire parish, with many other friends, mourn the death of this good woman. The husband and the following' children are living: Mrs. Rev. Hoile. I South Bend; Herman, a teacher in I Nebraska; Walter and Edwin, of Fort Wayne; Lydia and Tabea. Louis, ps] i 1-astor in Eagle Neb,; Ludmilla, wife! | of the Rev. Witte, of Martland. Three | I children are deceased. They are The-] ! ophilis, who died in infancy: Benjamin | and Clara, who passed away a few ! years ago. The funeral will be held Sunday but | the time has not been definitely d ! cided. o ' WILL LEAVE TONIGHT. Raymond Hartings will leave tonight for Dallas, Texas, where he has accepted a position with a large hardware company and will make that ] city his home. His mother, Mrs. Wil ! Ham Hartings, will accompany him. and will visit with her son. Andrew, and wife. The good wishes of the; many friends of Mr. Hartings are ex ' tended to him. EASTERN STAR NOTICE The matron of the Eastern Star; chapter wishes to meet all ladies ot the Star in the Masonic parlors Fri day evening at seven o'clock on mat ters of business. I

MR. REEf! PREDICTS fi GREAT ALFO FUTURE SOMETHING ABOUT THE MAN WHO IS BRINGING THE CONCERN HERESATS IT WILL 6E ONE (IF THE BIG ONES. ■

“We propose to begin operation of our plant to manufacture various products from alfalfa, in Decatur, by ' Jure That is the proposition made 1 to the business men of Decatur and I; the promise made to 125 stockhold- ■ ers. and we propose to carry out those pledges if within the possihili- ; ties of human performance,” said Dal- ] las M. R< ed. general manager of the Alto Products company. j Continuing Mr. Reed said: “We | do not want to make a statement that ] we cannot and will not be carried out to the letter. We expect to start our ; new plant in Decatur in a modest ] way employing about thirty people in the factory and office, but we are planning to put not less than twenty 'traveling men out to sell tlie goods and we will increase the number of men in the plant as the demand for I onr goods increases. We have al-! ready employed eight of these travel- ] ing men. four of them quitting $3.) .)() ‘ j jobs to help us build up this ini ti- ] I tution. the outlook for which has i never been surpassed in this coun- j j try. Our plans for the future in- 1 elude so many things and are so vast I that we know the people of this com- ; nu’.bity will scarcely believe them. hope within three years to have ; 1.500 men at work in the plant. .-U-d i that this number will be increased to 1 4.000 people within five years. Besides this we hope to start next year, a sanitarium, to be built in units, adI ding thereto each year until it his ; reached a sufficient size to take care iof 2,500 people, with two score of; ; physicians and many nurses. V.'e, know thede statements are big ones. I , hut we make them after careful in- ] vestigation of what other concerns . j have done with articles which we fe ; are inferior in every way, to the ■ ' we will market. We know what : 1-1' salsa is. we have the best formulas I in the world, made by a man who has | spent the best years of his life n . working them out, we know how to 1 1 manufacture the goods and we know j how to market them We are going!' to grow so rapid|y that even those ( citizens here who have become en-. thusiastic about, it. will be surprised. ! We are grateful indeed to the poo- ] pie of this community for the many

ft ' v '•* ~ f K ’i, (X«iiMR. DALLAS M. REED The man who is bringing the Also Products Company to this city, and who predicts that it will grow to be one of the great food producing concerns of the country.

Price, Two Cent?!

' kindnesses shown us and we hope to , prove that appreciation by making good every statement. We will be here soon, a part of this community, and we want to have a share in every . public enterprise and movement." The Also company has organized by the election of the following board lof directors: Dr. L. D. Bailor. Minneapolis. president; Bart H. Clinger, l t Leeds. S. 1)., vice president; C. Frank ; Reed. Detroit, secretary and treasurer. Two other members of the board ' will be chosen soon. Dallas M. Reed of Detroit has been named as general manager. The stock has Been disposed of in the state of Michigan, there being 125 holders of this stock and at this time members of the company are busy buying the machinery, contracting for the factory i supply of alfalfa and otherwise planI ning the factory. Several members ]of the company will move here by I April 1 or sooner, if they can secure houses, and they will start the t'ac1 tory by June 1, | Four sets of traveling men will 1 make the campaign, the business being divided into the manufacture of human foods, medicine, candy and drinks. They will also make a stock ■ food, but this will be sold by a mail -eanipeird. That the sanitarium will be a big part of the new business is evidenced from the fact that, at this time more than 300 people are now using the Also remedies in Detroit and are being treated for stomach ' trouble, rheumatism, kidney and liv.er ailments “or other afflictions, it is ' claimed that no plant that grows has I such curative powers as alfalfa and ! Dr. Bailor has developed these medi- ' nines and foods to a greater extent, than any man in the world, it is cii'inied. it is stated that 95 per cent of the people who have been treated by Dr. Bailor have been cured. That the company means business is evidenced by tlie fact that they have deposited securities in the local banks and will satisfy those interested when the proper time comes. The factory buildings here will be remodeled and further than this, the grounds and approaches will be beautified to correspond with the business, that of i Continued on I‘asre 4.)