Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 50.

CONGRESS UPHOLDS PRESIDENT WILSON

TWO EXCEPTIONS OF MINOR VALUE MRS, MARY HOY DIED AS RESULT OF HEAVY SEAS WHICH HASHED OVER HALF FILLED LIFEBOAT-AMERICAN LINE BOATS ALL Hi PORT.

(United Press Service) Washington, D. C., Feb. 28—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The house l foreign affairs commitee today upheld President Wilson’s request for power to meet the international situation but with two important restrictions. Authorization for use of other instrumentalities" aside from guns, gunners, and money was stripped from the original Flood bill thus limiting the president’s authority to some extent. The second restriction was insertion of a provision against use of the war risk bureau to insure ships carrying munitions. The latter provision may bring the whole armed ship and munitions questions into the present situation □nd develop an unpleasant complication when at vote comes. London. Feb. 28—(Special to Daily Democrat) Mrs. M.u» Hoy the American who perished in the ljjcouii,d’saster died at 1:30 o’cloak Monday morning and her daughter Eliabeih an hour later according to details obtained by American consul Frost t > day. Both died as a direct result of e:;1 osure in an open boat which had been partially swamped in launching. The mother and daughter were buried in the seas at daybreak. New York, Feb. 28 —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —With the arrival of the American liner Finland from Liverpool early today all six of the American line vessels are in New York for the first time. All will he held here unless it is decided to arm them. Among the pasengers on ’he Finland was Vol Frederick Hale senator elect from Maine who has been two months abroad studying war conditions. “I had a talk with Lloyd George before 1 left.” Hale said ”1 also ta’ked with Premier Briand of France and other officials closely in touch wi’h the conduct of the war. Without ex (option they are elated at the step which sends Count Bernstorff back to Germany and they believe the next ’ ove will carry United States into '.he war on the side of the Allies. Washington, Feb. 28 —(Special ’ •> Daily Democrat.} —Austria has offici illy denied that one of her submarines tank the American schooner Lyni. n M. Law, ambassador Penfield at \icjjna cabled the state deprtmen' day. Washington. D. C.. Feb. 28— (Speiial to Daily Democrat) -The senate military committee today agreed to report the army bill carrying an amendment for universal militai' training. Washington, Feb. 28, (Special to tin Daily Democrat)—The dramatic plea of Austin Y. Hoy, son of Mrs. Mary Hoy and brother of Miss Eliabeth H> > who were killed in the unwarned 11 1 ('doing, of Laconia, demanding th ' the United States avenge the dealt of his loved ones, was received 'd Y by cable by President Wilson, cable said: ”1 am an American citizen I'' l - 1 abroad, not an expatriate, but u» ■" promotion of American trade I ■< ’ the flag, believelng in its signf> (a " 1 ■ My loved mother and my sistei. pae sengers on the Laconia, have 1” 1 foully murdered on the high seas As an American citizen outrage' and as such fully within my righ' as an American son and broth-1 reaved, I call Upon my government . preserve its citizens self respp* l

DECA TUR DAI I. Y I )EM( K RAT

have others of my countrymen from j such deep grief as 1 now feel. j am of military age able to figiit. If my country can use me against! these brutal assassins 1 am at its call., If it stultifies my manhood and my nations' by remaining passive under outrage I shall seek a man’s chance' under another flag.” (By John Grandens) Beilin. Feb. 28 —(Special to Daily Democrat )—First - editorial comment of German newspapers on the sinking of the Cunard liner Laconia justified this latest example of the German submarine warfare by suggesting it was merely a carrying out of the German warning that hospital ships would be torpedoed. One editorial called attention to the practice of the British admiralty in changing the character of its ships. ’’The Laconia.” the editorial asserted. "was on the British list of war cruisers in 1916. If she had not met her fate in the passenger service, this is one case out of many where the British admiralty used ships fitted for warships, then as passenger ships and then as hospital ships.” EDNA GOODRICH AT THE REX. Edna Goodrich, the distinguished American actress and world-famous beauty, will be seen at the Rex today in the Paramount production of the Jesse L. Lasky production of “Armstrong's Wife.” a thrilling drama by Margaret Turnbull. Miss Goodrich has long been considered one .of the most versatile actresses and most beautiful women of the English speaking stage and in this stirring photo drama, she has full opportunity to display her wonderful artistic ability. The plot of the play has to do with a country girl, who is tricked into a false marriage by a professional gambler and how she returns to her first love. The action of the play occurs in fashionable New York and in the rugged mountains of the Canadian Rockies. GRABER INFANT DEAD. ' Sherman A., aged four months and thirteen days, infant son of Mr. and ‘ Mrs. Albert Graber, of North Ninth street, died this morning at seven o’clock at the home of an uncle, Jos- ’ eph Graber, in French township, where the babe had been cared for ’ since its mother’s illness. Death was 1 due to bowel trouble. The body was ' brought here this morning and taken to the family home, where the funeral will be held Friday morning at ten o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Payne. There are four other children in the , family. 1 ELKS’ ELECTION TOMORROW. ' The B. P. O. E. will meet tomorrow evening at which time will occur the e election of officers to serve for l.ie a ensuing year. All members are urged ' to be present at this time. ATTEND FUNERAL I Mrs. John D. Meyer and Mrs. John II Glancy went to Fort Wayne tills morny ing to attend the funeral of a cousin, e Mrs Adele Klopfenstein Wait. tonsils removed. ie Mamie Straub, fourteen years old. ' had h er tonsils n °°" v nr i M. Miller and Dr. H. E. Net «M. l»be after ' !1 the ordeal. CHILDREN INVITED. „ . F F Thornburg will entertain ~,1 the school children at the church XtX afternoon at four o’clock. ! A n the children are invited.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, February 28, 1917.

AT THE OLD STAND .lacob Martin Back at Old ( Place of Business—Purchases Restaurant 'and the bakery [ Conducted by Hartings & Wilson—Takes Possession Monday. —- ■ 4 The cycles of the years move with many changes but history repeats Itself and the cog slips into the same place again many times over. Jacob] j.Martin, pioneer restaurant and bakery I man.who has had charge of nearly every restaurant in the city at various I times, is back again at the place I wherein he started scores of years ( ago. He lias purchased the Hartings & Wilson restaurant and bakery and will take possession next Monday. The firm which comprises William Hartings and John Wilson, have been owners for the past year and a half, conducting a first class restaurant, which will be continued in the same excellent way by Mr. Martin. The restaurant is located in 'he building owned by Mr. Martin for many years. Mr. Hartings expects to leave soon for Dallas, Texas, to join his wife ad sons in a visit there, but neither lie nor Mr. Wilson, has yet decided fuhy upon their future course. THE COURT NEWS Miller Divorce Case Concluded—Several Cases Are Dismissed. OTHERS SET FOR TRIAL Assessors Meet Today to (Jet Supplies—Begin Annual Work Tomorrow. The following cases were dismissed and the costs adjudged against the plaintiffs: John Strawbridge vs. Frank Martin; Mary J. Tips vs. J. A. Stahl; Daniel ('. McKinzie vs. William Anderson. A judgment for $70.70 was rendered for Roy Archbold against William H. Bunner. David Ritter vs. Eli VV. Steele, et al. Appearance by W. P. Anderson for Blanche Anderson and Frank 11 Alguire. Answer of Blanche Anderson filed. Cross complaint of Alguire filed. Edwin C. Vaughn vs. David L. Hostettler. Case set for March 20. The case of Maurice P. Gould, et al vs. Charles F. Schwartz is set for March 16. Jesse Carpenter et al vs. Jesse Carpenter, executor. Answer by estate in set-off Rule to reply. In the estate of Nancy A. Miller, report of sale of telephone stock was approved and the administrator is ordered to transfer to the purchas Ruby Miller. Enos I). Lehman was discharged as guardian of Elizabeth Lehman after ! report of distribution and approval of the report. The foreign will of Furman Burkhart. late of lewanee, Mich., executed Feb. 26, 191(1, was probated here. He gives all his estate to his wife, Arilla Burkhart, and asks that she i serve as executrix. Real estate transfers: Otis O. Hocker et al. to Daniel J. Cook, 42.75 aches, Washington tp., $5600; Jeff Klopfenstein et al. to Wm. H. Freij tag. lot 1, Preble, $5,000; Glen A. , ■ Smiley, corn., to Sarah A. Muller, lots 1114. 251. 253, Geneva, commissioners’ i " (Uoutinueo on Tags 2.) ’

I SPECIAL LENTEN SERVICE Will be Held Tonight at the Zion Reformed Church. | The first lenten service last week I was well attended, but a larger attendance is expected this evening and as the services continue. The pastor will preach tonight on "Christ’s Second Word from the Cross: Today • shalt thou bo with Me in Paradise." Everybody welcome. o— FIRE AT CONNELL HOME. Fire, caused by sparks from a chimney, caused a five dollar water loss at the Dr. Connell home on Fourth street at 11:30 o'clock today. A small hole was burned in the roof, and a dozen shingles will repair the damage to the house. BOWLING SCORES Game Scores and Averages of City Bowlers Given Out This Morning. i DYKE FRISINGER LEADS With Average of 192 Pins in Three Games—ls Citv Champion. i Since the recent opening of the , bowling alleys in this city much en- j thusiasm has developed in the game. ( In a recent gathering of the “fans" , it was decided to determine the “champion” of the city in a contest > to be held at the K. of P. alleys on last Monday evening. In this match twelve bowlers participated. Dyke Frisinger winning the title with an average of 192 pins in the three ! games. He will retain the title until it is wrested from him by some one else in the city. He has been challenged by Dr. Burt Mangold, and the two will roll for the honor next Monday evening on the Pythian alleys. Any one is entitled to challenge the x winner at any time, the games to be played on the K. of P. alleys. Following were the participants in Mon- " day’s contest, their scores and average: 1 2 3 Av. Dyke Frisinger ..177 219 179 492 Chas Knapp ....170 193 160 171 Burt Mangold ....170 152 189 170 Dick Christen ....162 169 158 163 q Free Frisinger ...168 150 159 159 s W. A. Klepper ..145 192 135 157 Herb Laehot 147 164 157 156 Oscar Lankenau .162 149 143 151 c Hugh Hite 135 163 149 149 a Albert Mutschler .157 143 146 149 f Chas. Bu'rdg 129 172 137 14G f Joe Hunter 136 133 138 136 ‘ GOLDENWEDDING ____ f I Mr. and Mrs. John Williams Will be Married Fifty J Years Next Sunday. A FAMILY REUNION ( Will be Held Sunday—Mr. i Williams is a Civil War , Veteran. ( Fifty years ago Sunday, March 3, 1 Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, highly esteemed residents of this city, were ( married. They will therefore celebrate their golden wedding next Sunday with a family reunion at thir home on West Madison street. The children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will be present, jvith one exce*ption, that being a grandson. Seal Ramsey, who is on the Mexican border, serving in Company E. First Indiana regiment. A number of other relatives will .also ateud and a fine chicken dinner will be served at noon. Mr. and Mrs. Williams were mar- . ried at Columbus. Ohio, but have been (residents of Decatur for thirty years. Mr. Williams is a civil war veteran.

HOMEFROMSOUTH John Sheets and H. S. Michaud Return from Lake Charles, Louisiana. BUYS EIGHTY ACRES John Sheets Purchases Land There—Likes the Country Very Much. John Sheets *of Union Township, this County, and H. S. Michaud, of Erwin A- Michaud, returned from a trip to I.ake Charles La. They were gone just a week. They wjere members of a party of seventeen people 'from Indiana who went down to look at the tract of 40.000 acres of rich I prarie land, which the Payne Investment Co., of Omaha, through Lee Fever & Wiseman, of Indianapolis, are offering to the farmers of this state. Mr. Henry Krick and wife, their son George and daughter, Agnes, were also members of the party, and they are still in Lake Charles. Mr. Sheets was so favorably impressed with the land that he bought 80 acres of it and is convinced that he found a real bargain. The weather was delightful, about like June here. The party traveled in a private Pullman car. and everything was .done to make it pleasant for them, both going and coming. Several more of our people are planning to make the trip during March. THE OLD QUARRY Four-act Comedy Will be Presented by Wren and Moser Dramatic Club AT K. O. T. M. HALL On Saturday, March 3rd, at Wren, O. —Cast Made Up of Local Talent. On Saturday evening at the K. O. T. M. hall at Wren, Ohio, the Wren 1 and Moser Dramatic club will present “The Old Quarry,” a four-act comedy, and the public is assured of an entertainment that will more than please. The cast which has more or less experience in the presenting of plays is made up of Wren people. The comedy will be given in four acts. The cast is as follows: ’Squire Brooks, owner of the, old quarry and Brookdale Farm—G. C. Lehman. Roy Hart, a young farmer —D. Moser. Gilbert ‘Dawson, Mrs. Brooks' Nephew—Lloyd Kreisher. Ephraim Green, a farm hand—Riffle Spahr. Samuel Hunter, sheriff of Spring county—Russel Bowen. Dick Willard, a tramp—Ermel Roll. Ben Haley, proprietor of Pdacer Hotel—True Chilcote. Mrs. Brooks, the 'squire's wife — Violet Wagers. Marian Brooks, their daughter— Opal Kreisher. Nan Cummings, an adopted daughter —Opal Case. Villagers, Mixers, Merrymakers. Tickets are selling for twenty cents for adults and ten cents for children. ci PARENT-TEACHERS’ CLUB. The Parent-Teachers’ club of the West Ward school will meet Friday. March 9th. at the school building and a very interesting meeting is assured. The subject for discussion will be "Too much work required for the West Ward children. All members are invited to be present. NOTICE K. of P’S. All Knoghts of Pythias are notified to be at the home at one-tbirty o’clock Thursday afternoon to attend the funeral of Brother Samuel Cramer in s body. By order of C. C.

II HAS A PARALYTIC STROKE Emanuel and John Schnitz received word that their sister, Mrs. Mary Hocfcensmith of Bippus, had suffered a paralytic stroke and had been unconscious for several days. Her illness comes in a chain of many misfortunes tiiat have beset the families of this relationship. Witlfin the past two months, Mr. Schnitz, and a sister-in- , law. Mrs. George Schnitz, and Mrs 1 John Schnitz’ dother, Mrs. Peter Vollmer have died. A cousin is ill of I pneumonia and an uncle lias suffered the fracture of several ribs, while another has just been released ffo.ik a hospital. GET THE MONEY READY. The township assessors will start to work tomorrow. March 1. and we have been requested to ask all owners of dogs to have their money ready when the assessor calls. It will be a great accommodation to every one concerned. INTERESTINTENSE Methodist Revival Growing in Power as It Progresses This Week. T DAILY PRAYER SERVICE Held at Ten Different Points Throughout the City— Large Crowds. The services last night from a spiritual standpoint were one of the finest of the series. The auditorium was well filled until the dose of the meeting. As usual everv one present gave Hose and interested attention to every part of the service. The music was lead by the paster and was hearty and inspiring. Mrs. Jesse O. Sellemeyer sang a beautiful solo as a special number. The sermon was another fine ap- ' peal to the unsaved. The earnestness and energy that characterize the sermons of the pastor as well as his j sincere desire to build up'the spirotual forces of his church and community have borne good fruit in the homes, offices and daily walks of those who have heard him. The after service was marked by much personal work, prayer and song. Two gave their hearts to God during this service. A testimony service followed and the meeting closed by a general hand shaking and good fellowship mingling of those present. We are expecting greater blessing yet before the meetings close. They will continue throughout the wee*. Let every heart engage in earnest prayer and consecration that there be a greater revival ,of religion in Decatur. And that ere the meetings close many souls may be saved. —Contributed. Prayermeetings. There was an increased attendance at the prayer meetings yesterday afternoon. There has been a steady increase in attendance from the very first day; only one day has the attendance fallen below the preceding. day. Let us keep it coming up to the very close. The prayer meetings tomorrow will be as follows: Sec. 1. Mrs. Millard Overtoil. 615 North Fifth street. Sec. 2. Mrs. Mary Bowers. 104 Marshall street. Sec. 3. Mrs. Dallas Hunsicker, 604 West Marshall street. Secs. 4 and 5. Mrs. Lee Annen, 1122 West Monroe street. Sec. 6. Mrs. George McGill. 804 West Jefferson street. See. 7. Mrs. C. L. Walters. 215 South Fifth street. Secs. 8 ai/d 9. Mrs. A. L. Burdg. 634 Merver avenue. Sec. 10. Mrs. Martin Gilson. 922 Line street. On tomorrow, Thursday, afteroon. f there will be a young people's and children’s meeting immediately at the . close of school at the church. All children and young people under eighteen years of age are very ear-' neatly invited to attend. Parents] are urged to be present also, and any- ' one who comes will be most welcome.* COMMITTEE.

Price, Two Cents

. EXCISE Bill ■ FAILS TO PASS I s Administration Leaders ) e Give Up Hope of Forcing Measure Through. ! 1 FIVE REPUBLICANS b —— Announce They are Against the Measure —Vote to Come Late Today. (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Ind.. Feb. 28 —(Special to Daily Democrat)- Administration leaders today gave up hope of ' passage of the excise tax bill by the senate. Leading republicans who have been backing the measure admitted that it Would be defeated when a vote is taken probably late this afternoon. Five republican senators have announced they would vote against the bill. ' ’ By a vote of 34 to 8 the senate passed the Chambers bill changing ‘.he date of the primary election from March to May and eliminating the second choice votes. Those opposing the measure were Bird. Bracken. Dorrell. Humphreys. Jpckson, Maston Norman and Simmons. Favorable report was made in the house on the Davis bill which would permit the governor to bring proceedings and take over food supplies if he believed a monopoly existed. The bill legalizing Sunday movies was amended in the houseso as to create a movie commission of three members an dto provide that shows be not permitted to operate before 2 ’o’clock in the afternoon. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 28 - (Special to Daily Democrat) —That the senate will vote on the excise tax bill ‘without further delay, when the m«nsnre comes up late today as a special ordqr of business, was the belief in i legislative circles. Republican lead- | ers have exhausted every effort to procure a majority in favor of the measure by lining up two democratic senators-—Simmons and Brackenand attempting to Reser, Nedjl. Wolfson and McConaha to favor the bill. Whether they have been successful or not will be known only when thevote is taken. That the measure would fail by one vote was the belief early today, but it was possible that changes would be made before time for final action. , Friends of the bill have been successful so far in keeping the measure from reaching a vote, as it would undoubtedly would have been defeated if (t vote had been taken early in the week when it was supposed to bo taken up. Indianapolis. Ind., Feb. 28— (Special to Daily Democrat) —Sunday movies were expected to be given the official o. k. of the lower house of the legislature today when the McCray bill, legalizing operation of Sunday theaters came up for passage. Min-“ isters and church workers have made a strenuous tight on the measure. Init it was believed tiiat their attempts were futile as a majority of the representatives today stated that they would vote in favor of the bill. Representative Hinesburg, one of the bitter opponents of the bill, charged the moving picture men with working an “insidious lobby” by presenting members of the legislature with complimentary tickets to theaters. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 28 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Indiana's three-mile gravel road law will stand in its present form for at least two years more, efforts of the present legislature to amend it having failed, leaders stated today. Several measures. introduced in both houses, to repeal the law or change ft. have met death. It is believed that no further attempts will be made to take the ma t iter up at this session. I Mrs. Earl Ogden and child returned this afternoon to Fort Wayne utter a visit here with the Theodore Roth family.