Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number’d.

GENERAL PEACE MOVE WITHIN FOUR MONTHS WASHINGTON DIPLOMATS ANO OFFICIALS SEE PEACE MOVE IN SIGHT --FINANCIAL EXHAUSTION IN SIGHT I FDR BELIGERENTS.

(United Pr#Kj» Service) | Washington, D. ('., Mar. 13—(SpecHa! to Daily Democrat)—Diplomats representing foreign powers and officials here beiteve thin a general peace e will be launched within the B»xt four months. They assert that the elements to be forcing the eml of the world war include food shortages, unrest of the people, as inditcuted with the discontent of the publie with cabinet actions. R There is also the acute possibility of one of the belligerents suddenly under the excessive financial strain. There is a strong, growing belief that neither side can attain permanent military victory, expressing Wilson's belief in the final outcome of the world war. his famous ‘“peace without victory” slogan. Snd also that peace mav become a I fact possibly by July first. fc Philadelphia. Pa.. March 13. (Spa-F-Cdal to Daily Depiocrlt.) It developed here today that Adelbert Fischer wt s] being held in connection, with a plot to smuggle goods aboard interned GerEjnt.i: liners neie. Fischer is a relative of the kaiser and of officials of 'he Hamburg Marine company, owner of most of the interned steamers. ■Fischer’s firm amasses huge quantities of information through contracts Rpr the American navy giving access [to the ship’s plans. It was the plan spf the company to underbid American firms in order to get the contracts Hiving them access to plans of Amerigtn naval vessels. KWashington, March 13.—Special to! Daily Democrat t Instructions to gun-’ ners defending American armed mt rbhantmen are completed anti will 1>« delivered whenever needed. Daniels completed the instructions which are virtually secret orders of which President Wilson approves. [, Berlin, via Saville, March 13,—(Spefecial to Daily Democrat.)—Hill No. >BS defended against superior forces Bigave the enemy great losses. The asI'sault gave a narrow gain on the southSweat slope. I Paris, March 13. to Daily |fcemocrat.) —German assaults or. Lottsvemek work on the Verdun sector [■was repulsed. Soissons was bombarded during the night and successEful French raids have been between Havre and Aisne in wltic.i 1150 Germans were taken.

APPEAL FROM NEWCASTLE |

Newcastle, Indiana, March 12. 1917. Hnr C N Christen, Mayor (ity of Decatur. S H ° n ' r ! e 'r Sir—Newcastle is in dire need Immediate 0 tinaS aid «” lt r " Hum g are homeless and have Inst their all-the H “’‘TX’m'more hare beer, killed; over a hundred have :: A score or n . | oss wi n reac h almost a milH • een Z n iHr7 d 'To alleviate the suffering, to give prompt aid u hon dollar . assist those whose all has been swept h “•£* -irS appeal to you tor funds « ,lvva \- ill Ind ana mayors and Commer- . , e u a 7 H n raising money. This work has been « cial ( tubs to ass , Rodgers. Newcastle; Will | ?' a 7 d ia ‘ h u e h in b otSer of Governor Goodrich, of Win«W. Goodrich, ahr ei Maddv , of Muncie. All donations g r^'.!.V n lnMo John Rodgers, of Newcastle. ;• should be sen J p | aced j n the hands of the local reJ. LEB WATKINS. Mayor. TO THE GOOD I'EOI’Fe OF DECATUR U Th-Citv ol Newcastle needs financial assistance. lhey ft ■_ The «- C -a ..ndl are deserving. We do not know when 11 m he'forced to ask similar favors. It’s good to give in a we will be forcea ho wis h to aid in this cause may « a good cause. loose of the Dajly Demo , g send their « hetks % HARLES N. CHRISTEN, Mayor.

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* BULLETIN. Bellevue, Ohio, Mar. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Definitely known orders for a strike on the Nickel Plate railroad, commencing at six o’clock Saturday night is in the hands of brotherhood men here. Washington, D. C„ Mar. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Railroad brotherhood officials have assured President Wilson of their support and in the event of war will call off the strike, should they declare one. It is understood that if an agreement fails Thursday at a meeting to be held in Washington, the brotherhoods will inaugurate a progressive strike commencing Saturday night with eastern lines and spreading to the western lines. At a meeting here today organized labor virtually declared for universal military training, the American Federation of Labor concluding its sessions by subscribing this doctrine in a lengthy pafnphlet. SEVENTEEN MINERS TRAPPED. (United Press Service) Cannonsburg. Pa„ March 13. —(Special to Daily Democrat.J—Seventeen miners were trapped here today when a double explosion occurred in the Henderson coal mine at Henderson. Pa. Seven of the miners in the mine were rescued shortly after the first j explosion, but the second explosion tollowing a few minutes, trapped the] seventeen in a distant part of' the I mine. Rescue work began at once. BABY FINDS HOME. The ten-months-old baby girl ad vertised by the Board cf Children’s Guardians has found a home. She was taken yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brandyberry who will provide her with the comforts of a good home and will care for her as their own. This morning another family came in to secure the babe but were too late. TODAY’S HOOSIER ODDITY. (United Press Service! Indianapolis. March 13. —(Special to. Daily Democrat.) —The Indiana laws j require that voting booths shall be so ; constructed that the voters’ legs up i to their knees, will be visible. “What are the women going to do?” is tiie question being asked by politicians.

LOYAL AMERICAN I Ceniu Hathaway, Former | Decatur Spends Hour With Petition , ASKING THAT FLAG He Displayed by Ft. Wayne I Business Men Above Their Stores. An excellent likeness of Miss Ceniu ; Hathaway, a former Decatur girl, I granddaughter of Mrs. F. Kessler of 1 near Monroe, appeared on the first page of the Fort Wayne Journal-Ga-zette this morning with the following j article: | “With a patriotic interest that bespeaks her loyal Americanism, Miss j Ceniu Hathaway, of 704 West SupeI rior street, a clerk in-one of our local l I stores, put in her lunch hour to good! j effect Friday and Saturday and by her : own unaided efforts secured the sig-1 I natures of over a score of prominent I merchants and business men to a list i pledging the display,of tlje Stars and] Stripes over their places of business; in honor of the return of Company ].. Miss Hathaway declares that she in< t with but one rebuff and has no doubtl but what Vie list could have been, made much longer had she but had j the necessary time to personally interview the proprietors of the various stores. Many took occasion to laud! the spirit which induced her to carry I on a work single-handed and alone! and withal so quietly that but few realized the nature of her errand." her~sonTwife Sues Leah McVeigh forj $5,000 —Charged With Alienating Affections OF HER HUSBAND Says Mother-in-law Says if Son’s Wife Didn't Suit Her, Musn’t Suit Him. Inez McVeigh is plaintiff, and h?r mother-in-law, Leah McVeigh, is defendant in a damage suit in whicn Inez demands $5,000, alleging that her mother-in-law alienated the affections !of her husband. George McVeigh. The : suij was filed in the Adams circuit i court by Inez’s attorneys, O. W. Kerns lof Van Wert, 0., and Peterson & j Moran of this city. Inez says that she and George Me-] Veigh were married January 13, 1912,] ] and lived together until November 1. j ; 1915, when they separated. She says that during their married | ! life she and her husband lived with : his mother, the defendant herein, and ; that the mother-in-law maliciously made life very miserable for her, fin- : ally causing separation. j She says that the mother-in-law ] | made disparaging remarks concerning I her, held her up to scorn and ridicule,] urged her son to neglect her and to remain away from home at nights,} forbid him to furnish the plaintiff! with suitable clothing and food and! caused him to make remarks about] her in the presence of neighbors. The I dominating influence of the mother over the son, her husband, she says finally droye her, his wife, from the home. The deed for the home in which j they all lived together in the sarpe| j house, was in the name of the mother-; | in-law, and the plaintiff alleges? that ] ! she told her son, in the presence of ] the wife, the plaintiff herein, that he ' must drive her from their home, that ] the daughter-in-law had proven unsatisfactory to her and that she :lil not suit her; and what failed to suit her must also fail to suit her son. The plaintiff set out that she was granted a divorce from her husband last October 23, because of the treatment of him and his mother of her. The McVeighs have lived in Union township for the past four years or so, going there from Ohio and purchasing a ninety/icre farm.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, March J 3, 1917.

I NEW TRUCK IN SERVICE. A new lwo ton service truck was placed in commiHUion by the Decatur Produce company this morning. Wilr Ham Meyers, driver for the convent, taking out [he new unit. The truck was delivered yesterday and Is' a service worm drive model, making more than 25 horse power and remarkably silent for a truck It will j| be used to make the surrofinding i towns to gather produce for the joe ii i firm, Mr. Meyers doing the driving. jtTwo I earns and wagons uro also used in taking care of tftis trade and they will probably be continued, the truck milking the longer drives. A garage has just been completed at the produce building to house the new 1 truck. -O—— ■ DEATH AT DIXON Daniel Battenhurg, Pioneer of Adams and Allen Counties, Died Monday , * BROTHER OF CHARLES Well Known in This Community—Past the Mark of Four-score Years. Daniel Battenberg. 82, eldest brother of Charles Battenburg of this city, I tiled yesterday afternoon at his home at Dixon. Ohio, after a several months illness from infirmities. He was a ] pioneer of this and Allen county, w ts well known here and over the county] and had numerous relatives in This!locality. When a young man he live.! for a number of years in Root an 1 Washington township, leaving here! about forty-five years ago when h, moved to Allen county. Some time ago he moved to Dixon. Ohio, wheiel his death occurred. He is. survived ; . by the widow and five children, three’ isons and two daughters, anti one!, . brother, Jay of Vicksburg, Mich. Tl:et I funeral services will be held Thursday j morning, probably at Monroeville. Mr. : Battenburg of this city will attend. BOWLING. In a series of games held at the Arlington bowling alleys last nignti for determfffing the city champion.!] Bart Shraluka won with a grand aver ] age of 207 for five games. He has been challenged by Race Burrell for ! Friday night. Anybody in the city has the right to challenge the whiner. All those who fiinished above the 150 i mark are: > B. Shraluka.. 182 201 225 228 199! R. Burrell.... 176 194 203 Iff! 171 ’ 1 M. Galloghy.,l7s 201 IG9( 190 173 ‘ F. Chronister, 152 164 200 175 180; t T. Miller 172 161 172 183 183 t C. Stevens... .182 IS4 152 160 171 , The Arlington five play Portland . t ( | that place Thursday night. MISS STRICKLER RESIGNS. I * Miss Nota Strickler, for four or five! < | years one of the best and most pope. < : lar waitresses in the city, and for i I ( nearly two years at. the Hartings «<• Wilson restaurant, resigned last eve-] ning and today noon left for Foil J ] Wayne, where she will join her sister, I Mrs. Effie Case, who is employed at; } the Electric Light works. Miss ] ! Strickler has served hundreds of patrons, all of who wilt greatly miss ■ ! her. TO GIVE - A dinner, to which the public is it.-’ vited, will be given Friday noon by the Woman’s Relief Corps at the G. A.; R. hall. Twenty-five cents will tm charged. The proceed.: will go tc char ' ity work among the old soldiers of the] | country. Everybody is invited as will’ no doubt respond, as the excellent d<uI ners which these ladies serve, are| I famous. FIRST SERMON. — J Evangelist E. M. Kerlin will deliver; his opening sermon this evening at the Evangelical church at 7:30. The] liev. and Mrs. Kerin' will have charge : of the revival meetings for the next; I few weeks in the’new church so weill equipped for evangelical services. The song service will begin at 7:45. | i Bring your Tabernacle song books. The public is cordially invited to attend and enjoy these meetings. J. H. RILLING, Pastor.

TO FILE A SUIT t Opponents of Constitutional Convention to File Suit to Contest I I VALIDITY OF THE LAW — Wanted to File it Before •Judge Eichhorn at Bluffton But He Objected. (United Press Service) Bluffton, Ind., March "3. -(Special Ito Daily Democrat.) Friends of the i constitutional convention law who urged the passage of the measure before the legislature and stirred up! | sentiment in its favor over Ute state, i will file a suit against the act in an I Indiana circuit court to test its consti- . tutionality within a few weeks. This became known today when! Judge W. H. Eichhorn of this city,! i one of the leading advocates of the , bill when it was before the legislature.L i stated that he had been approached; j regarding the filing of the suit in his j | court, hut that lie objected. Advocates of the convention believe that opponents of the convention would postpone starting a suit until July or August in order that i: would not be completed before the election of delegates in September. It the suit is filed immediately, it | would be decided long before time for; the election of delegates. When the case _coiues up for Dial many of the ablest attorneys in the I t state will argue one question of con stitutionality of the law. Many prominent Indianapolis attorneys have already gone on record as being of ffie 1 opinion that the legislature had no right to pass the measure. PROF KAY COMING / ’ 1 Singing Evangelist Coming from Chicago to Organ- * ize Chorus • i AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH For Evangelistic Campaign \ —Chorus to be Organized Thursday. i Prof. Joseph A. Kay, of Chicago, > $ will arrive tomorrow or Thursday to attend the work of organizing a chorus I or choir preliminary to the opening of the evangelistic services at the Chris- 1 i 9 tian church from March 18 until 1 * s Easter. This will be conducted by s Evangelist Martin anti Prof. Kay. ] A meeting will be held Thursday evening at the church at which time, _ the choir will lie organized for the special singing during the evangelistic] campaign. Prof. Kay is a musical director and j evangelistic singer who comes highly } recommended, being strong in all de-; parturients of his work —as choir; leader, director and soloist. DOUBLE FEATURE BILL AT REX. In “Hell-to-Pay, Austin” we have a ] story of the real west that gets under the mere skin of its immortal ro-; inance. Austin, the hard and merci- ] less boss of a lumber camp, is an extrainary*character. He is known as] “Hell-to-Pay” because that is what.] happens when his orders are not car-‘ ried out. The added attraction for to-j day is the second reel of the U. S. ] Defenders series, showing “Our Boys | ;at ti.e Border.” It is full of excellent artillery and target' practice au»l shows | the infantry in sham battles* and the | machine gun squad in aetfon. J. A. CLINE SELLS FARM. Through the Leonard & Oliver ] agency, a deal was completed last ’ evening, whereby J. A. Cline sold his j 165-acre farm .located two miles : nortliwest of Decatur on the old River j road, to William H. Lux of Bluffton, i possession to be given Jiext Monday] | at which time Mr. Lux and family will] ! move to that place. Mr Cline has] rented a house in this city and will] move here this week. He has adver-l tised a sale of his farm personal prop e.rty for next Thursday at the farm.

■ REED BROTHERS ARE HERE. Dallas M. Reed and hi: brother, Frank Reed, arrived here this morniin: from Detroit. Dallas Is the manager land Frank the secretary of the Allo I’rodm ts company, which will locate here, and say plans are rapidly inuttir- ! Ing to make this tin 1 greatest food ! product city in the country. They are ' enthusiastic about the outlook and 1 ’pt'te a number of plans that will be j announced soon ARE YOU GOING TO FT .WAYNE’ The Yeoman lodge has chartered u special car to Fort Wayne to leave here at 6:21) and any one wanting to go can get tickets of any one of the lodge members. Don’t forget the time, 6:20 in the evening. THE COURT NEWS _____ Theodore Bears on Trial Charged With Drawing Gun on Shanks Boys. THE GRAND JURY Indicted Him—A Jury Trial —Order of Sale in Click < Guardianship. A jury and Judge D. E. Smith are hearing the case of Theodore Gav r Bears, who was indicted by the November grand jury. The indictment is in Two counts. The first charges that Bears drew a revolver on the persons of Alonzo and Grover Shank , December 29. 1915, and the second that he carried concealed weapons. In the guardianship of Ada (’lick, et al. appraisement of tjeal estate was filed and bond was also filed and ap- , proved. The real estate was ordered sold al private sale, without notice. not less than appraisement, free >f liens except taxes uue in 1918. A •marriage license was issued to N Andrew Habegger, fireman for t't£ Berne Lumber company, born Nov. '. 1895, son of Peter Habegger, to w d Clista Reusser, of B#rne, born Aptil 7. 1894, daughter of William Retisset. Real estate transfers: Clyde S. Weist et al. to John Novel, five acres , of Wabash township, $1,600: Jqhn F 1 Nevil et al. to Charles S. Weist., for y < acres cf Wabash township, $4,000; « Roy C. Doty et al. to Charles Burrell,' i seventeen acres of Root towpship, ' $2,500. S — DINNER POSTPONED. ‘ The Pythian Sisters who had arranged to give a dinner Friday at the < K. of P Hime, have postponed the : same until two weeks later on horse ! sale day, on account of a dinner to he I given this week on Foiday by tb“' W. R. C. at the G. A. R. hall.

- - ' - — c *• Prof. J. A. Kay, Director, to Lead Christian Choir During Evangelistis Services. 0

Price, Two Centfl

TO ENFORCE LAW K ■ r o Road Superintendent Hendricks Reminded That It’s a Part of Duty. i ~' MUST WATCH AUTOS Those Who Do Not Have License Tags or Violate Laws Must Settle. —■ < The state laws says specifically that all automobiles shall have displayed a license number tag ami that automobiles have no right to run over the streets or roads at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles an hour, or fifteen to twenty miles in the towns and as slow as eight miles in the business sections. Officials of Adams county have been most lenient, have f hui their eyes anil let you go. But the time has come when this must cease for travel has increased and the state authorities have written me to inquire as to how our officials are requiring observation of ihe laws. I have taken the matter up with the sheriff, the mayor and other officials and you must have your numbers and observe the other laws. Old numbers, dealers’ tags or “licensed applied for" tagr de not get you any place. Dealers’ tags are to be used only on demonstrators and not on livery or jitney cjirs. This is wrong ami the practice must stop. We see violations of the. law eveiv day and it is called to our attention (hat not to enforce the law is a violation of our oath of office. I am asked each day why I don't fix this or that ) lace. The more money paid in for licenses the more we can have to get our roads in condition. I assure you that every effort will be made to get them smoothed up as fast as the weather will permit. Please take notice as though you owned half of them, especially when you meet other cars, stow down and go by carefully and avoid unnecessary wrecks. JIM A. HENDRICKS. Highway Superintendent. o AT THE CRYSTAL. A story which is so true to life that you will be very apt to forget that you are merely watching a play, has been selected tor tne feature at the Crystal theater tonight. It is the latest Brady-Made World picture, featuring I.ew Fields and Doris Kenyon. The title is “The Man Who Stood Still.” SOLD TWO FARMS. C. M. Andrews has sold his two eighty-acre farms in Kirkland township to William Arnold and Jar off Barger, each taking eighty acres. The farms brought $25,000. Mr. Andrews will remain on the farm on which he lives until spring.