Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 62.

STEPS TAKEN TO SETTLE STRIKE Railway Committee and Brotherhood Chiefs to Meet Tomorrow AT WASHINGTON, I). C. Strike Orders Automatically Go Into Action Unless Recalled. (United Service) New York, N. Y„ Mar. 14—(Special |to Daily Democrat.)—Offices from i which negotiations to avert the threat- 1 ened country- wide railroad strike will be conducted were established in the I Grand Central terminal district today. Brotherhood chiefs, coming henLfrom Washington today for the meet-! Ing with the railroad conference cflii-! mlttee tomorrow, had declared for peaceful settlement if possible. They were, however, determined there ’ should be a settlement, through a great labor war if necessary; and I reports from various railway centers' I indicated that strike orders are ail ; tomatically wet. subject to recall onlyi ■in case the managers meet their • terms. The railway managers professed opI timistic belief that there wculd be no I strike; that the president would not permit labor strike to block the preparedness movement: and declared ' they stand on their announced belief that neither side should take any 'drastic action before the supreme; scourt decides the constitutionality of ■ the Adamson eight-hour law. President Wilson, through Secretaiy] of latbor Wilson and the federal board of mediation, is prepared to watch every move made here during the next ' few days. The deadlock reached is illustrated in statements issued from the two camps. Each declares itself firm in its intention to “stick it out." The form'll statement issued by the brotherhoodsj declaring their loyalty, closed with the declaration: “Surely the public must realize that . for more than a year we have made . every effort to secure a shorter work; ' day and our membership realizes that | I this question must be disposed of. andj f industrial peace restored before our I country becomes involved in a war, 1 which no wtfceims probable. “Seemingly it has been the purpose, ■"if the railroad companies to postpone final settlement of this question until either a panic or a war would defeat| our demands.” The railway managers said: “The railroads promised the government of the United States, through the department of justice, as did the brotherhoods, that they would take no further action until the. su ! preme court bad acted. The railroads | will keep that promise. They are not going to be bulldozed or frightened by the brotherhoods." ■There is considerable speculation here as to the power of the president to order operation of the railroads at I a time when war is impending. It is • admitted he would have the power as a measure of national defense in time qf hostilities. The fact that some trains carry| mail, according to brotherhood representatives. would make no difference as to tlie conduct of the strike. | A circular sent out declares tle men have just as much right to re fuse to work on mail trains as on, any other. I It is the expressed hope of railroad executives that Daniel Willard, who rose from a post as engineer to be president of the Baltimore & Ohio railway, will take control of the roads for the government should the piesi dent seize them. He is a member of the national defense counci am would sit with President Wilsons cabinet in case of war. Willard, who is in the city, has denied that he has been asked to direct operation of the roads for the government. ATTENDS~MEDICAL MEETING. Dr. Lloyd Magley went to bort Wayne last evening where he attended a meeting of veterinaries held there. Dr. G. H. Roberts, head of the Sta’e Veterinarian association, of Indianapolis, was present and gave an address. Dr. Magley will read a paper before the association at its next meeting in Port Wayne next month.

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AT HOTEL MADISON. » Mr. and Mrs. Russell Premier, tor- ■ in< rly of Bluffton. Ind., have taken ■ charge of the Hotel Madison in this ■ city, succeeding Mr.’and Mrs. Reiner Mr Premier is tin experienced hotel and restaurant man,.being in the bust I ness about fifteen years, and the trav 'cling public is assured of a homelikplace to stop nt. BUILDS CYCLONE CELLAR. Harry Gaunt, county assessor c.' . Wells county, will take no chances of ) a cyclone catching him unawares. He has constructed a dome shaped cy- ‘ I clone cellar a short distance from ills j home in which the family takes refuge when a particularly bad look- ! ing storm conies ap. ROTARIANS AT~*HOTEL MURRAY. The Decatur Rotary club will me-'t Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock at the Hotel Murray. The regular semimonthly meeting.and luncheon will be held. All members are requested to I be present. FREIGHTER SUNK — American Freighter Algonquin Sunk by German Submarine March 8. WITHOUT A WARNING Eiirht Americans in Her Crew — Carried 2,000 Tons of Food. (United Press Service) • London. March 14.—(Special to Daily Democrat.) —American steamer Algonquin, bound for London, and laden with foodstuffs, was torpedoed without warning on Monday morning. All of the crew of twenty-seven were . aved. The submarine refused to as; sist tlie survivors in the life boats. The Algonquin was formerly in lake traffic and was put in trans-Atlantic! service wTien tlie demand for bottoms] became.so great ihat many lake ships) were bought for such service. Lloyds list the Algonquin, registered! at Port Arthur, Ont., as a steel screw! ! three-masted steamer of 1,806 tons.] i She was built in ISBB at Glasgow and j formerly was owned by A. B. Mackay. When she was transformed to the. American steamer line she wai put under American registry and flew the) ] American flag. The Clyde liner.is a steamer of the ) same name, but she is not engaged in the trans-Atlantic trade. The submarined steamer was 245 ! feet long, with a beam of 40 feet. Rome, Italy, Feb. 3. —(By Mail.) —' ■ Germany's diplomacy is not so much statesmanship as trickery. This is I the opinion in certain allied circles ! here today. Many think Germany really wants to draw the United States into the war. They say her recent announceI ment of an “unrestrained submarine i campaign” has this purpose among ethers. Germany is now certain she can not ' win the war, it" is asserted. Consequently she is beginning to intrigue for her future position in Europe. Amsterdam, Feb. J 8. — (By Mail.) — An article is being widely printed in Germany dealing with the control of a new “war disease." that German doctors have to combat. Having met and defeated the old war diseases,! I cholera, typhus, spotted fever’ and ) smallpox, they now face “psychology ; cal starvation.” '! “This disease," says the article, “is I Jot a much more difficult character, as I ' it is mental and is quickly sperad from | ! one sufferer to another. It is found,] f strangely enough, in peaceful conn-] [ tries where war’s alarms have not . penetrated. “It is first a fear of starvation and - out of this fear rises a sort of psym- . logical hunger. This confusion of ■ ideas is sometimes exciting, sometimes crippling, and robs one of cottri age and sense. “Fear of starving will cause many t to make luxurious use of available :l supplies, to use all sorts of tricks in !. order to attempt to cover themselves e with a reserve layer of fat for times >• of still greater scarcity. i.] “In thosands qf letters, mostly write ten b ywomen, the writer speaks of nI nothing else but the fear of ultimate j starvation.”

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening,March I I, 1917.

A BOOSTER MEET 11 ■ Will be at Library at 7:30 i O’clock Thursday Night —Be There. THIS IS IMPORTANT Representatives of a Growing Little Factory Will Tell Us .Just How. Every citizen of Decatur who wants to help the town grow, who wfnts to I •| better the financial condition of the people of the city should he at the library at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow evening. Don’t forget the time and placeTHE LIBRARY AT 7:30 THURSDAY ■ EVENING. At that time representatives of a ! splendid little industry, one that we i j feel sure will grow into one of the best ! | in the country, will be here to explain' | the terms under which they will locate here. They don’t want much - the moral support and a real welcome’ being the greatest part of securing! this new factory. It will start in a small way with] 1 perhaps a dozen or so employes, tout ■ it will within a few years- have several I times that many if their hopes and . prospects are fulfilled. The men are upright, honest, hustling live business men who will help the city in various : ways and we ought to land the con ! ] corn. These are the things that help. rather than those which look too big] at the start. Be sure to be at the! meeting at tlie library at 7:30 tome row evening. n , TODAY’S HOOSIER ODDITY. (United Press Service) FORT WAYNE, Ind., March 14(Special to Daily Democrat.) —When I William Donnelly, a ciCil war veteran.. boarded a train for Erie, Pa., here,] no one doubted his Americanism. Th 7 ' | veteran had his suit case draped wit I ’. | an American flag. OVER WIDEAREA Sleet Storm of Yesterday Caused Much Damage Over a Wide Area OF NORTHERN INDIANA ——- Practically Every Company Having Wires Suffered Damage from Sleet. Telephone repairmen and executives continued today to give every effortj toward repairing the telephone lines; in this county, destroyed in the excep-, tionally heavy sleet storm of yesterday morning. Service is badly crippled and it is | almost impossible to get a call) through because of the exceptionally heavy traffic for the wires that re-1 main in service. Between Derat ur and Monroe sev-l eral poles were'blown down and th -1 wires broken. From Monroe on to] Berne service is as badly crippled, I Only one wire Is open to Bluffton, and 'Bluffton has but one other ’wire in) ; service, one to Fort Wayne. Monroeville was entirely cut off I from Decatur for a time yesterday.) | large portions of the country lines ) being torn down completely. In Decatur there was little damage Ito the telephone company. On I Fourth street "Shout a quarter of a I mile of wire was down, cutting out a couple of patrons. This has been repaired and Decatur service is 100 percent. efficient. The United Telephone company suf- ' sered heavy losses, nearly five hundred poles being down between Blutf- ■ ton and Hartford City. An additional large number of poles were blown down south of Bluffton, making it pos- ■ sible that several days may elapse i before direct communication with In- ; dianapolis is again established i Western Union wires had to be ufled to get news to the Democrat yestev- - day, there being no possible chance of I establishing a circuit to Indianapolis ’ by telephone. The city electric light and power

P wiring was damaged considerably and i Superintendent. Mylott had his force) of men busy far into the night getting) evegy line hack Into service. Most »f ithis repairing is finished today and! ' servin' is going on uninterruptedly. The interurban company had troubie! getting the cars across the nor'hl I river bridge, but after reaching the) i high tension current it was possible to) .burn the heavy coaling of sleet from the trolley wire and to continue opw-| Int ions. At Fort Wayne frequent trips! ! of cjty ears kept the wires free from I ' sleet and caused no trouble on thiti end. CAR. The Yeoman special cur will leave Decatur at 6:20 p. m. Thursday. March 15. Anybody wishing to go *o Fort Wayne can secure tickets here or of Mr. S. F. Brown. WILL YOH D 0 IT? A Hundred People in Deca- ■ 1 tur Asked to Give Dollar , Each for Newcastle. ~ c t IT’S WORTHY CHARITY ' 1 — It And Should be Sent in This t Week—People of Indiana City Suffering. * i 1 i Newcastle has appealed to Decatur ia | for aid for her citizens who lost every- f tiling in the Sunday storm. I Shall we respond as we should? ’ Mayor Christen has made the appeal ■ c to our people and several have already r contributed. If you are going to give. ( ! do'it now for it is now that the money | is needed the worst. ' Mayor Christen has suggested and we f i believe it can be done —that one hun- t . dred people of Decatur each give one ] dollar. Won’t you be one of the hun 1 j dred? A dollar means but little to: ( you. but a hundred dollars from each i | town and city in Indiana would help ! so much in this dark hour for our sis- | ter city of Newcastle. | Please do it and do it at once. Tnej I list so far is as follows: IC. N. Christen SI.OO Mrs. C. N. Christen LOO r J. H. Heller I I.oo' - A Friend—E. B. 1 l.bO! Arthur R. Holthouse I.oo] A. M. Fisher 1.00! Mrs. Fisher 1.00 ] Mrs. Della Clark ( 1.00 .Mrs. Robert Blackburn 1.00 ) Robert Blackburn LOO Josephine Archbold (5 years old) 1.00 Richard Archbold 1.00 ' Frances Laman Dettinger 1.00 Mrs. J. H. Heller 1.00 Total $14.00“ Send or bring your contributions to this office. A NIGHT PINCH r ii I £ Night Policeman Reynolds Arrests Elmer Ault and " 0 Mary Brown. j — HOUSE OF ILL FAME I’ — 6 Is Charge Against Ault— r a Brown Woman Comes , from Fort Wayne. ' c After several nights hard work ] watching ihe place, Night Policeman! Reynolds last night raided the Elmer! Ault house in the south part of]; the city, arresting fcltner Ault and j Mary Brown, true name unknown,) t lof Fort Wayne. A charge of run- ( ning a hcusr of ill fame was lodge.l' against Ault and the woman will probably face a charge of prostitution. The affidavits in the case were filed this morning by the officer, but the i arrests were made in the raid last 1 night. • ' Dozens of witnesses were subpoenaed to appear at the trial which is being held before Mayor Christen : this afternoon. The house in question has been under suspicion of the police for some, I time. It is but one of several that I ■ will come in for a raid, it is asserted. I

EAT CHOCOLATE Dr. Barnard Shows Value of Chocolates in Food Usage—Well Balanced. BIG STAYING POWERS And Nutritive Value Make It Ideal Food for Hikes and Outdoor Sports. i Written f«r the Cplteil Press.» By DR. H E, Pure Food and Drug Commissioner. When Queen Victoria sent her cakes of chocolate to her soldiers in South Africa, the men who ate her bountv were doubtless as wFll pleased as they; were well fed. Chocolate is a good food, sweetmeat and stimulant. If < ontains a great deal of sugar—a concentrated' food: nearly 50 per cent of cocoa fat an excellent producer of heat: from two to three per cent of mineral mat-) ter and a small quantity of the bromine. The mineral content furnishes the salts necessary to sustain life and the bromine acts as a stimulant. On account of its staying powers and nutritive properties, chocolate has 1 been largely used where ,a concentrated food is required. It finds a reg-j ular place in the dietary of armies!, and of explorers and is as satisfacto y food in the trenches as it is in the milar regions. A cup of chocolate at the soda fountain on a cold winter’s day makes life seem* brighter, and a chocolate sundae in the heat of summer serves instead of. surf bathing, to | cool the stay-at-homes. I A boy with his pockets filled with chocolate bars will tramp all day and come home in good condition. It’ his * mother had him carry sandwiches for lunch, he would have been no. better fed and he would have allowed her to fill his pockets only under protest.' But chocolate—ah that's a different matter. GARY IS GROWING I Town Covers More Than 19,000 Acres on Latest Map Issued. , WOODEN SHOES SEEN , — Terrd Haute Citizens Start New Style of Wearing ( Wooden-soled Shoes. » * f < United Press Service, Gary, Ind., March 14. (Special Ui Daily Democrat.) —The city of Gary covers 19,573 acres of ground, accord-! f ing to a map recently published by the < city engineer's office. I f Terre Haute —Wooden shoes have J made their appearance in Terre Haute', on account of the high price of leather L The soles and heels are jjade of cot- ( tonwood and are an inch thick. : Columbus —An increase in salary of' 1 from 7 to 10 per cent, has been ! 1 granted employes of the Interstate Re ! ! public Service company. Tlie new I agreement makes 24 cents an hour the minimum and 34 cents the maximum 1 wage. Vincenn^p —The third annual sho't course given by the universit? in this city, opened today. Muncie—Ten-cent stores in Muncie! no longer are tßneent stores, follow ing the raise in price of many articles) formerly sold for a dime to fifteen j cents. AFTER ARMOR PLANT. (United Press Service) Evansville, Ind., March 14. —Buai-j ness men" of this city today presented their arguments for the establishment: of the federal armor plate plant In this city before the special board appointed to investigate the claims of; many cities who are trying to procure 1 the big concern which the board has , been hearing in many cities, cane ■ hero frojn Louisville where New Al , bany and Jeffersonville presented their side of the question.

’ A COOD SERMON. ■ The first sermon Im t evenffg at th< Evangelical church by Evangelist I! M. Kerlin was good in thought, deliv > ory and spirit, ,’l'ho illustrations wi ■< I striking and new*. It was felt by tin congregation tliul rich tilings are in store for the people The speaker won his way quickly into tlie con’, donee of the hearers. He is blessed with the speech and pleasing way of telling things. Best of all. one ; feels that Mr. Kerlin is a man of God and loves to help the needy and the lost to a better life. He spoke from the words. "Jesus as Judge, laiw Giver, King and Saviour." The subject for tills evening is: “What Personal Religion Means '<> Me.” This subject, promises a good meeting for all. Mrs. Kerlin is here and will be active in assisting in the meetings. A mass men’s meeting wiil be held Sunday afternoon from 3 to 4 o’clcck. The public is cordially invited to a'tend all services and enjoy ihe feast of good things. Song ser-1 j vice at 7:15. sermon at 7:30. WAS BIGSUCCESS Oratorical Discussion Contest at High School Well Matched Affair. MISS SWEARINGER WON Speaking on the Subject of “Better Citizenship,” from Dick Heller. Tlie discussion oratorical contest, held in the High school yesterday afternoon on the subject of “Compulsory Military Training. ’’ was an utwsuil. The contestants were w,.1l matched in many ways. Anita Swearinger, speaking on the J subject. “Better Citizenship," won firs: (dace. "We are not arguing for preparedness for war," said Miss Swear-' inger, “but preparedness against war.” She then spoke on the moral effects of a compulsory military system. Dick Heller argued very successfully for the. proposed system. paredness is the slogan of the world," said the speaker, and then urged that j the United States adopt that slogan. Dick won second place. The other speakers in the contest) were: Guy fee«s. Harry Fisher. Flor-! cnee Mann and Frieda Williams Miss Swearinger will represent th-'i Decatur High school in the county con-1 lest which will occur on Friday. Mar'-n ( 30. She will begin preparation and ] training at once for that event. Mr. Keller had charge of the local contest and will have charge of th” training of our representative in the) county contest. . _ . ... -■ . Z 1 ■ “ DYNAMITE MYSTERY. (United Press Service) Huntington, Ind. .March 14. — (Si)?-' dal to Daily Democrat.)—Eight sticks of high percentage dynamite, furyfitted with caps and fuses, were found) under a lumber idle at the Caswe'lRunyan cedar chest plant today. I, ijnct known whether or not the explo- i sive was intended to destroy this plan! ) or -not or whether it was to be use 1 upon one of the two big steel mills; nearby. It is believed by police th: ' the* dynamite belonged to German sympathizers who objected to thHuntington steel mills making muni tions for the allies. "Die police are tracing the purchase. 0 ALBION MARION MAULLER was born November 7. 1900, and d ■ parted this life Marell 9. 1917. aged 16 years, 4 months and,2 days. Albion I was an obedient and faithful son. <>!-{ 1 ways ready io do all he could tor hL parents and any one he could help. He leaves -his father, mother, one ! brother and three sisters and a hoe, of relatives and friends to <ourn their loss The funeral was conducted at. the Methodist Episcopal church , j Sunday morning at 10:30 a. m.. the services being conducted by gev. Gee. L. Conway. SPECIAL SERVICES TONIGHT. Special Lenten services will be held at the Zion Reformed church at 7: ’.O ! o’clock this evening. The pastor will| speak off "The Fourth Word from tic-Cross--My God, Why Han’t Thon Forsaken Me?" Everybody welcome. THE PASTOR.

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THE GW NEWS e Jury in Case Against Theo. it Bears Fails to Agree and is Discharged. !| «- OUT EIGHTEEN HOURS ’A ill flf Lillie O. Woodruff Probated Today—Mr. Woodruff is Executor. ’i 11 After deliberating eighteen hours, 'the jury in the ease of the State of ' Indiana vs. Theodore Gaver Bears, indicted by the grand jury for drawing a weapon on Alonzo and Grover i Shanks, was discharged at 11 o'clot k ] this morning after reporting that ; there seemed to he no chance for an ] agreement. In the case cf Joseph Kearney vs. I Edward Green, sheriff et al. for dani> ages, the defendants excepting St. Johns, were ruled to answer absolute j within five days. Ferdinand lake, administrator, vs. Joseph Wolf, action for tent, appearance by Peterson & Moran for dcfeiiq. ' ants. Ruled to answer. Bruce Dibble vs. Martin Klepper Co. affidavit filed for change of venue from j court by plaintiff and granted. Names of R. H. Hartford of Portland, Paul 1. Hooper, Deca.ur, and J. H. Aiken of Fort Wayne suggested. Appearance i by C. J. Lutz for plaintiff. Janies Eady vs. Harold D. Eady, partition. bond of commissioner filed and approved. The will of Lillie O. Woodruff of Jefi ferson township was probated this : morning. The will provides that ail her property, real and personal, be given to her husband. Bull r Woolniff~,an'(T "at his death’ or remarriage to go to the children, share and share ! alike. The will was written July 28, i 1911, and was witnessed by Henry Martin and Adam Saxman. Butler Woodruff qualified as executor today ' and filed his bond for SIOO. A marriage license was issued this - afternoon to Joseph Stevens, laborer, born Aucust Stevens, farmer, to wed Matie Chronister, born March 15. 1,891, daughter of Albert Chronister, farmer. The groom was married once before his wife having died in 1913. Frederick Geier took out letters of administration on the estate of Edward Geier. His bond was $4,000. WANT ANOTER JOB. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Marell 14.—(Spo- ] cial to Daily Democrat.)—Following the close of the legislature, many senators and representatives have ; started their campaigns for election !as delegates to the.constitutional coni vention, although the election will not !be held until September. Consider- | able discussion regarding the election | of delegates is also being heard over : (he state. Among these who are being men- ! tinned for delegates are: Former Attorney General Evan B. Stotesenburg, [Senators White of Crawfordsville; i Dcbyns, Greensburg; Woliteon, Negley: Spaan. English; Upbinson.Jndianapelis; Culbertson, Vincennes: ♦'lom- . ing. PortlamjA RIVER STAGE GOING UP. of the St Mary’s river is j rapidlv rising, a rise of two feet being noted since 7 o’clock this morning, meaning a four-inch rise each hear. It is now about nine feet above low {stage and has commenced to cov-r the fields east of the river bridge. Four more feet wilW < ause it to run over the levee across the stone road. Exceptionally heavy rains near the head waters leads local river experts to Ktlieve that the will make the four-foot rise before ni'orning. _ AT THE REX, How a happy-go-lucky young American upset the plans of the world’s greatest, is the theme of the Jesse L. Lasky production of E. Phillips Oppenheims famous novel, “M, I Grex of Monte Carlo," which will be the. Paramount attractio’n at the Ri x today, with the distinguished Theo dorF Roberts and Carldle Blackwell in the stellar roles.