Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1917 — Page 1

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WILSON M'T /E TO END S: WE ! . Legil li gs Being Looked Up by VJ sers for Quick . cti i. ■ , | PLANS QUU'i, YORK Wilson Will Lei Strike Drag Along Ii to « Bitter Wan ire II (Unitort Press «»n., (By Robert J. Ben de [ <;j. | Press Correspon. l ;.t Washington, March 7.— edal to Daily Democrat.)—P- ,i<le- Wils >n believed today there ' uhl h no railI road strike tonight. '■ ,i!l ' th ii the mediators he set. pt>- aste to L New York yesterday w<,u! ’ prevail upon both sides of th nape-., mg rail trouble to adjust t oh j Iculties peaceably. This confidence d d not -II him into Inaction. He is ludyi meant of action to prevent railroad no business paralysis witli ip .onset- ent s.if-, hirings for thous .<: ; usan is of citizens. l.egai precedents rsjsenw advisors, have been . rea'.'y ttudie.li I and it was the white u.e tn cession! that the president v itld hr liable.! to take steps to ch k tb. strike. Whether he would b able to ,ut the roads under full ma ial law as uncertain, though, the p eedentt diowed he has power to de hat in -lit oi any violence on the res . In any ev nt. Ii .on -‘ .i the., piesideLiL. d. 11 mil— t fpnse to -t :mv railroad strike dra,.; . mg bite bji’er warfare with atter irn■ bij food ( prices, shortage of splie- a ,d general crippling of bit less. Aside from the pt nubility 'at th>-i, president's mediators raay dru a sat-; isfactory settletnej': in Net York,' there is the possibility t *•<» su 1 rente court will haii ■few.. t Adar son law decision M 1 day. New York. Match 17, -:S> ial to, Daily Democrat.) - ’ lefinit oposi'l for awarding the gressiv iatior.-|, wide railway strike hedu v I start j in the east at ■■' dock ic. i, it has) been made by Freer <-nt \\ i isnv - . diators. Six hours of coni l ences, e’ ling i 4a. m. failed to or. i?; any . ement of change in positic tL.n ' t roth hood chiefs, rep ..enting IC A OOO| trainmen who ate eeking . eigin hour day, or from manat 1 1. representing 250 rad' .ys. At 9:30 the men orswu- meet the brother hood ci fs. pn u ibly to receive their ans i r to w ovet iment's proposal. i at:i r whi i was not revealed Active in the sti ‘I re .ci campaign was Secrete of Lab .■■ \ ilson. Secretary of Inter) r Lane at 1 Dani-1 Willard, president 'he B„ ore & Ohio railroad, al' hers of ' un ' til of national <!■ Samuel Gm. ,-residen us the American Feder.- n of 1., ay. had not Joined his fe v medium early today, although left Wa ■ ington two days ago ai (tempt- h • been made to loci te h n It was earned on high authorit' eday that e ’-ay not appear in ‘I negotiate >■-. Gompers, wlt o rci ted th- iea labor meeting . ,’-<-tin .h' h <l-. dared for u ,iv ' •«1 lllK . most Icyal ■’ :il)l " K "' eminent thi s slid to have emphasized tl:.‘ him recently < ■ • "' • ■ nw-rs. apparently wel’ g obie 1 'oday Iha' I’' may find hi; ■ at isi ue with the brotherhood ' - m . #Mini 111 '■ demands at •' i riP - As Gompt iteail of i’C la federation, hau diced 'i- • ~ir 10 the brothers n the r. ■ > t-!ioe;-day fight, hi ■ ibm h tl' p >v,v: ' l of the contrve h era lairassir g <■ the best. W. G. Lee stdent >f the trainmen. declare ' !t empb- ii? el.mrtly before going CMfere'ice with t.r mediators t « i-at no nove to call off the strik -'een made T-e tone of his , .t" somed ' m J cate the brt' hoods sl.tl wre full of fight. , , "I cannot -1 < i what Hansptred at

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tile night conference," he said, iailxib whs fully represented. "I understand Mr. (lumpers is sun-' posed io be at Atlantic (Tty and that they have been trying to get in torn n with him by phone and by tele rapi. " Cleveland, March n.- -Special to! Dully Democrat ) Six thousand rail-1 ;ruad brotherhood men running out ot Cleveland will lie the first to strike tonight at 7 o'clock If mediation fails toilm in New York. Cleveland Is to bo tho start ii.g point of the big Strike This city pill autn-1 maiteally become the strike headquarter.-. cf the nation until the next st -p cornea in the progressive strike. From Cleveland will be directed tieprogress of the strike on these roads: New York Central lines (east and (Conflntieo nn Pngs i.) ~ BEBIN -JiONDAV Evangelists Martin and Kay Will Begin Services at Christian Church. OX SUNDAY MORNIX(i i Will Continue Until Easter . —Everything Ready for the Work. _ : i t What promises to be one ol th--, greatest revival meetings ever held i i | tlfe local Christian church will begid Sunddy morning and continue until , Easter Sunday. All indications point 1 , to the fact that this meeting will not 1 ) only do the membership of the church < good, but the community as well , Much artful preparation on the part I of membership, -specially the pastoral | < h-hi-r- ... "i-ggii 1 — ii- b- on do::ITh just a little mor- tii-iti jn.-; a revival meeting in the ordinary!’ sense ci the term. It will be an “Euc.i One Win One" caiiqmign of souls for the kigdom of Christ. A special prayer | has been composed, which central . thought is expressed in lhese beauti k ful Christ-like words: “Lord help me today that I may be a blessing to ’ some one. and to live in ouch a self t r«w*fitt way that when I kneel to pray my prayeij. will I e for ‘others.’ " It is a prayer of unselfishness and 1 humility. Evangelist A. L. Martin, of the Northwestern District of Christian 1 Church Work, will do the preaching during the revival meeting. He is one HJMEbO i Will • .Ari - r W ■ EVANGELIST A. L. MARTIN. of the strongest gospel preachers to) g be found anywhere. As an evangelist, t he is very earnest and enthusiastic, < and preaches the Old Jerusalem gos- t (, -c kind that won so’many con veils on the day oi C.-. *■ r-ost. And . is also very kind, sincere and has .. very pleasant disposition, in all -. very likeable fellow. - Prof. Joseph A. Kay will haw-; charge of the chon es, ike adult and!: • booster chorus. T’e will be assisted in p the mtlic by tl:e Chri tian church!; ■I orchestra. Special numbers by the| i orcnestra, choruses and solos will ir.'. ven durin- the ir ‘fiig r- x-’."J I wil sing the solos. H" wi!’ s'-g »», the morning and evening services Sun-, day. -Tli" orchestra will render spe-l • iclal music at the evening service. ,- An Invitation to the general public, - is extended. All are welcome to these' 1 services Come and bring your, -‘friends. Services will begin at 7:30! i- sharp each evening during the week. ibThcr" will be 3 , to 40 minutes good 11. in;., .-.nd the services wil clo .-> 11,..- „t 9 o’clock each evening !

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, March 17,

MRS. LINN DEAD Mrs. Dan Linn of Eleventh Street Passed Away Near Midnight. WAS ILL LONG » — - Os Infirmities of Age—Well Known Member of Reformed Church. Wilhelmina Linn, wife of Dani-i Ulin, of Sv.uth Eleventh street, passed away last night at ten minutes before »-■ midnight hour. She had been in falling health since last summer of infirmities of age. and had been bedfast for the past two weeks or more. Had she lived until next May sixth, she would have been sixty-nine years old. Mrs .Linn was formerly Wilhelmina Hiige. She was the daughter of Henry Hilge and was born near Cincinnati, O. Practically all her life, however, has been spent here. She was married, in young womanhood to Jacob Hoffman. Their mar ried life was short, he passing away after nine years. To them were born j five children. One died in infamy. F»ur surviving are: Jacob Hoffman, this city; Mrs. Dan Smith, Monroe; Airs. Add L-on Sheets, Wren. ().; Mr-. Henry Doh-n. south of Decatur. Twenty-seven years agp she was married to Mr. Linn, the husband surviving. Henry Hilge, of Illinois, is al L-rother; Mrs. Lewis Guenthner, Fort! Wayne, a sister, and Mrs. James Hoiiman, south of Decatur, a half-sister. Mrs. Linn was a member of the 1 German Reformed church of which she 1 was a faithful member. THE UP ANU OUTS Sometimes Harder to Reach Than “Downs and Outs” Says RevTKerlin ■- IN HIS SERMON — — At Evangelical Church— Three Services Announced for Sunday. The Indian's creed: "God is die boss of every man. all of us. We have been mean to God. every man, all .f us. Jesus Christ died for every man, all of us. If we believe in Christ, every man, we go to heaven, every man a: us,” was tile foundation of a good sermon on the "Sovereignty of Go.l, Fall of Alan, the Atoijement, Forgiveness and the Reward of Heaven." The speaker stated some plain facts. He) said: “There is a God who is just) and before wlruni all must appear. He i cannot call wrong right. Man is not) only mean but has sinned against) God, and without God’s ’ forgiveness he is lost. But Christ came to save) every man, all of us, from our sins.’) Here, especially, striking illustrations, were given that occurred in meetings held by the evangelist, following the I sermon an earnest plea was made 1 y Mr Kerlin for decision, followed by a good testimonial service. No services tonight, but three wilfbe held on Sunday. The 2:30 hour is for men. -Contributed. Sente -ices from the Sermon. Some people become, “down and) --■d some become “up and outs.” Their very plOSjw ii-Atii them, away from God. The “up and outs” are often harder! to reach than the “down and outs” because their selfish “respectability” insulates them from God. You wouldn't tolerate a governor of your state who would indiscrimi nately p.. don Ml law-b-eakers. yet sore . eople th:- t.- - ’.error -i the universe will be too me - -”.d to punish sin. What you think or desire about ! future retribution can no more change ' the facts than what you think about the calendar can change tht day of the ! week. Some people think of the Fatherhood of God as if it were a sort of weak and indulgent granr •herhood. I have no theories about .’.e atone a

I , tnent of Christ. I believe in it ,or : the same rca -on I believe In the midtiplicailon table. Ii works. It brings 1 about character transformations tli.it | nothing else doeswor cam, •) You can't get to heaven on your I wirh bom-; It takes some baekbotn j < j well —manly determination and d - cislon. • No man can rihe higher in spiritual I attainment than his own unfettered i will ami personal choice takes him. There are no conscripts .10 drafiel soldiers in the army of Christ. They • are al! volunteers, and their only regie! is they .didn't enlist sooner. It's a serious thing to Is- a Christian—but an infinitely more serin is thing not to be a Christian THE COURT NEWS > I R. H. Hartford Appointed Special Judge in Case— Wilder Estate Closed. ISSUES ARE MADE — In Several Suits—Robert Patterson Estate is Also Closed. i The bond of the superintendent ci'l , construction of Lhe Adam J. Fisher 0* al. drain was approved. R. H. Hartford, of Portland, was ai pointed special judge of the Bruce! Dibble vs. Martin-Klepper company's [case. The plaintiff struck oft the name I j of John H. Aiken, and the defendant) failed to strike off any of the three l ! names submitted for special judge. ■ - hence the selection by the court from the two remaining. Cora Wilder Reber filed final report !as administratrix of the estate ot Dwight Miller, which was approved and she was discharged. No inheritance tax was found duI in the estate of Robert D. Patterson. ! F. M. Schirmeyer, administrator, was i discharged as such, on approval of hr- [ final report. In the petition ca.-.- of Micha-’ I Miller, executor of the James W*gati£i> I estate vs. Mary C. Anderson et al., a ! petition for partial distribution w.is I filed. Summons was ordered for Join ; W. Hendicks and James N. Fristo? ! returnable June 2. B. W. Sholty vs. Roy Wolford et a’. Appearance for Schafer Hardware company was entered by themselves. Joseph Kearney vs. Sheriff Ed Green TContinued on Page 2.) —————— O 1 ■■■ • " ■■■ ' ( AGED LADY DEAD Mrs. Rebekah Mcßarnes Died Last Night at Nine O’clock at Home — OE HER NIECE 1 — Was Eighty-six Years Old —Funeral Will be Held Monday Afternoon. — Mrs. Rebekah Mcßarnes, 86, who! 1 for the past six years had made bar) home with her sister, Mrs. Levi Barkley, in his city, died last night [ !at nine o'clock at the home of her [nieces. Mrs. R. C. Parrish and Mrs. 1 iT. M. Reid, on North Fifth street [ She had been ill of hear trouble a) ! lona :'■■ h "‘ i>‘ was whi e visiting! with her nieces a few weeks ago that [she became seriously ill. remaining! i there until her death. • She was the daughter of John and! [ Margaret Phipps, pioneer residents ! -; of this county. She was horn In Westmoreland. Pen’wlvania. Marcn ,: . 1831, but came b > 'th her par-) cuts in . iu.m.’ girlho .- , I' ?-- h: iiand. Alex .>1: B.t. non, died a number of years ago. There were [ ( no children. Two elaters. Mrs. Levi BarkWl’ of this city, and Mrs. Elizabeth Kehr of) 1 Cromwell, are the last of the McBarnes family. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at. two o'clock fretn f the Parrish and Reid residences, Rev. ■ J. JI. Rilling, of the Evangelical church lit charge. A

Decatur Teachers perintendent Attend District Teachers’ Meet. I AT MUNCIE TODAY Seniors Invite Rev. Rev. W. Paul Marsh to Give Baccalaureate Sermon. M F. Worthimui. s.iperintendent of j the city si l-ools, left ', IS ( pigiu („ r Muncie, wheie he will attend the meeting of the Eighth District 7 ■ae'i , ers' association of Indiana, of which , organization lie is treasure!. This • in session in Muncie today. Three Decatur teachers are also cn ' Ihe program. They are «Mlss Be is I Congleton, who speaks on “Value < f Conversational Exercises ami Gam s )in Language Work;” Miss Virginia I Cravens on "The Place of he Modern Novel in the Curriculum;" and L. it. Keller. “The Interpretation of Mtalern | Times as a Basis of Selection if ‘ Topics in Ancient History." The nigh school seniors have invited the Rev. Paul Marsh, pastor of the [ Christian church, to preach the bac 1 ealaureate sermon this year. Rev. Marsh accepting. The time and pkre ' will be announced later. County School SuperSntcndent i! ‘ S. Christen is. also at Muncie attend- , ing the meeting. MASONIC CALENDAR. Tuesday. March 20. 7:30 p. m Mark 1 Master and Past Master degrees. Thursday, March 22, 7:30 p. m. M ister Masons’ di r ree. DAVID E. SMITH. W. M ABOUT THE SICK Mr. Frances McCampbell Unconscious and at the Point of Death. WAS ILI? LONCU Mrs. Geo. Wettzberger Recovering from Pneumonia—Other Notes. : 1 Mrs. Will Worden continues to improve under the X-ray treatment for enlargement of the spleen at the Fort | Wayne hospital and if her improve- 1 ment continues, she may return home • the first of the week for a week's 1 stay, returning again to the hospital thereafter. The treatment has been ! most successful. The enlarged spleen ( was over a foot lyng and it has been | reduced so mat it is now invisible , j or Impalpable, as it is called in medical terms. The treatment has also reduced the white corpuscles in the blood from 195,00(1 to 86,0(10, Mr. Worden called on his wife this morning at the hospital. Mrs. Frances McCampbell. 76, is al the point of death at her home west of the city. Some time ago she suffered from congestion of the lungs and never rallied from that. She lias lapsed into unconsciousness and it i • believed that death is near. Her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Abel, resideswith her. Mrs. Charles Harkless <1 near Monmouth, is also a daughter. Mrs. Clarence Baughman returned ! yr... r't' 'mtn Mnnrnniid. Hermoth<“ I Mrs. George Werfxberger, who was ill of pneumonia, following a siege of | the grip. Is bolter, being able to sit up in bed. * Mrs Amanda Sdenck and son, I Charles ..nd Mrs Jacob Buhler wem ) 10 Fort Waym Friday to call on Mrs. ■ Su.enck’s g. ‘.iddaughter, and Mrs. , Buhh r'.. niece, Mi.ss j.ois Campbell. ; aged 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Car j tis Campbell, of Bluffton, formerly of I thij county. She is ill of tubercular lieritonitls. and at the point of deati) W. M. Darwacter returned Thursday night from Fort Wayne and repo <s that his nephew. Ha.vt!/ Close, win was operated on at the hospital is improving very nicely.

ehl«t, • »n« Mr. tfandlx rn, of iMtouapolk, ■ who la secretary of the library commission The convention was for the unbuilding us library interests and was- a very sm-ecMsful one The <ll. | (rici comprises northern Indiana, it, cluillng Hartford City, Muncie. K< 1 diillville. Fort Wuytie, Decatur, itlu . , lon and others, the library district nut I I being the same as that of the c.in I gressional division. MONEY BY MAIL Mail Contributions ( timing in for the Newcastle Storm Sufferers. FUND IS GROWING Sympathetic Continue Generous in Response — Who the Donors Are. The money for the Newcastle cytlone sufferers._received at this orth is net'confined to donors in this city. Contributions have beep coining ri by mail and the amount is rapidly growing. From Newcastle comes the wofl that the work of rebuilding the partly l , ruined homes i- in progress and the relief committees are continuing their wt rk of extending succor to the needBy 9 o'clock this morning, Decatur', fund had reached nearly $l6O anil this will reach Newcastle in time to by very acceptable to the homeless and otherwise needy ones. , If you want to help, be sure to send , your money to this cftice tonight. The fund as it stands today: As published $136.0:C Frank Helman l.'>o! 1 J. ('. Patterson ~. 1. 0 j Ur- 1'• I■ : . —~— 1 1 Rich ;. . I.LJ: j Emma Bogner I ts) Ed Neuenschfander 2.0 J ( Knights of Columbus 500 B. Whittredge 3.00! { Fred Bilderback 1.00 ; < James Parrish Lot) Joe Rumschlag l.ii')! ( Lewis Fruchte L'.iO ) Mangold & Baker 1.00 ( J. ('. Houk I.'LO 1 Dr. ('. V. Connell Lra) Rev. W. A. Hienz 1.60 Charles Steele 1.00 Rev. Stolte l.'i ) 1 “A Friend” I.') , Mrs. John Everett I.o'l Mrs. J. T. Merryman 1.00 , G. T. Burk 5.00 . Pocahontas Lodge 2.00 Israel Bender 1.00 , Mrs. Israel Bender’. I.o'l Sam Henry Post 2.5') Total $175.r,.>' Freaks of Cyclone. Numerous incidents of the storm's' work at Newcastle that savor of the unique are being brought to noti.-.-daily In a house on Eighteenth stre< t is a stove in good comytii 11, lacking 1 only pipe and fire. It was not' the>" betore the cy -lone and no one knov. ’ it belongs At tile heme g, W. L. Risk in South Fourteenth strafter the cyclone, almost a peek ul. choice onions wore on the floor in tin : 1 parlor, but there had been no pnions almut the house earlier in the day. •At the Risk home, another tmusinl ! feature of the storm’s work ,'s ctusiiig , mueil <■<>,.. 11H1 the wreckage of a burn some illstani < , off, has laced itself in and out amont j the weatherboarding anil corner strips of the house How a dog. just mi ordinary cu a lost Its own life but In so doing -n I saved the lives of many people, is told i by eyewitnesses ' '.he eleel I’uciltlo'.l \ of the canine. 3 in> <l >g wandered -1 into n mass of tangled telephone ami J electric wires and was lulled instantly. 1 Those in the immediate vicinity atj’ie ' time were intending to follow the same course taken by the dog to rnnc'i' 1 a | oint of vantage among the mine I buildings, when they witnessed the fate of tile dog and changed then ' course. • 1

Formal \ the Throne ol NOW A REPUBLIC Order Being Steadily Maintained in Petrograd—To Prosecute War. (I'nlted Press Sen Ice 1 Petrograd, March 17.—The rule of the R< nianolTs ended, Russia began new history today as u republic. Cz..r hjicholas has made formal abdication Os hi. throne on behalt of himself and the young < zaroviu h Next in line was the Grand Duke Michael, to wiioi i the car turned over the dynatsy and . who was named regent by the pro- , I visional government Itself. But tho I grand duke himself refusing the 1 crown. A formal organization of the gov- ! eminent as a republic was expected to- ‘ day. This may lx- delayed, h iwever, pending information from the people th -mselves as to the form of government they desire, and particularly tending word from the soldier..'■le.inwhile order was steadily being r-rtored throughout Petrograd. The list of provinces and cities announcing adherence to the new regime was Increasing rapidly. The violent change from a repressed autocrac y to' a wide open democracy was being made with ease The provisional government leaders have impressed the people with the sincerity of their purpose, their energy and their patriotism to the cause of the people of Rusia On every side in Petrograd was heard teday renewed avowals of vigorous of the war again t Get many Ixindon March 17. — (Special to Daily Democrat.l— 'zar Nicholas of Riis • 1,1 -C: f.H-1 .! id’dii il ton o'i 'he ■ ~ ’■ •— it was learned beer today. Preliminary statements which bad hern received here up to today r< • I orted that thesoiftner emperor of ail the Russians had rbr.ounced his s.ivcieignty Friday night Dispatches from Russia today said the formal signature to the abdicatio t was made at I’skoff ami that throughout the Russian nation placards announcing this renunciation had b< < n posted. Amsterdam. March 17. — (Special to Daily Democrat.) t.’nrest in Germany against milUarist repression of the people has been violently accelerated by the success of the Russian people in casting off the yoke of centuries Even those elements of the German people who favor autocratic control of the fatherland have been affected by the news from Petrograd. s< eltig therein the failure of German |>lacs and the certainty that instead of Russia growing w< iker as the war progresses, she is likely to grow stronger with a new government animated by united determination to do its best against Germany. German newspapers containing the < htineellor's spvech of Wednesday afternoon increased the ininresslJll among observers of German aft'airs here that the German governmen: itself is apprehensive of this 11,ire t among the Teutonic people. WEPST DEATH. Mrs 'llltab th Worst aged 66 year-. 1 men'll ' t d 8 ’’avs. died nt .. 1.- .-ste--. i.r-' Lydia Itoille, on ' last night at Hi.3b o'clock, alter I long illness of liver trouble. She was the mother of six children, all of whom survive. They are Mrs. Emma Prickle. New Ago. Mich ; Oliver Worst, of Grand Rapids; Nancy V Mi'tiwan. Muncie; Mrs Della Johnson, Dunkirk, Ind.; Mr: Amanda .Cummins, Kokomo, and Earl Everliiat. of Fort Wayne. She had born a resident of Adams county, near Monroe, foi many years Funeral services have not hern announced. - — -a..— —— Mrs. Deltas Elzey went to Fort Wayne rm th< 2:30 ear on accoim. of [the Illness of her hroter. Carl Baxter, . wlio Ih very low of pneumonia.