Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 69.

OFFICIALS RUSHING WAR PLANSmECRUITING SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES POUR TELEGRAMS INTO WASHINGTON ASSURING THE PRESIDENT THEIR HEARTY SUPPORT.

(Unlteil Press Service) (By Robert J. Bender, United Press Correspondent.) Washington. March 22.—(Special io ! Daily Democrat.)—President Wilson ; today began tenative work on h’s [ message to the "war congress" of April 2. Simultaneously senators and repre- | sentatives of all faiths were wiring in f pledges of support to the white house. [ Among those who are respond.,tg to the demands for aggressive action 1 i again Germany are members of the | “little group of willful men" charged i by President Wilson with placing r he| J United States in a "contemptible”: r light before the world, as a result of' F filibustering tactics in the last con- 1 I gress. | Owing to the nature of the present I situation it is believed the light for I oiganization will he short lived in the I house. It is believed probable thatj I some course of action will he agreed' A upon by leaders before April 2. The president can address congress I before the house ceremonies but un-| | til it organizes no action could be se- , I cured on any resolution. It is for this | reason that efforts now are under wiyj I by both parties to make all possible t speed, and some sacrifices, if neces- 1 I Stary, to expedite organization »f the , L Jiouse. - i , But even while the president was ( considering his "war address" the attention of officials and diplomats was . | today directed sharply to internal de-1 velopments in Germany. With reports t of increasing serious food riots and , F growing restiveness among the Ger-,, f. man peoples, came rumors of possible peace moves, emanating from Teu on quarters. I Comment on the entente press was also read with an eye to distinguishf ing any earmarks of a general weak-, l ening all through Europe to the pressure for peace. While confident that the entrance I of the United States into the struggle, I will probably serve to shorten the I war, officials believe it probably w’ll I be July before the first, if any real I Strides toward peace are registered. For some months there have been E elements at work in Russia of which “the United States was aware and ■ which, had they been successful would I have created almost insurmountable I difficulties in the path of this counjjtry’s entrance into the war. : Revolution disposed of these sints■ter elements, but concern is held n >w j Kthat there may be still further mo'e-| Knents among the more radical revolt! ■ tionists. The order to arrest the czar has I created uneasiness here, but full .vc- | ognition will be accorded the new Russian government as soon as it is placed upon a sound foundation. (By Carl D. Groat, PreßS St,ff | Correspondent.) Washington, March 22,-tSpecial to ( : Daily Democrat.)— Men—and nuve, men—the nation’s call today. The navy wants them, and the atm) will soon need them under an expected call for volunteers or for a compulsory war service. The navy is doing ad [ that human energy and endurance can ■ accomplish byway of sp« eding preparations. The army waits upon congress, ready to heed what it may sav as to calling men. Naval, military, economic, Industrial and financial preparedness plans, as formulated by the national defense, council, are claimed to be as advanced as could be expected at this s time. , . The navy department is crowd, g I its recruiting, filling «P its various re- ! serves. The influx of men gratifies I officials in charge of the work, Lme- , wise regular army recruiting is on te I increase. L The war department is prepared to I follow out With vigor any course eonI gress adopts, although proponents of

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universal military training fear that their schemes will be blasted in case, of a call for volunteers, inasmuc h a. i a double system—-volunteer and com-, pulsory—cannot be operated at one, time. The navy will bear the main burdenj of war. While an army undoubtedly will be raised, military men say tint this will not be an oversea army. The navy is pushing contracts to 'he limit and is receiving the most earnest co-operation. Destroyer bids will be opened Saturday. In advance of the scheduled time. ] Bids for submarine chasers vyill nt ‘ augmented by others next week, and ’ meantime yesterday’s bids will be kept secret. | Special attention is given to aircraft 1 development. A meeting to discuss | .that subject was hooked for the war , department today. Joint control of aviation has been arranged between the army and navy. | Training of aviators will be under- , taken chiefly along the coast j Another subject of great importance: now coming to the fore, is standard!-, zation of munitions. , There has bn no actual call fori | mobilization of naval militia or of the! , Atlantic fleet, but there were increasing signs that such must soon be ac-i icomplished. Moreover, apparently the. government is not proceeding with idans for cooperation between its navy and the allied fleets . Admittedly' there must be a work ; ing agreement so that there will be| !no interference between • the two' I groups, though the navy will probably! play against Germany in areas not far j beyond the United States coast. n . NEW INVESTIGATION. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, March 22.— (Special to Daily Democrat.) —Investigation of alleged tampering with Evansville men who were indicted by the federal grand jury on election fraud charges to induce them to enter a plea of “not guilty” was under way today by government officials under the direction of Frank C. Dailey, special assistant attorney general. The investigation; was ordered by Judge Albert B. Ander-] son yesterday following the statement by Dailey that many of the accused, men had informed him that they wished to plead guilty but when ar raigne ddenied their guilt. | FUND FOR NEWCASTLE. Since last Monday, when we sent in Adams county's splendid donation to the .suffering and cyclone stricken people of Newcastle, we have received the following one dollar offferings: | William Maschberger SIOO 'jacob MaHin 100 | William Beineke 100 I Total * 3OO , This amount added to the $177.G0 brings the total up to $180.60. With just a few more dollars we can make it come up to the two hundred dollar mark. We will receive the money at 1 this office until next Saturday evening. o HAS NEW EQUIPMENT. Dr. J. M. Miller”has had installed! a complete electrical equipment for j the purpose of testing eyes, this being i the first installation of the kind in this part of the country. An electrician from the manufacturers was here tn’|day putting in the big hoard, showing |colored lights for color tests, illumi!'nated letter boards, spot lights for different purposes, a series of diffused 3 lights, with electrical control from a distance. D I - Wesley Hoffman who has been ill o a week of quinsy, had the abscess i lanced this morning and is slightly f better.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, March 22, 1917.

A STATE OFFICER I SheriH' Ed Green Appointed State Vice President of International Body 4 for current year , International Sheriff’s and I Peace Officers’ Association Honors Him. Sheriff Ed Green, who is a member of the International Sheriff and Beat e Officers’ Association, today received word of his apiKiintment as state vice president for this association for the I year 1917. The appointment was made I by the international president. John S. | | Barger, of Muskogee, Okla., and in i i quite an honor. With Mr. Green to promote the l-i-j terests of the association in this state and to increase the harmony of the! work of the state with the general association, is a membership committee ! comprising O. P, Wright of Marion, and Henry Stall of Fart Wayne. j IS STILL "GROWING. With the initiation of twenty-sevin new candidates into the lodge last | night, the local lodge of Moose ■ reached a total membership of 289. The total number of Candida'es : secured in the recent campaign wis 120, several of whom are yet to b Q i initiated. The lodge had 139 members! when the campaign started two j months ago. The charter was also closed last night, the admission fee from now on being $lO. A “NEW GABINET — Plans for a Coalition Cabinet Meeting With Favor in Many Parts -— OF THE COUNTRY Giving Each Party Representation Will Relieve Naiton of Factionalism. (United Press Service) Chicago, March 22.—(Special to Daily Democrat.) —A coalition cabinet in the present crisis not only would give the president wider range from which to choose the most capable men! for directing the government during a] , possible war, but would serve to gain) i a more unified stand of the two great | parties, according to Judge Jacob M < Dickinson, democrat, secretary of w.r, | ! during the Taft administration. “I am very much in favor of a coalij tion cabinet.” the ex-war chief said to-] ! day. “At this critical period 1 believe the country would be stronger ] if representation were given both 'parties in the president’s cabinet." Party lines could be eliminated more I readily, in the belief of Judge Dickm-i son, through coalition and co-opera-1 tion than by majority voting superior-! ity. * PARENT-TEACHER CLUB MET. The Parent-Teacher Club held a very, interesting meeting at the central school building Tuesday evening. The | reception rom was well filled, there j being at least seventy-five people present and the discussions were most I helpful. C ,L. Walters acted as chairman and those on the program were] Mrs. H. F. Callow, Superintendent E. S. Christen. Rev. Thornburg, Miss i Bess Congleton, Mr. Guy Brown. Coni-1 mit tees were named to see what can i 'be done for the boys and girls of! I Decatur. • I SPECIAL TO HUNTINGTON. ' The M. E. conference will be held! at Huntington on Sunday, April 1, and the local class has arranged for a special train on the Erie road for this I day. AH members of the class are urged to pledge their support and assist the following committee in arranging for the turnout. The commit1 tee is composed of A. B. Ford, Frank i Carroll. J. Gottshall. Mel Butler. Will : Berry and Homer Andrews. Join the crowd.

| | BOYS TO TRAIN AT CULVER. I Annomiceim-nt has been made that high school boys of Indiana who wi-it to gel In line with the great nftvement . for military Instruction may do so by going to the Culver military academy! May 7 to 21. Two similar tamps have I heen held but the plan this year is slightly different than in former years as this .year any lx>y who wishes to pay the minimum expense of $21.50 fur j the two weeks may enjoy the training! !in the gr< itest military school in tlie ! middle west, Ulis amount including a. ■nifon,' which costs $8.50. In many places the, business men are raising a fund to cover the expense of the boys who have declared a desire to go. The training will lie in charge of Captain Steever, a captain in t.u> I'. S. army of Wyoming. THE COURT NEWS Jury Gives Edward C. Vaughn $275 in Suit for Attorney Fees. REPORT IS APPROVED Os Sale in Glaus Estate— Executrix Authorized to Operate the Farm. — County Auditor and Mrs. Joint Mosure are entertaining Mrs. Mosura’sl sisters and their husbands today at | their home on First street. The memj bers of the company are Mr. and M.t.,; James Breiner, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foley, Mrs. Ella Johnson and Mrs. Ida Kleinknight, all of Tocsin. In the Irwin petition case, the com ! : misstoner was discharged, his final! i report being approved. Jessie A Miller lias filed a motim j for tlie new trial of her case for di-| i vorce from William H Mttler Btth' | were refused a divorce at a recent ! trial. Victoria Stone vs. Ross C. Stone et j al., partition. Appearance by Sutton j i Heller for Belle and Frank Stem.! I L. W. A. and Lucy Luckey to cross | ; complaint of Ross Robinette . The People’s Loan & Trust com-: pany vs. Francis M. Gossard et :ii. Motion to make tlie complaint mcrei certain and specific was overruled, ' , which the defendant excepted. Motren by the defendant to strike out parts! of the complaint was also overruled| and exceptions taken. Joseph Kearney vs. Sheriff Ed Green et al. Demurrer by William Klepper separately to the second parl agraph of complaint was overruled and ! exception taken by the defendant I Summons was ordered for Earl L. Mat ■ tin issued to the sheriff of Hunting'cn! | county, returnable April 4. B .W. Sholtv vs. Rov Wolford et al.! i 1 : The Schafer Hardware and Decatur , ] Lumber companies are ruled to answer absolutely in five days. . Mary Johnson, executrix, reported ! sale of hogs in the Anna Claus estate, | the report being approved. On her j petition, she was authorized to con ! tinue to operate the farm and the bust- 1 ne.ss incident thereto, without sale of the property. About two hours' deliberation j ! brought the jury to a point at 7 o’clock! ! last night, w’hen they found for Ed-. I ward C. Vaughn in his claim for at tor j ney fees against Daniel Hostetler ini the sum of $275. This is a case from! Wells county . Real estate transfers: Lewis C. 1 ! Mills et al. vs. Jacob L. Liechty, 80 i ! acres of Monroe township, $13,000; j Andrew C. Foos et al. to school, City of Decatur, lot 175, Decatur, $3,000; Old Adams County bank to school, I city of Decatur, lot 176, Decatur, $2,-i I 200; James L. Hocher et al. to school, i city of Decatur, lot 177, $2,400; Alva i Attrand to James P. Hall, quit claim i deed to one acre of Washington towni ship, sl. , In the superior court Emma Mar- ; henke has filed suit for divorce ■ against William F. Marhenke, to whom . she was married April 24, 1901, and . from whom she separated May 23. . 1914. The wife charges that the hits- ; band deserted her on the last named j 1 date and that she lias not been sup-! . ported by him since. She wants the (Continued on Page 2.) |

STATE TAX MAN Jas. A, Houck, of State Tax . Commission, Meets the Assessors. PLEASED WITH WORK a », i—i Here—Work With View to Equalize Assessments Over the State. James A. Houck of Indianapolm,| state tax commissioner of Indiana, who was here at a meeting with the! | county assessor, William Frazier, and i the township assessors, left this moaning on ti)e 8:30 car for Fort Wayne. Mr. Houck met with the local men ■ to advise and instruct them regarding the work of assessing, and to compare assessments, witjt the end in view of equal taxation over the state. Mr. Houck expressed himself as well pleased with the work here. i He stated to a rei>orter this morn-j I ing, as he was leaving, that the taxes i paid by the county to the state are a! ! mere tithe compared with the im-| I provements here. He stated that the! ! city rate is rather high, but he noted' that we had a large number of fine' streets and other improvements, and j that these must be paid for. The cki- ! zens vote improvements upon them- ' solves and then murmur over the i heavy taxes, often placing the blame j upon the tax officers of the state, when ’they themselves are the cause, though , : often unconsciously, of havipg voted for improvements that increase tiie i ; tax lecy. Yet few would exchange the improvements for the old condition to' avoid the tax. SOMEIOf SHOTS Delivered by Evangelist Martin Last Night for the Debt Dodgers — TO A BIG CROWD Better Wear Patches Than Cheap Aristocracy—Music is a Feature. A full house listened to the forceful | sermon delivered by Evangelist A. L | Martin on the subject of “People in I Decatur That Don’t Pay Their Debts."! This sermon was not only an apimali for necessity and need for a deeper conviction in regard to our financial and ethical debts in this world; but! also your religious obligations which! are just as binding as any debt you! may have contracted even though you! did not contract for it. The services in all were very inspir ! ational and especially the solo sang by Prot. Kay which was exceptionally fine. Prof. Kay’s very soul seemed to be in the solo. Many good eldfashioned choruses were sang which! added much to the meeting. And the' “Sun Beam Chorus” sang at the serv-j fees.** This is a very fine thing for children to do. The subject of the sermon tonight j will be “Excuses,” some kinds that! you may have never heard of before.' Prof. Kay will sing again at the eve-! ning services. The general public is! given an invitation to attend these! gospel meetings at the Christian 1 church each evening at 7:30 sharp. , Thoughts from the Sermon. You can’t be the kind of a Christian! you should be, unless you attend' church somewhere. If you don’t att<ind church somewhere you won’t be a Christian very ! long. Regular attendance at the! church is needed to m;U<e you thOj Christian you should be. Stand by the church, you need it ai thousand tmTre times than it needs ! you. I It is mighty fine to form the habit! of paying your debts early in life. , It is a mighty fine thing to live with ! in your income. I would rather see a man go around with patches on his pants, and own; j the patches, thau see this cheap aristocracy. About the sboddien I out is this cheap aristo- [ cracy that parados the street in inst ill

Intent clothes and live in borrowed homes. About the most thing Io see ; is a fellow who bits cultivated 1 appetite and has not gray matter and ‘ ! ambition to earn but SSOO. Somebody : must pay the balance. Parents should begin early to train their child to know it cannot always 1 have everything it wants. ! Cultivate Hit habit of living within . ' your ineonte. You eannot pay your debts if you don't. I would rather see a fellow dressed *! in homespun and know they belong to him than wearing broadcloth and own only one-half of it. Parents would do well to examine the prospective son-in-law's receipt books a little more and not be so ■[anxious about the bank book. BRYANTJCLEAN-UP Both Its Drug Stores Running Without Presence of Their Proprietors. BOTH ARE IN JAIL Convicted of Operating Blind Tiger—Renner is ' Second One Sentenced. — Bryant, the little town just a nulel across the county line, in Jay county,! has its drug stores operating without! the presence of either owner, both of ! whom are in jail. The Portland S'nC Isays: Fifty dollars fine and sixty days in the county jail was the penalty imposed on Samuel J. Renner. Bryant, ! druggist, by Judge E. E. McGriff on Wednesday forenoon when Reno“r' was arraigned tn the circuit court ••*- ter having entered a plea of guilty to ! * a charge of operating a “blind 'tflrer“~* This was the defendant's third •f- --! sense, and despite the fact that lie' pleaded for leniency, agreeing to' never again violate the liquor lawr, 'Judge McGriff was firm in his di- ! cision. Renner was moved to tears as lie j ! sat before Judge McGriff and the bit- ! ter admonished him to do better m the future. The court made it clear to Renner that he had little patience 11 with a man who continued to violate] i the laws of the state. "1 suspect you should be sent to the state penal! j j farm for a period of six months," |j was the way in which the court re-|t I ferred to Renner’s case in substam e, ] | “but your family needs your presen c! ’at home and they should not be d<- ; ' prived of the money that represe its this fine and costs.” Just outside the court room door as he emerged from I the presence of the court, Renner gave! ’completely away to his feelings and I entered the sheriff's office where he; i was left alone for a time that h ■■' might recover his bearing. He was advised by the court to dis-] pose of his stock of drugs and get in] another line of business and at least j never to again permit liquor to be a ■ part of his stock in trade. During the day (Wednesday) Ren-j ! ner was placed in jail to begin laying! out his sentence, which will end o.i ] 'May 21. At the jail he will not be| ! alone during this period of time. Guv j Shull, another Bryant druggist, being, j admitted to jail on Tuesday to L.yj out a similar sentence for a similar .offense. The enforced absence <>f I both Renner and Shull while in j-.il ] leaves Bryant without the owner in 'either of the drug stores operated in | [ the town, in charge of their places of ! business. These two cases and a third pendI i ing against Sanford Dudley, Shull's] i clerk, are the result ot a campaign by the Good Citizens’ league of Beir; . ] Creek township. — w 1 " " MOVING TO FORT WAYNE. Mrs. L. Bultemeier and daughter. , , [ Luella, will leave next week for Fo I ; J Wayne, where they will live, Mrs. Bui- ] [temeier having purchased a residence’, on Weisser Park avenue, in the south , | east part of the city. l< THIRD RANK TONIGHT. , All Knights of Pythias are notifi‘d I that tonight the third rank work will ; jbe conferred on three can' Every member of the lodge is urged' to be present tonight as other business will be brought up.

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IT IS BOYS NIGHT At Evangelical Church Tonight—Special Feature 11 Last Night ‘ 1 ' WAS JUNIOR CHORUS Os 30 Voices—Evangelist Kerlin Brings Good Message to Audience. I The special feature last evening at ' the Evangelical church was the spleadid singing by the junior chorus ,>i’ ’ thirty voices in charge of Mrs. Runyon. Witli a cheer and enthusiasm they sang "Brighten the Corner Where You Are," "I Love Him," and others to the joy and blessing of the many listeners. Della Fuhrman sang a so'o. The five Sunday school classes were well represneted. Tonight is "boys' night." A large 1 attendance is looked for. Boys, do ! your best. There was a tenderness and a deep ' undertone in the message delivered by Mr.’Kerlin on "Where is the Ijtrib -We Have Found the Lamb,” referring to Christ. He spoke of the uni- , versa! heart cry for the Lord. For a ; doser walk with Him. Then tne j speaker referred to the new and hlgh- ! est joy that comes to every one who I makes the discovery of a personal Saviour in Christ. I have found Him! ; That sublime joy is for ail. It is a,i ' abiding joy. After the sermon an altar call was made —many of the Christian people < ame forward for prayer and consecration. This was followed with a testimonial service in which many participated. The meeting this evening promises . good things. Come dear people of Decatur and enjoy these meetings. *T?noWT~ean be made for still larger I crowds. Let us pray and push the ! battle on to complete victory. G"t ! right with God at any cost. Sermon Points. Nothing can substitute for meeting ; Christ. Coming to tlie altar will not save you except you there come t > Christ. Meeting the evangelist is of no service unless he can help you to meet Christ. Taking vows will be of no avail for salvation unless you ta«e Christ. The Lamb of God, sacrificial Christ, is God's adequate, complete, sufficient .means of dealing with the sinfulness of the world. It is commanded that this salvation be proclaimed to every creature. It must therefore be for every creature and needdd by every creature. If you have not obtained a personal appropriation of this salvation, ypu are missing something God has ttr> vided for you. and provided at infinite I cost. It seems a little peculiar to charge the Jews with special guilt above [Others in rejection of Christ, wuen [ far more non-Jews are rejecting Him : every day in our land —many of them | even here in Decatur—and with mu it less excuse than the Jews who hive | to overcome a long inheritance ot’ bigotry and prejudice. Tlie essence of all sin is indiff 'ri ence to God, acting as though God and ' Christ were nothing to us this is essential heathenism, but we need n t | go to heathen lands to find It. It is one thing to know a good deal ' about Christ* it is something differ' it to know Christ. DUNBAR BOY HURT. Lucian Dunbar, young son of Superintendent and Mrs. M. M Dunbar, had a lucky escape from serious ini juries at noon Tuesday, when he I-11 while "hopping” the rear of the Marshall & Alexander truck. The little fellow bad taken hold of the rear of the machine as it was started, and attempted to keep up by running. The driver, not knowing the boy was there, started the truck at a merry elip and Lucian soon found himself in a predicament. in attempting to pull himself up into the bed of the truck the child was thrown heavily on the. brick pavement. His nose and face were skinned, but he was not otherwise in- ' jured. The accident happened in front, of the high school building. By the time his father arrived, the plucky little fellow had picked himself up and started for home Hartford City News.