Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1917 — Page 1

■k’olume XV. Number 109.

| HIGHER TAXES H FOR WAR FUNDS House Reports Out Revenue Bill Raising Additional Taxes for War. I FIRST ARMED TROOPS March Through Streets of Paris Carrying American Elag Today. U (United Press Service) / Washington, May 'j (Special to' HBannocrut)—The house ways and i means committee today reported out j ■ the one billion eight hundred million I dollar revenue hill. It was Immediate-! r ly introduced by Chairman Kitchen. ! The committee added a new provisK km for a tax of one cent a pound on ! E coffee and two cents a pound on ten. ' The house will take up the bin tomor row. About two days of debate are exe petted. j, ‘The new tax will take one third of , W»< < >mes of half a million dollars and ; about half of all incomes of more than two million dollars. Incomes, inheritance« and excess profits are the ba is i. of the taxation. The rich man is hit j hard. : ’ The house passed the car shortage j bill giving the inter state commerce I 1 commission power to regulate car ser -.trice in times of emergency so there Will be no shortage of freight cars to, carry food or other necessities. *. - . I I '. Paris. May 9—(fecial to Daily , Democrat) — America's first armed forces for the front marched through i the streets of Paris today, acclaimed : amidst the wildest demonstration the 1 city has witnessed in years. Sixty men. < lad in khikai. armed 1 with rifles and carrying the American flag were in the contingent. They were the first detachment of the newly ere-1 1 ated munitions transport branch of the American ambulance corps. y’.New York. May 9-< Special to Daily , Democrat)— Flying the stars and Stripes the first seized German steam-; er tc be placed in United States ser-, vice, sailed from an American port -'i . day for Europe with supplies for our|. allies > New York. Ma') < (Spe< ial to the,' Daily Democrat I—Victor Catetrom the first aviator to make a su< cess ful flight from Chicago to New York, was killed today at Newport News. g to information reachmg the. Aero Club of America here. ' Washington. D. C. May 9—tSpe--j cial to Daily Democrat i The billion JL Uncle Sam will spend at once for ships to combat the submarine menace will go for the purchase of second hand vessels and construe-, tion of new ones. This was agreed upon at a hours' conference between the president and thirty members of boti houses of congress and officials ot he government ship board ■ The congressional delegation rep- "■ Jtteno ■' all factions of both parties. All agreed that the United States should have ships quickly and in enormous tonnage. The plan tentatively decided upon is to attach the propriation to the uigency Bciemy bill, making it available at ©nee. London, May to Daily Democrat)—Bullecourt, encircled -n, three sides by Australian troops, was, about to fall today to the British bat.L the so-called uei-i taring ram againsi in* . man “Oppy line" running from aroum I Oppy to Queant. Penetrati on German positions at Bullecourt .it wms | believed here, would imper.l the Ger | man front on the Oppy »>“ P "... ibiv force a retreat for its entire db nee in the belief of military experts it might forecast abandonmen the north of the coal region around Bullecourt operations were held I Jay to be more important than those E around Fresnoy. Recaptun |) city by the Germans, however, is a set beck to the British aim at circling t.i end of the Oppy line. Front dispatchee todav indicated the issue at ires noy had by no means been decided upon British troops are endeavoring U violent artillery fire and repeated Infantry assaults to shake the Geun.grip on the village. Washington, D. C., May 9—(SpeK.

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cial to Daily Democrat) — War tax 1 legislation was to be introduced into i the house today. Through it the na I 1 ' tion expects to raise $1,800,000,t)0o I for war expenses during the ensuing ' year. Meantime the senate finance ' committee proposes a brief period of hearings with a report soon after the house nets. 1 Tariff duties, income and Inheritance taxes, increased postage and increased taxes on ninny commodi-1 ties will be the means whereby the, I sinews are raised. A ten per cent , raise is tacked on all tariffs; the nor mal income tax is doubled, while the , sur taxes are raised and the exemp- ; tions lowered. For single persons the Income tax [starts at $1,000; for married persons , $2,000. The sur tax is graduated, running up to 33 per cent on incomes I above SIOO,OOO, Tlie normal income tax will he 1 four per cent on individual and six per cent on corporation. Postage stamps will cost three cents and postcards two. while magai zines and newspapers will pay heavier rates. The bill would lay a 15 per cent tax on excess profits, and a tax up to 15 per cent on inheritances. New taxes include levies on insurance policies, telephones, electric power, oil and pipe lines. An amusement tax of one cent per . each ten cents or fraction of ten— , ticket cost is imposed, thus hitting a 1 , movie shows and theatres. , Liquor, tobacco and soft drinks will , bear a far heavier burden than at pre- ■ sent. ( OPERATORS’ON FLOOR. 1 ______ 1 (United Press Service) , Indianapolis. Ind.. May 9—(Special to Daily Democrat! —Coal mine op- , erators told their side of the story t to the public service commission to- t day. They declared there was no 1 agreement between the mine opera- 1 tors by which prices are fixed and 1 that the law of supply and demand t alone was the basis for prices. ; s According to figures submitted by the operators previous to the in- ( crease in prices, mines were operat- i ing at a loss and the coal business t was in a deplorable condition. The . cost of producing coal, they said, at , present is about one dollar and fifty t cents a ton and sales are being made . on the average of two doldars and , twenty-five cents a ton on contract. I _ — o TEN PASS THE EXAMINATION Lieutenant Trent Stout, of Upland 1 1 arrived last evening and examined the new recruits for company “A”. Ten! of the fourteen passed. Harvey Steele,l. Joe McConnell, Robert A. Merryman, 1 Burl Johnson, Frank Young, Edward Rademacher, Albert Beery, Eugene [ Meibers, Elmer Darwechter, and Mc.r-' ris Mumma. These with Herman Haag were sworn in by Lieutenant I Peterson. Harvey Stevens, Marcus. , Mayer, Robert Garard and Eugene | Magner failed. Captain Dunn received word this morning that the under-[ I weight of Leo Ehinger and Lawrence Garard had been waived by the department and they are now eligible. This ' makes the total 77. Lieutenant Stout ' is the father of the little girl who was killed a year or so ago when riding in an automobile near Muncie, and a t farmer angry because he had to step t out of the road hurled a bucket of i ' torn in the machine. |. MARCHAN WAS RELEASED Rayfield Marchan, husband of the ' twenty-three year old young woman.,: formerly Mrs. David B. Studebaker. [ ’ who was held in Chicago pending au ' I investigation of the cause of the death, 1 of his wife, five minutes after he had! I taken her to a doctor's office, Saturday night, has been released. The eoron- ■ er's inquest was postponed until June 7th to permit a report of the chemist. I Mrs. Marchan had filed suit for a ,li-j voree May 2nd, alleging cruelty and [ unfaithfulness. MANY RIDE in” AUTOMOBILES. Do you know how many more automobiles there were In Adams county March 1 this year than a year before? The answer is nearly 500. Acording to the list now made up by William Frazier, and yet perhaps a few incomplte, there were 1.201 this year as compared to 725 last year. No better evidence of the prosperity of our people can be offered. ' ATTEND NATIONAL CONVENTION Dr. S. P. Hoffman, vice president ct'j Adams Co. Society for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis will leave I ■ tonight for Cincinnati, where he will attend the national convention to be ' held there. The best medical men in the United States and Canada, will t- take part in the program.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, May 9, 1917.

ARE NOW READY Twelve Fort Wayne Physicians and 21 Nurses Will (io to France FOR MEDICAL WORK — Expect Call Soon — Are Ready to Leave at a Moment’s Notice. Fort Wayne physicians whoso trained services will be needed when' the stern realities of war in the field! ! come upon us as a nation, arc prepar , | ing to answer a call to the colors’ i which will surely come in case Amer -| lean troops are dispatched to the west-; ern battle lines in France. Under the present plan twelve leading physicians and twenty-one graduate Red Cross nurses will be included i in the first unit to be known as Ho-! pital Unit M and this efficient body I will be called into service whenever I an expedition may be determined across the seas. In connection with this work. Dr. Miles F. Porter, who has had charge of the organization of the unit, has caused to be selected Miss Elizabeth Springer, superintendent of the Hope Hospital, as head' nurse of the field detachment and she' will have charge of the nurse complement. The staff consists of one director, one adjutant, two chiefs of surgeons, four staff sergeants, one head nurse, twenty nurses and three clerks who may be women. Dr. Porter has not ' yet assigned the physicians to their | various positions on the staff and therefore has not given out the personnel of the unit. Six hospital units have already been called. This means thqt the Fort Wayne unit, whfib was thirteenth on the list of those formed, will be then seventh unit to receive the call from i now on. It is thought that the call may come within a very short time.,: and all those who compose the unit are ready to go at a moment’s notice. [ 1 —Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. ... o KISS THEM AWAY| Speeches of Emma and Andre Marx, Former Decatur Children. Kissed AWAY BY JOFFRE Children Prepared Speeches —Members of Reception Party. Several Decatur people witnessed the remarkable ovation given the distinguished members of the French ■ war commission, including Marshal Joffre, hero of the Marne, Rene Vivi-ani.vice-premier of France, and others; and a former Decatur boy and girl were members of the reception party and took part in the program. These; were Emma and Andre Marx, wno.: with their mother and father, lived here for several months and attended the Decatur schools, before going to] Fort Wayne and then to Indianapolis, where they now live. Mr. Marx is ■( Belgian, of French extraction, who is here buying horses for the French and Belgian government, and while here was associated closely with Dan Beery and other local horse men. Both his children took part in the Indianapolis program, the young hoy also acting as an interpreter for the French speakers in their addresses. The Indianapolis News says: ‘‘Stern war, as represented by the members of the mission, lost its sternness for a moment at the monument, when M. Viviiani and Marshal Joffre left their automobile to take their places in the speakers’ stand. The great crowd showed its appreciation with tremendous applause when ViviI ani and Joffre were greeted by two i Fiench children dressed in Alsatian costume, who held out to the distinguished men two flags, one the French flag and the other the American fl ig. “A great cheer went up when M. Viviani caught the little girl by the arms and planted a kiss on each cheek He also kissed the boy. Marshal Joffre

I followed the example. The hoy and the girl were Emma and Andre Marx, | children of a French agent who Is I'l this country buying horses for the Belgian and French armies. i’rofessor ' I’laudo Mhhelon, of Indianapolis, h id taught the children short speeches in presenting the flags, but the great Frenchmen kissed the speeches away. "After the members of the mission took their places on the platform, they looked with admiration on the MonoI nient and the beautiful scene before ! them. The monument has been the i place of many celebrated gatherings, but for color and enthusiasm few gatherings have been more Impressive than thh. one.” ft— — WILL MEET SATURDAY The G. A. R. decorating committee 1 will meet Saturday afternoon at two i o'clock at the G. A. R. hall for the purpose of making arrangements for Dec- 1 [oration Day. Members of the commit-' : tee are urgently requested to be pr>'-! | sent. — o EITING IS NAMED — Successor to Forbing on County Council—Well Known Farmer. SUMS ARE ALLOWED For Bridges and Other Expenses—.sl,9oo Allowed for 1917 Resistration. The commissioners were busy inspecting roads and bridges today and ||>ut little record was made. They awarded the contract for the S. I) Beavers road to J. G. Crum on his , hid of $4,723. At the meeting of the county coun cil late yesterday H<snry Kiting, well I known business-farmer, was elected to fill the vacancy of one of the mem bers. Peter Forbing. who resigned recently. The council appropriated 1 funds totalling $8,851.15 as follows: Graham bridge $ 800.00; Spuller bridge . 800.0; For court house boiler 350.00 ! Registration. 1917 1000.00 : McKean bridge 2500.00 ; Beaver bridge 3500.00 Tank at infirmary 125.00 Phil Macklin 10.50 Democrat Co 4.25 Beel & Hendricks .80 J. H. Runyon 3.80 E. R. Merriman 4.15 Dr. C. S. Clark 14.50 S. P. Hoffman 23.75 E. Bennett 6.00 \V. B. Burford 38.00 ' All ©e appropriations asked for were allowed, excepting one for 1 $2,200 for a road roller and the amount asked for the Beaver bridge was reduced from $5,500 to $3,500. THE FIRST CLASS [ ; For Instruction in Making Red Cross Hospital Supplies —■ 1 MET LAST NIGHT [ Fifteen Ladies Begin Work —Will Later Become Instructors to Others. The first class in Red Cross instruction work was held last evening from 1 7:30 to 9 o’clock at the library, when' fifteen ladies, under direcMon cf .Misses Helen Niblick and Marie Con- 1 nell, took their first lessons in th’ 1 ' making of gauze hospital supplies. The i courst includes fifteen lessons and 1 after school is dismissed next week,! afternoon and evening classes will be; held. in this first class are those students 1 who expect to become teachers. It includes Misses Lucile Smith, Clara Boknecht, Ruth Parrish, Madge Hite. Frances Deininger, Margaret Smith, i Matilda Meibers, Adelaide Deininger, ■ Mesdames Minerva Wilkinson, Earl i B. Adams. Dan Vail. Robert McMahan, . Roy Miller, Burton Niblick, R. A. . Longshore. ' A registrar will be placed at the; ; library soon, where those who wish tel • enter succeeding classes may register. |

■RECEIVER ASKED " . i Purdy & Houts Bring Suit ‘ Against .1. E. Moser for Accounting i * AND A DISSOLUTION »I — Os Their Partnership—Allege That He Damaged Their Business. Vernon O. Purdy and Harry E. Houts today brought suit against ; James E. Moser, for an accounting and I the appointment of a receiver to take [charge of their bowling alley, billia-d I and pool business which was startl’d here. January sth, under the name (f Moser A- Company. They also ask that a dissolution of the partnership [ be declared, and its business settled in court. They allege that they were to furnish all fixtures; Moser the business room, for which he was to receive $5) a month and in which business he was to have one-third of the profits and share one-third of the losses, if any. He was to loan them S3OO with whi'h to move the equipment here from Van Wert and the bill of loan was to be changed by him to a chattel niort■[ j gage, on installation here, which he| failed to do. and after payment within a year, he was to cease to be a partm r! They allege that he damaged the:r' business because of his intemperance. [ bringing liquor into tiie building airi giving it to men there: that lie was arrested for intoxication while he was , engaged with them in business, there ■ by hurting the same; and that he stop-1 I red payment of their checks on the bank here in which they had their> ! tunds. They allege that he took full| control of the business, of which he I has very little knowledge and exper- | ienee, and c.ollected about SBOO for which they ask an accounting. There I is about $35 on deposit in the bank in the company’s name; stock in trade, including cigars, tobacco, soft drinks.! [etc., valued at $150: and furniture a id j equipment valued at about SISOO. L. C. DeVoss is the plaintiff's at-! i torney. "CREEOOX” BILL Who Spent Several Nights at Krick-Tyndall Hotel, Arrested and TAKEN TO KOKOMO Wanted Since Last .June for Escaping Officers Enroute to Penal Farm. William King, known as a bad actor! among the traveling "Knights of the Rail" and known all over the count: y as "Green Box” Bill, who put up at the Krick-Tyndall hostelry over this Sunday, left Decatur this morning for! Kokomo, in the hands of the sheriff from that county, who has wanted him [ since last June. At that time he got away from a Kokomo deputy at Indianapolis, while they were taking him i to the state penal farm to serve a sentence imposed by the city court for vagrancy, and they have wanted him since. He slipped out of this ciiy ' yesterday morning, a boy about seventeen years of age, going with him. They walked to Willshire, where they | took a Clover Leaf train. Officers ! here notified those of surrounding [towns to be on the lookout for him [and he was found last evening, wilh 1 others, eating their supper in a camp along the railroad at Ohio City. While here, “Green Box” Bill and I the boy did some business sharpening ; lawn mowers. Bill formerly kept his ! tools in a green box, which he carried, i this giving him his nick name. The green box gave way later, to a small black grip which he carried. He is . well known by travelers and was re- , cognized here, the officers in turn being notified. The officers here were just getting! ready to nab him yesterday, when he; became aware of the same and slipp ’d j away. When he was caught lust | night, Sheriff Green was notified ami with the sheriff from Kokomo, who J was called, motored to .Van Wert

I where he had been placed in jail, and brought him here. He is said to a sort ot outlaw or I “black sheep” among the hoboes. As he violates all the "ethics of their pr > 1 session” he has very few friends among them. When he breaks into school houses to sjiend the night there, he pays no respect to order or cleanliness and thus puts a black eye on the entire membership. Afer [ camping with hoboes, also, he is said to put in several punches and holes in the tin cans of their cooking outfit b . fore leaving, thus proving himself anything hut a friend to them. it is said, by those who recognized 1 him. that he at one time servd "time” in the pen on conviction of killing a man. The seventeen year old boy who 1 traveled with him. it is said, was held 1 nt Van Wert, until his record can lie investigated. I o — A FATAL ILLNESS ——————— Wm. Darwechter. 11l of Pneumonia, Succumbs to I Rheumatism of Heart. AT AGE OF FIFTY-TWO — Had Been 111 a Short Time —News of Death Comes Unexpectedly. William Darwechter. well known! man of this city, died this morning t| ! 5:30 o’clock at his home, corner of ' Short and Seventh streets. Mr. Darwechter had been ill for a , week and a half of pneumonia, but death was directly due to rheumatism ;of the heart. He hud become some-! | what better from pneumonia, but suf- ’ sered from extreme weakness due to [a weakened heart. The news of his death came as a very unexpected shock to his many friends. Mr. Darwechter was fifty-two years/ lof age last Jan. 28. He was horn in , ’ I Muskingum county. 0., the son of Gil11 bert and Margaret Darwechter. Tie : greatest part of his life was spent j ; here, however, he being engaged n : the carpenter’s trade. ( Mr. Darwechter was married twenty i four years ago to Miss Malinda Ar h- j bold. The widow and one son, Elim r. 5 survive. Two brothers, Clem an i ( Harvey Darwechter, and two sisters have preceded Mr. Darwechter in ] death. Three sisters are living. Th-y ] are Mrs. Margaret Close, Bluffton; t Mrs. Ella Freeman. Lima, O.; Mrs. f Hattie Clem. Findlay. O. A halfbrother, James, lives at Vedersburg. Illinois. • 1 Mr. Darwechter was an active and ; very faithful member of the Christi in i church, with which he was long asse- I [elated, and in which he held responsi- i • ble official positions. At the time of : death he was a member of the execuI tive board, being an elder. He was I also an active member of the Chris- , tian Brotherhood, and was identified with the Red Men, Modern Woodmen and Yeoman lodges. He will be greatly missed in many places. Mr. Darwechter, was in point cf I years' membership, one of the oldest living members of the local Christian ! church. He made hit- profession; was i baptized in the St. Marys river here I and united with the local cor.gre'-a---i (Continued on Page Two)

u PROGRAM FOR FLAG RAISING—SUNDAY, H 2:00 P- M. g Assemble at Grand Army Hall at 2:00 p. m. Parade formsat Grand Army Hall. 2: P- • £ » Flag Raising between Masonic Hall and - . •• g H Flag Raised bv .Joshua R- Parrish. g ' H BantL • o « • H Wilson’s Proclamation-Miss H ' H Spangled Banner”—Lead by Rev. F. F. | ! ! Tho ’sDeech*—-Judge J. T. Merryman. . y Song. “The Old Flag Never Touched the (.round. ' | Boys”—By Request § . 8 Speech—Rev. W. Paul Marsh. ♦♦ IH Presentation of sxß flag to Company Aby Mrs. I ran- g i g ces Ward-Vail. H jj Benediction—Rev. Jay . Hanna. »» Marshal of the Day—l). K. Shackley. Master of Ceremonies—W. IL Myers. Formation—Band, Grand Army Veterans. Spanish- g S American War Veterans. Company “A” Fourth Indiana £ National Guard. Boy Scouts, The Public. Line of March—From Grand Army Hall west to Third, g north to Monroe, east on Monroe to Second, to flag raising. 8 Funds for flag donated by T. P. A. H Flag being made by Decatur Red Cross. «

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' TWO LOVERS ARE INJURED - rj - - . > ' When (Jun Goes Off—Miss > Ninia Tricker Probab- ! ly Fatally Shot I AT MUNCIE. INDIANA I Howard Petty Then Turns Gun on Self —He Had Enlisted. Mrs. Emanuel Tricker. of Salem; her daughter, Mrs. Bart Schraluka; and son. Elmer Tricker and wife, this this city, left tins morning for Muncie, being called there by probably fatal injury sustained by their daughter and sister. Miss Ninia Tricker. who lias been employed in Muncie for the p mt five years. The Muncie Star says: Five years of close friendship between a man and a woman culminated early this morning in a tragedy—presumably because the man had applied for enlistment in the United States navy. Ninia Tricker. about 20 years of age, residing at 2007 Penn street, was taken to the Home hospital in a serious condition, a revolver bullet imbedded deeply in her right side. Howard G. Petty, 31, is in jail charged with the shooting. On his breast he bears the crease of a bullet. 1 where he turned the revolver upon I himself. The shooting occurred in the Madona rooming house. 1301 East Twelfth street, where Petty made his home. Other boarders told the po- ' lice that Petty claimed to be sick during the night and sent for Miss Tricker. Later they heard a shot. In Petty’s room they found Miss Tricker in a pool of blood. I It is believed that the two had quarreled because Potty had applied at the postoffice for enlistment in the navy. He had his papers in his pocket showing him to be eligible to examination at Indianapolis. At the police station Petty himself said; “I told her I would end it all. Then I went to my drawer and got the revolver. She struggled with me to keep me from footing. The gun went off and shot her and I turned it on myself.’ Petty was under the influence of liquor when arrested by Patrolman Elmer Cadwaliader. who was near the hoarding house and heard the shots fired. Miss Tricker Improving. Muncie, Ind.. May 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —At one o'clock this afternoon. Miss Trickeij's condition showed improvement, and it is believed that she will live. Petty is held until the outcome of her injuries can be learned. o UNCLE JIM M’KEAN DEAD. Relatives here have been notified of the death or James A. McKean at Jiis home at Bowerstown. Ohio, the deceased being a brother-in-law of she late Judge D. D. Heller. His death occurred yesterday after an illness of several months and the funeral will occur next Sunday. Mr. McKean was a cousin of John W. McKean, formerly of this county, and now at Bluffton, and had visited here upon several occasions.