Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 5 July 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 156.

A LONG STRING OF SUBMARINES Extend Out to Azores in Effort by Germans to Catch Community Line. A DRY AMENDMENT May be \ oted on Before Night—Judge Sends the Slackers to Prison. (United Pre.xz Service) ..Washington, July 5— (Special to Daily Democrat)—An attempt to get a 1 vote on the amendment to the food bill was launched today by administration. leaders, the effort being made with the hope of disposing of this bar-' rier before night The wets and drys hastily mobilized their forces when it was learned that unanimous consent would be asked. Washington, D. C„ July s—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany has placed a string of submarines more than 800 miles in the Atlantic in an effort to catch the American community lines, according to navy department information. Official information has been received that submarines are operating off the Azores, a group of islands 80 miles from mainland and w).Are an important cable station is located. A submarine is reported to have shelled a city in the Azores recently.

Freeport. 111., July s—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Federal Judge Landis, this afternoon, sentenced seventy-eight of the Rockford slackers to serve one year and one day in the house of correction at Chicago, at hard labor, two were sentenced thirty days and one for ninety days. I The men will also be required to register. Washington. July 5— (Special io Daily Democrat l—That the attempt to re-establish a monarchy in China will fail, was indicated by a state department message today saying the north was not giving as great support to the emperor as was expected. An Atlantic port. July s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The story that another victorious battle with a submarine had occurred was told by passengers of a British steamer arriving here today. The U-boat appeared aliout 500 yards away from the ship early on June 26th. The ships guns were brought into play. Following shots, clouds of black smoke' arose from the submarine and the U-boat was not seen again. New York. N. Y„ July s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Richard Timmerscheidt. former government agent for German interests in the Orient, plunged to his death today trom a window in his apartments. He became an American citizen in 1914. Federal agents are considering his case and believe that Germany received information from men who have taken out their first or second papers. Washington. D. t’., July s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The German spy menace today caused the

government’s first organization effort for an entirely new secret service commission to include the state, wat. navy and justice departments. bulletin. Petrograd. July 5-(Special to the' Daily Democrat)—Teutonic army | chiefs concentrated counterattacks today to stop General Brusiloff’s offensive and at one point east of Brezzanv the war office announced the pressure of the enemy assault had compelled a retirement under artillery fire. •‘East of Tipitza and Dolnana. the statement continued, “the enemy was twice repulsed.’’ A French (Passed by American censor) 21though the American expeditionary army Is to leave the latter part of this week for its permanent training camp behind the firing line, is has started “intensive training’ here. The training consists of mart .. and trench practice. The inhabitarns here are thrilled daily with lines troops traversing the streets heade of troopers bathe daily m the cold sea near the temporary

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jcampnnd the daily haxr-hall games -ire la feature of camp life. Military and naval police patrol the . J'lty, maintaining itrict order. '' Arrival of the last group of trnnr. i ports carrying horses, automobiles [and supplies was announced today. London, July f> (Special lo Daily | Democrat t Continuing his tactics, | ‘‘mixing" his blows at the Germans, Field Marshal Haig last night struck i successfully at the enemy southwest lof Holleheke In Belgium. ' "We advanced our lines slightly 'over a front of 600 yards," he reI ported today. The New ’uppercut" at the Ger man lines found its impact in that section near where the British achieved their great gains by the Meainea-Wytsohaete ridge victory. There has been but little fighting in this salient for a week lßy Charles P. Stewart, United Press Staff Correspondent) Buenos Aires, July s—(Special to Daily Democrat (--Argentine has served an ultimatum on Germany From reliable sources it was learn- ! ed today that a note just dispatched to Germany virtually asserts that unless Germany makes immediate in-1 demnlfication for past, destruction of. Argentine ships and grants assurance against further attacks, Argentine will break relations. (By Carl I). Groat, United Press Staff Correspondent t Washington. D. C„ July s—(Special to Daily Democrat) —America’s spy hunt today tended to absolve any navy members from guilt in spreading advance news upon which Germany mobilized her U-boats to way-1 lay United States army transports. With a new battle recorded—that I between a United States provision, ship's convoy and two German submarines officials. however, were mcn-e rhnn ever mnvtnort iliac Cloi-

more man ever convicea mat tier many spread a flotilla of her submarines to deal death to America’s first ! expeditionary forces. What is regarded as further proof, jof this idea was seen in decreased submarine tolls on merchant ships ■ I the past two weeks. With only 20 ships for the week | ‘ending yesterday, and 28*, the previous week, it was felt here that Ger- ■' many had called her U-boats from! their usual work "to get" Pershing's expedition. (By W. 8. Forest. United Press Staff (Correspondent) Paris, July s—(Specials—(Special to Daily Democrat) (Passed by censor at | Washington! — Pershing’s Sammies, are off for their final training’before ■ going to the front line trenches. Following a typical Fourth of July I celebration yesterday, the United, States regulars left early today for ■ their permanent camp. Amsterdam. July s—(Specials—(Special to I Daily Democrat) —Greatest interest is centered in the scheduled meeting of the German reichstag today throughout Germany. First. Berlin dispatches today reported that Imperial Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg might seize the occasion to make formal reply to British Premier Lloyd • | George’s recent Glasgow speech am1 plifying on the British war aims and •' asserting that there can be no peace | without a victory. ’ i Os scarcely less interest throughout the country was the report of the > constitution committee, expected to I be submitted at the opening session of the German parliamentary body and the action to be taken on it. UPLAND HAS ANOTHER ONE. e (United Press Service)

Marion, Ind., July s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Police are hunting ' today for an unknown man who fired upon Mr. and Mrs. Osleder from ambush while they were driving in their automobile, one mile from Upland. I Fourteen shots hit Mrs. Osleder but she will recover. The husband was uninjured. The couple declare they, have no enemies and the police are at | a loss to explain the motive for the shooting. Officers believe the man who fired the shot imagined he had a grievance against Osleder or mistook them for some one else. The shooting occurred at almost the spot where a child of Dr. Trent Stout was killed a year ago when a farmer threw a bucket of corn into Dr. Stout’s auto. CONTRACTOR HERE TODAY ) W. F. Peterson, of Chicago, low bilI der for the new high school building,! arrived here this morning, to urge S the trustees and citizens to award the 5 contract and go ahead with the work, f A meeting was held with the school 1 board this morning and further negotiations are on this afternoon, y Whether or not the work can be fly nanced will be decided today.

Decatur, Indiana Thursday Evening, July 5, 1917.

HAUGK WINS OUT * Jury Finds for Mr. Haugk in Suit Brought by the Fort Wayne Bank. TRIED AT PORTLAND Case Was on Bond, Demand sl6,ooo—Trial Consumed Seven Days. John C. Moran. Shafer Peterson and ('. J. Lutz, of this city, returned l yesterday from Portland where (hey I represented Julius Haugk, defendant in a case brought by The First National Bank, of Fort Wayne, and were instrumental in having the jury return la verdict in favor of .Mr. Haugk. The lease was a suit on bond, demand SIG,000. the bond being given to secure I payment of notes given by the late I I Rufus K. Allison. The Cardwell Mill) & Lumber Company and The Allison 'Real Estate Company, which later he-1 i came bankrupt. Three trustees were! appointed to take charge of the prop--1 erty and settle the business affairs, which included holdings in Missouri, the property being subsequently sold, one of the trustees being a member of the purchasing company. The case was sent to the Jay circuit court on change of venue from heto. and was tried before Judge E. E. McGriff and a jury, requiring seven days. The case went to the jury Tuesday evening at five o’clock and at midnight the verdict was returned. On the first ballot, it is said, the jury stood ten to two in favor of Haugk. the other two

i being won over on the next ballot, i Forty-nine interrogatories given to I the jury were answered by them, this consuming much of the time they were out. One of the interrogatories . answered by them was to hte effect , that the land involved had been sold j below value; as Haugk. the defendant contended. I Vesey * Vesey, of Fort Wayne; and 1 James J. Moran and Gillespie, cf Portland, were attorneys for the plaintiff, the bank. With the Decatur attorneys, Peterson & Moran and C. J. Lutz, for the defendant, was also John (Continued on Page Four) NUMBER GROWS Adams County Now Has ■. 1,681 Registered Automobiles—W. H. Engle — FIRST IN THE COUNTY ; To Register—Eli Augsburgi er, of Geneva, Was the ( Last One. > According to statistics compiled by 1 the Campbell Circlar Advertising Co.. . of Indianapolis, there were 1681 auto- ) I ]; mobiles registered at the secretary of t \ state’s office from Adams county up ' i to July 1, or for the first half of 1917. This is far in excess of the total registration for last year. W. H. Engle, of Decatur, with his

Ford was the first to register from this county and the last was Eli Aug?- | burger, of Geneva, license No. G 7145 having been issued for his Dodge on ; last Saturday. The total number of registrations for the entire state of Indiana is 167,181, the last license number being G7lßl. The letter Aon a license number is between 100,000 and 110,000: 1 B is between 110,000 and 120,000. and so on. each succeeding letter indicating an additional 10,000 licenses. The estimated value of all automobiles in Indiana is $85,000,000. IT'S A BOY “It’s a boy,” said Jack Tester, the well known proprietor of the drycleaning and Wedr-U-Well shoe establishment. as he handed out the cigars and chewing gum today, with a justly I proud smile. The babe is the second ■child and boy. The mother was form- ' erly Miss Hackman. _ MRs7 _ JONEs’ TQ - SPEAK. Mrs. Dr. Jones will be in Decatur, ■ Friday, July 13, to speak to the ladies -of Adams county on subjects to their interests.

rNEW ARMIES TO BE WELL FED (Tinned Pi service) Washington. July 5 The National Army will be fed If preparation counts for aught. Th. general staff is working on a plan to feed the more than half million rookies who will assemble in the Hi cantonments for training next fall. The variety of the menu will necessarily be limited to the regular army ration. But it will be prop- * erly prepared and served. In recent wars the "grub" of the valiant volun- • teer has been the object of scandal. It • was "embalmed beef” in the Spanish war. On the border last year the National Guard howled lustily against the army mess. The answer was incompetent cooks. To guard against repetition of tgteh 1 complaints the general staff has com--1 pleted plans to train a gigantic armv ' of cooks before the cantonments open. Within n few weeks thousands > f ’ young men will be mobilized and in- ' strutted In the art of military culinary. When the cantonments open the i new cooks will be right on the job: ready to feed the recruits. o BERNES REPORT Total of Nearly Twentythree Hundred Dollars Collected in District. TEAMS AND CAPTAINS And Amount Collected by Each Team—Showing is a Splendid One.

Report of Red Cross Collection by . solicitation in South Blue Creek and i North Jefferson townships, John M. Parr, chief captain; South Monroe j and North Wabash townships, C. C. ■ Beer, chief captain; South French and North Hartford townships, F. W Studler. chief captain; Town of' Berne. Ind., l)r. E. Franz, secretary. ; South Blue Creek, Team Captains. J. M. Foreman. H. G. Edwards. Solicitors —S. C. Tinkham. W. A. Sipe, Reuben Clark. G. E. McAlhaney, Frenk Lynch, M. A. Ripley, J. L. Hook, W. T. Merryman, Elmer Eley, W. H. Laughery $ 352.60 i North Jefferson, Elmer Ludy, Captain Solicitors —Elmer Ludy, E. G. Butcher. Ray Duff. Jos. W. Peele 200.90 South Monroe, J. J. Soldner, W. T. Wagoner, Captains. Solicitors —C. C. Beer. John J. Soldner. W. T. Wagoner. John S. McLain. Emanuel Sprunger, Burkhart Lehman, John C. Lehman, Bcnj. Habegger, John Eicher.... 550.88 North Wabash, D. C. Sprunger, Cap- • tain. Solicitors—D. C. Sprunger. Charles Abnet, Thos. Raw ley, Clarence Hirschy, Raymond Wulliman, Enoch Yoder, T. A. Hendricks, Peter Huser, Menno Amstutz, Peter Bierie. Fred Mathys, J. D. Mason 152.50 South French, James Barton, Jonas Neuenschwander, Captains. Solicitors—JohJi Meshberger. Fred Steiner, Martin Mesh berger, Jos. Rich, Albert Augsburger, Dav. Wulliman, Adam Liby, Emanuel Joray, R. M. Wynn, Daniel D. Mo- . • 1 on

ser, Harvey Meyer 130.75 North Hartford, Hubert French, .Cap- ( tain. Solicitors — Ernest Strahm, Rev. B. G. Smith, John P. Steiner, Rev. L. Smeltzer, Leo Lehman, Amos Snyder, Jos. K. Yoder, Chas. Reynolds, • Abe Bierie, Chas. Windmiller, Oral Huffman, Frank Nussbaum 177.50 > Town of Berne, J. A. Michaud, Oswin Sprunger, Captains. Solicitors—J. A. Michaud, Oswin Sprunger, E.‘ D. Lehman, Lawrence Yager, Abe P. Sprunger, Henry Schind- . ler 695.65' Grand Total ..$2260.78 E. T. HAECKER. Chairman. L. A. SPRUNGER, Treasurer. DR. E. FRANZ, Sec’y, Finance Committee. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH. All voting members should take note that the regular congregational meeting is to be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. 1 German service in the morning at • the usual time, 5:30 o'clock. ARTHUR W. HINZ, Pastor.

A CRACKER FIRE 11 — s Does About Five Hundred n Dollar Damage.at J. C. I' i, Houk Home—Cracker , FALLS ON THE ROOF ' One-third of Roof Uncovered—Water Also Does t Heavy Damage. t A firecracker exploding and falling . on the roof of the John Houk residence on North Seventh street, about , 3:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, was discovered very soon, hut not in tirm Ito prevent a loss that is estimated Jat about five hundred dollars. A little boy had been shooting the 'crackers in the street, and Mrs. Houk ■ who was watching, saw the lighted I piece fall on the northeast corner of. 1 the roof of the home, when R exploded She watched until she felt cetain that | the fire in the cracker had gone out I and all danger was passed. It was not the case, however, for very soon the little hoy ran in with information that the roof was afire asking that the hose be brought to extinguish it. The fire department, however, was called and arrived at once, thus preventing complete destruction of the house. The roof was very dry and the blaze ran rapidly about one-third being consumed. One room, under the northeast corner of the roof was badly burned, and the paper in six rooms of the house so badly damaged by water that they must be repapered. The carpets were also damaged by water, but very

i little of the furniture war injured, be- ' ing taken out of the burning house as ; soon as possible. Insurance was carried. i The house which is a beautiful tenroom, was extensively remodeled four ; years ago. and last year was repaperj ed throughout. o CARD OF THANKS We wish in this manner to thank the many friends and neighbors who assisted us and for the beautiful floral offerings following the death of our son and brother ALEX LEBRUN and CHILDREN CARS DERAILED ' Cars Derailed on Clover Leaf East of Willshire —Two Tramps Hurt. ARE IN HOSPITAL At Van Wert—Body of Geo. Scotton Mangled — Died Later. W. E. Waily, 22, of Marion, Ind., suffered two briken legs and internal injuries and Paul Jamerson. 16, of Mt. Vernon, Hl., was badly bruised when freight cars on the Clover Leaf railroad jumped the track about a mile and a half east of Willshire Tuesday about 1 o’clock. The two men were caught in the

wreck. It was at first thought that j Daily had been killed. Both he and 1 Jamerson were brought to Van Wert > and were cared for at the Van Wert County Hospital. Fifteen freight care were derailed in the wreck, the cause of which is not known. The wreck is one of a number suffered by the Clover Leaf in the past few months. Both the two injured men 1 were tramps and are being cared for lat Van Wert county’s expense. George Scotton, aged 31, was so ' badly mangled beneath the wheels < f i a Clover Leaf freight train at Bluffto 1 1 about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon that he died a half hour later on the operating table in the office of Dr. Louis Severin. The unfortunate man, who was a foreman at the Bay piano factory, putting in some extra time working and had come up town to get his lunch. On the way back to the factory he jumped on the freight train to save the walk and was thrown against a cut of boxcars on an adjoining track which threw him back J beneath the wheels of the freight. He was immediately rushed to the

■ office of the physician where the ’ tors removed the right leg at the hip and were preparing to operate on the other when the patient expired. The deeased was unmarried. Rur • viving he leaves hie mother Mis. Julietta Scotton, one brother, Hurry, and two sisters, Mrs. H. B. Nelson and Mrs. A. 11. Reed, all of Bluffton. ~ ED "GAFFERELOPED According to announcement hy the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 1 l>»lst, of Bluffton, their daughter. Ethel Leist, was married last week lo Edward Gaffer, of this city. The wedding took place at Hillsdale. Mich. The groom who is a painter by trade, has been working at Bluffton with Ad Holer. He is a son of Mr. and : Mrs. Peter Gaffer, of Tenth street, this

‘ city. o A SHORT SESSION — City Council Had Little to do at Regular Session Tuesday Evening. REPAIR OF GRATES Engineer Instructed to Reset Curb on Tenth Street —Bills Allowed. A short session of the city council was held Tuesday evening, there being only a haly dozen matters up before the body to be disposed of. The matter of removing the Carroll scales on Jackson street was talked of and

upon motion referred to the street and sewer committee. It was moved and seconded that the street commissioner repair grates at the Clover crossing on Winchester street and in the Schug alley. He was also instructed to look after the repair of a “drop” on Oak street. The report of the street and sewer committee relative to the assessments in the Schug alley improvement was approved and spread on /ecord. The city engineer was instructed to reset the curb on Tenth street according to the plans and specifications The street and sewer committee reported as to having entered into a contract with Henry Stevens for the construction of the Meibers sewer. The report was approved and spread on record. The finance committee allowed the following bills and the meeting adjourned: L. L. Baumgartner $ 37.50 Police pay roll 92.50 City Firemen 67.50 M. J. Mylott pay roll 162.50 Waterworks pay roll 48.25 John Thomas 156.59 A. C. Foos pay roll 231.00 Street commissioner's pay roll 135.40 Isaac Chronister 32.50 Edgar W. Mills 7.00 J. D. McFarland 3.00 John Barnett 4.00 Acker Cement Works 4.78 J. C. Patterson 5.58 Schafer Saddlery Co 10.00 Kalver-Noble Co 20.20 Mangold & Baker .' 5.45 Citizens’ Improvement C0...’. 1212.50 Citizens' 'Phone Co 3.75 1 F. W. Downs S.Ot ■ T. St. L. & W, R. R. Co 216.61 9 Holthouse Garage 73.3(

4 1 Evans Coal Co 709.04 General Hocking Fuel Co. .. 560.44 G. R. & I. R. R. Co 194.55 G. R. & I. R. R. Co 18.90 G R. & I. R. R. Co 46.00 General Electric Co 15.38 Ft. Wayne Oil & Supply C 0... 15.49 Natl. Mill & Supply Co 41.41 Holthouse Drug Co 19.02 Standard Oil Co 12.50 Protective Elec. Supply C 0... 53.93 O. Heller 3 ' Bo D. F. ’[>eple S (!S Holthouse Garage 7.50 Natl. Mill Supply Co 20.00 A. E. Boyce Co 16 .50 Citizens’ ’Phone Co 3.50 Decatur Light & Power Plant 3410.00 Decatur Light & Power Plant 2480.00 RECEIVES HONORABLE DISCHARGE Otto Harb, who has served two terms, six years in all, in the regular army, and received his honorable discharge June 30, has returned here for a visit with his mother, Mrs. George Chronister. He served with Company E, 10th Infantry, New York, and for the past nine months has been in Panama. He is twenty-seven years of age

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FOORTH WAS A HAPPY ONE Picnic Given by Catholic • Congregation Furnished Day of Pleasure. MR. BOWERS SPEAKER Delivered Patriotic Address That Pleased—Weather Was Delightful.

The picnic given by the congroga tion of the St. Mary’s Catholic church at Steele’s park yesterday was from (.every point of view a great success. The weather was perfect, the crowd was large and just in the right humor for a good time; the program iias fine; the stands were plentiful and did a thriving business; the lake was cool and refreshing, and the boys enjoyed the swimming, while the girls used the swings; everybody was happy and the event was a most appropriate observation of the grand old Fourth. The crowd started to the grounds early and by noon the grove was well filled with happy youngsters, their parents and friends. Everything had been well planned and the program of the day was carried out without a single hitch. The Decatur band marched to the grounds at ten o’clock and during the day furnished, enlivening music. The stands where you could buy ice cream, sandwiches. various eats, cigars, pop and soda, were all in charge of compe-

t tent help and the service was first class. The big picnic dinner was a > happy hour and was of course enjoyt ed. Patriotic Program. Promptly at two o'clock Father Seimetz took his place on the platform ) where were seated a number of the G. A. R. members and other promt- . nent citizens and announced the arrival of the hour for the celebration of the day. Back of the platform hung 1 a beautiful American flag, a gift of the fourth degree members to the > Knights of Columbus, and which was to take a part in the program. The program opened by the reading of the message of President Wilson to congress as delivered April 2. . Miss Droll, a talented young lady, read the message in a clear and ringing tone and was listened to attentively;! Rev. Seimetz then paid a glowing tribute to the civil war veterans present, welcoming them, and expressing the sincere hope that God may spare them many years as citizens among us. He then introduced the speaker of the day, Hon. Claude G. Bowers, editorial writer of the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. , Mr. Bowers’ Great Speech. , Mr. Bowers addressed the crowd , for thirty minutes, and every minute , of that time was thoroughly enjoyed , by his audience. He spoke upon the , - present war and discussed with al,I most a wonderful brilliancy the patriotism being displayed by men of s every nationality, now real and true i ( American citizens. He praised the 0 Irish and the Germans, the French 5 and the Italian, the Russian and the 0 Austrian, the men of ever race, who, -1 as Americans, have won fame in ev--0I ery war in which this nation has en--0 ! gaged and who will do likewise, have 0 1 even done so now. in this greatest .. •• it — out th fit 111 P

I ; war of all. He pointed out tnat tne ! United States had been drawn into . this war because we stand for the i rights of a democracy and for the , , common people whether they be in ; I France or Germany or England, or i i wherever they may be, and he expressed the hope that some time in the near future, the citizens of Germany will drink their toasts to the men of this nation, now fighting for their freedom. His address was given in perfect language and his speech ( was filled with patriotic sentences that brought round after round of applause. It was a splendid feature of the program and the committee is to be congratulated upon their selection of a speaker and upon being able to secure Mr. Bowers for the occasion. The Flag is Presented, Following the address of Mr. Bowers, M. J. Mylot, representing the fourth degree, presented the beautiful flag to the knights. In a ten-mln- ’ ute talk he did his part well, paying ’ a splendid tribute to the flag and f closing with Wilbur Nesbitt’s "Your r Flag and My Flag.” W. H. Myers, i- representing the Sam Henry post, G. e (ConUnuedTou Page Four)