Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1917 — Page 1

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AN INTRIGUE IN ISLANDS Discovered When Conrad Andre is Held for Trying to ('reate Disturbance. CONSULAR ESCAPES W hen Building is Destroyed by Bomb—Russia Holding Own and More. (United Press Service) (By Carl E. Rhodes) Washington, I). Sept. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —That German intrigue has stretched out its talons into the Philippine Islands and sought to create insurrection there, was learned today when Conrad Andre, German vice consul for several islands, was detained on the charge of trying to create a disturbance which was in reality an insurrection. He was taken to Manila to escape an angry mob and held there for some time and then released, but is still under careful watch. Andre is said to have surrounded himself by a number of Filipinos and sought to gain strength bv promising them any white woman in his province if they would rise up against the Americans. When it became known there was talk of lynching, Andre was hurried out to escape it. Andre is also suspected of trying to establish a submarine base on the island. Washington, D. C., Sept. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The American consular and agents’ building at Dunkirk, France, was wrecked by a German bomb, September 7th, but the consular agent, Henjamin Morele, and the papers were unharmed. (By J. W. T. Mason, written for the United Press) New York, N. Y„ Sept. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Premier j Kerensky is compromising with the conflicting factions in Petrograd until the first elections of the new republic are held next November. It is a new role (or the impetus radical, but in accepting it, Kerensky is showing higher qualities of statesmanship than he has previously displayed. To save Russia Kerensky must become the Russian Lloyd George. The British premier’s great ability has not been the way in which he has di- j rected the war, but his success in | uniting conservatives, moderates and radicals at home. Kerensky, a radical like Lloyd George, must bury his personal politics for the rest of the war. as Lloyd George has done, or Russia's dangers will unbearable. An Atlantic. Port, Sept. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Submarines with silver plated periscopes are now at work, passengers on an American liner in port here today declared. Th“y asserted this plating mirrored the sea so perfectly that the periscopes werej invisible. Off the Irish coast, a torpedo was fired at this American liner but missed by 50 feet. Gunners fired one shot at random, as no submarine was visible. Wireless warnings against U-boats off the American coast were picked up ,by this liner Friday afternoon, passengers said. They declared the mi ssage came from Cape Ray, a British station. No trace of the submarine reported as shelling a vessel off Nuntucket Friday morning had been found today. Washington, Sept. 17—(Special ;o Daily Democrat) —The Russian army is driving back toward Riga along a wide front. Within the last five davs it has advanced more than seven miles the Russian embassy announced today. The whole Russian military establishment is being reorganized under General Alexiefl and discredited commanders are being ousted. (By John H. Hearldy, United Press Staff Correspondent.) Rome, Sept, 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Austria Hungary iB reported finding it increasingly difficult to keep in agreement with Germany. Diplomatic advices received here today told of an epidemic of riots

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throughout the dual empire and political difflerences ns to Prussianlsm that indicate a growing breach between J the two Teutonic powers. I Austria Is suffering from lack of food, according to reports here. Most of the disorders detailed news rs I which has been suppressed, have been due to this cause. Thousands of the (people are making pilgrimages to various shrines imploring divine intercession for peace. Prussian officers, It was asserted, tare frequently insulted on the streets ' of various Austrian cities. Italy's success east of Gorizia ‘s j likewise reported as causing widespread apprehension throughout Emperor Carl's dominions. New York, N. Y., Sept. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Premier Kerensky was married, according to a dispatch printed today by the New York Times. The report, via, Stock- ! holm, said Kerensky wed Mile. Timj met, well known young actress of J the Alexandria theater, a few days | after the fall of Riga. Petrograd, Sept. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Having subdued the armed disseution in its confines, the j provisional government rapidly today j is settling its political disputes. Formal proclamation of Russia as a | republic, as issued by Premier Kerenj sky, destroyed a growing propaganda I traceable to German agents, that j Kerensky was planning a dictatorship. | It was also a warning, in the public's | view today, to any other leader who i might aspire as Korniloff did, to such j disfavorable powers, that the govern- ; ment was solely a people’s govern- | ment. I The constitutional convention which t is to devise the machinery of Russian i government has already been called I for Dec. 11. There were indications i today, however, that long before this time some sort of a representative Russian assembly would outline and delegate powers, to prevent any repetition of the misunderstandings which led to the Korniloff revolt. The Petrograd council of workmen and soldiers formally recommended such a representative assembly to be convoked Sept. 25 to set up a definite I power to lead the country until the constitutional convention shall decide upon a complete system of government. In the meantime Kerensky’s reorganized cabinet appears likely to have more complete support from various factions than the previous ministries have been able to muster. Evidences of the Russian armies is now overwhelming. Preliminary reports from the commission investigating Korniloff’s revolt indicate the rebellious troops were deceived into belief they were marching against German plotters. Scores of officers are already in custody. General Kaled- ' ines is still at large and at the head l of a rebel movement but his forces j were not large and his own troops — ! the Don cossacks insist they are loyal ! to Russia, apparently being only desirous of saving their commander from any punishment before formally surrendering. Washington, Sept. 17—(Special lo j Daily Democrat)—"The Italian offen- | sive cannot be considered ended" the state department were notified in a ! cable from Rome today. “Italian operations in the Balkan indicate a new offensive there while the troops of Gen. Cavorna are winning fresh vlc- . tories. Washington, Sept. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Scandinavian repr.sentatives here— particularly the Swedes —pleaded today that the new prohibition on wheat export will bring their nations to the brink of starvation. The Swedes declared that their nation will be the first to feel the ■ pinch of famine. Under new regulations of the export i council, wheat, many chemicals and forms of iron cannot be exported at all : except where used for war purposes or where needed commodities can be obtained in exchange at onc° nr in i ’ I few excepted cases where a small exj portation would not be detrimental to 1 the United States. ’ The pinch of this new rule is likely * to swing Sweden away from her proGerman attitude more quickly than anything else, authorities here beliece. 1 The Swedish population, according I to Axel Robert Nordvall, delegate to the United States, now only gets s ounces of rye or wheat daily, the small est ration in Europe, y “Sweden’s grain crop this year,’’ ■- they said, “will be only two-thirds novII mal. , I .‘ We w ju n oed 12,000,000 bushels for i- bread and it is impossible to cut our s J ration further,’

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, September 17, 1917.

UNDER ARREST II » > 'f f'l f , Harry Crane, Who Cashed 1 Worthless Check at Murray Cijfar Store, Caught BY FT. WAYNE POLICE Nab Young Man Who Pulled Trick—Mr. Murray at Fort Wayne Today. F. M. Murray, proprietor of the Murray Cigar store went to Fprt Wayne this morning to appear against | a young man who succeeded in cash-1 ing a worthless ten dollar check at his place about ten days ago. The man named Harry Crane lived at Fort Wayne and came down here to take a jot) as an electrician. He failel to land for some reason or other and went to Murray’s, where he tried to cash a check for ten dollars. Mr. Murray told him to take ft to the bank. Crane went out and reappeared later when a clerk cashed the check. Mr. Murray reported the matter to the Allen county officials and Chief Melchi was informed Sunday that the man was under arrest. Murray went down this morning to teach the young man a lesson he deserves. The Journal-Gazette said of Crane’s arrest: “Harry Crane spent an enjoyable three days at Lake Wawasee. He had not the slightest idea that Detective Sergeants Peter Junk and Martin A. Rundell knew where he was, when he would return and that they would be waiting for him. But it was true. They knew also that he would he on Berry street near Harrison before the night was over. “The detectives waited for him. He appeared as they had anticipated. He was arrested for issuing a check which was valueless. The check was cashed (Continued on Page Two) SUFFERING ENOS Mrs. Herman Sellemeyer Passed Away Sunday Morning at 11:30. ILL MANY MONTHS Funeral Service Will be Held Tuesday Afternoon at Reformed Church. Sevilla Sellemeyer, wife of Herman William Sellemeyer, prominent residents of south of the city, passed away Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock. Death was due to cancer of the stomach from which she had been a sufferer for many months. Last March she was taken to the hospital in Fort Wayne where x-ray revealed the true nature of her illness, which was in curable. For the past week she had been bedfast. The decline was gradual and for the past few days she had been near death which was expected momentarily tor several days, death finally coming at the end of what seem ed to be a peaceful sleep. Mrs. Sellemeyer was fifty-seven years, nine months and twenty-eight days of age. She was born November 18, 1859, in French township, being one of a family of eleven children :f Mr. and Mrs. John P. Kohler. She was married April 17, 1884, *o Herman William Sellemeyer and during the first Iwo years of their mar- ! ried life they lived on ft Fifth street this city. From here they went to the farm where they lived her rematni ing years. The members of her immediate sur ' viving family are the husband and three daughters: Emma, wife of the i Rev. N. E. Vitz, of Sherwood, O.: Ma- . tilda, a teacher in the Decatur schools, : and Agnes a teacher at Swayzee; a i niece, Huldah Bauer who was as her i own daughter the deceased having I taken her at the age of eighteen months and reared her as her own. ’ Three children died in Infancy. Os her brothers and sisters, tout one brother, the Rev. P. S. Kohler, of r Slater, Neb., is living. Those deceasr ed are John, Philip. William, Daniel, Edward and the Rev. Calvin Kphlev;

P Josephine, Mary and Celestlne. Mrs. Sellemeyer us a wife and mother was unexcelled and her demise lias caused much sorrow in the large circle of her relatives and friends. She I was a most faithful member of the Reformed church and active in its various works. The funeral will be Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock from the home and at 2:30 from the Reformed church in | this city. The Rev. Stolte, in English, assisted by the Rev. Henry Vitz, of Indianapolis, in German, will officiate. , Burial will lie in the Decatur cemetery, i’all bearers will be nephews, including O. L. Vance, Fred Heuer, Albert Sellemeyer, Will Repperl, Rudolph Sehug and Charles Walters. Flower bearers are great-nieces, Eleanor Reppert, Lee Anna Vance and Martha Sellemeyer. LAW ISJNVALID Judge Roth ford Decides Woman’s Suffrage Act in State Unconstitutional. WILL APPEAL CASE Mrs. Edwards, President Franchise League, Confident of Result. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 17— (Special to Daily Democrat) — The nine-tenths woman suffrage bill passed by the last legislature was today held unconstitutional by Judge Rochford in the Marion county superior court. It will be appealed to the supreme court. The judge granted a permanent restraining order preventing enforcement of the law. Culver, Ind., Sept. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —“We are not a bit discouraged. We expected an adverse decision in the lower court and planned three weeks ago,” said Mrs. Richard E. Edwards, president of the Indiana Woman’s Franchise League, in an interview with the United Press here today, on Judge Rochford’s decision that the suffrage law. passed by the last legislature, is un constitutional. Mrs. Edwards, whose home is at Peru, Ind., is here on her vacation. She compared the Indiana case with that of Illinois. “The Indiana law is modeled on the same lines as the one in Illinois," she said. “The Illinios law was held uneonsti tutional in the lower court but the supreme court reversed the decision. I am confident we will win out in the higher court,” she said. HAD A FINE TIME One Hundred Relatives Attend Fifth Annual Reunion OF BLOEMKER FAMILY North of Magley—Lewis Worthmann Elected President. The fifth annual reunion of the Bloemker family was held Sunday at the Henry Bloemker home one half mile north of Magley. About one hundred relatives were in attendance and a jnost enjoyable old fashioned reunion was had. A program consisting of music and speaking was given in the •afternoon. Games and other sports were indulged in after which the election of officers took place. The officers and committees elected were: President, Lewis Worthmann; i vice president, Henry Bloemker; see- ■ retary, Mrs. Sam Jaberg; treasurer, , Ernest Worthmann. i The committee on arrangements in- • eludes: Jacob Bloemker, John Hilge, ; man and Sam Jaberg. 1 The committee on invitations: Min- . nie Bloemker, Mrs. Ed Borne. The committee on programs: Elmer ? Jaberg, Mat Worthmann. f The committee on refreshments: - Mrs. Fred IColter. Mrs. Fred Bloemker. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Worthmann, of : tin’s city, were in attendance.

SUNDAY WEODING Ethyl Williams and Otis James Briggs Married at Manse i I BY REV. J. C. HANNA r Leave for East on Wedding Trip—Will Live in Pennsylvania. Miss Ethyl Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Williams residing on the Doak farm five and a quarter miles south of this city; and Mr. Otis Janies Briggs, of Richmond, were quietly married Sunday morning at 8:30 o’clock at the Manse in this city by the Rev. J, ('. Hanna, of the Presbyterian church. Following the ceremony, with Mrs. Sam Doak they drove to the Williams home for the wedding dinner. Other guests were Miss Maxine Campbell and Miss Bernice Williams, of Richmond; Earl and Forest Ripley. The bride and groom left last night for Fort Wayne and from there to New York City on a wedding trip. On their return they will stop at Greensburg, Pa., where they will make their home. The groom, who is a traveling salesman for a desk manufacturing plant, will have his headquarters there. For her wedding dress, as well as traveling costume, the bride wore a pretty dark blue silk jacket suit, with hat to harmonize. She wore a bouquet of Sunshine roses. Both bride and groom are graduates of Earlham college, Richmond, and It was while students there that they became acquainted. O K. OF C. NOTICE. Regular meeting tonight. Some important business will be up for disposal so make an effort to attend. G. K. IN A COLLISION Miss Mock Has Knee Cap Badly Fractured in a Collision WEST OF BERNE Miss May Swygart of Near Geneva Was Also Badly Injured. Two young men were slightly injured, and two young ladies were quite badly hurt Sunday evening at j?:30 o'clock, about a quarter mile west of Berne when a Ford driven east by David Roth and Miss Mock of northeast of Berne collided with a horse and buggy driven west into Berne toy Hugh Routine and Miss May Swygart of fiive miles southwest of Geneva. Mr. Roth and his -companion were motoring to Linn Grove when his electric lights went out and he turned around to return to a garage to get them fixed. The oil lights were too dim for the auto and the approaching buggy occupants to see and the collision occurred without fault to either, apparently. Miss Swygart was thrown from the buggy, and received an injury to the left side of her skull, rendering her unconscious, and at 11 o’clock last night it could not be determined whether a fracture of the skull had resulted. Romine was also rendered unconscious but was not badly hurt Miss Swygart, in the Ford, was thrown against the front of the vehicle with such force that one of her I knee caps was broken, the lower part being very badly fractured indeed. The horse ran away with the buggy, which was quite badly damaged, and ’ the auto in the Impact of the collision had the front wheels turned across the road in such away that ’ the machine ran into the ditch at the side, three and a . half feet deep, ' badly wrecking the car. The families of Lawrence Yager r of Berne and Dr. F P. Hoffman of this city happened along at the time of the accident and took the injured . parties to the Eli Bicrie home at f Berne, where they were given every attention. Miss Swygart was not al-

1 lowed to return home last night, hut ■ Miss Mock, after having her fraetur * ed knee cap dressed, was taken to her home nearby. The accident might easily have S been fatal. POSTOFFICE NEWS NOTES Word of the official acceptance of the resignation of Roy Wolford, as currier on rural mall, was received today al the local postoftlce. He resigned to I take a position at the Electric Light i Works in Fort Wayne, tendering his r resignation here some time ago. No appointment of a successor has yet been made. Ijiwrence Biggs, rural mail carrier on route fi has also tendered his resignation. He is now taking his regular ■ vacation allowed and this morning be--1 gan a new work, that of agent for the i Prudential Insurance Co. Dwlgnt 1 Archer, his substitute, Is working in his place for the present. John R. Porter is working for Uncle . Sam, beginning this morning as custodian of the postoffice building. WILL MAKE DRIVE Council of Defense lo Make Organization Drive Week of September 25. STATE IS DIVIDED Into Twenty-three Groups —lndividual Teams for Each County. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Sept. 17—In order that every county in ihe state may be encouraged and bolstered up if necessary in the work of the Council of Defense, the Indiana State Council has arranged for an “organization drive” covering every county, during the four days, September 25th-28tli inclusive. The counties of the stale will be divided into 23 groups of four each and twenty-three teams of two men each will be assigned to the work. Meetings with local councils will be arranged in such away that the teams can make their respective four counties, one county per day. Schedules of the meetings are now being made out in the quarters of the State Council of Defense and will be forwarded to the chairman of the county councils immediately upon completion. There will be a preliminary meeting of the campaign teams in the chamber of tlie Indiana State senate, Thursday afternoon, September 20, at one o’clock. The campaigners will include some of the most effective organizers and speakers of Indiana. It is the hope of the State Ooun.'il that every section of the common wealth will have been aroused to the importance of the work in hand and where there have been omissions in the plans as originally promulgated by the state council, these will be made up without further delay. The increasing demands being made ui>on the state council, which must depend, in large measure upon the rssistance and co-operation of couiKv councils to deal more directly with the people, makes it imperative that 1 a complete, effective state-wide organ--1 ization he perfected at once, if Indiana is to retain its proud standing among * the states that are materially contrib--1 uting to the prosecution of the war 1 with Germany. f READY AT CAMP TAYLOR , (United Press Service) 1 Louisville, Ky„ Sept. 17—(Special to ' Daily Democrat)—Everything was in 1 readiness at Camp Tayipr today for a the reception of the second contingent of 18.000 Indiana and Kentucky con- * scripted men who will arrive this week. The men who have town here 1 for two weeks have become acquainted * with the surroundings and conditions and will aid the new men in "getting ’’ onto the ropes." Officials hope to have all men equipped with uniforms by the ‘j end of the week. Intensive squad t drill and work on roads will keep the 9 troops busy this week. SHOW FOR CHARITY. . The Delta Theta Tau sorority will f give a special show at the Crystal ) theater tonight, the proceeds of which I will he given to charity. In connec j t tion with the excellent film Mrs. j - Louis Holthouse will sing. The show - is a five-reel feature.

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• REV. RICHIE HERE ft Newly Ordained Minister Appointed to Decatur U. B. Circuit. >CONFERENCE CLOSES I . At Butler—Rev. Harman Assigned to the Church at Albion. Rev. D. H. Richie has been appointed pastor of the Decatur United Brethren circuit, which includes tho churches in this city and at Union Chapel. The apimlntment was male at the close of the annual St. Joseph Valley conference of the United Brethren church at Butler yesterday. Rev. Richie, who is said to be a new man in the eonference. is a young man, and a recent graduate of tho theological seminary at Dayton. O. He is one of seven new ministers ordanied by Bishop H. H. Fout. of Indianapolis. Rev. T. H. Harman, pastor of the Decatur circuit for three years, was appointed pastor of the church at Albion. This is a stationary charge, and his appointment there ts considered an advancement over the one one here, which has the circuit. Rev. Harman returned, last night from the conference. He will preach his first sermon at Albion next Sunday, hut he will not move there until the last of next week or the following week. Rev. I. Imler was returned to Young America; J. W. I-ower to tho Warsaw circuit; J. A. Farmer to Craigville; E. A. Goodwin to Aetna Green. The eonference next year will be held at Winona Lake. , Appointments for the other charges of the eonference which Includes all of northern Indiana, are: Angola, S. S. Snyder; Albion, T. H. Harman; Atwood. P. M. Hill: Ambia. J. Sharp; Battle Ground, A. E. Wake: Bourbon, J. B. Glick; Bremen. K. T. Kesslnger; Bremen circuit. J. W. Hlndebaugh; Brimfield, L. G. Eaton; Brook, C. A. Sickafoose: Butler, W. H. Rittenhouse; Butler circuit, S. Simons; Burkett, H. G. Pejice; Churubusco, J. T. Rosselot; Claypool, O. L. Richart; Colburn. B. G. Chambers; Collins. A. K. Knett; Converse, M. S. Livingood; Columbia City, D. B. Kessinger; Deedsville, J. A. Kek; Donaldson, W. A. Hatfield; Dalton, W. E. Cooper; Erie, O. P. Givens; Elkhart Second, J. C. Albright; Elkhart Castle, J. A. Groves; Fort Wayne, J K. Borkert; Frankfort, N. McCoy; Frankfort Circuit, J. C. Bailey; Fulton, J. A. Robinson; Galveston, R. L. Ayres; Grass Creek, William L. Eiler; Greentown, J. T. Keesey; Gilboa, J, W. Dixon; Huntington, C. B. Mull; Indiana Village, G, R. Champlin; Kokomo, M. K. Richardson; Lafayette. W. Z. Roberts; I.igonier, A. G. Grubbs; Logansport, C. A. Spitler; Laketon, F. B. Feightner; Montniorenot. H. W. White; Morocco, C. R. Smith; Nappanee, J. W. Miller; Newville. E. Hively; North Manchester. I). Robinson; Ossian, F. Grow; Otterbein. W. B. Taylor; Pleasant Lake, H. W. Franklin; Peru, L. L. Shaffer; Pleasant, J. A. Wihite; Plymouth, A. M. : Cummins; Roanoke, W. E. Snyder; - Rich Valley, J. A. Sherrill; Rochesi ter, G. R, Crane; Rochester circuit, . E. Z. Dixon; Rennsselaer. I. H. . Ade; South Bend, D. E. Young; Sa- . lem and Green Center. J. F. Highiey;' Solomon’s Creek, O. B. Wells; Syracuse, L. B, Cline and Ethel Hollingsworth; Sugar Grove, C. P. Cornetet; South Whitley, J, N. Holmes; i Swannlngton. W. Rodehush; Stockwell. B. H. Cain; Twelve Mile, H. E. Butler; Tynder, G. E. Landen; Warsaw, W. P. Noble and Alice Noble; Washington Center, J. D. Coverstone; Waterloo, H. C. Beauchamp; Walkerton, S O Goodrich; Young America, I. Imler; Zanesville, D. W. Zartmann, SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL Closed at Maple Grove With Seventeen Additions. Rev. W. Paul Marsh closed a very successful revival at Maple Grove lhristian church, east of Berne, Saturday evening. There were seventeen additions to the church, fourteen being by immersion and three by statement, coming from membership elsewhere. There will be a reception for the new members, with the baptism of one candidate, Tuesday eveuing.