Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 90.

IIRST CONFERENCE NEXTWEDNESDAY ENGLAND'S FOREIGN MINISTER ARTHUR J, BALFOUR. ANO CHIEF IN STAFF JOFFRE OF FRANCE 10 ARRIVE IN UNITED STATES TODAY.

(I’ultod Press Service) p Washington. I). C. Apr. I(l—(SpeHi cial to Daily Democrat)—The first nferma! step in one of the most important conference of the great war will B .b* taken Wednesday when President Mmlson will receive Arthur ,1. Halfour foreign minister of England, and inembers of the French commission, now enroute to this city. WBalfour and his party, together With the French commissioners, including former Premier Brierviana ami General Joffre. until recently I Emßmumnder-in-chief of the French ' Wm ' ’ will be tendered a reception at the white house. ■ America’s part in the world war Will then be definitely determined | Balfour will reach New York late S* this afternoon. He is expected to Continue on to Washington after a brief stay in New York. The exact tint" the French commissioners are Eacpet ted to arrive is not known, but it is believed they will be here some time soon. S One of the first questions to bo taken up by Balfour will be arrangements to submit British residents iu this cotWitry to conscription in the army or the option of volKjnteering in the British army, it bojoUame known today on unquestioned ‘ authority. K The mere fact that British subSects in America for a number of ■&oars have failed to take out natur■alization papers, it is intended, shall Knot exempt them from serving eitli Ser here or abroad. L Arrangements will also be discussed ■■whereby Great Britain may be allow■ed to recruit British subjects in this ■country for her array. i London. Apr. 16—(Special to Daily ■ Democrat)—ln the face of fiercest op- ■ position yet rallied against the Hi it-1 ■ ish drive. Field Marshal Haig's force - today battered its way still further ■ around Lens and pushed another I wedge to within a mile and a half of I the Cambria-St. Quentin lino. “We ■ progressed to the northwest of Lens. I was the British commander in chief's laconic comment of that point in the | fighting, where British forces have I straddled the famous Hindenbrg line. Haig also announced the capture of I Villaret, southeast of Haricourt. Its I taking by British troops widens the | wedge thrust against the main HinI denburg line of communications from | St. Quentin to Cambrai on a front of approximately five miles. Villaret is I five miles to the north of Fresnoy-le-I Petit and Pontru—both already nt i British hands and both one and one half miles from the Cambrai-St. Quentin line. The German defense was centering around Monchy Lepreux. “The enemy attack at Monchy on Saturday.’ Haig's report asserted today. “was pressed in the most determined manner. The third Bavarian division was again hurried as a reinforcement to the German line and ordered to retake Month at all costs. Its losses, like that of other German troops, was exceptionally heavy. “Estimate of the booty captured at Lievien and along the Soucbez river is not available yet but it was exceedingly large, including some six-inch naval guns and many thousands o rounds of ammunition of all call > • as far as eight-inch guns. Washington. A^iTl6-< Special to Daily Democrat )-William Jennings Bryan today personally told Presi dent Wilson he is "for anything tie government wants in pushing the war to a quick and successful end. Dvr ing a conference with the president at the White House lasting over a half hour. Bryan told the chief execu iv he was willing to serve on the fir f line or any where else the presided wants him to serve. He said he had one specific thing to urge-war time prohibition. Mexice City. April 16—(Special tt Daily Democrat)—Mexico is neutra ' (Cont In 2.)

DECATUR DAD. V DEMOCRAT

— BERNE WEDDING * Harvey Ernsberger and Florence Bierie Married Saturday Evening — AT THE PARSONAGE I * By Rev. Habegger—Leave , for Ten Days’ Trip— Well Known Here. ii i Harvey Ellenberger, manager of the A. J. Moser garage at Berne, son of I Mrs. Mary Ellenberger, and Miss | Florence Bierie, daughter of Mr. and! Mrs. E. C. Bierie, were quietly qjar-' ried Saturday evening at 7:30 o’clock . at the Berne Evangelical parsonage by the Rev. Habegger. Owing to the illness of the bride’s sister, Mrs. S. P. Hoffman, the wedding was a very quiet one. Mr. and Mrs. Ellenberger left for'' Indianapolis, thence east for a ten days’ trip. On their return to Berne. I they will he at home in the property 1 which they purchased and have already furnished awaiting their return. The bride is well known to Deca-j tur people having frequently visited at the Hoffman home. Both are young, people of the best qualities, and' wholly deserving of all good wishes, t ■ —Q- , ■ ■ w. COES TO CHINN11 Miss Esther Sellemeyer Re- < ceives Appointment as , Missionary and < WILL SAIL AUGUST 2ND « i i On Empress Russia —Passed Examination Last , Week in Philadelphia. i 1 Miss Esther Sellemeyer, daughter of, i Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sellemeyer of this I ( city, has been accepted and received !, ■ her appointment as a missionary to : - China. Site will leave the United |i 1 States August second, sailing on the I ’ Empress Russia for her field of labor I< in the foreign country. ' Miss Sellemeyer will be graduated I: ! in June from Heidelberg college, Tis-i fin, 0., where she has taken a four ! year course. She took the physical j examination last week at Philadelphia! t and the word received here this mornr ing, of her appointment, shows that ■ she has passed all most successfully, j i After taking the examination, she I f and her mother went to Washington, | *, D. C., and have now returned to Heid-1 elberg. 0 Mrs. Sellemeyer is expected home tomorrow. !’ Miss Sellemeyer’s headquarters ' will be at Nanking, China. e _ „ r YOU ARE INVITED A meeting will be held at seven o’clock this evening at the city hall, , I for the purpose of planning for an >r - „ ganization to promote the planting of ,t -artlens and farm products, to tn- | courage the raising of chickens, pigs -and live stock and for otherwise <sisisting the state and nation during I the present crisis. A food famine is ‘o' feared unless everybody gets busy and al this is the first movement to organ- " ize for that purpose.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, Ap

SALEM MAN HURT Thrown from Rig and Rendered Unconscious for an Hour—lnjuries I ARE NOT SEVERE Is Getting Along All Right —Ed Kratzer, Residing Near Salem. ( His horse frightening at an automobile, which it met about three miles 'north of Berne, while lie was enroute I | home, Ed Krataer, a well known muni lof near Salem, was thrown front his ! buggy last evening at 5:30 o’clock, and, rendered unconscious for about an hour. He was badly bruised about the body, and especially painful were* the injuries sustained to his neck They were not serious, however, and' he is getting along all right. Mrs ' Kratzer was also thrown from the rig but was not hurt. Mr. Kratzer, whom it was fear°d was injured mere seriously was pick edd up and placed on a cot and taken to his home in a truck. Several De i catur people happened along a shott I time after the accident and witnessed j the unconscious man as he lay by the side of tlie road, before being taken j home, feared that the injuries were ' much more severe than they are . IS NON-SINKABLE Boat Which Clyde and James Brant Claim to Have Invented. _> TO BE DEMONSTRATED — In Canal at Benton Harbor, Mich.—Son-in-law of Del Krugh of Decatur. A non-sinkable boat which will con- , tinue to ride the waves in spite of innumerable punefttres from enemyguns is tlie invention which Clyde Brant, agent of the Big Four railroad at EauClaire, Mich., and his bro- 1 ther James Brant, of Benton Harbor ' claim to have perfected. The former is a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Dell Krugh, of Decatur and , grandson-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Brown. The Brants have completed a model and hope to demonstrate it in the canal at Benton Harbor as soon as the ice has gone out. The inventors claim that in a tower on their boat is located machinery which the rush of water automatically sets in motion j and this causes a natural action which prevents sinking of the boat if punc-j tured. The only thing that will make the boat sinkable is the destruction ! of the special machinery which of i course will be specially guarded. Just! what happens when the water rushes! in is a profound secret which the inventors will not divulge but they declare with all sincereity, "We’ve got it.” The Brants said when they demonstrated, they would time the machinery so that when shot full of holes the boat will sink to the bottom of the canal and then show how surely it will come to the surface, but il can be timed so that it will go down no further than the edge of the boat. They will show that the boat is abi solutely non-sinkable. They say the device can be installed on any boat i for a. few dollars. Clyde Brant has never before been ! known as an inventor but his brother j has made several previous attempts I and one valuable railroad invention, now in use, he claims was stolen from him. It is needless to say that if the Brant brothers have the invention they now claim to have evolved during two years study and experiment, that they have made a valuable find and one which ought to be worth a fortune. funeral? today Funeral services for Mrs. Lulu Whittenbarger were held this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the Reformed church by the Rev. L. W. Stolte.

■ AT POINT OF DEATH Samuel O. Burkhend, of Studabaker street, in the south part of the ! city, iies at his home at the point of J death having been ill for several | months of dropsy. His condition is despaired of, physicians have -given him up. He is it prominent veterin of the civil war. IMPORTANT BUSINESS t— — The Odd Fellows, at their session I tonight, beginning at seven thirty I o'clock, will have important business to transact. NOTICE, AUTOMOBILE OWNERS A request was made by the police that all tail lights must be lighted after dark. CHTcTFOR FIFTY Gift of Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company to the Tornado Committee. GREATLY APPRECIATED Total Now About SSOO and the Distribution Will be Made This Week. The committee in charge of thel 'funds for the relief of those who suf-! I sered from the tornado, have as yet! made no distribution, for the reason i that tlie members have felt that the funds on hand are inadequate to at ford the relief desired. They have! made an appeal to the people in gen eral, and the contributions are coming! in, and jn a few days tlie distribution ■ will he made. The latest contribution comes from the Holland-St. Louis Sugar Co. in the ! form of a $50.00 check. This will add i materially to the funds on hand ant* will increase the amount to approxi-i niately $500.00. The Sugar Co. has I certainly shown the right spirit in | rendering this aid at this critical time, and are certainly entitled to due ere I I it for their generosity. The funds will soon be turned over to T. J. Dur kin, the treasurer of the committee, and will be checked out upon proper order of the committee. There is still room for contributions, and if a few more people or corporations would follow the example set by the Holland-St. Ixtuis Sugar Co., sufficient funds would soon be available. JOHN WEBER DEAD Former Decatur Horseman Passes Away at Noon Today in Fort Wayne. HAD LIVED HERE Until Twenty-six Years Ago —Was Ninety Years of Age. — John Weber, sr., former Decatur! horseman, and influential business man. died at noon today at his home at 223 West Main street, Ft. Wayne. I He had been ill a long time of infirmities of old age, and for the past three j weeks had been seriously ill. Mr. Weber was a native of Germany' but has been a residdent here since ! about the age of twenty years. Two weeks ago Friday, he celebrated nis ninetieth birthday anniversary. The wife died a few years ago. The following children are living: John Weber, jr„ of this city, who was at his bedside when he passed away, as were the following other children, who reside in Fort Wayne: Mrs. H. M. Romberg, Lena. Emma. Noah, Rosie and Adel Weber. The late Mrs. John Welfley, of this city, was a sister. Mr. Wbber's early years were spent in this city, he and his family moving to Fort Wayne about twenty-six years ago. PATRIOTIC MEETING TONIGHT All patriotic people are urged to ati tend the meeting at the court house ■ this evening at eight o’clock when the - Red Cross organization will be taken up.

I 16. 1917.

. INJURED IN FALI (• ■— if I John Hink, Well Knowr n Farmer, Receives Serious Injuries. FELL FORM HAY MOW H « Concussion of the BrainFeared He is Injured Internally—May Operate, a 1 John Hink, farmer. 45, residiu; four miles northwest of town, w,u | seriously injured late Saturday eve ning when he fell from the haymow o I his barn, alighting on his head ant I I shoulders. He was doing some worl > in the big barn and in some niann* i fell through, a distance of seven fe * and alighted on the cement floor Concussion of the brain resulted am it is fearedd he suffered a fracture ol I the skull. He was also injured in ternally, the bowels being temporar i ily paralyzed. Dr. Grandstaff of Preble, was called and a physician also summoned front this Jt-ity to consult, it being agreed that if no improvements are shown within twenty-four hours, that an operation be performed. ; Mr. Hink lives on the old Rinehart | fa’m and is well known in this locali ily. yeomeiTjosts One Hundred from Fort Wayne Entertained by Decatur Homestead. ON SATURDAY EVENING Tenth Anniversary of Organization Celebrated— A Good Time. Fort Wayne 7 eomen, one hundred strong, came down by special interurban car Saturday evening to help the Decatur homestead celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of their organization. A big parade lead by a large flag, with each member of the procession carrying a smaller one, proceed* down the main street. The ladies’ team had intended to give a street drill but the very cool weather prohibited this. On arriving at the hall, a class cf i ten candidates was initiated, the De- | catur team putting on the work. Refreshments were served after the work. The Fort Wayne visitors gave the Decatur homestead a ten dollar bill | for their tenth birthday anniversary. REV. THORNBURG'S statement. j Since there have been certain con- ; structions, compromising my patriot- ■ ism, placed upon some public utterances of mine 1 deem it just to myself. . and the church I serve, to make this I statement through the columns of I your valued paper. * This is a time when every citizen j should be absolutely just, for irrepar- ! able harm can be done the cause and ! to the character of an individual by I one wrong inference. There is no statement that 1 have i ever made that has been intended as* i a sanction of the course pursued by i Germany. The whole conduct of the ! war. and the war itself, has been ut ’ I teriy abhorrent to me. I did no* *. think it would be necessary to estab 1 ’ iish my patriotism by any defense o: “ | an attitude taken upon the principles -of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, whost ■ minister 1 am. That Gospel teaches I me that. HATE cannot dwell in th< heart with LOVE, and the love ol 5 money i£ the root of all evil, “thal thou are inexcusable, O man. who t soever thout art that judgest anothei , for wherein thou judgest anothei ’ thou condemnest thyself.” We are in the conflict, and it be hooves us all to center our thoughl upon the loftiest ideals, so that we he not dragged into the indulgence ‘ of base suspicion and unjust asper--0 sions and the impugning of sincere 0 men's motives. i I think I have evidenced my love of the flag to every unbiased mind ol

Lmy conmn i of a year ago, and I deeply regretted the necesalty which compelled me to resign my commission. and today, it the necessity arises, I shall be ready to stand bell side any man and spill the last drop of my blood that the stars and stripes be not drugged in the dust or suffer defeat at the liatids of her enemies, j but iit the suiiie time J * hum the ; right of every tree American citizen to free speech on questions of per- ’ ! sonal conviction without having my j motives impugned and my patriotism ! questioned. “ It is only a small man who will judge another without .hearing him and I believe that the citizens of Decatur are too lofty minded to allow themselves to he prejudiced against a fellow citizen, whose heart beats ig true to every principle of free govIS ! ernment. FRED F. THORNBURG, Pastor First Methodist Church. >i -u—---:CANCER IS FATAL r -t r Mrs. Leona Carney, Wife of 1 Robert Carney, Passed >f J Away Sunday Night r j (l lat the home n i'] On North Walnut Street—n Funeral Services Will be t Wednesday. iMrs. Ix>ona Carney, wife of Robert I W. Carney, of 803 Nortli Walnut t., j, died at her home, Sunday night ;t * eleven o'clock. Death was due to :i cancer. E Mrs. Carney was fifty-seven years I two months and twenty-four days old. She was born in Coleville, 0., being a 1 daughter of Julia and William H. Kelley. She is survived by the husband , land two children, Mrs. Ruby M. Per-y, ■ of Chicago and'Charles E. Carney, cf the Philippine Islands; one brother - and two sisters. Samuel Kelley. f I Chicago, Mrs. Flora North and Mrs. ! Nora Smith, of Elkhart. The funeral will be held at the M. [ E. church Wednesday afternoon at 2 . I o’clock, Rev. Thornburg in charge. ( J Burial in Maplewood cemetery. t K. of C. NOTICE . Regular meeting tonight. Some very important business and a good , program has been arranged by the i i Lecturer. G. K. t

EGGS AND POTATOES. Folks of Adams County: Do you really realize the food conditions in this country? Do you know that unless you help to avert it. that next winter will bring to our fair land, real suffering and hunger—a famine in nearly every food product? i The bins in every big warehouse in the country have been emptied, the eggs in every cold storage house have been sold, the supply on hand is at the lowest ebb ever known. You who think the high mark has been reached in prices will learn if the war continues another year, that the up-grade of values has hut started. Wecan avoid much suffering, we can serve our coun- * try best, by doing our part toward raising our share of food. 1 any food that can be stored away for winter use—potatoes, onions, beans. If you are so located that you can do so, raise chick,l ens, pigs, live stock. It will help more than you imagine, y! THE CHICKEN CHOP IS LOW. SET THE HENS RIGHT NOW. CHICKS THIS SPRING MEAN EGGS e l NEXT WINTER. PLANT PLENTY OF POTATOES AND THEN TAKE CARE OF THEM. PLANT ON’ONS. <. BEANS. PLANT THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN S IOR 1. t AW AY FOR W INTER. IT’S THE BEST WAA 10 SER\ >' YOUR NATION NOW. '»■ The price right now of fresh eggs is as high as it was " in the middle of winter. Produce men are paying a price "I which assures an almost unheard-of price in December. ■S The price of chickens is nearly double that ot a year ago. ,ej It’s up to you to see that your larder is well tilled and now >f is the time to do it. lt IF YOU DO NOT START THIS WORK IN THE NEXT ' TW OOR THREE WEEKS YOU WILL HAVE SLEPT r AND THE OPPORTUNITY WILL BE GONE. WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO STATE THAT STORAGE ROOM FOR YOUR POTATOES OR OTHER CROPS CAN BE SECUR " ED IN DECATUR AT PRACTICALLY NO COST. ® GET BUSY, TODAY! PLAN FOR NEXT WINTER. r- —— e There are many other things that can he raised now and put away for winter—tomatoes, cabbage and corn and t various other products that can be canned. Do it now !

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HIS NAMESDAY ) i School Children Observe Namesday of Father Seimetz With Program “ ■ AT THE K. OF C. HALL Gave Him Beautiful Presents—lt Was the Feast Day of St. Julius. This morning at the Knights of Col. unibus hall the school children, assisted by the Sisters of the St. Joseph’s school, gave an excellent program and in a very patriotic way observed the namesday of Father Julius Seimetz, pastor of the St. Mary’s Catholic church. The namesday of St. Julius was last Thursday, April 12th, but as Fatlier Seimetz was out of the city, atten ling the board of directors meeting of (lie Orphans Home at Lafayette, Ind., the day was not observed with the program exercises until this morning. , In the course of the program Father * Seimetz was presented with a beautilul dining room lamp, a mantle clock, a box of Havana cigars, and a five dollar gold piece. Each grade of boys and girls had a part in the program, which consisted of speeches, addresses and the singing of patriotic songs by the entire assembly. Father Seimetz was call d *<>n to speak and in the course of his address told the boys how they could 'be of service to their country, < i’y I and home. He stated that instead of I picking up the ball bat, they should get hold of the hoe, rake and shovel, make gardens and do thethings that would be leit by the men who were doing the fighting. He also called on the jgirls to take up the needle and learn to do Red Cross work. The program closed with tiie singing of the Flag song. CARD OF THANKS The nieces and nephews of the late Nicholas Sether wish to thank all the neighbors and friends for their assistance i»nd many favors shown during the illness and at the tim.’ of the death of their uncle. They were much appreciated. _____________ <J I II" ■ ■■■— WEST WARD PATRONS All patrons of the west ward school are requested to meet at the building this evening at 7:45 o'clock.