Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 19 April 1917 — Page 1

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HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORTS ARMY BILL ILL PHYSICALLY ABLE MILES BETWEEN TWENTY-ONE AND FOBTY YEARS IS ELIGIBLE FOR MILITARY I ' SERVICE.

tVcs* Sorvi«*f> Wanlitat,-; 11. l). c . Apr 19- «Special to bally Ileum, iat i The presideiU's plan to raise a great array by conscription will lie Youkli' out on the house flooi The house military committee UMtav formally reported the army bill, putting it up to the presi'S, dent to choose lietween conscription and volunteering I Members supporting (he president If -In his conscription plan said they will deliver a minority report, "which will show the members how politics ami fear of defeat at the polls caused the majority to cast off the responsibility" , The bill which will he taken up Monday provides that all physically I * aide males between twenty-one and ; forty are eligible, to conscription. | Under an agreement reached this i afternoon there will , tie eighteen . hours of general debate ou the meas- , ure with further debate under a five- , minute rule. Senator McUumber introduced an amendment in the senate this afternoon to the administration hill pro- j, posing to raise the army by calling , for volunteers proportionately from', each voting district; a resort to ha j made iiossible only after the volun-,] I tecr plan fails. ' |, The naval commfttee reported the lull authorizing the requested im ‘, crease in the marine corps of from j seventeen to thirty thousand, and increase the navy personnel from , | eighty-seven to one hundred fifty thousand. Both bills are expected to I, I pass quickly. !i Secretary of the Interior Lane submitted a hill provididng Tor govern- 1 , ment supervision of the manufacture , ami sale of explosives. Representative Howard of Georgia introduced a resolution demanding j that the manufacture of all malt and , spirituous liquors he prohibited dur- , ing the war so as to conserve the food supply. He asked for immediate consideration. ’ Washington. April lb (Special to Daily Democrat > Pc. luring congress f§ cannot “muzzle the press” Senator Borah today joined in the attack on tluVccnsorship clause of the spy hill. On all sidas tin- senate opposition tthe censorship provisions developed j Vapidly Amniendinents were fronted by senators to make the provisions less drasu- and leader- predicted tV ( clause would fall. “11l war time we .-bottld have a fr°e. and independent press,” said Borah. §>lt ia better to lose a battle than lose! ® the benefit that Hows trout an intiepress." Senator Overman, who is in (barge of the bill made no defense. | (By Robert J. Bender. United Press correspondent t Washington. April 19.- (Special to Daily Democrat )—The • administra- * tlon Is determined that politics shad, not defeat the conscription army bill, which army men say Is absolutely $5 necesrary to the safety of the nation. The president will stand lar no • compromise. He favors the Chamberlain bill, which provides selective draft without modification and wul fight for the passage of that measure. It is bis purpose to get the bill : through the senate, then put the Issue I aqnarcly before the house. It appears inevitable now that the bill will be I thrown into conference before final action Is taken an it. With completion of work on the army bill in sight, the emergency w.tr / program is nearing its end and cot!tress is again talking adjournment. | Many believe now that the session can be ended by June 1. leaders of Bn both parties are sounding out members ds to opinion on this. , * Chicago, April 19,— (Special to i|MPjr Democrat)— Chicago retail grocers ure enforcing one of the most drastic food regulations in the history of the city. Following out a

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concertedd plan, dealers have placed sugar, flower, soup and canned goods! on a restricted list. Consumers arc! allowed to purchase enough for Immediate use. The movement was | made necessary by the excessive de- J maml for these four commodities since the declaration of war. Demand has trebled in many instances and 'prices subsequently soared. Anticipating higher prices many housewives have put by enough to last them for months. So great is the scarcity that in some | localities canned goods are being re fused *to all but regular customers. 1 Substantial advances in bread and '■ bakery products will lie announced in a week. ! Anticipating the hard times ahead, the master bakers association will meet Saturday. Abolition of the six' cent loaf and reduction in size of I'aej ten cent loaf will be recommended. Paris. Apr. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany's soldiers are j reaching the panic stage of the great ! sweep onward with its ghastly toli ol Teuton dead. A week ago first evidence of a break down in the morale of the German defenders was observed and reported by the British commanders' I drive around Lens. Today with General Nlvelle's French forces in some places more than five miles behind the German lines in the Soisson-Rheims sector. 1 official statements told of German retreat in great disorder, of abandonment of big quantities of supplies, of something akin to terror among the Germans heretofore held stolid by the ! 'iron discipline of the militarist system. The tremendous number of prisoners captured by the French attests demorilization of the enemy, due to their fearful losses, not alone in the fury of the French artillery fire and the dash of the troops themselves, but in the slaughter the German^ commanders forced on their own men by j forlorn hope counter-attacks. By j night it is expected the total of Ger- J ■man prisoners will reach 20,000. Nearly a hundred guns have already I been taken. The French were still driving north of the Aisne toward Laon toIday, in the meanwhile consolidating I their gains of yesterday—the most j important since the great drive startI rd. For the first time since the bat jtle of Marne, the German invaders j have been driven north of the Aisne river. Not a German soldier remains in French territory to the south. (By Charles P: Stewart, United Press Staff Correspondent) Buenos Aires, Apr. 19 —Brazil’s great German population in at least three states has revolted. Dispatches from Montevedio, Uruguay, today asserted the Teutons j were well armed —even with some ar- j ' tillery—and plentifully Supplied. Brazil's censorship was down tight, on any details. The ■ rebellion apparently centered in the Brazilian states of Rio Grande. Parana and Santa Catharina. The German population—male and feipale—in this section has been estimated at 500.000. Amsterdam. Apr. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat)—General von Bissing, German governor general of Bel--1 gium, is dead, according to apparently authentic information reaching . here today from various German • sources. — ADMIT THEY’RE SLIPPING (United Press Servlc#) J. Amsterdam, April 19—(Special to Daily’ Democrat)—The German press is displaying increased anxiety as to the ability of the German iroops to a hold the much advertised Hindcnburg line. Dispatches received here t today summarized editorial comment i- indicating that there was a great :t'anxiety that the line will hold.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, April 19, 1917.

MILK TICKETS Are Not Good for Babies, i So Says Fort Wayne Judge Who Imposes ■ FINE OF TEN DOLLARS On Clarence Roebuck — 1 j Mrs. Russell Harruff Files the Affidavit. ", i The chemical analysis of two yellow milk tickets was given by Judge Kerr. Wednerday morning. In liolice | court while Clarence Roebuck, pro-! , prietor of the Rudisil! dairy, stood at-j I tention and nodded asst nt to-the j | judge's statements. Milk tickets are made of paper and! i arsenic is used in forming paper. Judge Kerr told. Chemical properties | of arsenic make it a poison for babies. Therefore —the jury reasoned —milk j tickets should not be fed to babies. Cause of the foregoing procedure was the fact that Mrs. Russel Harrutf. 1002 Nuttman avenue, found two pint 'milk tickets in the bottle of milk site purchased front Roebuck for her eighteen-montbs-old baby, on Monday. ! She signed an affidavit against the ! dairyman and appeared as chief wit- ; ness in court. Roebuck said he did not know how the tickets happened to remain in the i iKittb- as the containers are thoroughly scalded each time before being r»- ; filled. He was fined $lO and costs for ' selling dirty milk. —Ft. Wayne Sentinel. GO TO CARTHAGE Chas. Cooper Takes Position as Chief Engineer for a Mil! There. HAS BEGUN WORK — Carthage Board & Paper Mills —Worked for the Sugar Company. Chas. Cooper. North Third street, has taken a position as chief engineer for the Carthage Board & Paper Mills, and yesterday entered upon his duties there. The trip was made by auto--1 mobile, his wife and daughter. Maude, j accompanying him and returning here. They may move there after school is ; out. if they can find a suitable house. Mr. Cooper has been chief engineer for the Holland-St. Ixniis Sugar Co , here, for five years, the family residing here three years. The mill where Mr. Cooper will h° employed is losated at Carthage, ; about thirty miles from Indianapolis. The family has taken a prominent | (place in lodge and other social cit-j I clcs here, and there are very mnr.y j I who would be loath to have them J move from the city. gcTto NEW HOME Rev. J. H. Rilling left today noon for Van Wert, 0., to which place he i has been assigned as pastor of the ; Evangelical church. His household | goods left today being sent by truck. ’ Mrs. Rilling and Helen left today f. r i their former home at Rochester where they will attend the dedication of a ! new church. Walter Rilling will re- !, main here until the elose of school and will make big home with Dr. and Mis. ! ■ O. Ix Burgener during that time. A.l! j the friends of the Rilling family are j sorry to have the associations here .!severed. THIS IS "MY COUNTRY WEEK.” rj “My Country Week” is being obi ! served this week throughout the j United States. Patriotic programs were given in the Decatur public, schools this morning and the students and children are wearing the 3 little pins, bearing the words “My s ) Country.” The citizens should also ~ observe the week by hanging out the d K OF P NOTICE e t All K. of P. are requested to be pret sent this evening at 7:30 when they will initiate John Nelson.

l SCHOOL MEN AT SHELBYVILLE I . (United Press Service) Shelbyville, April 1!) — (Speelal to j Daily Democrat)- Action on whether or not the teaching of German In the ' j public schools of Indiana should be I abolished during the war was soiled- ! tiled to lie taken at the annual meeting of the Central Indiana Superintendents' association here today. The action which is taken will undoubted i ly have an influence on the attitude 'of school officials throughout the state on this question. T.t '.«* Some discussion has been heard in several parts of the state, especially Terre Haute, regarding the elimination of German from the schools. Military training in high schools and steps which schools could take to ' aid ill the food preparedness move- | ment in the state were also taken up. SCHOOL NOTES • r Agricultural Students Are Testing Seed Corn for Gandy Farm MEETING IS HELD By Parent-Teachers’ Club and Teachers—Basket * Ball Game. The agricultural students of the ! Central building, in charge of Prof. W. F. Beery, this morning began the work of testing the seed corn for the two hundred acre farm located near this city, belonging to O. Gandy, of I Churubusco. — The first get-together meeting of the teachers of the schools and the | officers of the Parent-Teachers’ clubs j was held last evening at the Central j school building, opening with a luncheon from 5:30 to ti o’clock. Follow ing the luncheon, a two hours’ conference was held, discussion being on school problems, looking ahead to the next year. Talks were given by the presidents of the various clubs, inI eluding Mrs. Letta Peters, C. L. Wal- | ters, O. L. Vance and Ed Ashbauch er. A good spirit of co-operation was manifest. The discussions were on 1 supervised play, the good the clubs are doing to school work, fair play in school, school employment bureaus, | introduction of night schools, raising the passing grade from seventy-five to eighty per cent. A long-postponed game of basket ball will be played tomorrow even ing by the high school faculty against the merchants of the city. There will be a preliminary game between the school classes at 7:45 o’clock The proceeds of the game will go to j the benefit of athletic work in the city for boys and girls. Dr. S. P. Hoffman will address the high school Friday morning at their' regular chapel service. His subject will be “Your Country and My Country.” isTnown”Wre — Mrs. Adam Gilliom, Wife of Former Merchant, Died at Indianapolis. FUNERAL HELD TODAY iW as Only Surviving Sister of Christ Beer—Chil- i dren in Indianapolis. ■ Funeral services for Mrs. Adam I Gilliom, wife of a former Decatur merchant, were held this morning at ten o’clock, at Indianapolis. Her death occured Tuesday fore- . noon at the home of her daughter in . Indianapolis. She had been in failing i health for some time and had been : blind for several years. • j Mrs. Gilliom was formerly Mtrs 5! Elizabeth Beer and was the only sur- ’ viving sister of Christ Beer. She is J survived by a son. Art Gilliom, of Inds ianapolis; and three daughters, Mrs. Will Marsh, of Indianapolis: and Hattie and Emma Gilliom. Mrs. Gilliom formerly liver at Blutf- ;- ton also, leaving there at the time y that the Marsh family went to Indianapolis.

SISTER IS DEAD J rj 1 ' Henry Brcmerkamp Family Attends Funeral of Mrs. Levenberger IN FORT WAYNE ■ I _— ; i>eath Came at Age of Sixtyfour—Due to Bright’s Disease. * i i 1 Henry Bremerkanmp and family were at Fort Wayne today attending the funeral of Mrs. Bremerkamp's sis-; ter, Mrs. Margaret Levenberger. widow of John lyevenberger, held at the St Peter’s Catholic church this morning, at nine o’clock, with a prior, j service at 8:30 at the residence, 225 j East Creighton avenue. Death came Monday morning f.»l-. lowing an Illness of several months,; due to Bright’s disease. She was ! sixty-four years of age. The deceased was horn and reared ; ! in Fort Wayne and was educated in! j the parochial schools of St. Mary’s Catholic church. She was a member, I of St, Peter's Catholic church and of the various societies of the same conj gregation. She is survived by six daughters, Elizabeth, Clara, Hannah, Henrietta, and Adelaide, all of Fort Wayne; and Miss Mayme, of Wisconsin; one brother, Sebastian Kleber, Fort Wayne; j and one sister. Mrs. Henry Bremer-; kantp, Decatur. A WAR ON RATS Should be Started Immediately Says State Entomologist Wallace AND SAVE THE GRAINS They Destroy Much Grain —Overlook No Point in Conservation. ' ■■ ■■ 3 | “An immediate war should be start;ed no rats, says Frank \V. Wallace, state entomologist. They destroy ,-n immense amount of grain, and in this [ year of shortage it is essential th-it no point be overlooked whereby the food supply can oe conserved. “Rats usually have three broods a yea,r and when food is plentiful have ten or more young in a litter. "Spring traps usually give the best i results, but require frequent scalding; : to remove the odor. After a few rats are caught in a trap other rats' shun it. Scalding will overcome this. Toasted bacon or cheese is the best; 1 bait, but almost anything eatable j i will serve. I “Arsenic can be mixed with cheese j into a paste and this put on toast, but| I care must be used to ’ see that no j j children or domestic animals can get i ! it. Traps are safest.” CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the kind neiglt- | bors and friends who assisted us dur- | ing the illness and death of our belo”-, . ed wife and mother, Mrs. Leona Cnr- | ney. We are grateful to the Hej bekalts, to the shop boys for the beau- | tiful floral offerings, to Rev. ThornI burg and to all who were so kind and considerate. | j Robert W. Carney and Ruby Perry. MEETING IN BLUE CREEK t A meeting of all the farmers in -jßlue Creek township lies been call’d 1 ; for Friday evening at the Steele ! school house. This meeting will tie 1 j for the purpose of making prepared--5 ness arrangements and to take some * action in the cultivation of more food. Let everybody be present. s I 1 |.i AT CENTRAL BUILDING '! patrons of the parent-teachers club "j of the Central scbo«l are requested to .'meet at the central building at sevene forty-five this evening. Let every i ■ member be present as important [questions will be discussed.

!HAND IS HURT Miss Myrtle Wilder Injured in Automobile Accident. Miss Myrtle Wilder, high sell kjl ; senior, was the only one who was hurt of a party of several, who with Paul--1 Ine Krick and others had gone for a [ noon-hour spin in the Milton Werling automobile yesterday. In tin arident, the occupants of the car w m> i j 1 1 thrown out. Miss Myrtle. had the flesh bursted between two fingers of her left band, five stitches being taken by the physician to close the gap. Her right hand was sprained and swollen and the bridge of her nose injured. None of the others wis hurt except for slight bruises. THE CODRT NEWS Quiet Title Decree Rendered—Also Judgment on Note and Account. REALTY TRANSFERS Schnepp - Zerkel Marriage License Issued Today —Other Notes. A marriage license was issued at 2:45 this afternoon to Ralph Schnepp, farmer, horn May 16, 1593 son of Abe Schnepp, to wed Frances Zerkel. teacher, born February 21, 1595, daitgj liter of J. A. Zerkel. The current report of Mary Smith, ; guardian of Margaret Smith, was ep- ! proved and the trust continued. A decree of quiet title for Joseph Zehr against James Robbins, et al. was entered. The-clerk is ordered to ! make a transcript of proceedings for ! recording. i A judgment f>r Leo Meiltl and I Simon Eggar for $104.70, was render t ed against Jennie Evans on note and ! account. In the estate of John Barrone, port of sale of personal property -it private sale was approved. The petition of J. C. Sutton, guardian of George H. Martz. for appro - ;;: I of contract for support of ward was granted. t Real estate transfers: Bernard .1 , Terveer to Theodore Gralliker, lo 254, Decatur, $850; U. S. patent iced ; to Irwin D. Simison, 40 acres of Hartford township; U. S. patent deed to Robert Simis6n, SO acres of Hartford township. TURNIPS AN EASY CROP “On the fourteenth day of July Sow year Turnips wet or dry” So runs the old farm rhyme but the ancient author of the verse doubtless never knew the advantages of gard* u turnips in the spring, says today’s gatden instruction, from the National j Emergency Food Garden Commission. ! with which this paper is co-operating in the effort to make American cities | self sufficient in war as far as Vege i table food is concerned. In fact you may not only sow your [turnips early—as soon as the soil i j ready for any crop—but preferably j wait for a wet day. Damp ground makes the turnip seed sprout well. Turnips are one of the easiest of a garden crops to grow. They produm i abundantly for each square foot ' ■ soil devoted to them. Give turnips i moist soil and cool weather in tin - spring and they will mature in ahou ■6O days or earlier. The faster the: I grow and the morb luxuriant theft top leaves the better they are. It well to plant spring turnips in rid) soil. If they grow slowly they become woody and bitter. t Because turnips need moisture . t l! follows that they need frequent cul Jtivating. ' Turnip rows should be lo to > > 5 ches apart to allow the tops to spread ' and still leave room for oultivatmm 3 A half ounce of seed will Plant UO • feet of row. Plant seeds half an inch When plants are well up thin them so that they Stand three or four Inches ’ apart. Hn*hur NOTICE The chief of Ben Hut* requests that all he present tomorrow night for drill practice.

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WILL MUSTER IN LOCAL COMPANY •| i Adjutant General Smith Telephones C. R. Dunn That Local Company r WILL BE ACCEPTED Mustering and Examining Officer to be Here Saturday or Monday. Decatur’s muster roll will become full-fledged company in the Indiana national guard when, on next Saturday or Monday, a mustering officer and an examining officer will arrive in Decatur lo muster in the company. Following their action the muster roll becomes automatically a part of the Indiana national guard. One hundred and twelve signatures to the roll were In place at 2 o'clock today with bright prospects of making at least <me hundred twenty-five before the officers arrive. Following the examination and acceptance of recruits here the company will elect its officers and start drilling on a local campus. It is probable that the local organizers of the company will he chosen to head the company as officers, this being the usual custom in the formation of new units. Supplies and uniforms for the new unit will he furnished as soon as the muster-ing-in is completed. SUFFERS HEMORRAGE 1 Ginter Child's Life Endangered For Awhile Irvin, aged four, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harve Ginter, of Bluffton, suffered a severe hemorrage of the m e last evening, and for awhile it was feared that he would bleed to death. The attack started about supper time at the home of his grandfather, Mr. Ginter, west of the city, the blood poujfng forth. It was stopped temporarily and they came to this city to the home of Mrs. Ginter's mother, Mrs. Nancy Dutcher, on N. Second street. About bed time the hemorrhage came on again. A physician was called who again inserted stoppages, the same to he retained for twenty-four hours. Today he was getting along all right. He has been subject to nasal hemorrhages but none were ever as severe as these. — o ADOPT RESOLUTIONS Indianapolis, April 19 —(Special t.) Daily Democrat) —Resolutions pledging support of the women of Indiana to the president and asking that the Indiana congressional delegates support the president’s wishes in measures against Germany and thanking Governor Goodrich for taking the initiative movements for furthering services to the country were presented at the closing session of the annual meeting of the Indiana Woman's Franchise League today. It was also resolved that tlthough ’he battle for woman suffrage In Indiana is practically won the Franchise league will not cease its efforts but will direct its work for education cf women for the intelligent discharge of their duties of suffrage. Mrs. R. E. H. Howards of Peru was elected president. , GUARDING HOBOKEN. (United Press Service) . Hoboken, X. J.. Apr. 19-( Special to Daily Democrat) —Preparatory to making Hoboken a shipping base and using the piers for shipments of food and supplies to the allies, six hundred regular troops were today placed In charge of all German steamship docks. * Railways have begun the work on the extension of switching facilities at the piers, All resorts on the water front have been closed by orders of military authorities and the entire district is under military control. BOND ISSUE A LAW (United Press Servjce) Washington, .\prtl 19 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —America's greatest bond issue will probably be written into the statutes tonight. Final conferences on the seven billion dollar war lone to ■settle differences in the houte and senate are being held this afternoon. Secretary McAdoo urged that the legislation, be completed by 1 tonight in order that the treasury may start advertising the bonds tomorrow. * 0