Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1917 — Page 1

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TO ASK BILLION TO BUMBOATS Administration Will Ask an Appropriation of One ! Billion Dollars for BUILDING PROGRAM — Concentrating All Indus- . tries in Gigantic VesselBuilding Program. (United Press Service) Washington. May s (Special to' Daily Democrat)—The administration ! will ask congress tor a billion dollar appropriation to build merchant ships It was learned today. The entire [power of the government and the jebourses of the nation are to be concen t prated in a gigantic building program Ho thwart the Kaiser's U-boats. Every item of the program of the shipping board will be pushed to the ( [limit. It is hoped that the appropriation asked will be given within a week Products of all the steel, coal and iron Irompanies of the country insofar as they are necessary will be taken over.: (Work on private contracts will be [stopped. Those holding contracts for private supplies will be recompensed.! I An appraising board is to be organized to' pay a fair amount of damage 1 to individuals and corporations wh >re i private work is stopped and the pro-! Muction of these plants taken over. All I jpf the steel plants of the country will t be speeded up on government work. [ The council of national defense had | tailed a conference of all coal, iron 1 ' fcnd steel men in the country. It h t hr, paring to tabulate the quanity cf Productions in all these plants needed i bn government work. It is not con- < lemplated that these industries will be i [liken over or operated by the govern i inent They are to be operated for t Mie government and all damages t-> Ethers paid from the hillion dollar ap 1 bropriation asked from congress. IBy J. W. Pegler. United Press Staff ' Correspondent 1 I ( ! London. May B—(Special to Daily! democrat)—The "lost legion" of Americans in the Canadian army got < its chance at Vimy Ridge and made food A lot of the fellows will nev- 1 er tell about it because some of the [German machine guns held out to the Hast and peppered the advancing [troops. But Lieut. A. H. Pannill, ot (Chatham. Va. descendant of Presi dent Zachary Taylor, and of Confed ierate General James B. Stewart, told it with enthusiasm today. F "We took the second line without ( [much of a fight. The Boches came (running up out of the dug-outs in [swarms. holding his hands shouldei high, shaking with nerv- s and calling 'Mercy, katnarade. mercy, kama 'radel’ They emptied their pockets [trying to give us presents; pipes, [knives, buttons, watches. One Ametiean corporal came running up to me tn a traverse and asked Seen any rpritzes yet’’ He held his bayonet [ready, hut hadn't found an' of tle ’enemy where his bunch went in. , •■Our prisoners were mostly mem hers of the Eleventh Bavarian regiment. Their officers had ducked back along the communication trench. "With thirty or forty men I went on ahead to establish that strong point, anxious to get it done soon m case our third wave should ha trouble in taking the third line, us as we got started to digging a runner came up with word that Major | Harrison's thigh had been smashed by a chunk of high explosive shell. They had put him in a she! ■ where he was apparently safe, the job was finished I went back to report, being now in command. On the way I got hit with a piece of shrapnel. Monday. | "That was about six a. ni At three Tuesday afternoon I was relieved to go to the hospital "A great many of our dea scattered everywhere as • back. In one shell hole saw sou or five who had crawled there J wounded, and died. Their heads had sagged under the water ai wounded fellows kept away them. One dead man was split wide open, apparently having been squarely by a shell. before Pannill went to the hosp.tai befo-e the casualty lists cam*a out, but o ers ot the legion have heart that t Ser geant Abe Wallers, formerly of the 22nd United States infantry, wa. ed and Private P. 0. Gossard of

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i Council Bluffs, lowa, seriously wound | ed. Pannill was formerly manager of the General Acoustic company, In Pittsburg. lie enlisted in Toronto. London. May 8 (Special to Daily Democrat) Another deadlock appeared to have Deen temporarily i rem hed today In the fighting along the Hindenburg line positions held by the British. Field Marshal Haig's I i report omitted mention of any major lighting actions during the night and early morning, recounting a great number of raids on both sides, scati ierod along a wide frontage “The army artillery was active at | intervals during the night at a num (Continued on Page Two) WERE IN DINER French Commission Shaken Up But Not Injured in Wreck in Illinois. A BROKEN RAIL Caused Wreck, Believed Accidental—Party Proceeding in New Train. (United Press Service) (By Geoige Martin. United Press staff correspondent) With the French war commission.! Effingham, 111.. May B—(Special to Da-, ily Democrat)- Traveling on a newspecial train, the French war commissioners resumed their tour of the middle west today, following the wreck which shook up members of th“ party last night. The new special was to leave Effingham at 9a. m. I s schedule was largely kept secret. Assistant Secretary of State Long, in the chill gray hours of just before! dawn annunced that the new train was leady. Marshal Joffre, former Premier Viviaili and the others transferre d their belongings and the trip was re-i runted. Long also annunced the special would stop ten minutes at Terre ' ’ Haute, an hour and a quarter at Indianapolis and the same length of' time at Columbus, O. Beyond that! the new schedule is unknown. It was learned early today that investigation at the scene of the accident near Areola. 111., disclosed a broken rail about 20 feet behind the rear end of the wrecked train. This might have been broken by the two heavy engines pulling the train. The French special was derailed, experts decided when cars bumped off the rails and the wheels shattered the fishplates which join the rails, thus allowing them to spread. Government officials practically decided today that the derailment was an accident. The train was composed of five steel cars drawn by two e,i-: gines and was running eastward at 40 J miles an hour over the Pennsylvania ; line. Three cars were ditched and all aboard shaken up. but none hurt. | Every member of the French commission was calm collected 'throughout. They were sitting in the! diner when the crash came. The luxuriously appointed car, bedecked wilt red and white roses became a scene of ! turbulent confusion as it banged along the ties. Joffre and the others were] showered with unsolicited bouquets i as the vases upset. Plates of soup, i ice cream, chicken and, asparagus salad flew- into the laps of the distinguished Frenchmen. j A farmer boy, giving the name of Weinberg came running across thei fields in the darkness just after the J wreck and described having seen a. f mvsterious man leaving the scene L., minutes before the crash. A bridge guard nearby hatFnot seen him, however. . , The first harbinger of ill-luck since the French commission left Washington was at Decatur, when the spec'.d I train killed a drunken laborer staggering across the tracks. The smat t I came a few minutes later immediately after the jolt secret service men took the underailed locomotive and ran ahead to Filsen. Thev code messages to Washington’ concernin the wreck. Champaigne, Illinois, sent a special train. This train was coupled , with the two underailed cars of theFrench special and hauled them back i to an unnamed point. parent-teacher club J The north Parent-Teacher .'chib will meet this evening at 7:110 ’ j o’clock.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, May 8. 1917.

MEET AT MONROE Decatur Red Cross Workers Give Talks to Interested Monroe Workers. TO ORGANIZE SOON First Red Cross Instruction Class to Begin This Evening. Dr. W. E. Smith, French Quinn. HelJen Niblick. Marie Connell and Lucille ' Smith motored to Monroe last evening ! where they met with a large inembei--1 ship of the Monroe Red Cross and ! gave talks relative to the work. As Drs. Rayl nnd Parrish, two of thei I Monroe leaders were obliged to be out j on professional calls,* the organization was not effected at this time. The! one hundred or more members are being lined up however and will be organized soon. Doctors from Geneva and Berne were also present and the entire county will be rapidly organized as an auxiliary to the Ft. Wayne chapter, witli the hope that the work of the combined counties can secure a base hospital for Fort Wayne. Public meetings at Berne and Geneva will be called soon. The meeting was held in the Methodist church and was largely attended. Dr. Smith explained the plan of < ganization and its practical work; French Quinn talked on the sentiment ' and practice of the work: and Miss.-si Connell and Niblick told of the box supplies to be made. Yesterday afternoon, French Quinn, secretary of the local organization, forwarded to the Fort Wayne secretary, the list of Decatur membership, which number 346. together, with the dues. Each one wjll receive a receint and a Red Cross button, mailed direct to t|ie member. o — THE Class ROLL Os the Decatur High School Graduates Numbers Twenty-eight. INVITATIONS ARE OUT For Commencement—Will be Friday, May 18—Baccalaureate Sunday. • ~ • Invitations are being issued by the high school seniors for their comniencment which will take place Friday evening, May« 18, at 8 o'clock at the I Bosse opera house. The class roll shows twenty-eight ! graduates, of which number, sixteen are girls and twelve boys. The class address will be given by Superin-e---dent W. E. Wenner, of Ashtabula Harbor, O. Following the commencement there will be a reception at the Mason'ic Hall. Other events of the commencement ! week will be the Junior reception F.’ij day evening, May 11, at the Masonic ' Hall; and the baccalaureate services [ Sunday evening, May 18, at the First I M. E. church, the sermon to be given by the Rev. W. Paul Marsh, pastor of : the Christian church. ; The class has chosen for its motto, ! “Outof the Harbor Into the Deep.” | The class flower is the white rose and the class colors, gold and white. Commencement Program • March, “Militaire” (Schubert) — Orchestra. America. Invocation—Rev. Fred F. Thorn but g “Lovely June” (Ardite) — High school chorus. Commencement Address —Superintendent W. E. Wenner. ‘‘Humoreske,” (Dvorak-Lampe) - Orchestra. "The Montebank's Song," (Watson) —High school chorus. Presentation of Graduating Class — Principal J. D. Sarig. Presentation of Diplomas—Superintendent M. F. Worthman. Minuet in G., (Beethoven) —Orchestra. Benediction —Rev. W. S. Milla. 1 Class Roll Eva C. Aughenbaugh, Vivian 11

• Burk. Victor Early Byerly, N. Thelmr | Houk. Hoyle latwrence Kalver, G-r (rude Kienzle, Naomi Dorthii (Turner Pauline Krick, Herbert Allen Dnu*r ■ ! Grace. ('. Lelchtenstelger. Robert H ('oiler, William Lowei* Linn, Sophia Rosalia Droll, Doris DeVoss, Iretii Miller. Ralph Elwood Roop, Vera Lu file Eady. H. Claude Snyder, Ma-y | Christcnii Fuhrman, Pierre Rowena i Shoaf, Richard Dwight Gay. Mildred j Lucile Strehe, Hubert Foster (Ripen, ! Dortha Car) Shady, Roy E. Goldntr, I ; Gladys Suntan, Ida H. Gnnsett, Myrtle I V. Wilder. THE COURT NEWS Cases Against Gossard Went to Allen Superior Court on CHANGE OF VENUE Berling Company Sues Express Company—Quiet Title Decree Entered. H. Berling Company has brought suit against the National Express Co., for $285.81. Os this amount. $183.21, $28.60 and S3O are damages for three consignments of live poultry seat by express to Cleveland. 0., firms, whic i they failed to deliver Three amounts' are for sl2. S2O and sl2, for throe ' batches of eggs sent to Newark. N. J . which failed to get through before the! market price dropped, occasioning a loss. 11. c, Parrish is the plaintiff's; i attorney. B. W. Sholty, F. M Schirmeyer and H. S. Michaud were appointed in th< case of the Chicago & Erie railroad I vs. Dalles G. M Trout, et al. to appraise the benefits or damages to the| property of the defendants which th--; plhintiff seeks to appropriate. They! are to meet and qualify May 19 and proceed with their duty. The case of the People's Loan & Trust Company vs. F. M. Gossard. et I al on bond and contract, and also the! suit on note, are ordered sent to the I Allen Superior court on change of ven-' ue. Ten days' time given to pert> t I said change. John C. Cowan qualified as executor of the will of Mary E>’alk. I In the estate of Catherine Closs, ip-1 pearance was entered by Merryman I for Mary and Jacob Closs. A decree of quiet title was granted D. Forest Hoffman, el al., against Joseph Snurr. et al. John C. Moran, appointed commissioner, reparted deed, wliich was approved. The clerk was ordered to make, a transcript of pro-! ceedings for record. R. C. Parrish was I appointed guardian ad litem of mine r defendants and appeared for them. In the divorce case of Mary Smith vs. Charles B. Smith, showing was fil(Continued on Page Two) __o— TAKE LIFE VOWS Jerome J. Coffee and Gladys Mary Eady Take Nuptial Pledge ON LAST EVENING Father Seimetz Officiates at the St. Mary’s Catholic Parsonage. At the St. Marys Catholic parsonage last evening at 7:30 o’clock. Father : Seimetz officiated at the wedding of i Jerome J. Coffee and Miss Gladys Eady. Their attendants were the - groom’s sister, Miss Mildred Coffee and Mr. Ed Berling. The newly married couple went at once to their own nicely furnished I home on Winchester street. The bride wore a pretty costume of - blue, including a tailored suit, will) blouse and hat harmonizing nicely. ■ Miss Coffee wore a similiar costume of gray. Mr. Coffee is a son of D. D. Coffee, and is a mechanic employed at the Vail Supply Company. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eady. 1. Both are excellent young people. ■

K. C. INITIATION U, j -jfcl I 'I ' Ft. Wayne-Decatur Knights '* of Columbus Will Hold a i- Joint Initiation y A d on Decoration day L ! , At Fort Wayne—Supreme Council Removes Hazardous Insurance Clause. The Fort Wayne and Decatur co>i;iI cite of Knights of Columbus will hold! ;a joint initiation' at Fort Wayne cn i May 30th. A class of i about fifteen froffi this city well lie taken Into the order at tills time. It will be of interest to al) Knights of Columbus who have insurance m the order that at the regular quarterly meeting of the Supreme Board of ' Directors held in the city of Washim;I ton. D. C„ on April 14th. last, they 1 voted that the extra-hazardous clause ! relative to the risks of soldiers and 1 sailors be removed. It was also voted on that any memher of the order now or hereafter cigaging in military or naval service I with any power in war against .he ■ Uniter States shall be deemed to he i an alien enemy and shall thereby forfeit his membership in the order. A number from this city will attend j the initiation. On Sunday. May 13th, the usual cusI tom of tlie Knights of Columbus to attend church in a body will be observed. All members are requested to be at the hall at 6:30 p. m. WILL PLAY NEXT WEEK Because of the busy week in school, with its examinations and other heavy duties, the juniors will not give the class play, “The Man From Hom •” this week, but will present it some : time next week, the same to lie for the benefit of the soldier boys. A WARM BREATH That Played Across Cheeks of the Sleeping Boys Was Not FROM GENTLE SPRING Hung Clothing on Bed Post Too Near Stove Pipe— It Caught Fire. * — ' r : Bertie Ralston and his step-brother. i Lawrence McDonald, sons of Mr. and ! Mrs. Wesley McDonald, of Studebaker i street, awoke this morning at 4:30 ! o'clock, with the feel of warmer zeph-j yrs playing across their cheeks th in those of the past few frosty mornings; and with a more smothering atmosphere than the clear, cool mornings warrant. They found that they had awakened just in time. Bright flames of fire , were playing merrily, and creeping I nearer and nearer to their heads. In fact the sheets and the pillow slips and mattress were burning briskly. , Furthermore one of the boys’ clothing i hung by its suspenders about the bed- ! post, was in a mass of flames. The ! very hot stove pipe, emerging from ' the kitchen floor, leading to the chimi ney near the bedpost where the clot- ! ing hung, told the story. The burning clothing was thrown ! from the house and the fire extinguish|ed before damage was done to the J building, but the boyli concede that [. their escape was narrow. q They are step-son and son of Me. ! McDonald, of the Winnes shoe repair , department. THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN t The young women of this generation d j their mothers and grandmothers have proved from actual experience that f | Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable ComII pound overcomes the suffering caused ! by female ills and restores them to a e ; healthy condition. This famous medicine contains no narcotics or habit3, forming drugs—but is made from e medicinal roots and herbs, nature s a , remedy for disease. If you are sufferj ing from any form of female ills, <t pvill pay you to give it a trial.

I TRADE JOURNAL BOOSTS FRANK MILLS '| The United States Tobacco Journal I gives a very complimentary notice ol i ( and publishes the picture of Frank Mills, son of F. V. Mi|ss, of thig city. He is heralded thereip as one of the tending tobacco salesmen of Minneapolis, Minn., of the American Tobnco Company, and also as one ot the [ championship captains of the memberi ship team for the local Cigar Denier's ! Association. o ROTARY MEETING WEDNESDAY. The regular luncheon and business meeting of the Decatur Rotary club will be held Wednesday evening at six-thirty o'clock at the Hotel Murray. I Members are requested to be presea l . o . HAS RESIGNED Peter Forbing Quits CouiTty Council—Successor to be Elected Today. CONTRACTS ARE LET For Five Macadam Roads and Three Bridges — Viewers on Three. When the county council meets this afternoon the first business will I be to ele< t a successor to Peter Forbing. one of the members, who resigned May 3 because of his moving to 1 Fort Wayne. Several names are to be considered.' The commissioners indulged in a; busy session this morning, receiving bids and awarding contracts on bridges and roads. The report for April of George Kinzle. county treasurer. was approved. Bids were received for a new boiler at the court house and for three bridges, but the contracts cannot be awarded until after the session of the county council at 3:30 this afternoon but the awards will probably be made to the low bidders. BIDS ON BOILER. P. J. Hytend $1230.00 Decatur Furnace Co 1375.00 Ddfcatur Furnace Co., bid No. 2 (different make) 1382.00 BIDS ON BRIDGES. Alfred Graham Bridge. Charles McAfee $6477.00 ' Berne Artificial Stone Co. . . 4096.00 E. St. Louis Bridge Co 5998.00 ' Elkhart Bridge Co 5867.00 ' Burk Construction Co 4949.00 1 International Steele Co 5050.00 : Albert Spuller Bridge. 1 Charlqs McAfee $7367.00 Berne Artificial Stone Co. . . 4995.00 < E. St. Louis Bridge C 07121.00 < Ellfhart Bridge & Iron Co. . . 6500.0.0 | Burk Construction Co 5990.00 I | International Steele Co. .... 6175.00! i McKean Bridge Co. Gillig & Son $2750.00 '! Fisher & Butler 2244.00 Charles McAfee 2767.00 Berne Artificial Stone Co. .. 1998.00 Finley Striker 2100.00 BIDS ON ROADS. Davison and Shaffer Road. Merryman & Fugate $5722.00 David Gerber 6450.00 Awarded to Merryman & Fugate. James D. Hoffman Road. J. S. Crum $3903.001 Merryman & Fugate 3622.00' David Gerber 3620.00 i Awarded to David Gerber. D. F. Lehman Road. Christian Eicher $8448.00 Charles McAfee 9420.00 Merryman & Fugate 8035.00 Finley Striker ... . | 7960.90 Awarded to Finley Striker. David Beiberstine Road. Chris Eicher $4489.00; Merryman & Fugate 4100.00 f'inley Striker 4037.00 Awarded to Finley Striker. S. D. Beavers Road. J. S. Crum $4723.00 j '! L. W. Frank & Son 4490.00 I I Merryman & Fugate 4794.301 1 The Henry W. Ehlerding et al petition for a road was found sufficient ' and Orval Harruff named as engineer ( ! and C. C. Yoder and J. M. Neuen- ( ' schwander as viewers, to meet at au-1 ditor’s office May 14- The petition ' of W. H. Sheeler et al. was approved and Orval Harruff named as engi neer and Sam McAhren and Louis;' Worthman. viewers, to meet on or I before June 4. The viewers on the William Kukeihan road filed a supplemental report with the accept- ■ ance of J. H. Hall asto damages and the viewers' report was presented.

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■DONATETHE CASH — jT. P. A. Organization Sets Pace for Others by Doing Away With Banquet AND GIVING FUNDS 11 — To Red Cross, Civic Improvement and for Flag —Had a Good Time. The members of the T. P. A„ their wives, and friends, gathered nt the I Masonic club rooms last evening for I Hie annual reunion. It has been the ' effstom for many years to hold an annual banquet and though this alws ! important part of the occasion was r.duced to “Ice and cake” the eveut wart j a very happy one. President Tom Reid called the busiI ness session to yrder and made a ! short talk. Mr. Zink, state secretary ■ was present and told of advancements being made by the T. P. A. The following report and resolution was then offered and unanimously adopted: Mr. President and members of Pout X. The late General DeHart, a hero of (he civil war. addressing the T. P. \. , at their state convention last year at Lafayette said that when ho address!ed thbt body he wanted to call tae ! boys “True Patriotic American?." The | term has since been used at various I tintes and in various ways by those speaking or this organization. The T. I’. A. lias always been pro- ; gressive, has stood in the first rank ot organizations boosting such movements as they feel will aid not only our members but all mankind. They have a record worth while in the good road movement, in efforts to secure better train service, better government. local, state and national. With such a record in times of peace it is assured they will do their part in times of war. The members of Post X recognize the splendid work that has been done in Decatur by the Ladies' Civic Improvement Society. We likewise recognize the work contemplated by the Red Cross auxiliaries, a heroic and important work which interlocks with the work of the government au i the men in the field and we appreciate the fact that one of the difficulties to be encountered is tiiat of securing sufficient funds with which to accomplish the splendid results desired. Considering these efforts and others called to our attention forcibly each day. your committee to whom was referred the usually pleasant duty of planning for the annual banquet, reluctantly decided, that it would be contrary to the teachings of the T. I’. A. to this year, spend our treasury funds to feast, while there is a crying need from so many sources, for money Tonight’s informal reunion is in conformity with that decision. Therefore wth these thoughts in 1 mind and with a further desire to Io cur “bit" always. Be it Resolved: That Post X, T. P. A., Decatur. In- ! diana, hereby appropriates the follow- ! ing sums: $25.00 for the use of the Civic Im- ‘ provement Society as they may see ! $15.00 for the Red Cross society general fund. SIO.OO for the use of tfie Red Cross 'society or such other organization as shall have charge of the flag raising next Sunday, this amount to be us-d lin purchasing the material for the making of such flag and that the secI retary be hereby ordered to draw a warrant for such amounts and nu ll them to said organizations immedilately. I Mrs. J. W. Tyndall, president of the ! Civic Improvement Society, was presi ent and promptly expressed her surprise and sincere appreciation of the converting of the funds from feasting to aiding various causes. r> CARD OF THANKS Mrs. John Diller and daughter. Ihlen. extend their sincere thanks to the high school. Sunday school class. Rev. Thornburg, the neighbors and otlmr friends and relatives, for the many expressions of sympathy and help during the time of the illness and lie death of their husband and father.