Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 122, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1917 — Page 1

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Volume XV. Number 122.

FOUR HUNDRED DIE IN SINKING Report of Admiralty on the Transylvania Sinking Tells of Heavy Loss. CREW AND SOLDIERS Heavy Lighting on Western Front Gives Many New German Prisoners. BULLETIN. London, May 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)—More than 400 were lost in the sinking of the transport Transylvania. the admiralty announced today. The Transylvania was sunk May 4. The official statement today said the losses included: Twenty-nine officers. Three hundred seventy-three men. The Transylvania's captain. Ten of the Transylvania’s crew. This list shows the total loss to have been 413 lives. The admiralty announced the transport was torpedoed. The Transylvania was a steel twin screw steamship of 14.315 tons, the property of the Anchor line. She was built in 1914 and was registered at Glasgow. The Transylvania before the war was in trans-Atlantic service for a short time. She ran between New York and Glasgow. She was one of the newest and largest ships in trans-Atlantic service. Washington. May 24.—(Special to j Daily Democrat.)— Exemptions from army service will be granted after i registration and draft and not before. I Every one between the ages of 21 and' 30 inclusive, must register. With registration day plans well I under way the war department today turned attention to exemptions, exclusions and discharges from the draft. Exemption claims will be considered by special boards appointed by the president. These boards will function under the law and under regulations prescribed by the president. No exemptions will be made until the registration is complete. Determination of exemptions the war department emphasized today, '‘is a second step, quite separate from registration.” The provost marshal general said regarding exemption machinery: “From the list of persons registered names will subsequently be drawn by lot by the fairest system that can be devised. "Persons whose names are drawn and others interested will be given an opportunity to present claims fori exemption front the draft and to support such claims by evidence. “Regulations governing the determination of exemptions, exclusions and discharges will then promulgated, he] made available by all concerned at the‘offices of the local boards. Un.il, such regulations have been promulgated further information cannot be] given as it might later prove mis-] leading; and even after the regulations have been made public decisions, concerning exemptions, exclusions, and discharges in individual ca=es cannot be made by this office (pro-', vost marshal general) since the law | provides that all such cases shall be heard and determined by the board] to be established for that purpose. | London. the battle of Arras, British captured 21,000 Ger-, mans from 40 different divisions | <600.000 men) while themselves los-, ing only " 000 in captured by the en . omy. General F- B. Maurice, director, of operations, asserted today. He said British losses tn this ight in g were 50 per cent, less than th ’ suffered by the British in the Somme battle. n .W Democrat.)— The had the $1,800,000,000 revenue bill as passed by th” liouse-and was prenared to '‘knock the spots off it. ’"eeord.mt » F—♦ho senate gets through with th ,h the house won't reeogn<ze measure the nouse its offspring- finance For tW o weeks the senate finance (♦♦ee ha- been considering taxes. "”4™ Ln the incomes of the rich. Debate on the bill probably will

gin in the senate hue this week. The house was prepared to consider the food control bills, providing for a genend food survey, stimulation of production. control of distributing agencies and establishment of standI ards. Petrograd. May 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —"Speedy reconstruction of Russia's fighting forces.” is protninsed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Tereschtenko in a telegram ' to Premier Ribot, of France, today. “Russian democracy lielieves this war was necessary and inevitable for the defense of the liberty of nations," the telegram stated. "This is the opinion -of the government and the entire nation which is now conscious of their duty and will proceed with all speed to reconstruct the fighting forces of RusI sia to accomplish the task shared in j common with our valiant brothers of ' the allied armies.” London, May 24 (Special to Daily! Democrat)—One thousand American : army uniforms on one thousand American men and women enlivened London today. They were worn by surgeons, nurses, orderlies and assistants of the Lakeside (Cleveland). Boston, New York and Presbyterian medical units and by American army engineers, the latest to arrive of the American army forces. The engineers were scheduled to confer with ] I.ord Derby, minister of war, today. ’ (United Press Service) BULLETIN. Paris. May 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Eight thousand, six hun- ( dred German prisoners have been taken by French troops since May 1. ] in tbeir ofliensive bptween Soissons and Auberive. today's official state-1 nient asserted, detailing further heavy losses inflicted on the enemy ;in repulse of violent attacks on the Vauclerc plateau. (By Arthur E. Mann. United Press Staff Correspondent) Stockholm. May 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The German plan for a “general peace conference" of (socialists next month is foredoomed in the opinion of well informed sympathetic non socialist observed here Instead of such a general meeting, they predicted merely a cqptinuation of the group meetings of socialists of various countries, as now in progress. The prediction was base* on the wide divergence of views on peace terms between various delegations. BULLETIN. London. May 24—(Special to DailyDemocrat) —Four or five German airships raided eastern counties of England last night, dropping a number of bombs and killing one man in a Norfolk village. Lord French, home defense commander, announced today. The bombs fell on country distrit ts and the damage was “negligible.” (United Press Service) ,(By H. B. Robertson, United Press staff correspondent.) Rio De Janeiro. May 24.—(Special to .Daily Democrat.) —Brazil regards herself as a belligerent in (he world's war. though there has been no formal ] declaration of war between the r - ] public and Germany. "A declaration of war is not necessary," explained Foreign Minis er Pecanha today. "We need merely ac- ; cept the state of war imposed upon us by Germany. When Brazil formal:ly revoked its declaration of neutrality between the United States and Germany, we virtually made such an I acceptance.” Amsterdam. May .4—“ Russia’s re- ] jection of a separate peace is a most ■ bitter disappointment,” declared the ! German socialist organ, VorwaerM. | today—the first admission of failure ]of the German peace efforts whit <1 , the German censors have permitted I to pass. “The rejection is all the fault of , Imperial Chancellor von Bethmann 1 liollweg,” the Vowaerts' editorial continued. "If he had. like Austria, announced Germany had no intention of j annexing an inch of territory, the result would have been different ” > That the German censors have per- ’ mitted an expression of regret over ) failure of the German plot for sep- • arate peace with Russia to pass may be highly significant. Every indieai tion to date has been that Germany's ■ strongest effort to this end was still s to be exerted through the Germandominated “socialist peace confer- ? ence,” at Stockholm next month. Uniti. ed Press dispatches today from Stockt holm indicated, in tiHs connection, i that leaders now there were convinced there could be only a series of >- meetings.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, May 24, 1917.

KEPT IT SECRET Caroline Gerber and Earl Chamberlain Married Last February •I AT FRANKFORT, IND. — Bride a Graduate of Decatur High School, a Teacher Last Winter. The wedding of Caroline Gerber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Gerj her, of Monroe, and Earl ChamberI lain, postmaster at Chambers, Ind., j will be of interest to many. The | bride, who is a graduate of the Do- ] catur high school, making her home ] with the J. W. Tyndall family while here, was a teacher in French township last winter. The wedding took place February 17. 1917, but as Miss Gerber was teaching at that time, they decided to keep it a secret and not announce it until after her school was finished. Rev. Cameron L. Merriman o{ I Frankfort performed the ceremony at I Frankfort. They are at home at Chambers. The bride has very many friends and acquaintances in this city. o MR. BEAM MOVES HERE. T. W. Beam, of San Diego. Cal., has I ‘ taken the position of chief engineer |at -the local sugar factory. He succeeds Charles Cooper who resigned several weeks ago to take a similar position at Carthage. Indiana, in the; Carthage Paper Mills. Mr. Beam is moving his family to this city, having taken the Sholty furnished apartments on Line street. —. o RATION_ VALUE In Pork Productions Will be Demonstrated by Otto Bieberich OF KIRKLAND TWP. — County Agent Overton Went to Farm to Assist in Getting Startd. County Agent Overton was in Kirkland township today helping Otto Bieberich start what promises to be one of the most interesting deminstrations ever conducted in the county. The purpose of the project is to demonstrate the value of different rations in portk production. Mr. Bieberich lias three lots of spring pigs which were recently : weaned and are now ready to start | jon feed. One lot will be kept in a dry lot and fed a ration of straight corn, a ration which is very common throughout the county for swine production. The second lot will also be kept in a dry lot. but will receive a ration of corn and tankage so that the pigs will get all of the different food elements that their bodies require, and they will thus have a perfectly balanced ration. The third lot of pigs was put on a clover pasture and will also receive corn and tankage from a self-feeder. Aside from the difference in the rations, all three lots will receive the same care and equally good attention as regards fresh water, cleanly quarters, etc. Each lot of pigs was weighed and a record will be kept of the feed to each of the three different lots. The weights of each lot will be taken once a month and recorded and when the feeding period is over and the hogs are ready for the market, County , Agent Overton proposes to have Mr. J. W. Schwab, who was in charge of the livestock work at the short course here last winter, come up and a meeting will be held on the Bieberich farm. At that time the farmers attending the meeting can see the three different lots of hogs when finished and ready for the market. If 1 there is any difference in the size and ' condition of the shoats fed the differ- ' ent rations, it can be noted at that • time. With the records which will • be carefully kept, it will be possible - to determine how much it has cost to , put a pound of gain on the hogs in - the three different pens, what each f pen has returned for their dollars' worth of feed fed and thus show the

p comparative profit of the three differ-1 ent methods of pork production. It ’ will also bo possible to compare the economy of a balanced ration in a dry lot us compared with corn alone | and the economy of a balanced ration in a dry lot ami on forage. Many other interesting and profitable things 1 will be shown by the experiment and I the date of the meeting at which all i I of these things will be studied will be | announced in the different papers of • the county it few days before the meeting so that all those desiring to attend may do so. *, o — ROTARY CLUB HELD MEETING. The regular luncheon-meeting of the Decatur Rotary duh was held last evening at the Madison hotel. Follow- , ing the luncheon the boys were enter- ■ tained by Col. Fred Reppert who con- ■ | ducted an auction sale. Business prop- , i < sitions were also taken care of an 1 > I Avon Burk was elected delegate to ■ the national convention.

— , (/ ARE INSTRUCTED Precinct Registrars Meet With Conscription Board and are Instructed AS TO THEIR DUTIES On June sth—Supplies for Registration Also Given Out at This Time. At the call of the Adams county conscription board, comprising Sheriff Ed Green. County Clerk Will Hamm Ji] ] and Dr. Earl Coverdale, a meeting of the board with the thirty-three precinct registrars was held in the circuit court room this morning. Instructions were given as to their duties on June 5, when all men between the ages of 21 and 31. will be required to register in the precincts in which they reside. County Attorney Henry B. Heller and Prosecuting Attorney Fred Fruchte instructed the registrars as to their duties, taking over various points of the law relative thereto. The supplies and instruction books, r.i- --: eluding registration cards, registration certificates, instruction blanks and reports, were also given out ny the board. These were given out <n the ratio of ten per cent, of the vote population of the precinct. Four changes were made in the pre cinct registrar board as follows: North PreMe—Herman Reese. Ceylon—Harry Brown. South Kirkland—Rolla Houck. North Hartford—Peter Kizer. The registrars took their oath “f office, the same being administered by H. B. H"ller, notary public. 4444444444444 4 I4COMPANY A MUST 4. BE RECRUITED. 4 * * 4 4. Charles R. Duhn, Captain Com- 4 4 pany A, Decatur, Ind.: 4 Your attention is directed to 4 4 the importance of recruiting 4 4 your organization to the maxi- 4 4 mum strength (150) with the 4 4 least possible delay. 4 You are directed to inaugur- 4 4 ate at once an active recruiting 4 4 campaign preferably in conjunc 4 4 tion with your Chamber of Com- 4 4 merce and local newspapers. 4 4 The matter should be put up to 4 4 the people of your town as being 4 4 a civic duty on their part, and it 4 j 4 should be emphasized that the 4] 4 company will very likely be lost 4 4 to your town if it is not at once 4 4 given whole-hearted support in 4 4 th way of asistance in recruit- 4 4 ing. * 4 It is desired that you report 4 4 by letter to this office at the end 4 4 of each week, beginning May 26, 4 4 just what your recruiting efforts 4 ■ 4 have been for the preceding 4 4 week and the result of same in 4 1 4 number of recruits gained. 4 4 It is believed that with proper 4 4 effort by company officers and 4 4 noncommissioned officers, as- 4 f 4 sisted by influential persons in 4 1 4 the community, the Indiana na- 4 4 tional guard can be recruited to 4 t 4 war strength in a comparative- 4 I 4 ly short time. You are very ur- 4 e 4 gently urged to do all in your 4 □ 4 power to bring about this desir- 4 II 4 ed result. * 4 HARRY B. SMITH. 4 ,• 4 The Adjutant General. 4 044444444444444

NAME MR. DUGAN As Liberty Loan Chairman for Adams County—Our Share is $130,000. ' INDIANA TO RESPOND People of Adams County Uurged to Invest in the Non-taxable Bonds. Adams county is planning to take care of her share of the two billion dollar Liberty Loan of the government. so is every county in the state and litis will enable Indiana to re | tain her (dace as one of the half

| dozen leading states of the Union, j The share as apportioned for this I county is $130,000, not a large amount for a county worth as many millions las this. The bonds are high class I securities, backed by the government, I run fifteen years and pay 3 1-2 per cent, and will increase in value before i many months. Every body who can i ought to buy one for they are safe. I (ion-taxable and an ideal place to invest. At a meeting held in Chicago yesterday county chairmen were named the honor for this county falling to Charles A. Dugan, cashier of the Firs' National bank who will proceed to; organize the county. He went to West 1 Baden last evening for a few days rest but the duties of his position will be cared for during his absence by. D. W. Sprang. They will report the sale of bonds each day and will urge I the people of’Adams county to invest in this security thus aiding in raisingj the money now needed by the govern- . ment. o SEWINGJSREADY Ft. Wayne Officials Bring Cut Garments to be Given Out for Basting to __ ( RED CROSS WORKERS ! t • 1 ( No Meeting Here Tonight— ( Going to Berne—New Faces Seen in Classes. i A new department of Red Cross 6 work has been launched in this city.]' and the executive committee has ap-j pointed Mrs. D. W. Beery and Mi-s j Gertrude Holthouse, chairmen of this j. department, which includes the sew ) ing of garments. E. C. Miller, chairman of the Fort Wayne chapter; and Mrs. A.♦). 1 Fauve, chairman of the Fort Wayne 1 Red Cross headquarters, were here J yesterday afternoon and met the officers, the executive committee and chairmen of the instruction depart-! f ment. They brought witli them 54; yards of muslin; thirty-six dozen safety pins; twelve pairs of pajamas, cu<: I twelve bathrobes, cut; twelve pairs ot. ' I bed socks, cut. These garments are I 1 I all ready to be basted and tfiese will i be parceled out by the committee; named before, for the basting there-1 of. The Fort Wayne officials expressed themselves as well pleased with th-’ i I work here and asked that a.-> many I as possible go to Berne this evening ] | when that town will organize. The Red Cross instruction classes! 1 are now working on laparotomy pads 1 and are as busy as bees. Assisting the 1 instructors, Helen Niblick and Marie; ’ Connell this afternoon are Mrs. But- 1 ’ I ton Niblick and Miss Clara Boknecht. ’ A number of new faces are seen in the k afternoon class which now includes. Olive Perkins, Mrs. J. S. Peterson, Mrs. Oscar Ijankenau, Vera Hower. J Mrs. F. E. France, Marie Daniels, J Mrs. Dr. Beavers, Helen Fonner and N Bessie Wilder. There will be no class J this evening on account of the Berne j meeting. !•] Mrs. Dr. Smith will be at the 11 '■ brary Friday afternoon when direc-1 tious relating to the knitted sponges] i will be given. !• I- Anyone who wishes may drop into | !• the headquarters for an hour's woi’K, !■ between 2:30 and 4 and 7:30 and 9| ► I o’clock. Those who have tables re-j

served, should notify the Instructors ! in advance If they cannot come, that I their places at the table may be fillIcd by others. Next week there will be no tables reserved. It will ho “first come, first served.” While the Decatur auxiliary is g- tItlng along well in its work, the Fort j Wayne officials who were here, stated that we are not doing nearly as much work as we should, and the call I for more workers is hereby given. UNDER ACT OF 1798. (United Press Service) Washington, I). C„ May 24 — (Special to Daily Democrat) —The Logan act of 1798, under which Secretary Lansing refused passports and threatens punishment to Americans who take part in the socialist conference in Stockholm, was passed to prevent private individuals meddling, in international affairs, after Dr George Logan, a friend, toured France in an attempt to close the breach which threatened to embroil France and America in war. The penalty is a fine of $5,1)00 or three months to three years in jail, or both. o THE COURT NEWS Damage Case Venued Here from Allen County — New Case is Filed. MARRIAGE LICENSES Issued — Probate Matters Are Disposed of in Circuit Court. Peterson & Moran, attorneys for The Becker Motor Company filed suit i against August Schlickman, demand SIOO for labor. — Licensed to marry: John Miller. French township, born January ):■>, 1890, son of John Miller, to wed Efi'L ma Schwartz, of French township, : born October 8. 1888, daughter of John J. Schwartz. A marriage license was granted ( Osia Von Gunten. carpenter, of Berne, i i born Novemoer 22. 1886, son of John , Von Gunten. to wed Mathilda Moser, ; seamstress of Berne Manufacturing ( Company, born January 22, 1888, t daughter of David J. Moser. , A private sale of personal property, without notice, for not less than appraisement, the same to be reporte I I during the term of court, was granted Lillie May Bulkhead, executrix of 1 the Green Burkhead estate. r H. H. Foreman qualified as admin- < istrator of the John Smitley estat.. | his bond being SI,OOO. Inventory nun.- f her one was approved. , The final report of the administra- ’ tor of the David Wheeler estate was filed and approved, and he was discharged. In the estate of (Rachel Kern, appearance by Merryman for Clara Burger. Mary Rice and Jqnnie Schlitz, was entered. The case of William S. Mason vs. W. 8. Archer, damages, was received here from Allen county. William J. Archbold qualified as . 1ministrator of the estate of William Darwachter, giving S3OO bond. AT~THE R°EX TODAY. Mary Pickford in “Such a Little Queen. Mary Pickford, most beloved of all ] motion picture stars, makes the great i est. impression of her illustrious ca-, reer in Channing Pollock’s famous ] play of comedy and sentiment. Such ]a Little Queen," produced in five reels, ! by the Famous Players’ Film Co. The j 1 basic theme of the play is the experi ] i ence of a young queen exiled by tea , Isons of political dissension in her]' own kingdom, who finds a refuge in : America. The little queen proves f that there is much real difference- be- : . tween royalty and the common peo-]< pie when they are wrecked by the], buffets of circumstance. Rex theater t today. ' 1 •' — o- < CARD OF THANKS. Mrs. C. R. Hamtuell and children II j extend their sincere thanks in appro ] I elation of the many favors and kind ] tiesses shown them by the lodges, the church, the neighbors and all friends during the illness and at the time of jthe death of their husband aud father.

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CALL MEETINGS FOR Y. M. C. A. * Six North Townships to Meet at Library Here Saturday Afternoon. TWO OTHER MEETINGS To be Held Friday—One of Important Departments of Preparatory Work. Those who are interested in the work of securing Adams county s ] share towards the Y. M. (’. A. fund j for the army boys are requested io attend a meeting of the committee to be held at the library Saturday afternoon at which time plans for the organization of the six north townships will be held. A meeting for the three south .townships will be held at Geneva tomorrow afternoon and for the second southern tier of counties at Berne also tomorrow afternoon at w'.L V time the purpose of the movement and the use of the mom y will be explained and plans work 4 out. The work is getting a good start here following a meeting of ministers and laymen held Sunday afternoon at which time the work was turned over to a committee consisting of Rev. Thornburg of the M. E. church. Rev. W. S. Mills of the Evangelical church. Prof. Worthmann for the Reformed church. Wilson for the Presbyterian church and Dr. Weaver for the Christian church. These men have visited the various communities of the county and planned with the minist -rs and teachers for further work preparatory towards securing a liber tl donation towards this fund. Adan s county’s share is SI,OOO and it is desired to double this request if possible. Keep the Boys Clean. A million men called to the colons. Approximately 50,000 of them Indiana's sons. They come from the farm, small town, office, store, factory. school. Many of them are mere boys. They will be ushered into tin entirely new environment, where temptations will be keen; where they will fall into the grip of that dreaded disease of homesickness; they will be concerned about dependent om’s at home. Influences that will help them to be true to their highest manhood will be few. A friend is needed. At the battle’s front, in the prisoner-of-war camps, in the concentration camps and in the hospitals of the belligerent countries of Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as with our own American boys at the Mexican border during the past ten months, the Young Men’s Christian Association has demonstrated its ability to quickly adjust its program to meet the needs of these men and to lie this much needed friend. From A Soldier Lad. A secretary at El Paso asked a soldier to whom he w’as writing. "Mv pal. back home.” was the reply, “wa.it to see w.hat 1 said?" After the secretary read the letter lie asked for a copy. Here it is: “Camp Stewart. El Paso. Texas, October. 1916. "Dear Pal: "It’s raining tonight; a good night to write letters. 1 have written to ! everybody back home and I feel as ; if you ought to know something about the work of this life saver, the Young | Men’s Christian Association. You will find it wherever there are men. and j there are men here on the border t.inight. The 'Y' is here good and strong j with a comfortable shack for every brigade. “Since our shack opened the Mesa Bar and Bill’s place are pretty well deserted. Mother gets more letters and the United States Government gets more efficiency. If you have loved ones at home, you can’t resist the open ink bottles and the pens and paper. It makes you ashamed to think that the ‘Y’ is more interested in your loved ones than you are. It hands yo i out religion in doses a man can take. It tightens up the halter that gets loose when a man get away from home. It assures you that some one is interested in you, no matter who, or where you are "Who Pays? I pon’t Know But Whoever It Is, God Bless Them. They Ate The Fathers Os Thousands Os Boys.”