Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 143.

BIG REB CROSS DRIVE IN DECATURTOMORROW EVERYTHING READY FOR SPECTACULAR CANVASS TO RAISE SUM OF MONEY IN THE CITY ANO COUNTY

DECATUR PROGRAM—WEDNESDAY, .JUNE 20 Autos will promptly assemble on east side of Second street at 8:30 o'clock a. m. Decorate with Red Cross and American flags. Boy Scouts will assemble at 8:30 a. m. on Second street and march to home of Dr. Connell, accompanied by martial music. From there will escort Red Cross nurses from Fourth street to Monroe street, east on Monroe to Second, and escort nurses to autos, which will be on Second to receive them. The city soliciting committee should meet at Democrat office at 8:45 a. m. At nine o’clock all bells and whistles in town sound for five minutes. Committee will then start soliciting at nine o’clock sharp. In line-up to the Presbyterian church and from there to their respective districts. Ribbons for each donator distributed by nurses. Wear one.

Really for the big Heil Cross drive in Decatur. It starts Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock and will he completed during the day by the captains and the Red Cross nurses, assisted by the Boy Scouts. I Watch for them and listen for the hells and whistles at nine o'clock. It marks the start for the campaign to raise $5,900 in this city. Under the supervision of French ' Quinn and the assistance of Captain J W. Bosse the organisation is complete and a fair day is all that is needed to make it a success—with i your help, of course. The organization work is complete < and it remains only for the actual canvass to make complete the big campaign. Meetings were held last < night in this city and at Berne and J each was well attended and enthusiasm fairly bubbled over. That the l campaign will be a great success is i the confident opinion of those who have spent much time at the task of I preparing. The Geneva camp is at work and the reports are that they will soon come in with their full ; share. At Berne last night twenty men gave the assurance that they would complete their big task. Mon , roe has fifty captains at work and'; each section will be thoroughly cov-1 ered. The campaign here will be ,: made tomorrow in the residence dis-; trict and in the various townships the work will be completed during the week. The following is a com- ; plete list of the organizations at Berne and Decatur, excepting Kirk- . land and St. Mary's townships: | General Finance Committee, Deca- ( tur. Ind-A. J. Smith. L. C. Waring.; J. W. Vail. John Niblick, Fred Scha- ( fer F M. Schirmeyer, Rev. J. A. Sei- ( metz, C. E. Bell. C. J. Voglewede, G. , T. Burk. Publicity Committee — French Quinn, C. F. Davison and J. II Heller. City of Decatur—J. W. Bosse, captain. Solicitors for Business Section— G. T. Burk. John Niblick. M. Kirsch. Fred Schafer, C. A. Dugan Solicitors for Residence SectionDr. Fred Patterson. Dr. Burt Mangold. L. L. Baumgartner. J. Ered Fruchte. Ferdinand Bleeke, Martin Mylott, Dr. Hotiman. Charles N. Christen, Henry Michaud. Eugene Runyon. Horace Callow. Ferd Peoples J T. Myers. Dr. Roy Archbold, O. L. Vance, C. E. Hocker, Henry Schulte, Dr. E. G. Coverdale, Dan M. Niblick. Charles Teeple. Coion Township—C. S. Mumma, captain. Root Township—C. D. Kunkle, tainPreble Township —John Miller, captain. _ , Washington Township—Frank Heiman, captain. Kirkland Township—W. Zimmerman. captain. St. Mary's Township—A. M. Bowen, captain. Solicitors for Root TownshipSam Fuhrman, H. E. Butler, E. S. Christen. C. E. Magley, Henry Aumann, Chas. Rabbitt. H. A. Fuhrman. Henry Dirkson, Geo. Cramer, Charles Bailey. Roy Runyon. Solicitors for Preble Township

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William Jaebker. Fred Kolter. C. W. llohnhaus, Gust Conrad. William F. Goede. Ed Fruchte. August Gallmeier. Solicitors for Washington Township— Frank Breiner, Henry Barkley. Philip Carper. Frank Martin. Homer (Faust. Solicitors for Union Township—Jacob C. Barkley, C. L. V. Sheets, J. L. | Fleming, Fred Koldewey, John W. Shaffer. Frank Mclntosh. Hubert I Zerkle, W D. Barrone, Decatur Territory. No. I—South of Adams and East of Winchester. C. E. Hocker and L. L. Baumgartner. No. 2 —South of Adams and West of Winchester to G. R. & 1.. Dr. Burt Mangold and M. Mylott. No. 3—South of Adams and west of G. R. & 1.. Fred Fruchte and Ferd I Bleeke. No. 4 —Adams to Monroe and Third I to river. Dr. Fred Patterson and Hen-1 ry Michaud. No. s—Adams to Monroe and Third ! to G. R. & 1.. Dr. Roy Archbold and | Dan Niblick. No. 6—Adams to Monroe (west) I and G. R. A I. to corporation. O. L. I Vance and Henry Schulte. No. 7 —Monroe to Marshall and G. R. & I. to river, Dr. E. G. Coverdale and Charles Christen. No. B—Monroe to Nuttman and G. R. & I. to corporation. John T. Myers and Ferd Peoples. No. 9—Marshall (north) and Sev-1 enth to river, Dr. Hoffman and Chas. | iTeeple. No. 10 —Nuttman (north) and Seventh to corporation. Eugene Runyon and Horace Callow. Qeneral Finance Committee. Berne, Indiana—L. A. Sprunger, John Parr. I Fred Studler, E. T. Haecker, C. C. i Beer. E. T. Haecker. chairman; L. A. Sprunger. treasurer; Dr. Ernst 1 Franz, secretary. Finance Committee in Charge— John Parr, Blue Creek and Jefferson; F. W. Studler, French and Hartford. Team Captains. Elmer Ludy. Berne, for Jefferson township. James Foreman. Berne, for South Blue Creek. Horace T. Edwards. Pleasant Mills, for North Blue Creek. Hubert French. Linn Grove, for Hartford. James Barton. Berne, for North French. Jonas Neuenschwander, Berne, for South French. John Soldner, Berne, for North Monroe. Will L. Waggoner, Monroe, South Monroe. David C. Sprunger, Berne, for Wabash. Jesse Michaud and Oswin Sprunger. town of Monroe. Soliciting committee in each section. General Finance Committee, Geneva, Indiana—Dr. C. R. Price, E. C. Arnold, W. A. Wells, George Ineich- , en, W. D. Cross. Soliciting conamitee in each sec- • tion. General Finance Committee. Monroe. Indiana—L. A. Thomas. J. E. Nel,l son, J. A. Hendricks, E. W. Busche, i H. M. Crownover.

Soliciting committee in each section.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, June 19, 1917.

WILL CLOSE LIST Final Examination of Recruits for Company A to be Held June 30th. 1 NEED FIFTY MORE The Company Cannot Get Ready to Muster in Until Quota is Secured. Company A has started the final drive for recruits and will close its I list under orders front the adjutant i general on Saturday, June 30. on which day the final medical exam-1 , ihntion will he hold. The company j now has six recruits and wants to I make it sixty if they can by the 30th. It would he fine, indeed, if they could send from this county a company of 150 volunteers and the boys feel they can do it with a little encouragement from the outside. They have started a recruiting fund which Is being liberally subscribed to to cover the necessary expenses and now have $135. The list will be published later. In other cities where the company is not up to full war strength the business organizations are backing them and have arranged for a big recruiting day when everybody takes off their coats and help. Adjutant General Smith is now in Washington and has been informed that those Indiana companies which are up to war strength, and these only will be mustered in August sth. which will mean a complete reorganization of the Indiana militia. Everybody is urged to help make June 30 a big volunteer day. Company A is also making an effort to secure money with which to buy a typewriter—this necessary article. and it is that —not being furnished by the government. At the Monroe flag raising Sunday afternoon. a collection was taken for that purpose and the result was $36.81. The boys believe they can secure the necessary SIOO. If you have a little change to spare this is a worthy place to put it. The boys do not wish to be put in the charity list, but they do need a lot of things that are not provided and it takes money to secure them.

THE FIRST AIDERS Dr. Smith’s New Class Met ; and Elected Miss Bess Congleton Secretary. TO SEND FOR BOOKS Dr. Beavers’ Class Had Second Lesson—Bandages Were Demonstrated. Dr. Smith's class in ''first aid” study met at his office last evening with twenty-three present, and Miss Bess Congleton was elected secretaiy. The preliminaries were gone through with and the text books will be ordered today, making everything ready for the beginning of the actual study next Monday evening. Much interest is displayed in the anticipation of the coming course. Monday evening was decided upon as the meeting night. Bandages Demonstrated Dr. S. D. Beavers’ "first aid” class i had increased to the capacity limit, twenty-five, for last evening, when the second lesson, that of bandages was taken up. Herman Myers, a boy I scout, was present and lent himself) I well for the demonstration of the placing of the various kinds of bandages, which were fully explained in a clear; and interesting way during his lee-! ture, by Dr. Beavers. The new text, books had arrived and these were distributed to the members. The third; chapter, treating of injuries, in which the skin is not pierced or broken, will be taken up next Monday evenitig. New members present at the second meeting, besides those named for the first were Mrs. D. Schmidt, Mrs. Jesse Cole, Mrs. Dan Erwin, Mrs. E. G. Coverdale, Mrs. Sherman Kunkel, Mrs. Dale Moses, Misses Esther Enos, and Mary Erwin. Mrs. Jessie Burdg, chairman, presided at the meeting, prior to the study, when Mrs. Fred Patterson, secretary, nead the minutes

of the previous meeting and called the roll. Hut one member was absent, be Ing Mrs. W. A. Kuebler, who is out of the city on an eastern trip. A review of the previous lesson was also had. The study is growing in interest. BLUFFTON R? R. SHIFTS Postmaster B. A. Batson today received notice that rural routes Nos. 1. 2, 5. IT, and 7 will be lengthened <n. July 1. to make them from 29 to 40 6.1 miles in length. At the present they are from 24*4 to 27*4 miles. The Uniondale route is dlrcontinued the patrons being put on Bluffton. Markle and other routes. Bert Black is the Uniondale carrier. It is reported the Petroleum route No. 2 will be discontinued, and the carrier will be transferred to Ossian. Shifts on the majority of the routes in the county will be made t y these changes.--Bluffton Banner.

WILL MAKE DRAW What Each Trustee Will Draw as Semi-Annual Share of Taxes of SPRING COLLECTION Apportionment Made—The Sheet Completed by Deputy Auditor JabersThe apportionment of the spring installment of taxes will soon be ready for the trustees of the townships and various corporations. Deputy Auditor Martin Jaberg has completed the semiannual ‘•draw" as follows: Townships Union. Trustee A. J. Beery—s3,s93.42. Root, Trustee Phil Schieferstein — $5,462.27. Preble, Trustee John Miller —$4.720.06. Kirkland. Trustee G. M. T. Houck—--52,337.00. Washington. Trustee Ed L. Aughenbaugh—s9,s66.94. St. Marys, Trustee Ed W. France — $4,398.80. Blue Creek, Trustee Charles Jones —55,391.13. Monroe. Trustee John Eicher — $7,q64.02. French. Trustee Joseph L. Graber $2,784.56. Hartford, Trustee Peter Fox -- $4,567.88. Wabash, Trustee Albert Harlow--56,461.04. Jefferson, Trustee Job L. Yancy - $5,421.26. Corporations Decatur —$20,685.46. Monroe —$8,688.83 Berne —$3,656.6 b. Geneva—s3,272.7o. Decatur (5ch0015)—517,368.06. Berne (Schools) —$4,333.27. Geneva (Schools) —$3,098.61. Decatur (Library)—s9Bs.2s. ■ VISITING SISTER The visit here of Mrs. Frank Brazier, of Winchester, at the home of her sister. Mrs. Sam Yost, southeast of the city, was made the occasion of a family reunion at the Yost home Sunday afternoon. Social pleasures in harmony with the day were enjoyed and a big supper spread. Those present were Jacob Klopfenstein and family, Bluffton: David Klopfenstein and family. Wells county; Joel Klopfenstein, Vera Cruz; Dan iel Strohm and family. Wells county; Mrs. Obed Myers, Wells county; Mrs. Aaron Moser and family, Wells coun'ty; Mrs. Mary Fisher, Wells county: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brazier and three daughters. Winchester; Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Minger. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kahr. icraigville; Mr. and Mrs. Bent Blume. I Fort Wayne; Louis Adler and family. I and Herman Wefel and family. Preble. oBOY SCOUTS ON DUTY — 1 The Boy Scouts are a bunch of busy youngsters these strenuous days, aiding in tiie various government campaigns and they are proving themselves most useful. This afternoon the boys were stationed at the various corners, eaclt holding a Red ( ross banner, a signal for the big work of the week and announcing the cam,l paign for tomorrow. I —o- —— SON IS BORN. , I A boy baby was born this morning at 12:30 o’clock to Mr. and Mrs. i Merle Laisure of North Tenth street.

FAVOR SELLING Bluffton, Geneva & Celina Traction Company Stockholders Would Sell ___ — „ HAS"" BEEN LOSING Would Sell at Figure to Return Them 30 Per Cent of Original Investment. The Bluffton News says: "In information furnished today by a prominent stockholder in the Bluif-I ton. Geneva A Celina Traction Co., in dicated that virtually all stock hold-’ ers of the line have signed a 60-diy I option for the sale of the traction lint* operating between this city and Geneva, at a figure which would return to the stockholders about thirty per cent of their original investment. "The matter has been pending for some time, and has been given consideration since a meeting of stockholders some months ago when the suggestion was made that the proposition of selling the line be investigated. The line, if purchased at the low figure, would be "junked,” that is would bo dismantled and sold for junk, as it Ins operated without profit and the new purchaser, a company headed by Thomas Flynn, would not buy it as an investment, for oi>erating purposes. The present high price of steel make it an opportune time, stockholders believe, to dispose of it. "One stockholder suggested that tile company could not be expected to >.>- erate the line for the benefit of a few industries along it when the line itself paid no returns to the stockholders. He said that, counting interest on the investment, the line represents a net ; loss to stockholders, of approximately $200,000. “It was stated'this afternoon that all but two stockholders had signed the option and that is had been reported they would sign. "If the B. G. & C. was dismantled the line through the city to the waterworks probably would he continued by the M. B. & E.”

BOOZE ANU INK Being Used by Germany on the Eastern Front Instead of Powder. INCREASED EFFORTS Are Being Made by Russian Authorities to Stir Up Fighting Spirit. (United Press Service) (By William G. Shepherd, United Press staff correspondent.) Petrograd, June 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany is using alcohol and ink instead of powder on the east front. The propaganda of the booze and notes is relied upon today than bullets, to undermine the strength of the Russian army. Despite all efforts to stop communication between the two sets of trenches, German liquor appears on the Russian side and every miming there are hundreds of carefuily printed or written letters deposited near the Russian trenches. Reports from the front detailed *oday an increasing betterment of moral among the Russian soldiers. General Brusiloff, commander in chief of the army, who is on a tour of the battle lines to stir his soldiers up to fighting spirit to restore rigid discipline again, is meeting with enthusiastic recen- • tion everywhere. The congress of the old Greek ■ church party, at Moscow, today adopti ed resolutions firmly insisting that 1 Russia should make war to the bitter i end against Germany. The meeting telegraphed Minister of War Keren- • sky, "You are Russia’s foremost outpost in the field of liberty." Ukranian delegates in the Blacia iron and coal mines have met and adopted resolutions declaring their 'independence and repudiation of Russia’s war debts.

+ + ♦♦ + + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦ + THIS MEANS YOU. 4 4 4 + In today’s paper appear tome 4 4* of the name* of enthusiastic and 4 + self-sacrificing citizens who are 4 4- giving their time and money to ♦ 4 raise this Red Cross fund of 4 ♦58,750. They serve without pay. ♦ + They are now working hard per- ♦ ♦ fecting their plans and will give ♦ + every ounce of energy they have + + to the raising of this money. + + Please think this over: "One ♦ 4 man’s obligation to his country ♦ ♦ is just as much as another's." 4 + You understand that don't you? ♦ ♦ You are expected to show an ♦ + equal amount of patriotism, ♦ + aren't you? For your own satis* + + faction and the glory of the ♦ ♦ community, dig down in your + 4 pockets and give all you can. 4

SIURE IS LOOTED _ Cigar Store of Herman Colchin Broken Into Late Sunday Night. MONEY IS TAKEN Amounting to $37 —No Trace of Thieves Has Been Found. When Arthur (’loss, employee of Herman Colcbln opened the cigar store on Second street, Monday morning lie found the cash register open? contents of the show cases scattered about and a great amount of cigars > and tobacco missing. Further inves-i tigation disclosed the fact that money amounting to $37 had been taken from the cash register, and about $4 worth of merchandise was gone. Mr. Colchin closed the cigar store i about noon Sunday and went to the flag raisings at Monroe. He returned to the store about six o’clock and finding all well, closed up for the night. It is thought the thieves entered the place through a back window some time Sunday night, although the criminals left no clue. The police were notified but no trace of the robbers could be found. They have no idea whether the robbers were home talent or profession; 1. ACCIDENTS AT BERNE Three auto accidents happened in and around Berne Friday and Saturday in which Berne people figured prominently. A Ford car driven t»y David Bixler left the road while lie and a party were returning from Bluffton, Ohio, and running down r.n embankment crashed into a telephone pole injuring the occupants of the car quite severly. Miss Florence Leightner of Pandora, 0., suffered a fractured arm. The car belonging to Gerhard Wint-I eregg left the road when Winteregg turned around to look at a passing car and slipped down an embankment. Fortunately no one was injured. The son of Reuben Myers in an Overland was driving at a high rate of speed when bis car skidded, and turned over three times. Young My. r stayed with the car and was not njured; the car however was greatly damaged. —o— RAPIDLY GAINING Monroe Red Cross auxiliary has now two hundred forty-nine paid-up members on its list. Os this number, for ty-nine were secured alone by Mis. H. M. Crownover, one of the district superintendents. One tiling that so many must work against is the fear ci many, that all members of the Red Cross will be called to the front. This is not true. Only those who make special application, whether trained nurses or not. will be subject to call. The Red Cross workers at Monroe are busy on the making of garments for the soldiers, many of the societies of churches helping in the cause. FLOWERS FOR THE PRINTER Mrs. J. A. Tester, who is one of the experts in Decatur when it comes to raising beautiful flowers and who always remembers the Daily Democrat, today sent us another bunch of .is pretty flowers as can be found any where in the world and to us they seem even more beautiful than usual. They brighten up a dirty old printing office considerable, we don’t mind admitting.

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MILLIONS RAISED In First Day’s Drive for the Red Cross — Morgan Gives a Million. NO LIQUOR ALLOWED In New Cantonment Camps —Soft Drink Estabishments Welcomed. (United PrrRR Service) Washington. June 19 (Special to Daily Democrat) Every big city in I the United States is active today in the effort to raise $100,000,900 for the Red Cross during Red Cross week. The first days reports complies up to ten a. m. total -3,203.250 exclusive of New York City which had not yet imported ortially. New York, however, has collected upwards of $14.000.000 with one subscription of SI,OOO, 000 of J. P. Morgan A- Co.. Geo !■’. Baker has offered to contribute 1,000,000 if 24 others will contribute a like amount. The total to date from unofficial figures is $20,000,000. Washington, June 19 (Special to Daily Democrat)—The first official regulations given the 16 cantonments where the men for America's new army will be trained were promulgated tday, when Secretary Baker announced that liquor selling will he kept out side of two mile dead line around the camps. Soft drinks and ice cream establishments will he welcomed inside tiie encampments.

Washington, June 19—(Special to I Daily Democrat) -The stale department's cablegram told of the sinking of the Standard Oil steamer John 1). Archbold by a submarine with >lie loss of five lives. — London, June 19 (Special to Daily Democrat) — America has not signified her adhesion to the lamdon treaty of the allies Prime Minister Balfour announced in the house of commons in his first appearance since returning from tiie United States. Balfour expressed his warm thanks to the people of the United States for their welcome and hospitality. Washington, June 19 —-(Special to Daily Democrat)— Warning against "cold blooded attempts to rob the United States treasury” Senator Stone today carried the Denman-Goethals shipping board fight to the floor of the senate. "There is an issue between Denman and Goethals,” he said. Goethals made a contract at $95 a ton for steel. Denman turned this contract down and made other contracts with the proposed price of $66 a ton. We are thankful that such a man as Denman is at the head of the shipping board.” i Paris, June 19 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A violent German attack on French positions taken Monday between Mont Blond and Mont Cornillet (Champagne sector) was broken down in the French defensive fire, t >- day's official report asserted.

The war office described the preliminary artillery struggle to this attack as “most violent” and the assau't as a strong one. The German waves were thrown back with heavy losses and the French defenders took a number of prisoners. “North of St. Quentin toward C*• lonne enemy attacks on small posts were stopped." the statement continued. “In the forest of Passoix in patrol engagements, we took several prisoners." Stockholm. June ~i9-(Special to j Daily Democrat)— Germany is planning shortly to return a large number of Russian prisoners, in the hope < f increasing the separate peace sentiment in Russia, according to word received here today. Copenhagen. June 19 (Special to Daily Democrat) The liner Oskar 11 arrived today bearing 700 Russian and Finnish political exiles from the United States, on their way back home. London, June 19—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Fighting on the British front was confined to raiding operations, according to Field Marshal Haig’s report today. "Southeast of Leverguier and in the neighborhood ot the Baupaume-Cato-brai road, we raided enemy positions at night,” he said. “Several of the enI (Continued on Page Two)