Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT' Published Every Evening Except 1 Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUBE, Secretary, Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier... 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 15.00 Per Mouth, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mail $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known ou application. Entered at the postoftice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. Are you eating too much? Are yju throwing away too much? Are you being as careful as you can that there .shall be no waste pt' food? These are some of the questions you will have to answer the week of July 2nd when the campaign is to be waged for a thriftier nation, its a great work being done now. a work of preparation by tlie world's greatest nation and a work that will show good results for many generations to come. The Red Cross organization is the best ever made in this county and will reach every home in the entire county, You will be given an opportunity to help in this cause, one for the relief of those who will sutler when our army reaches the front as now seems certain. We cannot wait until after the battle to raise this money for we must have physicians and nurses and medicine and instruments and ve must have them there and ready, that we may save lives and suffering. Give. The Berne Witness today contains a splendid editorial on "co-operation” a half column of good sound advi.-e, well written and containing a thought worthy any mans study, but if they are sincere as we would like to believe them, we cannot understand why they should print the mean little insinuations in German on the fourth page about "Wilson's war with Germany" and other remarks which ,ve fire sure have a wrong effect on those who read that page alone for their information. Tite present war is no more Wilson's war than it is your war and no man in all the world fought half as hard as did President Wilson for three years to avoid the war. Better call it "The Kaiser's war with the United States.” Don't be like the ostrich. You are fooling no one but youselves. Watch and wait for the Red Cross solicitors in Decatur tomorrow morning. They will visit every home in the city and will appreciate your assistance which can be best given by having ready for them your share. What that amount is you will have to determine for yourself, remembering that no cause more humane has ever been presented, that this money is to be used to save the health and the lives of our soldiers at the front and on the field of battle. One man started the list with a subscription of S2OO. If you can't give that give a hundrel, fifty, twenty-five, ten, five, a dollar or a dime. Give what you can and give it from the heart for a cause of mercy. In Allen county the sum asked from

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farmers is ten cents for each acre of i land owned and the same rule is bei Ing observed in Wells county. The mutter is one that must be decided Uy * ourselves. We are asked for $8,750. in the county and we ought to want to give it. Give what you can—but give i something. DOINGS IN SOCIETY | WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. T uesday V. 1. S. Marie Hays. Wednesday. Yeomen Social -At Hall. Delta Theta Tau—Marie Connell. Thursday Presbyterian Ahi -Mrs. S. D. Beavers, (bring thimblT r.t'.d needles.) Friday. Mite Society—Mrs. Milt Hower's Home. Baptist Apron Social—At Church. I WOMEN The mistakes of a woman result almost always from her faith in the good and her confidence in the truth. Woman is a charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as her gloves. The man who can govern a woman can govern a nation. In the elevated order of ideas the life of man is glory, the life of woman is love. The Indian axiom. “Do nut strike even with a flower a woman guilty of a hundred crimes.” is my rule of conduct. When women love us they forgive us everything, even our crimes. When they do not love us they give us credit for nothing. not even for our virtues. Women are constantly the dupes or else the victims of their sensitiveness. When a woman pronounces the name of a man but twice a day there may be some doubt as to the nature of her sentiment—but three times! —Balzac. At one o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home of the bride, Miss Esther Bixler was married to Albert Winter--1 egg in the presence of the immediate - families. It was a simple but impres- ■ sive ceremony. Rev. P. R. Schroed -r. . of the Mennonite church performed the ceremony. Immediately after the ceremony the young couple left on a 1 short trip to Cedar Point, 0.. and Cleveland. 0.. after which they will make their home with the bride's parents. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Bixler. Since her graduation from high school, she has been staying at home. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Winteregg of West Main street. He is a graduate of the local high school and later attended Bluffton college where he took a business course. For -t number of years he has been employed as bookkeeper at the Gilliom Lumber Co. —Berne Witness. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Essex, of Monroe entertained at dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Corbin. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Baren and son. Arthur and Miss Marie Tulmer. of Columbia City. Mr. and Mrs. Don Hurst and son. Wayne. Mrs. Wm. Hana and daughters. Gladys and Alice, of Huntertown: Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. John NeiI son and family, of Monroe. All at- . tended the flag raising in the afternoon. . Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ashbaucher and !■ daughter. Mr- George Winters a.id , Mrs. Herman Myers and son, Lawrenre, motored to donvoy, Sunday where they were guests of the Elgin 1 Pettit family. The section of the Methodist Mn.e society of which Mrs. Milt Hower and I Mrs. O. L. Vance are chairmen. w’ll meet Friday afternoon at the Hower home for a good program and interestling business and social meeting. Mr. and Mrs. John Glancy entertained at supper last evening for Mis. Frank Brazier and daughter. Nova, of Winchester; Mrs. Sam Yost and daughters. Lelah and Mary, of southeast of the city. Mrs. Sam Doak. of West Monroe street is visiting with the Harve Williams family on the Doak farm near Monroe until Friday. The Yeomen Hall will be the scene of an entertainment and ice cream social Wednesday evening. The pub lie is cordially invited. There will he no door admission fee charged. Misses Mary Brown and Fay Stulls left today for Garrett to attend the district Epworth League convention. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Vail entertained at dinner last evening for Lucile, Martha and John Vail. Robert! Seidell, William Large and Florence Auohenbach. of Fort Whyne; Marjory

Postal. Bluffton; S. A. Vail. Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Dan R.VtUI and daughter, Mary Louise. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sprang, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thomas I Vail, latter in the evening they were j joined by Dan R. Vail ami Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merryman, of Cardwell, Mo. Mr. and Mrs Ed Ahr ami sons, Fred and Floyd, with Dwight Thornburg, motored to Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon where they were guests of Mr. Ahr's sister. Mrs. Clara Wysong. Walter Muuiuia and Miss Helen Truesdale, of Fort Wayne, will arrive Saturday afternoon for a woek-o.nl visit witli the Ed Ahr family. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Erwin ami daughters motored to Napoleon. O„ where they spent Sunday with relatives. Mrs. Erwin and daughter. Betty. r<-fi'lof • k'e vtoil Miss Helen Dugan entertained the T. A. P. Bunch last evening with Viclirola music, a visit to the picture show and refreshments, making a very good time. The "bunch” present comprises Ruth Baumgartner. Josephine Myers. Ruth Frisinger, Angeline Firkes, Helen Dugan. All members of the V. I. S. class are urged to come to the meeting this evening at the home of Marie Hays. They will meet at the church at 7: :50 o’clock and go from there in a body to the Hays home. A tine party was given Sunday night at the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weber and family. A < rowd of friends from New Haven came in a big truck besides another automobile and met at the Weber home about 8 o’clock. The following were from New Haven: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Poeppel, Edwin Lampe, Erwin Dannenfelser. Werner and Frieda Poeppel, Theodor and (Tara Buhr. Max Bates. Emiel and Martin Schafer, Esther Stellhorn, Albert Reimenschneider. Mr. and Mrs. William Buhr, Herbert and Erwin Stellhorn. Fred Meyer and Hilda Hemsot. Later they were joined by a large number of relatives and friends for the big barn dance for which the music •, was furnished by William and Them r dore Buhr, of New Haven. At mid--(night a lunch was served. It was e early in the morning before the big I truck started back to New Haven on its eighteen mile trip, all the guests ! declaring that the party was the best p ever and expressing the hope that it might be repeated. 1- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cole and 1 sons. James and Roger Ray, are <x- - pected to arrive from Hamilton. 0.. • this afternoon for a visit with Mrs. r Cole’s parents, Mr and Mrs. A. s Kohne. J | Misses Agnes Kohne. Leone Bosse. I Glenys Mangold and Frences Dein--1 inger will leave Saturday night for '.a two weeks’ eastern trip that will e , include visits in Toledo, Cleveland. 1 Buffalo. Niagara Falls. Toronto and ! other interesting cities. r Mrs. J. M. Miller returned tod ty from Massillon. Ohio, where last Wed- ’ nesday she attended the graduation '’of her nephew. Chester M. Archbold. t second son of Allen Archbold deeeas- ’ ed. The exercises were held in the ' Massillon high school auditorium, a ■ room that seats more than a thousand ' people. A class of ninety-five were ■ graduated this spring. Mrs. Miller's ' nephew having one of the highest ' grades of this exceptionally large ' class. o COURT HOUSE NEWS. I I Andrews Schlagenhauf, of Linn . Grove, born May 22. 1849. at Werteni- • berg. Germany, who emigrated from ! there July 4. 1869, to the United I States, today applied to County Clerk I Will Hammoll for bis final naturalization papers. He declared his inten- ' tion of becoming a U. S. citizen Octo--1 her 5, 1872. r .I Fred H. Hubbard has brought suit against Ralph R. Houk and George P. Houk for replevin of a $350 Reo automobile. He sues for the possession of the car and $350 damages for the mi r lawful detention thereof. Attorneys ' C. J. Lutz. Henry B. Hellqr and J. C. 1 ‘ Sutton filed the suit. | ”'he county board of review this morning began ou the mortgage cx',omptions which will probably take '.them about four days to go over. Real estate transfers: Nancy Hock't enberry to Christena Lindsey, lot 354 Geneva. $1: Rufus Meshberger, et al.. Jo Jane Meshberger. 40 acres of Hartford township, $5400; Jane MeshberIger to Ernest Banta. 40 acres of Hartford township. $5400: Harry Meshberger to Jane Meshberger. 1.77 acres of | Hartford township, sl°: Jane Met*I berger, et al. Io Harry Meshberger. et al. 1.77 acres of Hartford township, $lO. • DEMOCRATWANTADS PAY BIG. . . _

I MILLIONS RAISED | (Continued from Page One) emy were killed, dugouts were de- ] utroynxl and eleven were taken prisoners.” London, June 19 (Special to Dai'y Democrat)-- A new Allied offensive on the Macedonian front may be in the making according to the view in cor- j tain circles here today of radical rearrangements of French and British forces in northern Greece and Mace- ] donia. It now develops that the British withdrawal from above the Strume was mainly from a health standpoint, j the British army chiefs not desiring to hazard the fitness of the troops by ( summer in that nii.|.l»r'->t ... tkre. ~ ’ was pointed out here, however, that ( the withdrawal might also be part f a general scheme to shorten the front and increase the strength of General Se trail’s forces at the foremost point of contact with the enemy. Abdiction of King Constantine cf Greece and installation of a successor of pro-Ally sympathies leaves tac "back door” to the Macedonian front safely open to the allies. Heretofore the allies have hesitated to throw great forces of men into the Macedonian theater because there was alwa - s the possibility that the pro-German king of Greece would scheme some movement that would perhaps bot l<‘ up that army. The Bulgarian official statements of the past two days have indicated renewal of active fighting between the Wardar and Lake Doraln on the Macedonian front. (By Robert Bender, United Press Stag Correspondent) Washington, D. C„ June 19 —(Special to Daily Democrat I —Attempts to invoke cloter will be made in the senate if debate on the food control bill threatens to imperil it. Republican leaders, as well as democratic. were determined today as debate was resumed, to prevent any iso lated filibuster from delaying the measure. The intention now is to give the debate two weeks before using strong arm methods. The most optimistic are now convinced the bill cannot be passed in time for Herbert Hoover to handle the early harvests. Few believe it i can get through inside a month, un , less further action is taken by President \Vilson. Both houses have made the measure their "regular business” and will try to keep it continuously under dis cussion. o—— TO BROTHER’S FUNERAL. Mr. and Mrs. George Simmers and son. Harry, left this afternon at 3 o’clock for Monroeville to attend the funeral of Mr. Simmers’ brother. John, aged thirty-five, which will be held tomorrow. The body will be brought from the home of his broth-er-in-law in Michigan, where death occurred. While in Alaska he contracted pneumonia last November and quick consumption resulted. He and his wife and two children started for Indiana and he stopped at point or two in the west to rest, while his wife and children came to Fort Wayne to visit with a sister. Later she went to the home of a sister in Michigan and Mr. Simmers joined her there a few weeks ago. His decline has been very rapid. He is a son of Calvin Simers of near Monroeville, the body being taken there for burial The deceased was a cousin of L. W. Frank of West Monroe street, this city. o Had Felt Like Doing the Same. “What was the gunpowder plot?" "Some Englishmen wanted to blow up their whole legislative body.” "Well, I couldn't go that far. Still, 1 understand their point of view.”—Louisville Courier-Journnl. Another Doctrine Falls. The so-called decline in the art of conversation somehow falls to carry the idea of n corresponding improvement in the art of listening.—Newark News. Dogs and Dogs. “You can keep a real fine dog in food,” says the Fort Worth Star-Tele-gram, “at an expense of about $lO a month, while a real sorry dog can get out and make a living for himself.” More Acceptable Than Money. It Is not written blessed is he that fortieth the poor, but he that considereth the poor. A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more thau a great deni of money.—Ruskin. Dally Thought. If It be my lot to crawl I will crnwl contentedly: if to fly I will fly with alacrity: but ns long as I enn avoid it I will never be unhappy.—Sydney Smith. FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL A petition which i being circulated 1 foe a new higli school building at ' Pleasant Mills already has fifty cr < more signers. p

keep carTH” Recreation Bureau at Kort Harrison Knows About Each Man. MOTHERS OF THE city Invite Boys to Their Homes for Meals—Are Given Free Auto Rides. (United Press/. ' , neiijaiuiii' Hairison. Ind 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) In order to furnish wholesome recreation for the soldiers in training, it must first be determined what sort of •recreation they prefer —to connect up the ties of home, church and frater- T nity —it must be known what them I ties were when they were broken for 1 the man to become a soldier. As a result every one of the men in training at Fort Iwrrison has been . card-indexed by the war recreation bureau under the direction of James Edward Rogers. The bureau knows every man’s religion, his family con- 0 nections. if he has friends in Indian * apolis. what lodges he belongs to. what school he attended and in what " fraternity he may hold membership, fi Now in connection with these, men li and women of Indianapolis have been ii organized to correspond to this. 7 These organizations are given the ( | names of their members, at the ( ] camp. Take John Smith as an ex- j. ample. He attended Ohio State uni- c versity; holds membership in the (] Deia Upsilon fraternity. Elks' lodge: , is a Presbyterian; banker and memher of the Rotary club. After finding out all of these things ( about John Smith, the war recreation bureau goes to the Ohio State university alumni association and 1 tells them that John Smith, a fellow 1 alumus. is at Fort Harrison and is ' looking for entertainment on Satur- f day afternons and Sundays. They 8 ’ell the Elks, the Rotary club, and ' the Indianapolis Bankers’ associa- t tion the same thing. A Presbyterian i oastor is given Smith's name and is < asked to look out for Smith's religious i welfare. The chances are. with these t onditions. Smith isn't going to have much time to loaf around dives and , saloons —even if he wished to do so. But that isn't all. While being en- ; ‘ertained at one of the clubs, or on meeting some of the members. Smith s invited out to a home. Tbe mothar. who will probably be a member if the Women’s Federation of (Tubs, s acquainted with the work being lone by the war recreation council. After Smith leaves she sits down and writes his mother a letter. She tells her that John's appetite is good: that his socks don’t need darning and that he's getting fat. And when John’s sister, Susie, gets tired of sewing socks for soldiers and boards a train to visit her soldier brother. <he is met at the train by a mother ind asked to stay at her home during ’he time when she is visiting with lohn. She does not have to risk the lungers of a new city alone. Every club in Indianapolis has a •var committee. They keep open house every Saturday and Sunday, special entertainments are provided. Through the war recreation bureau, every man at the fort is going to be given an auto ride throughout ‘he city. Owners of cars offer their services free. Last Saturday. 500 Kentucky boys saw the sights of Marion county. Next Saturday 500 more will go, and so on until all have had the benefit of a ride. sHEHirr-s Stl.i;. Che State of Indiana, Adams Count' ss: In the Adams Circuit Court of Ailims County. Ind ■ Firs! National Hank, a Coiimrati,m vs. I-Mwln A. Stevens, llenrv St,. v .. r "' No. m:;o. By virtue of an execution to me lireeted by the clerk of the Adams circuit court of said count' anil state I have levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentioned and will expose for sub- at public auction at tin- east loot- <>f the court house In the city of Decatur. Adams County. Indiana. ‘ he. tween the liours of In o’clock u m and 1 o'< lock p. in. on Tuesduy, July 111, ItllT, the rents and profits for a term not ( li . leediiiK seven years, of the fullowinir described real estate, situated in Adams Count.', Indiana, to-wit The nndlvl'led one-lifth <l-5) j n . terest of Edwin A. Stevens in fee simple of inlot No. !i:t.-, ~, Mien T. L.'uc,. addition to tin- Cltv of Decatur, Adams County, Indiana is same Is designated on record p| a t of .“aid addition: also tlie life estati of Henry Stevens in following described real (-elate: I Same as ahovei; soi,|,,. t to mortgage of Two Hundred Se'en-tv-live dollars And on failure to realize therefrom the full amount of judgment, interest thereon and costs, I will ut the same time and in the same manner aforesaid, offer for sale tlie fee simple of the above described premises. Taken us the property of Edwin A Stevens ami Henry Stevens to satisfy said execution tills tilth dav of June Iflf- ED GREEN. She. iff. WOMEN IN MEETING (United Press Service) Hartford City. June 18—The, annual convention of the Woman','. Home Missionary society vs this district opened here today. About 100 delegates are la attendance.

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STERILIZATION OF BACTERIA. ] Canned goods spoil because bacteria ' or micro organisms are put up alive with the food and gradually extend their colonlM of descendents. Ther - fore if you can seal food in jars and then by some process kill the germs' inside of the jars, the food will keep, i The process by which this killing pd done is called sterilization, says t <• day’s bulletin from the National' Emergency Food Garden Commission, co-operating with this newspaper to urge the housewives of Decatur to preserve all excess food this year that might otherwise be wasted. These germs can be killed by he.it. Careful laboratory studies have developed the amount of heat necessary for sterilization and the length of time for which jars of food should be keot at the given temperature. The heat of live steam or of boiling water is sufficient to kill these organisms, and this heat does not have to be maintained for very long intervals. Instead of the hours of cooking in the old-fashioned way of canning, ja's may be sterilized in most cases in a few minutes. There are several methods of sterilization. many of them requiring more or less expensive equipments. The l»est of all. because it is the simplest and cheapest, and because it can ’><■ done with implements in every kit- hen, is known as the cold-pack canning method. It is the method taught in most domestic science schools and bv various departments of agriculture and state universities. You can buy expensive equipment for cold-pack canning. But a washboiler with a tight cover and equipp- d with a false bottom, which even an amateur carpenter can make, will tn the trick as quickly and as satisfactorily as any of the costly equipments. In tomorriw’s bulletin the process wdl be explained.— National Emergency Food Garden Commission. o— WHO Will donate their automobile next Wednesday morning. June 20. at 9:00 o’clock a. m.. with driver, to the Red Rross for about three hours. We want ten automobiles to help us. Call J. W. Bosse, postmaster, at the postoftice building. 140t4 the best in theTand? r> ~. J 1 nltwl press Service) 'By Webb Miller. United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington. D. C. June 19-tSpe. cal to Daily Denio. ratl-Ameriea's armies will be made up of the finest Physical manhood of the nation Army surgeons today estimated that nearly 40 per cent of the men brought to the colors by the , electiv , draftjvin 1,,. r „ je( . ( „ (| up()n ,

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+ + + + + * + + + + ■{• + f | I LISTEN! t I + t I •i- The Red Cross is ths only 4 I volunteer organization for re 4 B •fr lief of war or civilian disaster. | ■ authorized by the United States 4 I + government, by act of congress 4 I : * and presidential proclamation 4I , Its accounts are audited by ths 4 fi + war department. It is non-sec 4 S :* tarian and non political. 4 I + + + + + + + + + + +441 physical scrutiny, so seven- are 1). examinations. Nearly a millioi HH must be drawn to get the tlJj.iMiu ( w the first levy. At present the n;ev l||l lions in the regular army aver«. forty to sixty per cent of the apnl cants. The • liosen one will form tbr best army physically in the w«rv in no other army are the physical ri . quirements so hard to meet o — ||w SELLS TWO OVERLANDS. Two Overland cars were soli! ■(delivered today by the H. Ithww Sales company, local agents tor tS K - (ivirland tar. A five-passi-nc-r t ■Bj ' mg ear was delivered t<> Judson Topie and an Overland roadster to BH Ralph Jahn of near Honduras. M ■ o —

Democrat Want Ads Pay I 'j ■' I J, //gfejx, ‘jtf I £ * tjr 1 f ' W ' j £ I .11 — a —— — I •IT’S A LONG HARD “PULL” I i. to make “both ends meet" for I , the man who isn’t getting the j ,i GREATEST RETURNS FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT. j OUR PRIES on FURNITURE | AND RUGS will prove that we are doing our best to make the “PULLING” easier for you. We are carrying a complete . slock—Don’t fail to inspect it when you are in the market for anything in this line. a " Gay, Zwick & Myers i Furniture amd Undertaking