Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 147.

TO BE PLUCED BETWEEN ALLIES First American Expeditionary Force Will Occupy Four Miles of Trenches PERSHING WRITES And Congratulates United States on Its Splendid Red Cross Work. (United Press Service) Washington, June 23 (Special to Daily Democrat! America’s expeditionary forces on the western front may occupy a position between Brit-1 ish and French forces. They will oc-1 cupy probably four miles of trenches! at first. From official sources it became known today that the French recommended such a position for Pershing's troops. In official statements it was! pointed out the army will be placed in such a posiiton as to insure an independent line of communication and supply. To break into the French sectors with the American forces would cause confusion in the supply lines. Washington. June 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat) The council of national defense will shortly be reorganized on a four man basis, it was stated! officially tod/y. Plans call for one, man as the head of the war industrial! committee to direct and be held re-| sponsible for all railroad and indust-1 rial work; another will be director of I all work in connection with the pur-’ chase and distribution of raw mater ial. A third wil be the director of and purchaser of finished material, and the fourth will be the general chair-! man. The plan is to have the chair man of the purchasing board help as purchaser of all the materials. The fourth director will have wide pow’r. Under him will be small committees directed by one of the four men. Each committee will he organized and help responsible for some specific work. One of the many duties of the war board will be to find the basis of prices for all material and establish i that basis for all purchases. In an- > swer to objections that this plan. might give too much power to a few individuals, a cabinet official said it would be absolutely necessary if the United Stares is to be successful in the war. Washington. June 23—< Special to Daily Democrat) —Prof. Boris Bakhmetieff head of the Russian commission and new ambassador to the United States in an address to the house of representatives today declared that Russia does not want a separate peace. He stated that Russia's armies are now being organized for teflon in connection with its allies. Washington. D~c7 June 23-(Spe-cial to Daily Democrat)— Drafting of , the 625.000. men for the subscription army will be conducted entirely in Washington, according to conscrip-1 tion regulations approved by t e| president. In the United States, there are approximately 4.000 registration districts. In each district there are separate series of registration numbers, beginning w.th number one. When the drawing begins a board in Washington will select a number by some lottery system. The number will be telegrap • ed to each registration district and a the men on the registration list who have that number will be callee, will be up to each man individua to ascertain if he has been selected. When a general summons is issued he will have opportunity to present his case to the local exemption board.

Paris. June 23-(Special to Daily Democrat) —"America can show ier colors in no better way than to sub-, scribe generously to the Re< r■ . > was the message sent to people at; home today by General John X Pershing, who will command the first army of America to take its the allied trenches. H‘ s mesi * was sent to H. P. Davison, now director of the Red Cross campaign to raise $100,000,000. “Congratulations on the splendid Red Cross campaign. Never , has there been such need of Red Cross work," General Pershing sai BULETIN Paris. June 23—( Special to Daily Democrat) -Germany’s assault against

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the French lines reached the stage lof a general counter-offensive movement today., with violent fighting around Vauxlgny, t’hcvraux and oth«r | points. T-fae French official statement today declared the attack was every | where fruitless. 1 . i "Violent night bombadments were ( followed bv a series of enemy attacks lin the regions where there lias been much fighting recently, near Vattxhalllon and south and southeast of i Fillan,” the statement said. "All , I were fruitless, and we inflicted heavy ' losses on the enemy. "Between Royier and Froinmont, | the struggle was of the sharpest character. The enemy extended his front attack east from t'hevigny to north if Froidmont in the form of multiplied efforts. This was the same section in which he failed last evening. In the latest attack the waves of the asJsault were broken up by our fire and the enemy was unable to reach our .lines or debouch from the salient where he penetrated yesterday. i "Other attacks east of t’hevreaux.j Cavaliers De Cowrcy and Chambreltes failed. "French raids at various points were successful." For nearly a week now the Germans have apparently been preparing for a powerful drive in the region where the French forces in their great offensive enroached close to I>aon The fighting has been extending over nearly 18 miles of this front. Thr-e days ago the Germans began making powerful drives at various points where the French commanded the higher ground. Today, apparently these scattered attacks have been consolidated into a co-ordinated general I drive. BULLETIN Washington, June 23 —(Special io Daily Democrat)—The house today 1 passed unanimously a bill to permit; 1 j the secretary of war to acquire land i I needed for coast defenses or army 1 cantonments by lease or by condemnation during the war. New York, June 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Another submarine fired on and hit by an American ship was reported today by the ship's crew on reaching an Atlantic port. The fight took place June 6. one day out from Genoa, it was stated. The submarine appeared six hundred yards off and launched a torpedo, which the ship avoided. A stern gun immediate- , ly opened fire and shot away the sub- ! marine's periscope, throwing it high !in the air. The boat disappeared. The American vessel was not damaged. (By Robert J. Bender, United Press staff correspondent.) Washington, June 23—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Only a “dry" fignt will prevent passage late today of the administration food control bill in the bouse. ( Administration leaders, however, were confident that the anti-liquor element would not inject its strength sufficiently long to hold up the measure. Paris. June 23—(Special to Dtsly Democrat)—France is enjoying with amazed pleasure the manner in which Major General Pershing’s staff off!cers are making ready for American troops. The American headquarters in the Rue Constantin having already proved too small to accomodate all the staff workers, rough pine tables were set out today in the small garden to the rear . There visitors found American ofti- ■ cers, coats off, some smoking pipes • feverishly attacking their work. Some ■! O s them faced with a shortage of 1 stenographers and typists were even ’ laboriously pounding out their own ' letters and orders. For an officer to ’ \ do such a thing is absolutely unheard •|of in France. The populace accepts It ' as another evidence of how hard ’ America Is working to aid tn the fight ' for democracy. — MED MILLER ILL.

Mrs Alice Walch, who has been i visiting with the Misses Amelia and I Mary Niblick, was called to her home in Fort Wayne by her sister, Mrs. I Clara Miller, who has been called tn Grand Rapids. Mich., on account of the illness of her son, Med Miller, a former Decatur boy, who suffered an attack of acute VERY ill Mrs. Samuel Howard went to Tocsin this afternoon to call on her daugh 1 ter Mrs. Clem Yarger, who is very 1 low of leakage of the heart with complications of dropsy and pneumonia. A council was held Thursday by phy- , slcians regarding her case which is t very serious.

Decatar, Indiana, Saturday Evening, . lune 23, 1917.

BOWERS COMINO r Brilliant Newspaper Man and Speaker to Deliver 4th of July Oration. i AT CATHOLIC PICNIC i Plans Being Completed for Big Day—Picnic to he at Steele’s Park. Ifon. Claude Bowers, editorial writer for the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette former secretary for Senator John W. Kern and one of the best known orators in Indiana, a brilliant speaker and writer, has been secured to deliver , the patriotic oration of the day and we guarantee you an address well worth hearing. Messrs. E. X. Eltlnger. and H. J. Yager made a special trip to Fort Wayne yesterday to invi'e ! Mr. Bowers to make the address and I he has accepted. The committees met last night to complete their plans and every man is up on his toes, doing his "bit” to make the day—July 4th—a big success, and it will be. There will he plenty to eat on the grounds for those who don't care to bother with a basket eating stands, drinking fountains, every thing that goes with a first class picnic. The Decatur city hand will lead the parade at ten o'clock and Company A and the Boy Scouts have been invited to attend in a body. The occasion will be a big one and you are Invited to participate. The program will le announced the first of the week. CAN ALLTHEY CAN Is the Nation’s Call to the Women— Urgent Appeal Made That NOTHING BE WASTED That Can be Saved—Drying is Process Within Reach of All. * Washington, June 23 —Urgent appeal to women to see that no food products are allowed to go to waste during the war is made in a letter today from Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the National Emergency Food Garden Commission, to Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman. Especial emphasis was placed ut the drying of vegetables and fruits as a means of preventing heavy loss of perishable food products this summer. “Drying is a process within the reach of every American household," said Mr. Pack. "It is simple, easy and sure. It involves little or no expense and comparatively little time. A housekeeper may conduct drying operations and entertain her afternoon tea guests at one and the same time. All she need do is to make an occosiontl visit to her kitchen or her out door dryer to watcli the temperature to which the food is exposed. In this way she may provide for the winter needs of her household without sacrificing present, enjoyment. “There has never been a time when drying was as vital as this year. The war makes food thrift imperative. The production of food stuffs will be unusually abndant because of the widespread planting of food gardens brought about by the campaign of the Food Garden Commission. Not less than two million of these gardens are now thriving. Nature will yield more vegetables than the people can consume during the summer. To save the surplus is a national need. Because of the Eurropean situation this need becomes international as well. “Tin cans are scarce. This has forced a run on the glass jar supply, a run is urgent as one on a bank in time of panic. Glass jars have already advanced in price. This condition increases the importance of dry- ■ ing on a national scale. The only way i to bring this about is for every house- ’ hold to do its share. Food stuffs ■ should be dried in every home and tn . a larger way in every community. ■ Groups of families should form comt munity drying clubs. By doing this they can buy highly efficient apparat-

| ns at slight Individual cose. National I Emergency Food Garden Commission. Plenty Canning Bulletins The recent canning demonstration he'd here brought so many Inquiries to the office of County Agricultur.il Agent M. H. Overton, for bulletins giving the cold-pack canning methods, that ho ordered n plenteous supply and anyone can get one by calling al his office In the courthofise BUYS EIGTHEENTH STORE. Purchasing the Nally variety store at Defiance, Ohio, the J. A Morris company of Bluffton has ad ded the eighteenth store to their string of five and ten cent stores. The store will he remodeled and redecorated and will be placed in charge of L. S. Comstock, of Noblesville, one of the company's assistant managers. -- o CHAIRMAN NAMED By Adams County Council of National Defense to Care for Details OF THE DEPARTMENTS Special Meeting is Held— J. T. Merryman is Legal Adviser. At the special meeting of the Adams County Council of National Defense in the courtroom this morning, with R. D. Myers, president, in charge, the chairmen of “ the various committees to work under the direction of the state and national auspices, were named. Each chairman will appoint members of his committee 10l work with him, all of which will be I without compensation. J. T. Merryman was named to take | ehatge of the legal department and Dr., Price, of Geneva, of the medicfl <te-l partment. Others named are: - Food Supply and ConservationCounty Agricultural Agent M. H. Overton. Industrial Survey and Preparedness, Structural Safety —Oscar Hoffman. Fire Protection — Wai Wemhoff. Survey and Organization of Man Power —Dick Christen. Labor —Bert Colchin. Military—John T. Myers. Protection—French Quinn. Transportation—Cal Peterson. Public Morals —Rev. W. Paul Marsh. Woman's Activities—Mrs. A. 1). Artman. The department of survey and organization of pian-power under Dick Christen, will have in charge the organization and registration of bo>s from sixteen to twenty years of age. with their parents’ or guardians' con sent, into the United States Boys’ Working Reserve. These will he ready to go into labor in various departments in food or harvest conservation during war time. The county will be thus thoroughly organized in all departments, ready to enter into every detail for the defense of the nation. Speakers will also ho secured for Fourth of July celebration, for both the picnic at Steele’s park and the West Wahrt Parent-Teacher club. Every member of the Adams county council of National Defense was present this morning, including President R. D. Myers; secretary, Mrs. A. D. Artman; Marion Andrews, J. F. Lehman. Bert Colchin, Nathan Shepherd and R. D. Kerr. —o-808 808 KERR HAS ENLISTED Bob Kerr does not propose to have his son, Clinton, win all the honors for his family, in the trenches of France. Bob went to Fort Wayne last night where he took the examination for admission to the officers school tit Fort Harrison and he passed a perfect examination. Bob will enter the school in August and will make good, don’t you forget it, for he is built of that kind of stuff. i LADIES OF YdAMS COUNTY! Registration time is here. Do not let Adams county be the only coun- ’ ty in the state that the ladies failed ' to register. If you are interested in your children, the schools, your 5 city and your homes, register and 1 take advantage of your privilege to • vote. July 10th Mrs. McCuilen Jones -of Indianapolis and Mrs. Hinshaw 3 will be here to speak to you. Come - out and bear them.—(Contributed).

FIRST PRODUCER I — , First Producing Oil Well in Cuba Was Secured by 1 John Augsburger. I LINN GROVE BOY r Is Here Consulting His Company—Must Have Passport to Leave. i _____ John Augsburger.a well known Linn Grove boy, who was the guest ! of his boyhood friend. Dr. S. P. Hoff ; man, and family at dinner yester (lay, has had an interesting experience. He is whh a large company of capitalists and has the distinction of drilling the first producing oil well in Cuba. This is a 300-barrel well and gives promise of opening up a rich industry there. This well was brought into existence about three months ago. Since that time Mr Augshurger found it necessary to return here to consult his company regarding the business and while here the order was made that no citizen leave the country without a passport. Hence it became necessary for him to go through with a lot of red tape business, including the securing of this certificate or affidavit relative to hit; birth. This it was necessary to consult his mother about, and he called on her yesterday at Fort Wayne for that purpose. He is quite successful in his .line of business and will be marked as a “pioneer” in that in his new field of labor. ASKED TO RESIGN _ Mayor Thompson of Chicago Fgces Loss of Job Because of Trouble WITH SCHOOL BOARD Discharges Nine Members But Council Refuses to Confirm Appointees. (Uni»»<l Press Service) Chicago, 111.. June 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The city hall and the Tribune building were practically under martial law today. Scores of ( policemen were guarding the school board offices in both places to prevent forcible ousting of Mayor Thompson’s appointees, the latest of whom were repudiated by the city council late yesterday. Thompson faces two proceedings that may cost him his job—impeach-| ment by the council, or malsfeasance in office —charges threatened by State’s Attorney Hoyne. The mayor had not returned to the , city hall today since his hurried exit late yesterday, just after a book hurled at him by an unidentified man missed his head by inches. The book throwing was the climax of a riot which resulted when the Thompson faction in the council attempted to force an adjournment. The present trouble is the result of a factional war in the school board which had its inception last week when Thompson gained control of the board through the council’s confirmation of his nine appointments. His majority's first official act was the ousting of Jacob M. Loeb, as president of the board. Loeb had previously broken with the mayor over control of the board and ’ both men had indulged in bitter personalities through the press, accusing each other of trying to wreck ' the school system. When Loeb was ' deposed, Louis E. Larson, secretary. ; and August R. Shannon, counsel, ’ were also thrown out. ■ It was known when the council 1 met yesterday that an attempt would be made to reconsider confirmation of Thompson’s nine appointees. To I forestall this, the Thompson faction t attempted an adjournment. Then the • riot broke loose and the mayor and 1 Corporation Counsel Ettelson, one of 1 his chief supporters, fled. Policemen i- drove hundreds of spectators from 1 the galleries and restored order. 5 The council then voted reconsiders ation of the mayor’s appointments k and finally refused to confirm them 5 by a vote of 45 to 22. Just before adjournment Alder-

t | man Link introduced a resolution reI questing the mayor to resign. Alder man Kennedy presented one directing the Judiciary eommitee to ascertain if the mayor can be Impeached. Both were referred to committee. Hoyne, working on the assumption that the old school officials now are In power, may take a hand In the ffalr today by forcibly ejecting the present officials. The policemen scattered through the city hall and on the sixth, seventh and eighth floors of the Tribune building—occupied by . school hoard offices —were to pre vent any such move by order of the mayor. Continued opposition by the ;mayor, Hoyne intimated, would lead to malfeasance charges. TWO PROGRAMS Os Special Interest Will be Given at Evangelical Church Sunday. THE CHILDREN’S DAY In the Morning—For the Evening a Special Musical is Announced. Special services will characterize Sunday at the Evangelical church, both morning and evening. In the morning at 10:30, the children will give their program for the regular children’s day service. In the evening at 7:30. a musical program will be in order. Sunday Morning—lo:3o a. m. Piano Prelude. Song. "Our Father’s Praise”—JunI ior Choir and School. Prayer. Song. "With Blossom and Song.” Responsive Scripture. Song. “Cheerfpl Songs Are Ringing.” "Welcome”—Della Foreman. Recitation—Juanita Knodel. Motion Song. "Welcome Summer" —Primary Department. Recitation — Evangeline McConnehey. Solo—Gladys Whitright. Recitation —Helen Whitright. Motion Song. "God Keeps the Flowers” —Primary Department. Recitation—Gladys Whit right. Recitation- Mildred Heller. Solo —Gladys Cook. Junior Class Song, “So Many Blessings.” Recitation —Mary Macey. Recitation —Florence Brown. Recitation—Mary Engle. Solo —Solo and Chorus —Junior Choir. Recitation —Thelma Brown. Missionary Hymn. Address —The Pastor. Offering for Missions. Song, "Sing Sweet Birds.” Announcements. Song, “Lift the Banner of Christ.” ! Benediction. Sunday Evening—7:3o. Piano Prelude. Processional—Young Women of the j Church. Song, “All Hail the Power of Je- j sits' Name.” Male Chorus, "Redeemed.’ Anthem. "I Was Glad’ (Fred K. Jerome)—Choir. Prayer. Vocal Duet, “Whispering Hope”— Misses Hope Hoffman and Margaret Mills. Anthem, “Give Praise" (Ira B. Wilson) —Choir. Sermon —Pastor. “Strength in Thy Jesus" —Male Chorus. Announcements —Pastor. Anthem, “Lift Up Your Hearts" (Ura L. Tussingl—Choir. Benediction. Postlude. o NEW DOCTOR AT CRAIGVILLE. Dr. Erskin Summers, a recent ! 1 graduate of the Indiana university I school of medicine, has opened an of ’ flee for the practice of medicine at Craigville. He and his wife will io j ’ cate there as soon as their household ’ goods arrive from Indianapolis. They 1 are at present the guests of his par- ’ ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Summers, who live south of Ossian. —o — —~ tie up dogs Chief Melcbi was called out this morning to kill a dog that had been disturbing people and tramping down j gardens. There are quite a number, of dogs running loose and it would be advisable to tie them up. Any one who permits a female dog to run loose’ is liable to a fine.

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FEAR OF DRAFT CAUSES SUICIDE ' George Stauffer of Monroe • Township Blows Out , Brains With Gun. * — HE WAS DESPONDENT Feared He Would he Drafted—Church Belief Does Not Sanction War. Because of the worry and fear that he would have to go to war, combined with an already unbalanced min.l, George Stauffer, aged 34, son of Mrs. Sophia Stauffer, a widow, living 2 , Z. miles east and 2 miles south of Monroe took his own life this morning at 6 o'clock by blowing off the top of his head with a shot gun. The Stauffer family belongs to the Mennonite church and as this belief does not sanction war. Although outside the age limit, George continually feared there would be another draft and h» would have to go. Besides this worry the family reported that he has been acting very que?rly in other ways which led them to believe lie was mentally unbalanced. Last night young Stauffer asked his mother for the shot gun to go to (he barn and shoot some owls that he said were bothering the birds. No shots were heard fired last night and it is believed ho hid the gun in the bam for the purpose of using it to kill himself this morning. About six o’clock this morning, Mrs. Stauffer, the only one up at the time, heard a shot in the barn and rushed out. The reio’t wakened the rest of the family and they too hurried to the scene of the tragedy. Here they found George lying in a pool of blood with the top part of his ear shot away and a large hole blown in the top of his head. The force of the shot blew out the man's brains. Stauffer evidently had placed the gun against the side of his head and pulled the trigger, the gun being short enough to permit him to do this. Mrs. Stauffer was prostrated and Dr. Reusser, of Berne, had to be called to revive her and she is yet in a very serious condition. Coroner Clark, i-f thip city, was called and he viewed the- body and took the names of the witnesses. The inquest oven the body w’ill be held Tuesday. Murray Scherer brought the deceased into town witli his ambulance and the body was embalmed at (he local establishment. The deceased was born in Wabash township. Adams county. May 4. 1883, making him 34 years of age at the time of death. He was the son of 'Mrs. I Sophia Stauffer, the father preceding him in death. Besides his mother, he leaves four brothers and seven sis- ' ters. They are John, Emanual, Jesse. | Christ. Mrs. Amos Steiner, Mrs. Dan I Steiner. Huntertown, Ind., Mrs. Mike Moser, and the Misses Christens. Eva. Aldine and Barbara, all at home. The funeral arrangements will be announced later. r>—— COLONEL REPPERT HELPS Colonel Fred Reppcrt. the well known auctioneer arrived home this morning and before eight o’clock had hurried a check for a hundred dollars , down to Charles Teeple and Dr. S. . . Hoffman, the committee assigned to that territory for Red Cross work. Fred is a live citizen and always docs ! his part. No one can afford to not j have their name on this roll of honor. —o— — SUFFS TRY IT AGAIN (United Press Service) Washington, June 23—(Special to •Daily Democrat) Escaping a line if | police outside of suffrage headquartet s today, two militant pickets bore a bani ner to the white house gates and #>-re I promptly arrested by two police w >- ! men. The police characterized the Affair as a “surprise attack” but the police women were on hand within a few minutes after the picetks arrive!. - — MEMORIAL SERVICES The Yeomen will hold their memorial services at the Christian church Sunday evening, Rev. Paul Marsh deI livering the sermon. Members of the I lodge together with their families are I requested to meet at the hall at 7:10 ! o'clock and then march to the church. Let everyone be present.