Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 153.

MUST MAKE A J LARGE DRAFT »— ll A Total of 725.000 Men Will be Required to Bring Army and Guard !to war strength Indiana National Guard to be Sent to Alabama Aft-

er Mobilization. <TTn!r#»(l Pre** Service) Washingion, June 30—(Special to Daily Democrat) it will be necessary to draft a total of 725,000 men to bring the American regular army and nation al guard to full war strength and put the first national army of 500,000 men in the field. Indications today, the last day of the army recruiting week' were that 50,000 men will have to be drafted into the regular army and 50,000 more into the militia. Washington. June 30—(Special to Daily Democrat I—The treasury department today loaned $10,000,000 to Great Britian making a total to that country of $560,000,000 siaee the declaration of war and a grand total loaned to the allies of $1,180,000,000. Indianapolis. Ind.. June 30 —(Special to Daily Democrat) Indiana and Kentucky national guard companies will probably be sent to Anniston. Alabama, when the mobilize on August 5, according to a special dis , patch in today's Indianapolis News, j from its Washington correspondent. “The guard will leave as soon after mobilization as transportation facilities can ba provided." said the dispatch. "They will not even be given vaccination for typhoid until they reach the Alabama camp.” The Indiana national guard will have a brigadier-general and it is tin- i derstood that Harry B. Smith, at present adjutant-general, will have this job. Brigadier-General Glenn, commander at Fort Harrison, will probably be named major-general in command of the Indiana end Kentucky regiments of the national guard, which will form a division. Anniston is a town of 20,000 located in the northeastern part of Alabama. BULLETIN. Paris, June 30—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Picked troops, driven forward in perhaps the most canguine attack the German crown prince , has attempted in six months, succeeded in penetrating the French first line trenches near Verdun over a front of nearly a mile and a half last night, but were immediately driven out. Fearful losses were inflicted on the attackers and the riet gain was a small bit of ground held on the west slope of Dead Man's Hill, according to the official report today. | “On Friday evening, west of Dead Man's Hill, the Germans powerfully assumed the offensive on a front of about a mile and half." the statement. said. "The assault was by picked troops in a furious attack, but the French resistance nearly annihilated them. The Germans succeeded in penetrating our first line on the entire front, but energetic counternttgrts drove them out everywhere with the exception of the western slope of Dead Man's Hill. “As evidence of the German concentration of troops, eighty prisoners taken in this fighting by our forces belonged to four different regiments. J “Northwest of Cerny the enemy renewed his attacks at night. Two against Labovelle were accompanied by liquid fire. In very lively fighting these attackers obtained a footing of a battered sallant there. “Around Avoncourt and Dead Man's Hill today, the artillery was of extreme violence. p“West of Hill 304 a French coun-ter-attack re took trenches lost yesterday “In the Champagne, west of Navarin farm, a strong German raid was repulsed.” , . The fighting around Verdun is in the same sector where the German crown prince tried to break through in a violent offensive move. Dead Man's Hill and Hill 304 are two promontories over which the tide of battle has ceaselessly swung to and fro ever since the Germans began their battering against Verdun. They are

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j northwest of Verdun, about ten miles I | distant from that city. | l.ahovelle is just north of Cerny | i and near Allies, where most of the I I fighting north of the Chemln Des ! Dames has centered. BULLETIN. I London, June 30 (Special to Dally I Democrat)- With lrrr|ilstible force, * British troops swept on closer around Lena today. Gain of a mile ) over a, total front of four miles was reported by Field Marshal Haig. "As a result of our attacks." he' said, "djrongly organized defensive systems on both banks of the Sou ! chez river covering Lens were cap t tired, "Our whole objectives were gained

with slight loss and with consider able enemy casualties. Positions of great strength as well 1 as tactical ami strategic importance, i are ourx. i '‘Additional information confirms the suc< ess of the Lens operations. Besides captures in prisoners and machine guns, an important advance was made over a total of four miles to the depth of one mile." Although the British commanderdid not specify in what sub|Urb of Lens his forces had made their greatest gains it was believed the main drive was now centering from the south. It is in this section that ,the Souchez river lies, running from Southwest of the city to its very environs. The “positions of tactical strategic importance” was believed Jiere to refer to the two small ridges which command the French coal city from the south and southwest—above Avion and southeast of Eleu Dit Leauvitte. Battle front dispatches declared the I Germans were centering their defense j on the knot of railway lines which , converge northeast of Avion. If the .British reach this junction point, the i Germans will be cut off from their I lines to the south and the city itself | isolated except from the northeast. BULLETIN Athens. June 30—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Greece moved rapidly today in action against Germany. All Greek mpmmatie representatives in the Central Powers capitals we-e formally recalled and all Greek army chiefs were summoned to Athens Hr conference as to best utilization of the army. In the capital it was confidently expected that Germany would respond immediately with a declaration of war against King Alexander. Rome, June 30 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—At least 8,000 Austrians succumbed in the fruitless enemy offensive around Mount Ortigara between June 10 and 25, according to war officeestimates today. The battles for this dominating point set a new mark for ferocitv. The Austrians attacked in successive waves with every known device of killing—big guns, little guns, machine guns, liquid fire, flame projectors, asphyxiating gas, mines and bayonets. The ground was literally churned into powder and soaked with the blood of the fighters. Today neither side held Ortigara. | The barrage waves of both the Italian and Austrian forces converged over its summit, making it impossible for any human being to live through the rain of shells. (By Robert J. Bender. United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, June 30—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The first big prohibition riot in the senate is over, at least temporarily—suppressed by the president. Following informal agreement between dry and administration leaders to kill whiskey but spare beer and wine, friends of the food control bill are today confident of its early passage. Senator Chamberlain, in charge of the bill, was active early today trying to reach an agreement for a time to vote. There still are local disturbances, however, which will continue the wet and dry fight as a source of annoyances and unless some agreement is reached in these isolated disturbances, the whole fight threatens to break out anew. There are now four big factions in the senate, including those willing to accede to President Wilson's demand to modify the bone dry measures; those radical drys unwilling to make this concession; those who favor continuing beer and wine production. but who refuse to leave their ultimate disposal in the president's 1 hands; and those who oppose prohibition of anything, even whiskey. > (By Perry Arnold, United Press staff r correspondent) s (ContinuedonPage Two)

THEIR LAST VISIT Os the Kremers Family at Their Old Home—Reunion at Holland. Mich. THE OLD HOMESTEAD — To he Transformed to Hospital Soon—Will Kremers Family Attends.

rThe Holland (Mich.) Dally Sentinel II says of a reunion, attended by Will Kremers, manager of the Decatur branch of the Holland-St. Ixtuis Sugar s Company: , “One of the happiest family reunion 1 in the city is that of the Kremers famp lly at the beautiful Kremers home, cur s ner of Twelfth street and Central avenue. All of the sons. ■ with the exception of Dr. Edwatd » Kremers, are at home, the guests of r; their mother, Mrs. Henry Kremers for s i about two weeks, spending the last > days with her in the old home before 1 it is vacated permanently on being 1 converted into a hospital. The chll- ■ dren who have returned to the old 1 home come from widely separated 1 points and some traveled thousands 1 of miles to be present at the event. “Those taking part in the reunion > are: Will Kremers with his wife and two children, of Decatur: Robert E. with his wife and three children from Portland. Oregon; Clarence H.. with his wife and two children, from Kennett. California: Ernest, with his wife and baby, from Niagara Falls, N. Y. “Dr. Edward Kremers, who is sta- ■ tioned in San Francisco, made >m earnest effort to be one of the family group, but his connection with the United States army prevented it. He is required to hold himself ready fomilitary duty at a moment's notice at I any point the government may designate and hence- could not secure leave of absence at a time as critical as the present. “Soon after the Fourth of July the Kremers’ home will be vacated, and] placed at the disposal of the Holland i hospital committee to be converted into Holland's hospital. Mrs. Kremers) will then leave the place that has been) her home for many years, together with the beautiful plants that grown up under her care, and will for the present make her home at Niagara Falls, New York. UNION MEETING Churches of City to Unite Tomorrow Evening for First Service OF SUMMER SCHEDULE — Rev. Harman Will Preach at Presbyterian Church in the Evening. Tomorrow evening will be the first of the union Sunday evening services to be held by the various churches of the city, during July and a part of August. This will be hel dat the Presbyterian church and the Rev. F. H. Harmon, of the United Brethren church will preach the sermon. A union young people's meeting in charge of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavorers will precede the preaching service. The following is the summer schedule of union Sunday evening services: July Ist—(Presbyterian, speaker Rev. F. H. Harmon. July Bth—Methodist, speaker. Rev. L. W. Stolte. This will be a missionary service and Miss Esther Sellemeyer, appointed missionary to China, of the Reformed church, will speak. , July 15th—Christian, speaker, Rev. F. Rogers. July 22nd — Evangelical, speaker, , Rev. J. C. Hanna. July 29th —United Brethren, speak- . er, Rev. W. S. Mills. ■ August 5th —Zion Reformed, speaki er. Rev. F. Thornburg. August 12th —Baptist, speaker, Rev. W. P. Marsh. o f Erwin Hofstetter returned home this afternoon from Fort Wayne for ' a visit over Sunday with his parents.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, June 30, 1917.

' HAD A DELIGHTFUL TRIP ’ Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Knobler and daughter. Man-ella. and their chsoffour, Gerald Durkin, returned home last evening from a delightful motor trip, in the Kuebler car, through the east. They were gone two weeks mid during that time they visited at Cleveland, and there Mrs. Julius Spless and daughter, Helen, Joined them on their trip to Niagara Falls, Buffalo and other cities On their way home IL. y stopped at Westfield, N. Y. and visited with Mrs. Clever and Miss Leolta Bailey, both formerly of this city and also with Mrs. Jennie Fuhrman. They spent a short time at Tiffin with relatives on their route home. The trip was a delightful one, the car causing

them no trouble, with the exception < f one puncture when within 30 miles ■ f 1 this city. r o HOME WEDDING 1 i- ————— Simplicity and Beauty Characterize Nuptials of f Fanny Frisinger r AND MR. ROGER GIPE i Married at Two O’clock This Afternoon—Leave at Once on Trip. i i The ring ceremony, performed by 1 the Rev. J. ('. Hanna, of the Presbyterian church, this afternoon at two o’clock at the Frisinger home on W’nchester street, united the lives of M'ss Fanny Frisinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Frisinger, and Mr. Roger Gipe, of Alexandria. The nuptials, characterized by simplicity. were beautiful in every deta’l. Pink and white roses, prettily combined with greenery, made the home fragrant and beautiful for the wedding, and witnesses were the nearest relatives and friends. The bride's frock was a dainty dre.s of white crepe de chine, while the | groom wore the regulation attire of 1 blue. His brother, Will C. Gipe, of ■ Alexandria, served as best man and I the bride’s sister. Miss Mary Frisinger ! as maid of honor. Immediately after the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Gipe left for Kane, Penna., where they will spend their honeymoon with the groom's brother. For traveling Mrs. Gipe is wearing a lovely suit of gray silk poplin, with shoes ! and gloves, of the same color, the cos- | tume being complete with a black hit. i They will make their home at Cedar Rapids, lowa. Mr. Gipe is traveling salesman for the Phoenix Chair Company, of Sheboygan, Wis., traveling through lowa. Mrs. Gipe, who is a graduate of the Decatur higlt school and of Indiana j university, is a member of the local Tri Kappa and also of the Delta Gam- j ma sorority at Indiana university. She) has been teaching for the past year! in Delphos, O. She is a young lady i of many pleasing charms, attractive in appearance as well as in nature, and of her only the best can be said. Mr. Gipe is a young man of excellence and both he and his bride enjoy the esteem and friendship of hosts of acquaintances. Out of town guests at the wedding) today were Free Frisinger, of Akron. O.; and Miss Mildred Otto, and Maurice Birely, of Alexandria. HARD WORK AT FT. BENJAMIN Fort Benjamin Harrison, June 30,— (Special to Daily Democrat)—Officers in training at Fort Benjamin Harrison today started maneuvers over trenches which they have been digging all week. The men were taught the fine art of bomb throwing, bayonet charging and the artillery officers were given instructions in how to blast the way for the “doughboys” although they have no big guns with which to do the work. o PLEASANT MILLS FLAG RAISING; Pleasant Mills has its ninety foot pole ready for the flag raising tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 o’clock. The ’ speakers will be Hon. D. B. Erwin, this city; Lieutenant H. O. Jones. Berne; and Rev. Conway, Pleasant: Mills. A big time is anticipated. oPICNIC AT SV. JOHNS Many from here will attend the pie-) nic given by the children of St. Johns S Lutheran school Sunday. The Deca ) r tur band will play. Many will go out . on the interurban from here.

BURIAL SUNDAY Funeral of Mrs. Wni. IL Rupright Will be Held from Ossian Home. DEATH YESTERDAY Following Illness of Only Few Hours—Has Many Relatives Here.

* Mrs. William 11. Rupright, of Os slan, former Adams county woman, who died yesterday morning at 2:15 I o’clock after only a forty-eight hours' I illness, is a sister-in-law of Mrs. John Rex, of this city, and an aunt of Mrs. J. C. Sutton, besides having many rel- ■ atives among the Archbold families of this vicinity. An effort was made to save her life Thursday afternoon when Dr. Duetnling, of Fort Wayne, performed an operation for impaction of the bowels. | appendicitis and peritonitis. She never fully rallied, however, and her death came as a shock to the entire community. Francinia Archbold Rupright was the daughter of Thomas and Phoebe Church Archbold. She was born in Wells county, Feb. 4. 1849. She was married in 1870 to Mr. Rupright and they went to housekeeping in Adams county, living there only a year. They) then moved to a farm three and one half miles southeast of Ossian, then moving to Ossian, where they have lived about twenty years, Mrs. Rupright was the mother of five children, G. W. Rupright, three miles south of Ossian. Nellie, at home; Chas. IL, deceased; Lola, wife of Harry W. Beatty, and an infant, deceased. Two brothers survive. Robert Archbold, four miles east of Ossian, and Emmet Archbold, five miles eact of Ossian. Mrs. Rupright was a staunch member of the Presbyterian church, having become a member when she was a child. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home, in charge of Rev. Frank T. Baker, with burial in Oaklawn cemetery. K? OF C.° NOTICE. The business to come before the meeting Monday night is of very great importance. Your presence is wanted at this meeting. G. K. BODY ARRIVES Funeral Party Bringing Harry Leßrun from Paragould, Ark., Arrived AT 8:30 LAST NIGHT Body Taken to Home of Brother, Ollie, Until the Time of Funeral. The body of Harry Leßrun, who was drowned at Paragould, Ark., last Tuesday afternoon arrived here last evening at 8:30 o’clock over the interurban and was taken to the home of the brother, Ollie Leßrun on Patterson street. The death of the unfortunate young man was very unexpected. He had gone in swimming in Lake Ditch, near Hopkins bridge, at Paragould, about three o’clock in the afternoon. There were four companions with him. Suddenly they saw Mr. Leßrun sink. He came up one time and sank again never to arise. It is believed that ho was seized suddenly with cramps. It was about seven o'clock that night | that the body was recovered only a | short distance from the place where he had gone down. Funeral services for Mr. Leßrun will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock from the United Brethren church. The deceased, who was thirty-four I years of age, was unmarried, a painter and the son of Alex Leßrun. — o— MACABEES’ NOTICE AU Macabees meet at the hall at 9:30 Sunday morning. They will march from there to the Christian I church where Rev. Marsh will give j their Memorial sermon.

! TO HAVE X-RAY EXAMINATION. Mr. and Mrs. James Arnold, accompanied by Dr. O. L. Burgener, will leave tomorrow morning for Davenport, lowa, where they will have an X-Ray examination made at the Pal mer School of Chiropractic. About a year ago Mr. Arnold suffered a nervous breakdown and has never fully recovered, so he thought it wise to have the examination performed. Mrs. Arnold has been a sufferer front stomach trouble and she also will be examined by the X-Ray. A consultation will be held with Dr. Palmer, president of the school. The Palmer school is the largest in the United j States and the president is the founder of the profession of chiropractic. The nartv will nrnhnhtv •lit fb, I

1 pariy wm pronaniy retro to Dp , catur Wednesday. ; THE COURT NEWS n Haugk Case at Portland is s Continued Till Tuesday 9 —Exemption Board )• _ ’TO MEET MONDAY " Registration Board Busy Today — Women Are * Still in the Line. I The suit on bond and for account ing, “The First National Bank of Ft. j Wayne vs. Julius Haugk." which has been on trial in the circuit court all this week, will in all probability go to the jury by Saturday night . It was understood Friday that attorneys Wished to have the case continued until Monday. Saturday is the time fixed by law for the circuit court to close for the summer vacation but it is likely that the May term will continue for a few days next week. — Portland Commercial Review. Licensed to marry: Roger C. Gipe, traveling saleman. born May 2, 1887, son of Charles A. Gipe, of Alexandria, to wed Fannie M. Frisinger, teacher, daughter of John A. Frisinger Real estate transefers: Sylvester Spangler et al. to Kenneth S. Neotune, et al, lot 95, Decatur. $4,000; Decatur Cemetery Association to Henry Adler, lot 615, Decatur cemetery, $62.20: Old Adams County Bank to School City of Decatur, quit claim deed. The Adams county exemption board has called a meeting for Monday. The board which has the same members as the conscription board, organized yesterday with Sheriff Green, chairman; County Clerk Hammell, clerk; and Dr. E. G. Coverdale, physician member. The registration headquarters at the west end of the courthouse corridor, were popular today and clerks, Ves Peterson and Charles Ernst were kept busy. The total registering having reached the 466 mark at two o’clock. The throngs who came to town for auto day exercises took advantage of the day to register. Many women were among the number. In the case of George D. Roberts, if Muncie, vs. William J. Conway, et al. on note and foreclosure of mortgage, demand $15,000, tried at Knox. Judgment was rendered against Osa M. Graham and Everett C. Arnold, for SIBOO. No judgment was rendered against Jesse Koss, another defendant, endorser of the notes, who is thus relieved of costs. An order of sale of the land was made. o — POTATOES DROP—RETAIL PRICE STILL HIGH (United Press Service) Cleveland. June 30 —(Special to i Daily Democrat)—Potatoes have drop- • ped $5 a barrel in the past week, but the retail price has remained practically the same as it was a week ago. “The wholesale price has fallen and will fall still further,” said an authority on produce today, “but the retail ers are holding to high prices. Some retailers. It was estimated, are making 100 per cent profit on pineapples. ••—o ————— DUPONT MILL GOES UP Trinidad, Colo., Juno 30—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The plant of the Dupont Denemours Powder company, at Augusta, 25 miles north of here, was in ruins today and four men were dead as aresult of an explosion late yesterday which destroyed the press and coining mills.

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AN APPEAL FOR MANY MORE MEN “We’ve Got to Have Men if We Win This War’’ is Burden of Addresses AT PATRIOTIC MEET Last Evening—Court Room Scene of Another En-

thusiastic Gathering. . “Men! Men!! Men!!! We’ve got to have men if we are going to win this war. Men on the battlefield, not only j, ly in the trenches. The state has responded nobly to the liberty loan call, to the Red Cross call, to the call for food. But we have got to have men, too!" Such was the motif of the appeal T that ran like a refrain through the stirring addresses of the patriotic meeting held at the courthouse last - night.lt brought to the minds of the hearers that "enlistment week” is here —and for a purpose. In charge of the exercises were men who have given themselves and “theirs” for the cause and the appeal t rang true. Wltile the assembly was being made in the courtroom where people stood * after every seat had been taken., a paI triotic parade, lead by the city band tiand Fort Wayne drum corps passed , i through the streets. The Bov Scouts, t j the members of "Company A”, Deca’|tur’s noble volunteer band, with many 1 automobiles, comprised the line, di- ■ reding which was R. D. Myers, a. i Spanish American war veteran, as marshal. Cheers greeted the volun- . teer boys from points along the way. At the courtroom. Judge J. T. Merryman, who has given a son to the cause, presided, during the exercises. Rev. Harvey Hocker, a Monroe boy, who has been serving as a Methodist minister in Califom(a, but is now a chaplain in the regular army, was called to the circle and given a ch tir of honor among the speakers and their reception committee. A brief period of silent prayer, was impressive and then Judge Merryman announced the Rev. W. Paul Marsh as the first speaker. Rev. Marsh, who is known as the “fighting preacher" over sections of two states where he has been taking part in patriotic addresses the past several weeks, and stands ready to go to the front, when needed, touched on the patriotism of those who have given unreservedly their sons and daughters to the cause. Among the assembly were those who have sons now fighting on French soil, and some who have given daughters as Red Cross nurses, who are now on French soil. Rev. Marsh spoke very briefly, saying he was like “John the Baptist,” only a fore-runnner of greater to come. Moving swiftly, clearly and steadily forward the address of Rev. Dr. Folsom, of the Congregational church Fort Wayne, told how and why we got. into this war, and what we must do to win out. “You can't do your country a greater service than to enlist to de- . stroy the foe of humanity." he said. He - then told clearly how the enemy is the • foe of liberty. That our part in the r war is to determine whether we sttrI render our rights on the sea. whether we let the autocrat "Germany" step on t “Old Glory." and finally whether we I be all free or all slaves, was the statement. This was borne out in his outline of the Pan-German plan of 1911. in which he told of the plan of Germany to build an empire that could dictate policies to all. He outlined ‘ their plan of subjugation, told of their organization that had been in process for fifty years or more, looking forward to that purpose: how ninetenths of their plan had been fulfilled last year; and touched on the unpreparedness of our nation for war. That, the Pan-German plan has got to le stopped, that if the Germans win. down ainst come “Old Glory was the very plain and convincing statemer... followed with a plea for men to fight He made a plea to the women to send their sons, their husbands and sweethearts. The horrors heaped upon women, girls and children by the enemy in Europe were briefly suggested as an awful forfeit of rights that accompanied the conquest of the autocrat. Captain Thomas F. Ryan, of the regular army, now doing recruiting (Continued on Page Two)