Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1917 — Page 1

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RUSSIAN DRIVE NEARS LEMBERG German Army Has Been Broken and Separated from the Austrians. THE ARMY OF ( HINA Numbers Half Million Men —May Enter the War at Any Moment. (Unltoq Press Service) Petrograd. July 11—(Special to the Daily Democrat) General Kornllofil today drove still further into the; split in the Auslro-German lines the wedge of Russian invading forces which he has inserted south of Lem berg. Halicz has already fallen to the victorious Russian onslaught. The German army of General von Bothmer has been separated from the Austrian forces under General Kirbach. Roth forces are in immediate peril of a flanking movement of igreat strength. The drive against Lemberg gained ground every hour today. The suddenness of the Russian of | fensive in this Stanislau-Halicz sec- ■ tor. combined with the new vigor with which the Russians attacked, r has completely demoralized the eni enty. How broken are the Teutonic i defenses is illustrated in the con- | stant utilization of cavalry in the i Russian advance. The break in the I . enemy morale is best shown by the i large number of prisoners so far I ■ taken. From the fact that Russian art il- ( Ilery was roaring over parts of the ' Riga front today, it was believed here that the Russian offensive move ■ nt< nt would shortly be extended to! * this theater of the war. The RigaMitua line is admittedly one of the of the enemy fronts. Germany used her strength here to back L up threats of a drive on to Petro--5 grail. z BULLETIN. Amsterdam, July 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The German government was reported today to have "aoreed to retire five of the Prussian state ministers in addition to Foreign Secretary Zimmermann, Vice Chancellor .Helfferich, and Colonial Secretary Sols. in a compromise with the centrist-socialist reformers. This is the first time the name of Dr. Sols has been brought into the German rumors of cabinet changes. He is a strong conservative. Tienstein, July 11—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —The cordon of republican troops about Peking was complete today. Unconditional surrender of the imperialistic troops seems inevitable.

London, July 11— (Special to Daily ( Democrat)—The British government took a step today to punish the officials responsible for the failure of < the first Mesopatamian expedition. < In the house of commons Counsel- ) lor of Exeheuquer Bonar laiw an- I nounced the institution of a t.ew I court of inquiry to hear all charges l against the officials involved in the I scandal, including members of the < British cabinet at the time. Law announced that all officials . concerned have ceased their governmental functions pending the new inquiry. Washington, D. C., July 11 (Special to Daily Democrat)—China will soon be ready and willing to draw upon her countless hordes of men to aid in beating Germany. In fact, oriental diplomats today predicted that she will enter the war with an initial contribution of 500,000 men. She has twenty million men who are physically capable of military age. With the first half-million already equipped and excessive resources to iot further supplies. the authorities believe China’s part in the war would solve her trouble inasmuch as training her people in the way of battle and would make the nation strong to resist what might threaten later-Japan’s aggressions. Washington, jV17“ll-(Special to; Daily Democrat)- President Wilson probably will quickly "put the screws’, on a dallying congress. With fresh delays resulting from substitution of a milder food bill it* the senate and an agreement to vole thereon July 21, the president today wss confronted with Herbert Hoovers

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direct warning that delay now is peril OUR. Radical revision of the food bill, now before the senate agriculture committee will strip the measure oi its present prohibition status. h will be left with a provision to forbid distillation of spirits, without providing for seizure of present hard liquor stocks, while prohibition of beer and wine will lie left up to the president (United Prm»< Rarvic®) Paris, July 11 (Special to Daily !,Democrat) Repulse of German raids around Sapignaul, in the Champagne, was reported in today’s official statement. A number of prisoners were taken. On the left hank of the Meuse artillery fighting was active. In the Woevre. north of F'lfrey, the Ger mans were thrown back in sharp lighting. (United Press Service) Stockholm. July 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) Sweden today instructed her minister at Berlin to lodge formal protest with Germany against the torpedoing of Swedish fishing vessels. (United Press Service) London. July 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—A strong German attack around Nieuport (Belgium) succeeded in penetrating British positions on a front of 1.400 yards. Field Marshal Haig reported today. "Around Nneuport the enemy at tacked determinedly.” the British commander in chief reported. “Our dunes defenses were levelled arfd he succeeded in penetrating our positions on a front of 1.400 yards, reaching to the right of the Yser near Jhe sea. "The enemy penetrated the dunes to a depth of <OO yards." Nieuport is about two miles from the sea at the extreme left of the fighting line in Belgium. From there to the sea the terrain is flat and sandy. The river Yser’s mouth empties into th' ocean between Westende and Broeders-Duynen.

General Haig said that the bridges acress the Yser and other waterways had been destroyed, isolating the dunes sector near the coast and opposite Lombartzyde. "The enemy gained the positions temporarily,” he added. “Counterattacks drove him back.” BULLETIN. London. July 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Direct hits on the Turk-ish-German cruiser Goeben were made in the aerial attack against the Turco-German fleet in the Golden Horn, according to an admiralty announcement today. The attacking squadron of aeroplanes suffered no losses. Zurich. July 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The full meeting of the reichstag scheduled for today has been postponed “on account of party differences,” according to word received here from Berlin. Imperia! Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg was conferring with leaders of all factions. One dispatch carries the report that all the Prussian state ministers had resigned their posts.

(By Webb Miller, United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, D. C„ July 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The great draft lottery is waiting upon the organization of a few hundred exemption boards. Within twenty-four hours after the last board is ready the draft will occur. One lagging board will hold up the whole machine. This point has been called to the attention of every board with a plea for haste. More than 3,000 boards are ready with their registration lists serially numbered and on file in the provost marshal general’s office. Although the plan is known in a general way, the final draft of the scheme for drawing the first levy of 687.000 men is again before President Wilson for approval. Minor changes were made at the last moment. The census bureau today completed new population estimates for use of the war department in apportioning the burden that each state, city and county must bear in furnishing men for the draft armies. The new estimates show a population of the United States proper of 103,893.684.

FOR MEN, ALSO A special invitation has also been extended to the men of the city and county to come to the courthouse Thursday evening when Dr. Effie McCollum Jones will speak to the women on the suffrage question. Mrs. J. S. Peterson, county chairman of the Franchise league received word from the district chairman today asking that a special invitation be giv m to the men to attend also

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, .July 11, 1917.

INJURY TO SPINE Suffered by Elzey .Jackson, Prominent Farmer of St. Mary’s Township. IN FALL FROM HORSE I Was Thrown Backward, Alighting on Back of Head and Shoulder. Elzey Jackson, a prominent farmer of St. Marys township is another vi •• tint of the many that occur during the hayfrig season, anti is in a quite serious condition at his home, a mile! east of Bobo, the result of an accident 1 that occurred about three o’clock| Monday afternoon, injuring the upper! part of his spine and the spinal cord. Mr. Jackson who had been cutting hay on his farm, had mounted his horse, sitting sidewise, for the ride up the lane to the barn, following a load of hay that was being taken there. Overhanging branches from trees along the way. caught some of the hiy from the load, and this in turn switched into the face of the horse on which Mr. Jackson was riding. The horse reared and Mr. Jackson was thrown off backwards, falling on the back of his head and his left shoulder. The severe strain on the upper part of the spine and cord caused him much suffering during the “clear" interval, which was from the time of the o<curence of the injury to twenty-four hours thereafter, after which he sank into a period of semi-consciousness Unless he shows recovery soon, iie will be taken to the hospital in Fort Wayne for an x-ray examination.

SHE GETS MORE Adams County Will Receive from State School Fund $506.28 More THAN SHE PAH) IN Will Receive Sum of sls,795.07—Distribution is ' Made. Adams county paid into the common school fund the sum of $15,288.79 and will receive $15,795.07, which is $505 - 28 more than she paid in to the state fund. This is according to the announcement of apportionments made fro i the office of the state superintendent of education. This is $2.33 for every school child in the county. The total amount distributed in the semiannual apportionment is $1 ■ 804,915.86. There are 774,642 school children in the state. Wells county paid in $14,451.86 and received $13.399.83. Blackford county paid in $9.571.76. Huntington county paid in $21,254.76 and received $18,640.00. Many of the larger counties paid in much more money than they received in the apportionment. The total amount of money to be distributed was $1,808,578.09, made up of the following items: State school tax returns, $1,596,406.84; common school fund interest collected since the last semi-annual apportionment, $289,605.28: funds from unclaimed fees and simillar sources, $1,208.0.; amount derived from balance of examination . fees, $871.61; balance in state treasury from last apportionment $3,498.42.

Out of the state school tax, before the apportionment was made, the state deducted $83,013.15 for the deficiency fund, which is kept on hand, according to law, to assist the poorer school corporations of the state when they find they can not continue school terms for the full allotted time. All the money on hand except $3.662.23, was distributed by the apportionment. —oSALEM SOCIAL The Ladies’ Aid society of the Salem M. E. church will give an ice cream I social on the church lawn on Saturday evening, July 14. Plenty of all kinds ' of refreshments will be served and a I good time is assured.

REV MARSH AT ROCKFORD j Will Speak at Great Flag Raising Occasion Rockford, 0., is advertising a Red Cross flag raising, Sunday afternoon at two o’clock, July 15. Three patriotic speeches will l.e given. Maj r Cussig, of Toledo, has promised that the war deparment will send a good man for the occasion; and Rev. W. Paul Marsh, of Decatur; and Rev. L. E. Ames, of Rockford, will speak. Patriotic music will be furnished by four bands. Vocal music will be given by the Rod (Toss quartet. The Rockford branch of Mercer county chapter t.f Red cross requests the attendance of all, and their co-operation on his patriotic occasion. This will be the eleventh flag raising address given by the Rev. Marsh in the past two and a half months.

INTERMENT HERE A. I). Edington. Former Decatur Boy, Died in Fort M ayne After an ILLNESS OF SIX YEARS Funeral Thursday from the Residence—Brought Here for Burial. A. D. Edington, former resident of this city, better known here as "Dee" Edington, a son of the late James St. and Elizabeth Edington, died Tuesday moring at one o'clock at his residence in Fort Wayne. He was ill six years. Mr. Edington was forty-nine years old and leaves a widow, one son. Allen; four brothers, and a sister. The brothers inchide James. Clark and Frank. The sister. Ella, is married and resides at Ossian. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at ten o’clock from the residence. 424 West Butler street and interment will be in the Decatur cemetery, about 11:30 o'clock. This wll be an auto funeral. The deceased is well known here, having many relatives here.

COURT HOUSE NEWS. Joseph C. Fogle and John W. Kraner have tiled a petition asking that Hiram Kraner be declared a subject for guardianship. He is eighty-one years of age, and on account of age and infirmity of mind and body, they allege he is incapable of managing n,s estate. His estate includes eigh.y acres of land in VV abash township and they state that in the past twff years he has not been capable of managing it and has incurred a large amount of indebtedness on the same, because of becoming surety on notes and other obligations and has obligated his land and property. L. Walters is the attorney for the petitioners.

Robert Schwartz took out letters of administration on the estate of < hii.-• ian Gerber, with bond of SIO,OOO. I. C. Sutton and H. B. Heller are the estate’s attorneys. County Clerk~wilT Hammell today mailed his quarterly report of natii'alization for April. May and June to the bureau of naturalization at Washington, D. C. There are five applications for final naturalization to be heard at the next semi-annual hearing. They are those of Jacob Schaffer, Louis Achille Brunner, Fred C. Hoeneisen, Adam Schlagenhauf, Lewis Bohne. The fees for these amounts to S2O. There are eleven applications for firs (naturalization papers, the fees from this source, amounting to sll.

Real estate transfers; Arthur J. Delon, et al., to Elmer E. Arbuckle, 80 acres of Wabash township. sl. REGISTER WEDNESDAY EVENING In order to accomodate the public the registering booth in the court house will remain open until nine o'clock Wednesday evening’s every week until registration is over. If you can’t look after this important duty during the day be sure not to overlook it on Wednesday evenings.

ROTARY CLUB MEET TONIGHT The Decatur Rotary club will meet this evening at 7:45 at the city hall. Nominations for the annual election of officers for the ensuing year will take place and every member/sh Hid be present. Important business nutters will also be discussed.

WORKERS NEEDED At Red Cross Shop—Teachers go to (’lass Often With Vacant Seats. THE SECOND BOX Os Surgical Dressings Taken to Ft. Mayne Today Also of Garments. More workers are needed at Jte local Red Cross shop al the library.' There are many vacant places at the work tables, and oftentimes teachers go to class with every seat vacant. One evening a woman from the coun-i try came in to take the work and | found herself the only one there, except those in charge. The people should awaken to a greater realization of the need to supply the great demand for surgical dressings, and should spend as much time as they can. helping in the making of the bandages, compresses and other surgical dressings, which are needed so much on the battle field. There is also need for more workers in the gaarinentmaking department. The second large box of surgical dressings has been completed, also a box of garments, and these will be taken to the headquarters at Fort Wayne this evening. In the cities, it is said the course of instruction that is given free hole, cannot be secured for less than ten dollars, so considering it from a selfish standpoint only, the people who do rot take advantage of the opportunity to help humanity, are losing much in a personal way also. If yon have the time and want to help humanity, report for work at the Red Cross shop at the library.

FLAG IN THE SKY Created Considerable Excitement Last Night— Only a Reflection FROM A SPOT LIGHT Flag Over City Hall Thrown on Screen of Clouds in the Northeast. Did you see the American flag mir aged in the northern sky last night? It was there and we confess that it made a fellow feel just a little creepy. Several people telephoned

us that the flag could be seen and a crowd from this office went on the hunt. The flag could easily be seen floating i nthe center of a yellowish white spot light. At times the flag would float out in a thrilling manner and we heard various explanations ami guesses as to what it meant, a bloody war. peace and victory, some omen dreadful or otherwise, and finally we came to the corner of First and Monroe streets from where we could get a splendid view and we followed the stream of light that seemed to play upon the clouds. The cause of the mirage was quickly solved. Under certain atmospheric conditions with a bank of clouds as a curtain the spot light on the city hall acting as a picture lantern throws upon the cloud-screen the reflection of the flag. It was worth seeing anyway, and was really a beautiful sight, but absolutely nothing which need alarm any one.

ILL OF DIPHTHERIA Eijne, wife of Dr. A. L. Hickman, of Hammond, who has been ill since Saturday of diphtheria at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Steele, of West Monroe street, is better. A trained nurse from Fort Wayne is in attendance. Mrs. Hickman became ill while here on a visit. This is her second attack of diphtheria, having experienced one in childhood. Antitoxine was administered both time o o AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH There will be a short prayer meeting, beginning at 7;30 p. m. this evening. At the close of the prayer service the choir will meet and rehearse the music for next Lord’s Day. very large attendance is desired.

DR. JONES ON VOTING To the women of the county: The man who said women were too scatterbrained and unreliable to ie trusted with the ballot wasn't a farmer. The farmer knows better. A farm run without a woman’s help isn’t much of a farm. And a government that is run without the advice of women Is a one-sided government. It, Is because the farmers of cur western states and of the Provinc‘s of Canada, knew this that they gave their women the vote. How about the farmers of Ibis state? Hear what Dr. Effie McCullum Jones will say Thusday evening at the court house, of interest to women voters. A NEW PASTORATE Rev. F. G. Rogers Accepts Call to Calvary Baptist Church, St. Louis, Mo. HIS LAST SERMON Here Will be Sunday Morning—Rev. Hamilton, of Wren, Conies Here. Rev. F. G. Rogers, for two years and eight months pastor of the local, Baptist church, will preach his last, sermon here next Sunday morning. I having tendered his resignation here | to take effect at that time, which the board accepted, that he might accept the call to the Calvary Baptist church at St. Louis, Mo., which he has had under consideration for the past eight weeks. He and his family will leave here about July 19» His resignation here is the cause of mutual regret to himself and congregation. But during his pastorate; here he has had five other calls and he has seen l>est to accept this lsujt.| one. especially on account of the largeness of the work. He will be succeeded here by the Rev. Hamilton of Wren. Ohio, who will ,e at the prayer service this evenjng. when consideration of the matter will be made. It is desired that all members be present tonight to take part in the service. The sermon next Sunday morning' will be Rev. Rogers’ last one here, on ! account of the evening union serv-

Rev. Rovers and his family have many friends here, both among the ministers and laymen, who will be. sorry of the severance of the ties of association. oCAMPFIRE GIRLS’ HAVE STAND Company 1. of the Wasteya branch of the Campfire girls, under Miss Ruby Miller, assistant of Miss Helen Niblick. guardian, have arranged to ho’d a stand on the Boston store corner, Thursday, during circus day crowds, to raise funds for their proposed out ing at the lakes this summer. T h e girls will have refreshments of many kinds to sell and ask the patronage of the public. The yjrls of this division include Veronica Anker. Kathr-n Kocher, Mary Suttles, Leona Hunskker, Helen Myer, Gladys and Lucile Butler.

ATTENDS BROTHER'S FUNERAL. W. H. Sheler has returned from Howard City, Michigan, where he attended the funeral of his brother, C. A. Sheler, who died Sunday night, following a twenty-four hour illness. He was stricken with paralysis Saturday night. He was seventy-one years and eleven months old and is survived by the widow. The funeral was held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.

HEAR DR. JONES THURSDAY All the people cannot meet In January at the constitutional convention We must delegate that right to a few. You are to send a delegate to do f< ■ you that which you can not do yourself. Will the delegate you send properly represent you? Come, hear Dr. Effie McCullen Jones, Thursday night at the court house. □_ LEASES LIVERY AND FEED YARD J, R. Tumbleson has leased the livery and feed yard of Ernest Schlickman, located at the corner of Monroe and Third streets and is ready to greet all patrons there. Fred Liniger recent proprietor, has retired from the business.

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RADICAL CHANGES >i I Are Expected in the German Cabinet Within I Forty-eight Hours. CENTRIST LEADERS M ill Force Ministry to Make Certain Concessions of Importance. (United Press Service) Amsterdam, July 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A coalition cabinet I in Germany is Impending, according to dispatches received here today quoting the newspaper Germania. In another Berlin dispatch the Germania was quoted as announcing the centrist party in Germany by overwhelming majority approving Matthias Erzberger's efforts to force the reichstag to go on record for a statement of Germany’s war aims. Amsterdam. July 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A crisis involving cabinet changes in Germany is imminent. Reports received here today lead to the belief that while Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg will weather the storm, radical changes in the cabinet may be expected within the next 24 or 48 hours. That Hollweg has the backing of the , kaiser is certain. It is believed however, that it will ibe necessary for the chancellor to ' sacrifice some of the men he has j sponsored in the past to maintain even half hearted support from the cen-trist-majority socialists coalition. All dispatches from Germany are heavily censored. Just what is transpiring behind tho scenes of the big political fight is problematical. | It is certain, however, that the .‘.ubmarine war and the food situation 1 within Germany are playing a big part. To date there has been nothing to -n---dicate that the military situation has I been a subject of criticism. All parI ties seem to be satisfied that Hindenburg has the west front well in hand and the Russian offensive is expected i to wear itself out. There is a disposition, on the other I hand, to demand more satisfactory re- ! suits from the submarines, or abandon the warfare which has alienated neutrals. If the submarines can win for Germany, all will accept the war fare. But promises of England "being brought to her kjiees" with the date for such capitulation steadily advanced have apparently ceased to he convincing.

Whether Hollweg’s retention of his post would be at the price of the resignations of at least two and •osrdbly three of his ministers, or without any sacrifice seemed to depend on the pt es sure which the kaiser will be able to exert on the political recalcitrants in the reichstag. Dispatches showed no dimunitioa in the stress created last week by the attack of the centrist leader. Matthiis Erzberger on Hollweg and the demand of the centrist and socialist leaders for internal reforms. It was indicated however, that many of the centrist party members were wavering in their opposition to Hollweg because of the kaiser’s backing and would probably be pacified into support of the ministry—if certain concessions | were made. Foremost among these concessions, it was reported, was decision of 'he German government to reform the Prussian electoral system. Other sacrifices to hold Hollweg in his place were understood to be the resignations of Foreign Secretary Allred Zimmerman. Vice Chancellor Carl Heiferrich and possibly also Admiral von Capelle. minister of marines. A number of Prussian state .officials were also scheduled to go. Several German newspapers are quoted here today as stating Chancellor Hollweg had pledged the rei• list ig that Zimmerman and Helfferich would step down. Chancellor Hollweg’s firm declination to subscribe to the doctrine of it peace without annexations has gaineed for him the tremendously powerful support of the junkers, including the all-powerful Krupp business interests. Heretofore the chancellor has not had their entire support because the junkers recalled it was Hollweg who opposed the unlimited submarine pro(Continued on Page Four)