Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1917 — Page 1

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FRENCH FORCE BACK GERMANS Violent Assault Made by French Before Germans Could Attack. CLAMOR FOR PEACE ——' ■ /A Lance Crowd of Germans Shout Peace Plans at V on Hindenburg. (United Pres*. Service) (By Henry Wood, United Press Staff Correspondent) With the French armies in the field, July 16 (Special to Daily Democrat) The most terrific Itomhardment Germany has yet concentrated against the French lines was massed Saturday night In a desiterate attempt to fore hack General Petain's troops from new positions around Moronvilliers crest which they had won by a new style of surprise attack. Today with the consolidations of he French lines effected in subsequent fighting, the French grip on Moroavilliers was tightening with vise-like hold. In fury for this enclosing pressure the Germans Saturday night sheled several villages in Champagne five or six miles from the front. It seemed as though this fire was solely to vent German rage at the French success. The shells fell in many villages where Red Cross ambulances wore stationed, including a section of the American ambulance corps waiting to go to the front for wounded. All the Americans escaped unharmed. The Champagne struggle began early in the week with extensive preparations for attack by the Germans. The French defenders were fully apprised of these preliminaries. They saw construction of a new trench front which the German attack was destined to start. They knew that three new divisions (approximately 45,000 men) including the seventy fourth Hanover regiment, had been brought up into the line. The Hanovrians were to hear the brunt of the assault. They knew’ these attacking troops had been rehearsed back of the line for the part they were to play in the struggle. Then the French began preparations of their own for attack. For three days the French artillery roared out a preparatory fire. iaite Saturday evening this preparation decreased. The French purposely timed the slackening fire to deceive the Germans into thinking an attack was imminent. But the usual attacking hours passed'. Along towards 7:30, the Germans began to figure that there was no assault coming. The enemy hauled down their observation sausage baloons apparently convinced that the day was I ending in tranquility. Suddenly at 4:35 the French reopen-1 ed a redoubled artillery bombardment. Almost simultaneously the French infantry leaped out of their trenches. Across the line the Germans tried i hastily to shoot up their observation sausages in an endeavor to find nit what was happening. But before the baloons could reach heights sufficient for observation, the French had won their victory. Poilus held the tops of both Monts Teton and Haut— exactly j the objectives planned for them. Within less than five minutes the Germans, with the gigantic artillery concentration which they had massed for their abortive attack opened the most terrific bombardment 1 have vet witnessed anywhere along he French front. The summits of both Haut and Teton were quickly enveloped in seeth ing smoke. The sides were a living • furnace of burning grenades, incendiary shells, exploding munitions cacne and flaming material generally. Into this literal furnace the German launched their counter-attacks; The desperate character of the light. g which ensued was apparent from the countless rockets that flamed into the French and German troops both sent them up, signalling advances shortening of the barragei fire, a change in artillery ranges and oth r fluctuations of the battle. Night fell on this scene but the darkness was hardly noticed in the flaming of the rockets and the explosions. It was at light as day. The Germans finally gave it up. They let the French hold on tight ■ their gains. Before morning th< Poilus had consolidated their new pa sitions and gripped still tighter thei

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! hold on the Moronvllllers crest, dom jinatlng the entire champagne front. I Amsterdam. July If. (Special it Dally Democrat) The Internal rtrug gle in Germany today definitely turn ed upon the question of terms and peace, ’ The next step | n the political fig it. ■which has held the attention of ho world for the past week will come in peace resolution put forward by the majority parties In the relchstag. The | I.okal Anzeiger today reports a popu- ; lar peace demonstration as having I taken place upon the departure cf I Field Marshal von Hindenburg fi r i headquarters following his conference with the party loaders In Berlin. A large crowd was on hand when the field marshal departed. Shouts immediately arose as Hindenbu'g appeared. "Give us a good peace," the crowd shouted. Then came cries from other people of: "Give us an early peace." Hindenburg silently saluted. The Vorwaerts. commenting on the majority's peace formula, which broadly, is a declaration of no annexations and no indemnities, .declares: "Any chancellor must accept these principles.” As yet Dr. Michaels, the new chancellor, has made no statement of his policies. His position is unknown. But expressions from German newspapers received here today generally are to the effect that the new chancellor must accept the reichsatflg majority's will. This is in spite of the general interpretation of neutrals that the unhorsing of von Bethmann-Holl-weg was a victory for the crown prince and von Hindenburg pressing their relentless war program. The Frankfurter Zeitung declares: “Dr. Michaels is Prussian in the best sense of the word but is not particularly Prussian." "It his selection is to benefit ibe fatherland he must work with the majority. Whether he is in a position to do this not known,” The Mannheim Volkestimme, leading socialist organ of Baden, promises Michaels the supfiorl of the socFalsitdemocrats if he carries nut the politics of the majority. "Peace and freedom must be his program.” the paper declares. Dispatches from Berlin today indicated that German newspapers were just as much at sea on guesses as to the new chancellor's policies as observers in neutral countries. Dr. Michaels is lauded as fair minded an I energetic but none of the editorial*-' hazard any opinion on what he intends to do in Hollweg’s position. This was true even of the outright junker newspapers. The belief was hazarded by several newspapers that Mich aelis inclines more to the conservative than the radical wing. It was significant that now Hollwcg has been retired, certain of the con servative organs do not hesitate to call his policies as chancellor "personal” indicating the dissatisfaction if the junkerites with the course of compromise with which the former chancellor so long maintained his domina tion in Germany. Rome. July 16—(Special to Daily I Democrat) —Report of the Russian >ecupation of Dolina (in Galicia) was received here today. The Austrians, it was said, had been thrown back into the Carpathians. Dolina is an important Galician cent j er, 22 miles southeast of Stryj, and I about 15 miles southwest of Kaluseh. i It is another of the key cities around Lemberg which lies thirty miles to the ! north. ' Berlin, (via London) July 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—“ln west 1 Champagne and in the Somme our 1 first line trenches remained in the 1 enemies hands at the end of the nights ! fighting,” declared today's official • statement. “At Hochberg our cap- - tures were not maintained. At Cpchelberg we again reached our old line 1 after bitter hand to hand fighting. A e considerable number of prisoners and * a few machine guns were captured.” B Os the fighting on the eastern front B the statement said: “In the wooded 8 Carpatheons the Russians were re--8 pulsed.” V .. - a London. July 16—(Special to Daily ‘ r Democrat)—Kaiser Wilhelm accepted H Chancellor Hollweg's resignation with a heavy heart according to a letter e quoted in dispatches received here IS this afternoon. Washington, July 16—(Special tt ’• Daily Democrat) —A resolution direct t'» ing the secretary of commerce to dis ,e close the system whereby the recen o- draft figures were obtained and th< ir (Continued on Page Two)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, July 16, 1917.

WAS EIGHTY-NINE O Min. ... i Mrs. Wm. Presdorf, Aged Lady of Berne, Died Saturday Night. 0 |WAS ILL MANY WEEKS — ■ Grandmother of Mrs. J. C. f r Moran—Funeral Will be Tuesday Morning. i — • ’ Mrs. William Presdorf, of Berne, whose death occurred Saturday night I at eight o'clock at her home at Berne, I was one of the pioneer women of the 'county, having arrived at the age cf I eighty-nine years last memorial day. I Mrs. Presdorf was the grandmother I I of Mrs. John C. Moran, this city, and I has many other relatives in the county. Death resulted after a long illness of twenty-two weeks in its most serious phase, although she had been in frail health for the past fifteen years. Mrs. Presdorf was born in Bern. Switzerland, and was there marri * I to Samuel Beitler. They came al once to this county, settling in French township. It was there that al! their children were born, they beting Mrs. Lena Yager, Mrs. Elizabeth Ellenberger, John and Sam Beitler. of Berne, and Beitler. of Monroe, The youngest was but a tiny babe when Mr. Beitler was called to the civil war. He was killed in »bo war and his family never saw him again. The widow was married to a Mr. Stuckey, for her second husband, and there are two sons. i’. E Stuckey, of Berne and Fred Stuck??’, cf Chattanooga, 0., surviving. Mr. Presdorf, to whom she was married, following the death of her second husband, survives He is eightysix years of age and during the past . year, has. become totally blind The funeral of Mrs Presdorf will be held Tuesday morning from the Reformed church at Brine o ■ —■ SOME New Record for Eeating Ice Cream Was Established Saturday Night. BENJAMIN AMERINE New Title Holder—Ate Ten Dishes of Delicacy in Twenty Minutes. There are champions and champions. Jesse Willard may be the worldfs heavyweight champion and Francis Ouimet, the golf champion and Ty Cobb the champion hitter, but the champion that affects us locally is a newly discovered ice cream ■ eater. One may at first wonder what an ice cream champion is but a few minutes’ perusal of this article will I enlighten all to Decaturs wonder. If . a belt goes with this new championI ship the belt will no doubt have to > be loosened a few notches every time the holder displays his prowess. The battle for the crown was stag- ' ed at the West End restaurant last t Saturday. Mr. Benjamin Amerine, a r well known Decatur resident, was the ? only participant for the title. His •* opponent was Father Time. 1 In the course of the evening’s coni' versation some of the men who were i- in the restaurant at the time of the b bout, started a discussion concerning \ the edibility of ice cream. The dis--1 cussion waxed hot and furious and •’ the climax of it was a daring wager, t One of the older men agreed to pay (1 for ten dishes of ice cream if Mr. Amerine agreed to eat them in thirty minutes, otherwise failing, he -w-otM have to pay for his own nourishy ment. d The scene was cleared for action h and the celebrated race with time ■r commenced. With tense faces the e spectators stood with watches ir hand watching Mr. Amerine attack dish after dish of frozen food. Witt 0 sweat of righteous labor on his brow t- young Don Hower, the ice cream dis s- penser, filled dish after dish until hii it arms ached and he longed for rest le But still Mr. Amerine ate on. A ~ last the tenth dish was finished as th<

■ time keepers sought their watches. ■ But, 10, and behold! ■ The watches showed only twenty minutes had elapsed, the winner beating his owrf time by ten minutes. 1 Figured up, this makes an average of a half dish a minute, or thirty dishes an hour, giving Mr. Amerine the undisputed world’s champion ship. . CO TO LAKE WAWASEE A large, number from here left today for luike Wawasee, where they will attend the district Epworth league convention there this week. Among those who went were Rev. F. F. Thornburg and family, Mrs. (’. L. Walters and children, Nola Snyder. Irela E*win, Mrs. Janies Stults ami daughters, Faye and Naomi. o JULY WEDDINGS t . Wedding of Ella Bleeke and 1 Louis Gerke Will be Next Sunday at :THE BLEEKE CHURCH Edith Lord. Daughter of Enos Lord, Elopes to Centerville, Mich. One of tlie big July weddings will be that of Ella Bleeke, daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bleeke, prominent residents of Union township, and Mr. Louis Gerke, a well known lecturer of Fort Wayne. The wedding will take place next Sunday afternoon at three o'clock it the Bleeke Lutheran church. One (hundred forty guests have been bidden to the 'wedding feast and the festivities Incident thereto, at the home of the bride’s parents, after the church ceremony. Edith Lord Elopes Miss Edith Lord, (laughter of 'EnosLord. of 3639 Barr street, eloped to Centerville, Mich., during the past week and was married to Karl Austrup, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Austrup, of 332 East Wayne street. The parents of the couple objected to their marriage because of thfj'r youth, but have now forgiven them, it is said, and they are at home for the present with a sister-in-law of the bride on Masterson avenue. The groom is employed by the Wabash Railway company.—Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. o DAVID BARKER DEAD A Marion paper that reached the exchange table at this office today tells of the death of David Barker, 69. retired glass manufacturer of Marion, father of Mrs. Ned Steele, former Decatur lady. He died very suddenly last Friday morning, of heart trouble. The body was taken (o the former home at Marion, 0., for burial. He was acquainted with Decatur people. NAME ASSISTANT Harold Henneford is Named Vice Principal of High School I AT SPOKANE, WASH. Newly Created Position — I Has Been Teacher There for Three Years. - When Harold Henneford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Henneford, of Vera ’ Cruz, and brother of Mrs. Dan Niblick, this city, returns to Spokane, 1 Washington, this fall, after spending ' his summer vacation here, he will J take up a new phase of work, having been promoted to the position of vice [, principal of the Lewis and Clark high t ‘ school, said to be the largest high school in the United States. n Mr. Henneford has been instructor e of German for the past three years e at this high school, and while he has n been promoted to the position as as--15 sistant to Principal Hart, he will also h have charge of German classes in conw nection therewith. The position of s- assistant principal is a newly created Is position there. t. A newspaper from Spokane speaks Lt in high praise of Mr. Henneford and le his work.

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VETERAN IS DEAD Geo. McWhirter Survives Daughter, Mrs. Zimmerman, One Week. PASSED AWAY SUNDAY At Home of Daughter in Ft. Wayne—Funeral Will be Tuesday Morning. Surviving his daughter, Mrs. William R. Zimmerman, just a week to 1 the very day. and within a half hour • of the exact week, George McWhlr ter. prominent Adams county retir | ed man, a veteran of the civil war. I died Sunday at 9:05 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. H. Lane. 1421 Harrison street. Fort Wayne. Death was due to Bright’s disease. Mr. McWhirter had made his home with his daughter since the death of his wife four years ago. Prior to that time, they had lived near Peterson and were prominent residents of their community, residing there for about twenty-five years. Mr. McWhirter was eighty years of age last December 25. He was born on Christmas day. 1837, and was a native of the county of Armuth, Ireland. His wife was formerly Katherine McConnehay. Mr. McWhirter, who served faithfully and well for his country in the civil war. was a member of the G. A. R. He was a member of the Methodist church. Surviving children are Mrs. H. W. Crist. Elkhart, Mrs. E. 11. Lane. Fort Wayne; George McWhirter. Johnsonburg. Penna. Hugh McWhirter of this city is a brother. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at Peterson, the Rev. Manford Wright officiating. Military Record The following furnished by Robert (Continued on Page Two) DRAW NEXT WEEK The Great Draft Lottery Will be Held First of , Next Week. A DRAFTED MAN ; Must File Claim for Exemption Within Seven Days After Draft. (United Press Service) (By Webb Miller. United Press Staff , Correspondent) Washington, D. C„ July 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —With only twelve states yet to report "ready," war department officials today hoped the great draft lottery might be held Saturday. A burst of over Sunday speed filled the department cabinets with nearly 4,000 draft rolls —more than eight million names of men eligible (or democracies’ armies. Unless there is unlooked for delay, the drawing will be held not later than the first of next week. Within twenty-four hours after the drawing (he district exemption boards will begin cutting out men disqualified by physical grounds and exempted by the mandatory regulations. They are allowed only a specified number of , days to make each move. The regulations will allow no dallying. Here are the steps outlined by the J provost marshal general’s office and ( the time allowed for them: After the physical examination, the ’ drafted men must file his claim for exemption, if any. within seven days. 1 He then has ten days to file affida--1 vits to support his claim. Then the local board mst decide r upon the claim in three days. With--8 in two days thereafter the board 8 must post a list of the men and the ‘ disposition of the case. 0 Ten days are allowed to file an appeal to the upper or appellate board f and five days more are allowed to file J additional affidavits of evidence to ; support the claim. s 1 The appellate board is given five d days to pass upon the claim and mail . notice that the claim is good or that

| ihe claimant must go to a mobiliza tlon camp. Th? time limits are set to get men Into the camps at the earliest possi Ide moment. > Nominations for all appellate boards are before President Wilson Although yet unannounced, hoards in three states have been appointed. Many men named for places are na tionally known. o— - MISS RAILING OPERATED ON 1 Miss Minnie Railing, daughter of i Mr. and Mrs. John Railing, of east of the city, was operated upon last, Thursday. Dr. E. J. McOscar, of Ft. Wayne; Dr. D. I). Clark and Dr. C. S. Clark, of this city, performed the operation. Miss Fife a nurse from the Hope hospital is in attendance. FAREWELL SAID In Special Service at Reformed Church Sunday for Miss Sellemeyer. MANY WERE PRESENT Response Given by Miss Sellemeyer—Rev. Burghalter Speaks. A very inspiring and impressive service was held Sunday morning at | the Zion Reformed church in this j city. Practically every seat in the I church and Sunday school room was ! taken. Among the auditors of the local congregation were friends and j relatives of the appointed missionary, from Berne. Vera Cruz and Magley, and also from the various churches , of the city. The services were in charge of the pastor. Rev. L. W". Stolte. The entire service was of a missionary character. The choir rendered two appropriate selections. Rev. D. Burghalter, D. D„ one of the traveling secretaries of the hoard of foreign missions, gave a stirring missionary address, using as his text, 1 the words of Christ: "The Field is 1 [ the World." and “The Seed are the 1 Children of the Kingdom." and also 1 how the first church at Antioch rec- i ognized missionaries as* called by the ' Holy Spirit and let them go (Paul ' pnd Barnabas). All of this was applied to the occasion and a brief re- 1 view of the history of foreig” missionary work of the Refor led • church in Japan and China was giv- 1 en. 1 Miss Sellemeyer responded in a 1 very fitting way, bidding farewell to 1 her local congregation and many 1 friends and wishing them spiritual ’ prosperity and the realization of a new ! church building by the time she would I be back five years hence. She also i made an appeal for enlisting in the missionary work through the various organizations, such as Woman's Missionary societies, as well as all the various missionary causes of the church. After the service almost the entire congregation went forward to greet Miss Sellemeyer and to express their well wishes for her upon her long journey, and the work that she has chosen. These various occasions that the church going public of Decatur has enjoyed during the last two Sundays have proven that Miss Sellemeyer goes with the appreciation and interest of al! the churches and are a source of inspiration to her to go forward in this work. It has been a great spiritual treat for the Christians of this community and may it result in more consecra- ’ tion of themselves to Christ and His ‘ kingdom, f o THREE MORE FORDS The Kalver-Noble Garage delivered 1 today three new Ford cars. Dr. Grand- ' staff, of Preble, and H'de and Fur Co., of this city, each got a roadster and Lewis Worthman, ji . of Preble township, got a touring. o— — DOUBLE MEMBERSIP . At the services Sunday, conducted , by the Red Cross of Rockford, O„ the ; I Red Cross membership of that com- , 1 munity was doubled, making a total i membership of 1000. COURT HOUSE NOTES. G. W. Schafer has recorded the name of his 100 acre farm in Wabash | township as “Limberlost Valley Farm" C. D. Lewton has secured a fishing and hunting license.

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ONE MILLION FOR JIHLEIIC GIMPS Catholics of America, Assisted by Knights of Columbus, Will Erect —— RECREATION PLACES For Soldiers in Training at Ca n ton men ts—Ca mpa ign Starts Sunday. +++++++++++++♦ + THE PLAN. <• + 4. + The Catholics of America. + + through tlie co-operation of the + ♦ Knights of Columbus, will raise + + one million dollars for the pur- + + pose of erecting recreation + + buildings, along the same lines + + as those of the Y. M. C. A. at the + + sixteen canonment camps where . + a million of our boys will be in + ♦ training. A ready hand will also + + be furnished in the effort to ad-.+ + vance and improve the moral + 4» conditions. ♦ + The recreation camps are open + + for every soldier, regardless of 4> + religious creed. + th Catholic priests will also be + + be sent with each regiment of + + soldiers, both at home and + + abroad. + + The campaign will be conduct- + + ed for one week, beginning Sun- + + day, July 22nd. + + Adams county and the city of + + Decatur must raise $544.50. It + + is hoped that the amount sub- + scribed will be double this + + amount. + + The plan has the hearty in- + 4* dorsement of the war depart- + + ment and that of the administra- + + tion. + 4-+++++++ + + + + 4- + Beginning with Sunday, July 22. a week's campaign will he made by the Knights of Columbus to raise a million dollar fund for the purpose of having erected at the sixteen different cantonment camps, recreation buildings where the soldiers in training might enjoy a few hours each day in healthy exercises and for the rendering of spiritual comforts as well. The plan as proposed will be carried out along the same lines as the Y. M. C. A. Buildings will be erected at the cantonment camps and will be opened for every American soldier boy, regardless of creed. The local Knights of Columbus have entered the patriotic undertaking with all earnestness and enthusiasm and will, on Sunday begin the canvass and solicitation of every Catholic family in the city and county. The share of the local council is $544.00. Teams captained by the following men will make the canvass Sunday: Alex Tanvas, south of Adams street; E. X. Ehinger. Adams to Monroe street; D. M. Niblick, north of Adams and west of G. R. &. I.; C. S. Niblick, north of Monroe and east of G. R. &. I.; John Losche, east of town and south to the railroad; John Appleman, west of town, and south to Clover Leaf: Julius Kohne and Frank Heimann, district south of town. The above captains will select (heir own teams and start out Sunday for the big drive. Have your "bit” ready when they call at your home. If you are not at home or if the committee finds it impossible to visit you Sunday, get in touch with the captain in your district and forward your contribution to him. It need not be intimated that this war camp fund will receive the warm [endorsement of all Catholics and that ! their patriotic devotion to their j country and their love for their own loved ones will enkindle the spirit of liberality and lead them to over subscribe the amount. The authorization of the Knights of Columbus work by the government places that organization on a par with the Y. M. C. A., which, ever since the first training camp was established, has been active in looking after the moral and recreational sido of soldier life. Hereafter the Knights of Columbus will erect recreation (buildings which will be exactly the same as those of the Y. M. C. A. and here the soldiers will be provided with facilities for letter writing, reading and wholesome amusements, including music of all kinds. The work will go further, for most important of all is the plan to supply priests (Continued on Pago Three)