Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1917 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCHAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Ratea Por Week, by carrier 10 cents I’or Year, by carrier fu.OO Per Mouth, by mail 26 cents Per Year, by mail 13.00Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Eutercd at the postollice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mutter. Illinois will spend six million dollais on paved roads during the next live years, the legislature having thus provided. it will make it a better slate too, for nothing helps more in this day of auto traveling. A London dispatch says that word from Zurich says that Mathias Erzberger one of the leaders of the clerical center in the German reichstag. declares that if he could talk to Lloyd George or Mr. Balfour a few hours, an understanding could lie reached that .would enable peace negotiations to commence. Make the date. You may say other things about the Roosevelt family but you can’t truthfully call them cowards. The colonel himself has offered his services. lie has two sons with Pershing, ope in the aviation corps on his way to Prance and another in the British army. One son-in-law is an officer in the medical corps and another is in congress. Here is one family of talk ers who are also fighters it would seem. Wo presume President Wilson makes mistakes occasionally. It would be strange indeed if he didn't make a good many, for he certainly has enough opportunity. No president has ever had so many perplexing, serious and important problems to solve. To each question he has given his very best efforts, guided by the greatest men in the world and he is trying as hard as he can to save this republic aud make it as great or greater for the coming generations as it has leen for the past. To do that he must have the sincere support of Unpeople. alii tiie people. To idle the war now would be to take the chancec that Belgium took. To win it w must support the government every minute. Think if you ever thought in your life, for you probably neve-' passed through so important a crisis as that of today. Your future and that of your children’s children is at stake. The Rotary club are urging the corn eil to build a public swimming pool at Waterworks park, where excavation to enlarge the reservior has begun. The club is in earnest, so much so that they have agreed to finance half the cost. Os course we arc for it. Similar progressive steps leave been taken in many of the larger cities and there i: no reason in the world why Decatur shouldn't have a place where the youngsters and the older people as well, can enjoy a swim on these hot days, Chicago is spending a -million dollars on just These kind of public pools an dthe statement is made that if the parks aud pit I die beaches weie closed in that city today, within a very short time the number of cases of insanity, suicide and terrible acts would increase two hundred per cent. These places of recreation are .necessary if we would sevur.o efficiency. yVc should

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1 have a place to itluy as well at) a place ■■ to work and wo should do each with 1 all our might. Its hatter for every body. VYe hope tllfl plans will fork ’ out and that the “olp swiuunli)' hole" t will soon become a popular place. • :::: ac x;;iu m: ;:r. :t || | DOINGS IN SOCIETY | tmatEic x:;«•> WEEK’S SOCIAL CALBNDAff. Tuesday Royal Neighbors Needle Club—At hull. U. B. Aid—Mrs. F. 11. Harmon. Wednesday Concord Aid Mrs. C. C. Wilder. Reformed C. E. Lawn Social —Water works Park. Thursday Woman’s Home Missionary—M. K. church. LITTLE THINGS. 1 think it is rather tine, this necessity for the tense bracing of t the will before anything worth doing can Ik- done. I rather like it myself. 1 feel it to be the chief thing that differentiates me from the cat by the fire. —Arnold Bennett. Mrs. Chris Strehc will chaperon a party of girls who will have a cottage at Rome City for a week. The Misses Catherine Christen, Helen Conner, Mildred Strobe, Grace Shroll and Edith Rice, of the houseparty, let’ 1 Saturday and Sunday for Rome City and will be joined Tuesday by Miss Lucile Smith. The announcement is made that the Concord Lutheran Indies’ Aid society will meet Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock with Mrs. C. C. Wilder ai Monmouth. After the regular business period, the ladies will sew for Red Cross. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rex. of North Second street had as their guests Sunday at dinner. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. l.'artor and children, Mary, Helen and Horace. of Huntington; Mr. and Mrs. 13. B. Kline and children. Norma. Jack and June, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. C. M. Bonham and daughter, Ann Lucile. of A villa; Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Spahr and daughter, Ruth, of this city; Mrs. C. Frank Dimer and daughter, Martii i, of Blufftou. Mrs. Owen Davis left Sunday for Bellevue, 0., to spend a week with her cousin. Is ta Briner, who visited here . this summer. Owen Davis, Kay Col- f ter and Dick Jenkins, of Lima, 0., end a young lady from Blooinville will join them Sunday for a visit at Cedar Point The Royal Neigh bora’ Needle Club will be entertained Tuesday evening | at the hall by Mesdames J. E. Ander- c son, Earl Butler, Adam Schafer, Pe*e Amspaugh. Worden and W. E. Mom. , Every member of the lodge is invited to come and bring a friend. ] - ]’ Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Runyon. Mrs. g Fred Hoffman, Mrs. C. T. Rainier and Mrs. Agnes Andrews enjoyed an auto ride to Linn Grove Sunday afternoon 4 , (' where they visited with Mr. Runyon-, father, J. W. Runyon. Their trip also v included the road past the new Hartford township school house, which is ] being constructed by Wesley Hoffntan. j of this city. He and His family are j at a farm house there for the summer, j whore they are enjoying the delights j of a summer cottage life and the Decatur party stopped and visited with them for awhile. i Miss Marcella Ilower. daughter of t Mr. and Mrs. Mitt on Hower, has gone ( to Plymouth for a several weeks' visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. ( B. E. Scott. | Mrs. Adam Beam gave a lovely birthday party for their daughter. . Mrs. Ruth Williams and Mrs. Bertha Hakey. Out of town guests were Al- 1 I tied Deam, of Port Wayne and Adam > Deam, of Sturgis. Mich. * u Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick and - daughter, Helen; Mr. and Mrs. Burton I Niblick, who returned Thursday night front a two weeks’ visit at Lakeside, \ O. ,and other points along Lake Erie, left Saturday morning for Indianapolis and Fort Benjamin Harrison, over 'he

week end, being accompanied Micro by Miss Betty Boyers. At Port Benjamin Harrison they met Hatch Blackbui i, who is in the officers' "training camp there. Sunday they enjoyed a drive over tl\e grounds uuder his t-sogrt. and hud a picnic dinner at the hack of tho barracks. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Tricker and children. Horace Coffclt and Mr. and Mrs. Aaron DeV'inney motored to Port Wayne where they spent Sunday at Robinson park. The Port Wayuc Glee Club will be al the Yeomen lodge tills evenin';. Every member should uiakt It a point to attend. The Woman’s Home Missionary society of the Methodist church will meet Thursday afternoon in the church parlors. o — WHEN YOU MUST REPORT TO THE BOARD (Continued from Page One) 191 970—Cecil C. Gause, R. R. 3, Decatur 192 637—Albert Henry Ineichcn, Geneva 193 360 —August Bieberich, R. R. 1, Magley 194 1217 —Homer Hanoi, Berne 195 571 —Louis N. Sprunger, Monroe 196 488—Guytress Eley, Berne 197 1543 —Wits Arley Andrews, Decatur 198 704 —Lawrence Dyonis Omlor, Decatur 199 72—James Franklin Murphy, R. R. 2, Geneva 200 356—James Reemelin Schoenberger, Geneva 201 112—Gilbert Stucky, Berne 202 1067—James Cecil Wade, Monroe 203 128—Tilman H. Soldner, Berne 204 679 —James Ray Duff, R. R. 3, Berne 205 805—Clifford Zeigler, R. R. 3, Geneva 206 11—Menno Augsburger, Geneva 207 900—lohn Albert Ritter, Decatur • 203 1617—Christian Lehman, Berne 209 363—Raymond A. Braun, Decatur 210 1287 —John Clifford Hakey, So. sth St., Decatur 211 1142—Frederick Ervil Wagner, R. R. 6, Decatur 212 6—Chas. Baldwin, High St., Decatur. GERMAN ADVANCE IS SLOWED UP (Continued rrorn Page One) plan ol' putting Russia’s military power in the hands of trained officers. Today's news from the front indicated considerable improvement in morale of the soldiers —even of those most likely to he affected by the disgraceful retreat of the Eleventh army. A straightening out of the Russian line to offset the wedge driven into tile front around Tarnopol and relieve the dangerous situation there Is under way. London. July 30 —(Special to Daily Democrat)— Small patrol encounters in the neighborhood of Bullecourt and Acheville were all that Field Marshal Haig had to report today from tile British front. Washington. July 30 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —America began calling out men fur her new national army today. All over Mte country prospective Sammies are at attention. The nation’s capital, one bf the first to btWTeady, called its initial group for examination at !) a. m. A!any other eastern cities also had their first calls. in other parts of the country examinations will start soon after local hoards get their official lists checked un and their notices mailed. f| the end of the week this step should be accomplished all over the land. Early reports indicated a heavier percentage of exemptions than anticipated. As a resull, exemption boards have been instructed to he especially careful as to freeing men. Each case

PEACE TALK : STIKS EUROPE 1 J London Says it is Talk of Junkers to Justify Gert man Militarism. i DR. ERJSBERGER BUSY Says if He Could Talk to Lloyd George Few Hours He Could Fix Things. (United T-rrss Service) Washington, July 30 -(Special to Daily Democrat)--The close of the third year of war found Germany I sounding the world on peace again today. The over-Sunday declarations of the German and Austrian premiers how--1 ever, found no response in official or allied diplomatic quarters here. 1 “Obviously for Russian consumption was (he comment. The whole Teutonic policy is based on a determination to justify the kaiser’s apparent decision to stake all on shot and shell. London, July 30 —(Special to Daily Democrat)— Germany's junkers are working hard with the German people to justify militarism. An effort by the militarists to delude the public into belief that Germany is beset by rapacious foes, who started the war to dismember Germany, is what lmqdon saw today behind the “peace interview" granted bv Chancellor Michaelis, of Germany, and Foreign Minister Czernin of Austria. The reported presence in Switzerland of M; ttliias Erzbergor as a peace negotiator, was regarded as proof that the militarists deliberately staged the recent “crisis" in the parliament and that Erzherger was merely a tool of those interests. Count Czernin’s statement was along the u-ual Germanic lines, asserting complete agreement between Germany and Austro-Hungary and reiterating the old "plea that Germany’s enemies were responsible for eomiu ation of khe war. Os curious collateral interest in the peace talk was an interview attributed to Dr. Erzherger at Zurich, in which he declared if he could 'talk with Premier Lloyd George or Foreign Minister Balfour a few hours, an “understanding” which would permit peace negotiations would result. Tlte German chancellor declared Inhad written proofs “of our enemies’ greed for conquest” in reports of th“ secret debate on June 2 in the French - chamber of deputies. France, lie charged, had. shortly before the Russian revolution, come to an agreement with the czars government "having in view vain plans . f conquest.” This treaty, he said, “assured France her frontiers, but amended on lines of previous wars the conquest ol ISCO to include besides Alsace-Lor-raine, Saarbrueken and vast territorial modifications on the left bank of the Rhine.” The Miihaelis and Czernin statements come on the eve of the Moscow conference of Russian governments! leaders. This coincidence was too striking not to arouse comment here. Moreover, it was pointed out that the German strict urek on the allies “aiffts of conquest” were probably carefully prepared with the idea of creating distrust iu Russia between England .and France, in view of Russia's insistence on a war policy of “no annexations. must lie carefully vised and there must be no favoritism. There has been no change, however, in the general plan of exempting those with dependent families or those indte- ' pensable lo industries vital to prosecution of the war. It is doubtful whether the first army ' will be encamped before October 1, as cantonment construction started so ! late. GOT FOUR YEARS (Continued from Page Oftfi) of the cases of Samuel V. Parrott, former chief of police, Roy A. Fop 9, former captain of police, Wayland E. Sanders and Mortimer C. Hulke, former police sergeafits: Lee Stringer, former city detective and Herman Adam, former city inspector of weight and measures, will be disposed of following the nrraiugement of the 41 men The six city officials were found guilty by a jury in the federal couit several weeks ago of conspiracy io commit election irregularities, aid probably will receive their sentence , *odav. o —; —— i Democrat Want Ads Pay

•BOYSCOUTS Ej (Conducted by National Connell Os tht Boy grouts of America.) ORGANIZATION OF SCOUTS When n hoy registers ns a scout, hi 1 becomes a member of a group called o patrol. A patrol consists of eight hoys one of whom is patrol leader ana another assistant patrol leader. Patrolare formed into troops. Not more than fottr patrols are taken Into one trout and three is considered a better uuw her as the scoutmaster who leads a > troop can get better results with a ' small group of hoys than with a lurgi • one. i When n community desires to derm the benefits of the scout movement three or live men form what is known ns a troop committee and this committee communicates with the local council which holds a charter for that particular district In cases when i there is no local council the troop committee applies directly to the national I council. A scoutmaster is then select- , ed ami he receives a commission from the national council upon the recom mcmlnUon of the troop committee. Local councils nre formed In communities where there are three oi more troops. Such a council is made , up of ten or more men. These men are elected as representatives of the various interests of the community in- , eluding religious, educational, busffbes* . and civic activities. Iu many cities each troop elects at least oue member of its troop committee as a member ol the local council. The national council is made tip of delegates from the various local councils, president and ex-presidents oi , the United Stales, governors of thi , various states, and a limited number of other men distinguished for then achievements In work for boys. This in brief is the scout organization. It was planned with a view of insuring proper supervision of all scout , ■ work and of keeping the local council | and the national council directly in , touch with both the scout and tlie scoutmaster. As soon as any irnpor- , taut udditlon is made to the scout pro- , gram, as soon as some means is discovered of doing things better than they have been done before, this information must immediately reach every , branch of the organization. Some of , , the best men in the country are every , day volunteering valuable suggestions j to local councils and to the national council and it is very necessary that ] these latest details of scouting should | reach the scout and the scoutmaster with the least possible delay. | I TO BE FIRE SCOUTS. , I Fire Chief Elliot Whitehead of Oakland, Cal., appreciated the value of tlte | scout preparation and believing that , the scouts can be -counted on in emergencies, Is planning to form a tire- i patrol ill each troop. These patrols . , will receive recognition at fires and will be counted on to prevent fires, i , Instruction in fire-fighting and prevention and direction for forming the tire- • patrols is given by the chief himself. | Patrol leaders and older scouts are ; eligible to join these patrols. At the end of the course of instruction, a short civil service examination will be given and the scouts receiving the highest credits will be eligible for election as lire chiefs, assistants and captains. The patrol will be taken to visit the lire houses; the fire-fighting apparatus will he explained and demonstrated , and fire drills will be conducted. A distinctive badge or shield will be ; worn by tho fire scouts. This organization will not conflict with the organization in the schools, but will serve to strengthen it, ns the school fire wardens will he even more efficient if they l ure fire scouts. , SCOUT ACTIVITIES. Rochester (Mass.) Boy Scouts recently flashed a message across the city from the roof of one high building to the roof of another, by means of a semaphore, thus winning S2O from Jerome R. George, president of the Woodchester council, Boy Scouts of America, who offered that amount for • the correct sending aud receiving of • a message which he hail prepared. The > message read: “The president says he will promptly approve an efficient and democratic plan for national preparedness. What is the matter with the Boy Scout plan?” Tho Hoy Scouts of Tacoma, Wash.. Imve been making themselves useful this winter in cutting wood and shovel. . ing snow for dependent women and old - people. They divided the town into - districts and carefully looked after every case which needed help. A branch of the Boy Scouts of Amor- , ica has been organized at Tokyo j lupnn, with the assistance of Col' James A. Irons, the American military attache. About twenty American boys all of whom are pupils of the Tokvo i grammar school, have termed the nu:i uieus of the organization, t A scout chooses as his motto “Be a Prepared,” and he seeks to prepare i dint self for anything—to rescufe a ,„m p Puuiou, to ford a stream, to gather tire wood, to help a stranger, to distinruisi right from .wrong to 'serve his fellow-men. his country and his God—- ' always to “Be Prepared,”

§! "I’M SORRY” if i I By EARL REED SILyERs7,| ••Doles, you tein-' Kn’s'brSwn o e.v.°" "Rut why should I be sorry f something I didn't dot" •tudvlng to be h civil engineer a „d was generally more practical than on demanded. Ue was also stub IM - r you did do it.” Althea answered- “I saw you out walking with Irene Jenwick 'M night. You went by this ""''Hut I didn’t I was In the office last night." . -I don’t believe yon," she snapped. “I saw you with my own eyes. ••Well, if you don't believe me, It isn't my fault." They were both young and these temporary tilts had come to be a weekly occurrence. Neither took them very seriously, nlthough <>n this special occasion Althea seemed to he more angry than usual. But Boh accepted her attitude philosophically. "Let's go to the movies," he suggested. -No, I won’t go anywhere until you sav vou’re sorry.” “But Althea. I ean't be sorry for something I didn’t do. Won’t you be reasonable?’ • "Very well." Bhe sjtoke calmly, hut with decision. “I’m going »“ the house,” “Wliat cun we do in there?' He still failed to take her seriously. “We can’t do anything.” she nnswered, emphasizing the personal pronoun. “But 1 have a hook to read." “I’ll read too.” He spoke lightly. “The movies aren’t any good, anyhow.” "Are you going to say you're sorry?" "Nope.” He lighted a cigarette. “Well, then.” she spoke slowly. "Fra afraid that I'll have to say good-night." “All right, we'll both say it." He smiled whimsically. “But what shall we say it to?” “To each othpr.” She held out her hand. “Good-night. Boh!” “Gpod-nlght. Althea He expected her to laugh and change the subject. But she didn't; instead, she turned abruptly and entered the house. Bob, ratherCpuzzled, waited until the cigarette had horned to the smallest possible stub. Then he walked over te the window of the library and peered inside, Althea was nowhere to be seen. Slightly resentful, he pursed his lips and whistled softly. Rut she did not answer the signal; nil was silent. Suddenly growing angry, he stamped across the porch and down the steps, lingering at th»> gate In the faint hope that she would call him -back. But no summons came. Head held high, cheeks flushed angrily, he made bis way homeward. He thought that she might possibly telephone him the next forenoon, hut In ttds he was also mistaken. Althea seemed to be very much in earnest in her resolution. Finally he told his stenographer that he was through for the day and left the office. “A ronnd or two of golf will fix me up finely,” he said to himself. "I need ft little diversion." At the Country club he was unable to find anyone to play with him. so he started off alone. The links were deserted except for one lone figure that hovered near the third hole. It was a girl, and she looked vaguely familiar. After Bob had reached the second hole he discovered that it was Althea. His heart heat a trifle more quickly. “She plays much more slowly thnn I lo,” he said. “I’ll probably catch her near the fifth hole.” Rut the girl had evidently seen him. for she followed the hall with unnecessary swiftness, and Boh, loiiiug along in the rear, did not materially decrease the gap between them. “If she only weren't so stubborn," he mused, "we could play the round together.” At the seventh hole she sliced Into the rough, and had difficulty io finding the ball. Bob was only about 100 yards iiinv when sh» resumed piavjng, and he was forc-d to wait until she was the full two strokes ahead. She sliced again at the eighth tee. sending Mic hall into the much far to :he left. Bob, taking this opportunity to “go through,” hurried to the tee and drove hastily. But the hill, In--tead of going in a straight line, tts it tenerady d»ri when Bob was • (riving, diced to the ieft. In a remarkably di-re-1 line, it soared for the exact spot where Altlie* was Maudtag. "Forei" Bob pnt all the strength of his lustv lings into the call. The girl looked up. nud attempted to dodge, but it was ton -if h T . bnll str ’ick a stone in front J h ) < ‘ r and hounded swiftly, striking her just above the knee. b ”Ok!" she said, and bent down to nurse the Injured leg. Bob ran forward at full speed Site °?, k .^. at , bi ' u half resentfully. ' Ihinl- 'foT’ h<> Ba ' d ' m 80rry ' 1 dhln’t : TmcfnV‘- 0r , f ” re brok, ‘ ‘“‘n *mi«. Ira glad, she answered, "because *t made you say T'rj, .orrv ’ ” hadXe,f “| h “q° d *“> tri <* togethe r 8111811 th “ ruu '“ l “a She ,00ls cd at hirn shvlv Sr*—*-sstfw Bob grinned. «.alas 1 ""

! WARNING i ! Against Usinjf CourtfJ ■ from Unreliable J Totilnu * Ut J GERMS ARE J In Court Piaster jJ Have Been DistribJ German Synip alhi l — m (United Press s (rv , I Washington. j uly ter. said to have !*<,„ /j German sympathizer,, il#i J on chemical analysis by nielli of justice t 0 ~ ■ germs. Attorney Gcn t . ril i JB day warned the p ubljc J] court plaster from n-iui* J The department of j Usli Jl ed the following stateu^J to its Investigate,i, ~f soned plasters in , ;trin „/J United States: “The department of sharing in any sensation,! J the manner in which stjqJß or court plaster i,c analyzed have 1„ ih,. rw J contain tetanu v, ; l consequently w.qtt-il ~v 1 jng this remedy . xc yt !:iiS B sources. The warning is directed "against iun ha- I packages from -tree, B venders.” Where Water Is In Cape Town, where dally in the hot summer a very precious thud. ;• ~-H to shut off the supply at sp dor to eliminate wasp > ■ Bible. Tlie authorities -qH persons frequently I water after the supply |*S off for the day. and thoughtlessly leave the v M sequentiy the n< xt supply is turnc! on a of water runs to waspa^B Flowers of SimH Long agn ci rtain fr.aH bloomed. They were and belonged to the "flowers of sanctity." T4B3** rendered from the Cl emency, Self-Ken Patience, Res any/ mental | H Meditation, \.ra ” H that the correct -H titles retnaiu uuus- f note-book. Mr. and Mrs. John VsH dren. Clarenc- II- rr.e.iH LaVetta, of Me n! H Sunday with t\- J- h:t > J

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