Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 10 August 1917 — Page 2

DAI L > l> EMQC B A T Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates For Week, by carrier 10 cents Fer Year, by carrier 15.00’ Fer Month, by mall 26 cents: Fer Year, by mall $3.00i Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice In Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. The government report of August 1 indicates that the corn crop in this country this year will be more than three billion bushels and will exceed by many million bushels even the record breaking crop of 1912. We ar ■' long also on all other grains excepting wheat and but little short on that. The American soldier is the best fed fighter in the world which ought to help some. The menu from every tamp in the country shows that the “Sammies ' are well eared for ou “eats." Its hard enough, this soldier life under any circumstances, but considerably harded when the stomach I is emptv. no doubt. We claim Decatur has a real band, one that we ought to be proud of and we believe every Decatur citizen is proud of the excellent musical organization under the leadership of .Mr. Albert Sellemeyer. Then why not say so. Give the boys the encouragemen’ they deserve. It won't hurt any and it helps a lot to have your efforts appreciated. The Bluffton Banner has assumed that Wells county is more patriotic’ than Adams and that it is going to be next to impossible for this county o furnish their quota. The claims for exemption in this county are no greater proportionately than in any oth' ;• county, including Wells and when tire work is finished, the Banner will find old Adams has made good as usual. The lectures n jw being given in this < ounty by a wheat expert are interes'-l ing many farmers. The crowds | large and the men who go want to| learn how they can secure a better' crop and a better grade of wheat. Its an educational movement that worth helping and it is pleasing t > know that the wide awake farmers of Adams county are showing so much interest. It required many weeks to put the food control bill over and then it passed with just seven votes against it. How long will our people continue .o permit a half dozen men to block legislation as important as this and the others which they have held up during the past five months? We have an idea that the men who did it are well known and will be remembered in the years to come. The food bill has passed and will become a law’ within a few days. The people do not yet realize the importance of this new law. Thirty days from the time the bill is signed, no grain can be purchased by the distilleries for manufacture of distilled liquor, which will change business and personal habits in this country considerably. But this is not all, one mam is to controll largely what you eat and ■wear, while the war lasts. There will

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be those who criticize this but you. 1 should think well before you do so. 1 The nation is at war. In Germany today there are more beef cattle than I when the war broke three years ago,, the result of that government assum- . ing absolute controll of the live stock I situation. Had they not done so. tlia'.l country would have long ugo bun forced into submission. Such acts ure necessary. The new law will fix prices thus preventing the rich to become richer while the poor suffer and* j power is also given to assume control of the mines, the crops and the men ' of this nation. It will be different than you have ever known it but it will be better for every one if the war 19, to last as is possible if not probable. 8 DOINGS IN SIHFTY il ;;:::::ac anar.at: ar. WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Friday. Queen Esthers. Mite Society—Mrs. James Stults. A merry heart goes all the day Your sad tires In a ntile-a. —Shakespear •. Mr. and Mrs. It. A. Murray, of Richmond. came yesterday for a visit over the week-end witli their brother and sister. Mr. and Mrs. F. M Murray. Miss Vera Reinhard came from | Portland yesterday to be the guest of' Miss' Glennys Mangold and other friends here. The meeting of the United Brethren Ladies' Aid society with Mrs. Gre n Burkhead yesterday was the last of the year, hence the election of officers took place. The old staff, which has given excellent service, was veiy satisfactory and was re-elected without change. The officers are: Pre i<bnt. Mrs Tom Fisher; vice president, Mrs. George Simmers; secretary. Mrs. Frank Fisher: treasurer, Mrs. Delma Elzey. Assistant hostesses were Mrs. George Mumma and Mrs. Sovine. Ice cream and cake were dispensed. Miss Elizabeth Melville, trained nurse of Fort Wayne, at the head of the nurses of the hospital unit nowawaiting call to Europe, is here the , guests of Mr. and Mrs. ('. I). la-wton. Friends and relatives here have received invitations to the wedding of Miss Rose Keller .of Culver, and Mr. Joe Etters, of Indianapolis, which will the August 21. The Misses Marie and j Naomi Gass are among those who wi.l j attend from here. • A jolly surprise party was given ; i Wednesday evening for Clarence Dersch at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Schamerloh. Social amusements provided a good time and at a late period in the evening, lunch was served. Those present were Fred. Walter. Alfred. Herman. Victor. Richard and Erich Bleeke; Henry. Pau), and Emil Krueckeberg: Herbert. Edgar and Carl Reinking; Roland. Alfred and Sorenz Grote; Edwin. Amos. Max, Ernest and Glen Theime; Fred Marbach. Silas Beltz. Will Di pan. Art Wolf Ervin Beinz. Arthur Klink. Hannah, and Alma Klink. Ella. Lydia, Louise and Angeline Krueckeberg; Frieda and Martha Koldewey; Clara Ix>hrntan Alma Berger Elma Buetner, Gertrude and Lina Thieme: Erna. Eliza and Edna Bleeke: Messrs. Grote. Roehmke and Will Reinking, of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schamerloh. Miss Ruth Bowers gave a dinner , party last evening at six o’clock, honoring Miss Jane Austin, of Indianapolis. Covers were also laid for Misses ’ Mary Frisinger and Celia Andrews, 3 and Messrs. Lloyd Beery. J. Bayard . Brill, of Indianapolis; Irvin Goldner I and Dwight Peterson. The party a: tended the Company A dance follow1 ing the dinner. Misses Ireta Beavers and Naomi Poling left this afternoon for Angola 1 where they will spend a week with their cousin and sister. Miss Metle

i Poling, who is a student in tjie norm: 1 ( m hood there. , 1 „. a Miss Ida J.ukwis, of Paola. Kansas, is here the guest of her sister. Mis. William G. Spencer. FOOD CONIROL I BILL |A LAW 1 1 (Continued from Page One) 1 will be permitted in these branches. | ( The army will have its eye special , Ist too. | America's medical talent will ne drawn on heavily to keep the soldietsj in good health Army chiefs believe 1 they will have 20.01)0 doctors in uni-, 1 form by January 1. BLACK WALNUT WORM AGAIN, j i (United Press'Ttervlce) J Indianapolis. Ind.. Aug. 10—<Spe- I 1 cial to Daily Democrat) —The black walnut worm has again made its appeui alive in Indiana and it is likely that most of the walnut trees will be defoliated again this year, according to information received here today at the office of the state entomoio-' gist. Frank N. Wallace. J “Last year very few walnut trees 1 in the northern part of the state had ' any foliage, the worms having eaten the leaves by the middle of August." i Wallace said, in discussing the situa- i tion "Shade trees can lie protected J>y burning the worms with a torch when they duster on the trunk or 1 branches to mould, which they do several times before becoming full grown. "This worm has been particularly destructive jn the eastern states, but parasites are working on it and should control it in a few seasons. The cost of spraying the trees with arsenate of lead is so great that it should be respited to only in exceptional cases. “Walnut trees are very seldom killed by the work of this caterpillar, but are unsightly with all the foliage eaten off." RUSSIA'S PREMIER AND DICTATOR. — —-- - : I Two Russian soldiers were sitting. in a waiting room in Petrograd a few ; weeks ago. hoping for an interview , with the minister of war. The door of an office was suddenly thrown open, and a man of middle height, with dose-clipped brown hair. flashing eyes, and a sullen mouth, stu k his head out. “Come on comrades!" he cried in a rough voice. The soldiers arose, shook hands, and went inside. That was Kerensky—Alexander ' Feodorovitch Kerensky — Russian l minister of war. That was Kerensky, I who lately led the Russian armies in an offensive across Galacia. who has, ( kept the Russian revolution within • bounds, who has placed all factions' by offending none. Russia has had enough of imposing personalities, l and Russia likes Kerensky because 1 he sticks his head out of doorways in ' Moscow today and in Kieff and Odessa tomorrow and dares the Russian people to co-operate with him in constructing a democracy.— From “Kerensky: Compromiser." by Henry Suydam. in the American Review of Reviews for August. 1917. A FRENCH AIR FIGHTER PHOTOGRAPHS VICTIMS. (Uniter, Press Service) Paris. July 25—(By Mail) —Probab-'' ly the most marvelous collection vs, war photographs in the world are in possession of Captain Guynemer. the noted French flying champion, who takes a photograph every time he shoots at a Boche airman. Attached to the French flyer's machine gun is a camera a repeating camera. A pull of the trigger on the gun operates the picture machine. The novel idea for procuring war pictures is believed to be Guynemer's own. But it has proved such a great success that every fighting machine in the Lafayette escadrille will be likewise equipped. The photos will undoubtedly some day make their appearance in America. Miss Della Clark will spend tomorv row in Fort Wayne. 1 —

♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ + + + + + ♦ + + + CAMP NIBLICK NOTES. + + ♦ + + *♦ + ♦♦♦ + + + + Watch this column daily for lhe best and latest news about the 125 boys < who are preparing to whip the kitiiK-r. '.nything of iiu|a>rtauce about their doings will lie found here. Dr. Hoffman called at the hospital ' tent this morning and a sick call was 1 given. About a half dozen of the boys reported suffering with sore feet, blisters and other minor ailments which, were, taken care of. | How would you like to be a soldier? Yesterday a reporter secured the following menu for the day al one of the restaurants where the boys are eatnig: Breakfast Choice of steak or eggs. German fried potatoes, orange, bread and butter and coffee or milk. Dinner I Choice of roast pork, roast beef r veal loaf, Russian fried potatoes tomatoes, bread and butter, peas >n toast, peach pie. coffee, milk or ice tea. Supper Choice of steak or pork chops. German fried imtatoes, cucumbers, com. bread and butter, blackberries and cake, coffee, milk or ice tea. The nice part about it is. the boys say. the waiters furnish them with all they want. It is certainly an amusing and interesting sight to watch the boys soik their feet in the cold water after drill practice. When the hose is turned on their pedal extremities they execute regular war dances accompanied bywild west whoops. The boys today commenced enjoying the music from their beautiful new Victrola. Answering the appeal made in the Democrat last evening, several more people have contributed records to the company collection. However- more are needed. Albert Beery was laid up in the bos-; ' pital tent all day yesterday with an attack of indigestion. He was unab’e ito hike, drill or attend mess. Gust Borne was struck on the head with a I ball and a small blood vessel burst. 1 causing him quite a bit of illness, and preventing him from attending yester-. day morning's drill. Several of the more daring boys, trying to imitate the exploits of the "Human Fly" who recently appeared in Fort Wayne, climbed up the south side of the court house yesterday afternoon. They secured a foot and jhand hold in the niches between the . large blocks of stone bordering the I south doorway, and climbed up as tar .as the roof. Many people watched the feats and held their breath until the boys were safe on terra firms. I : The two rival ball teams of Company A are hard at work practicing for the liig contest to be held at the 'old ball park Sunday afternoon. The j proceeds will be given over to the comI pany fund. The dance given by Company A last night at the Masonic hall was a big success. About 'fifty couples took advantage of the good music and coc' evening. The music was furnished by True Fristoe, Albert Sellemeyer. Elmo Smith and Ralph Mosure. In lieu of regular army insignia designating their officers, several of the. corporals and sergeants in Company A have taken their old khaki arm bands, turned them over and marked chevrons on them with ink, thus showing their rank. The roll call was ordered to be he’d a half hour earlier than usual last night on account of the military dance. o BROTHER-IN-LAW ILL Miss Mayme Rave, who has been employed here for several years, ami who is now at her home in Cincinuati, 0., sent word here to relatives tin t her brother-in-law. Henry Westendorf is seriously ill. At tliat time, he was not expected to live. Miss Rave is a niece of Mrs. Catherine Brake of this city. Democrat Want Ads Pay

MAY BE ADVANCED In the list named today are nuuiy men who have asked for assignment 1° the quartermasters' corps ami to the ordnance department. In the masters’ corps there are no second lieutenantcies. but for the purpose <»* < fleeting organization, the men assigned to the corps have been commissiontxl as second lieutenants subject to schooling. These men will be sent from here for a post-graduate course in quartermasters' work and will. <f capable, be advanced in rank. The J same condition applies to men in the ordnance department.— Indianapolis . News. R. M. Blackburn, of this city, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the quartermaster's department. H" will probably be advanced in rank after taking the postgraduate course. DISTRICT IS DARK. (United Press Service) Terre Haute. Ind.. Aug. 10 (Special to Daily Democrat)—For the first time in years, Terre Haute s red light district was dark last night. Closing of the disorderly houses here wipes out one of the most no torious resort centers of the central west. The closing orders were issued by Acting Mayor Mancourt, following an ultimatum from I lilted States District Attorney Slack of Indianapolis. that the army camp here must be freed from immoral conditions —o SECOND CAR OF OIL. The Kalver-Noble garage today is unloading a carload of Havoline oil. This is the second car this firm has received this year, and it is being stored at their garage on Madison street. -» o — COURT HOUSE NEWS. (Continued from Page One) which was probated today, w is executed January 27, 1913 and was witnessed by D. D. Clark and John Sprunger. The estate is estimated at about S7OO personal, and SIO,OOO real estate. Mr. Myers qualified as executor. Democrat Want Ads Pay - — Law Linnemeier Grovery Market PREBLE Saturday, August 11th Quaker Corn Flakes, per box 9c 3 for 25c Post Toasties, box 10c; family size 15c Arbuckles or Golden Rio Coffee. pound 21c Good Rio Bulk Coffee, H> 13c Matches, per pkg. of 6 boxes 25c 12 boxes 65c Red Seal Lye, 3 cans 25c Cracked Hominy, per tb 5c Lima Beans, per tb 15c Navy Beans, per tb 18c Pinto Beans, per tb 15c Swift’s Pride Soap box 100 cakes $4.50 Swift's White Laundry Soap, 100 cakes J $5.00 MEATS Nice Chuck Roast, per tb 20c Chuck Steak, per lb 23c Round Steak, per Tb 25c Plate Boil, per tb 14c to 16c Salt Lake Herring, per Tb 10c Whole Picnic Hams, small, per tb. 23c Pressed Ham, per tb 25c Minced Ham, per Tb 20c Frankfurters, per Tb 20c KELLY-SPRINGFIELD AND G. & J. AUTO TIRES Men's Fancy Sport Shirts 6Cc to SI.OO Lemons, Bananas, Apples. Celery, ! —- - _ I \< / .Z Jly vz w z-. WE HAVE A LINE of Porch Furniture that ought to be of interest to you. If you contemplate anything new in this line, you will find on investigation of our stock that we are in touch with the styles! and prices as found in the larger cjties. W.e will give you the benelit of our lust-class connections. Gay, Zwick & Myers Furuitsre and Undertaking

Blue Creek Township Convention mt. hope church SUNDAY. AUGUST 12, 1917 AFTEKNOON SESSION—2:BO (Sun Time) Willsliire Onehestra Song. “America” • • • •••• Audience Devotional Rev Conway Recitation LtMctta uUdia )u Music r/v’ A’ i O r hestrn S ( ‘ng Classes Nos. 3 and J. Mt. Ikm? Recitation • • • • • • • • • • •.Bessie Hahnart Estel and Norma Campbell Music •• • •• • Orcbesba Benediction ,u ‘ v - Conway EVENING SESSION—7:3O Music (hchestra Song Audience ; Devotional Otis Sims Song S:i,eni Recitation Silns Solo V. ilda Fisher Recitation Ralph Davison Solo Doris Edwards Address Clark J. Lutz Music Orchestra Recitation Marie Passwater Solo Malxl Cottirll Recitation Dorie Stopher Music Orchestra Closing.

. YOUR WINTER’S COAL? Have you put it in? It's time and we can furnish you with a supply), |s several goo* grades. We have on hands: Plenty of Stove Size Anthracite. White Ash, Hocking Valley and S Kentucky Soft Coal. All at the right prices. ■ Will be at the yards near Erie station any time except during meat 'Phone 139 ar.d leave your order at once. Emerson Bennett

SOMEONE SAID “You’re going to have a photograph made before you go, aren't you" ' and you promised— You and your family will be proud of that picture in years to come. MAKE THE APPOINTMENT TODAY. ERWIN STUDIO Over Callow and Kohne Drug Store. 'Phone 807 Bring or mail us your Kodak work

"GRADUATION EXERCISES." (United Press Service) Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., Aug. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) — “Graduation exercises” for Uncle Sam’s student officers at Fort Benjamin Harrison got under way today., bringing to a close thirteen weeks of intensive, grilling training intended to fit members of the reserve camp for commissions in the new national army. The wind up ceremonies will conclude next Wednesday when the first training camp closes to make room for a second contingent of reserve officers whose training will I start August 27. All day battle maneuvers and a grand review of all student officers at the camp by General Glenn and staff was to feature today’s workout. Miss Jane Austin returned to her home in Indianapolis after a several days’ visit in this city with Miss Mary Frisinger and other friends. J ou always get a square deal at Steele’s Cash Grocery, Pleasant Mills. Vou can save money. Bargain hunters welcome. e will give a 5 per cent discount Saturday.

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