Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 188, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1917 — Page 4

DAILy DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Ratss Per Week, by carrier 10 cents I’er Year, by carrier 15.00 Per Mouth, by mail ...25 ceota Per Year, by mail >3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Decatnr, Indiana, as second-class matter. Those bells and whistles are announcements that this community will tonight celebrate the "muster in” of company A. Tell those who inquire of you and be sure to go to the court house tonight. You.are wanted there. The Daily Democrat has increased the size of the family of readers two! hundred during the past three weeks. | There’s a reason. Advertisers should take notice and use our columns for their announcements. You, can reach j; every nook in the county. Try it now. Major Dreisbach is proud of company A and of the other companies of his battalion and he has a right to be if they all measure up to the local company. They are of good size, full of life and energy, well mannered and a lot of fellows that you just can't help admiring. They are good soldiers, God bless ’em, every one. Company A will have a fund when they leave Decatur. We are sure o's it for two reasons. One is that Decatur and Adams county always does her part for anything right and this is, and the other is that this movement is backed by the Rotary clnb, a live organization of live men. Our boys will be taken care of properly when they go into camp. Out of thirty-five men examined here yesterday fourteen passed and (lid not ask exemption. If old foxy Bluffton can beat that record they will be stepping some and will then have some right to talk about this county. The facts are that the men of this county are just as patriotic and. just as perfect as can be found in the same amount of square miles any where in the nation. i You are invited to attend the meet- ! ing at the court house tonight. It is 1 given for company A in honor of the ( fact that they were duly mustered into ; (he real service today. They automatically became regulars on August sth ' but this formal acceptance by Captain Davis today puts the finishing touches , on the organization. In honor of this , fact the meeting tonight has been planned. We are all proud of these 1 soldier lads. Go to the ourt house tonight and your presence will prove that fact. That the required quota of soldie s from Adams county will easily be secured from the list of men called to report to the military board this week > was evidenced Tuesday when twenty-i live men passed and did not ask exemption of any kind while fifteen more ■ \ brand new line of Mundham Hats in ail of the Fall shapes and colors. $2.50 to $3.00 THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY » t

’’ tiled notice of asking exemption b<:[fore the district board for occupation. 1 The number of men passing the physical examination is really a wonderful ' showing, exceeding 80 per cent durt ing the past three days. Our men are 100 per cent men and are made of the real sluff, the quality that is needed for Rood soliliers. While the streamer heads concerning peace which are now thrown across the front pages of many of the big papers do not exactly indicate that this very greatly desired end is at hand, they certainly do show a trend in that direction and if ever this peace movement gets the right start, if the people are convinced that it means permanent peace, it will go forward with a speed that means it will never stop until the final treaties have been signed and sealed in such a perfect manner that never again will the world witness such a conflict as that which has raged for three years. Some how we feel that it is coming. i DOINGS IN SOCIETY H :oc tn:tn: on ttr. tn: at: ar. tn: at: »5? WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Tuesday Phoebe Bible Class — Mrs. Ida Schlickman. Sewing Club- Mrs. D<jn Vail. Live Wire Class —Earl Amrine. Wednesday Modern Woodmen Social —At Hall. Reformed Aid —Mrs. HeAry Mayer. ( Thursday. Presbyterian Missionary Society’s Picnic Supper—Waterworks Park. Hard-To-Beat Sunday School Class —Mrs. W. S. Mills. '] "The Wonder Words." My Ims- - < band had a horror Os “family jars” ; and before we were married he I said. “Let’s promise each other < that we will not get angry at the same time.” And when a differ- I ence of opinion arose, he would look at me with a whimsical smile and say, "But we love each other, don’t we?" And what could I do but creep into the shelter of his arms and forget my ill temper; i and oh how 1 thank God tor those magic words that never let any bitterness stay in our lives, for he was taken away from me without , a moment’s notice, and when 1 , looked into his dear, dead face I could almost hear those words. , "But we love each other, don't we?” —Mrs. H. W. G.. Idaho, in Woman's Home Companion. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Black, of Seventh 1 street are. entertaining Mrs. Black’s mother, her brothers and sister and • a party of other friends who motored here Tuesday from Arlington,’ 0.. and will remain until tomorrow. The par- ' ty includes Mrs. M F. Wallemire, Dallas and Alpha Wallemire, Mrs. J. Wilch. Messrs, Snyder, Anderson and 1 Beach. ' Misses Thelma and Irqne Sullivan. < of Dewey. Oklahoma, have been guests ; of their cousin. Mrs. Emerson Bennett. Miss Thelma left today for Bryant for . a visit and Miss Irene will remain until tomorrow. Miss Mabel Cattell, of Mendon. Mich < who lias been the guest of Mrs. H. L. . Merry for several days, left yesterday afternoon for her home. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Longshore gave 1 a dinner [tarty last evening for Mrs. James Lepper and children, Margaret land Robert, of Owensboro, Ky.; Mr. | and Mrs. W. IL Barr and daughter, Lois, of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Shroyer entertained at six o’clock dinner Tuesday for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beane and son, Joe. x Mr. and Mrs, Henry Redlinger and children, of Ames, lowa, were guesU of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. David liedrick pleasantly entertained at a Sunday dinner the following guests: Mr. and Mr.. John Moser, of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Orville Stanton, of Port, Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Staffer and daughter, Dorothy, of Linn Grove; Mr. Arbie Briner, of Tocsin; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Moper, aud daughter, Cecile; Mr. and Mrs John Dedrick, and son Arthur; Mr. and Mrs. Homer Marshall. Miss Mary Dedrick, James Dedrick, all of this city. In the evening ice cream and watermelon were served, and all had a fine time. Bluffton News. Mr. :imi Mr: Herman Jaebker and son. Arnold, ot Clarinda. lowa, are guest- of Mrs. Jaebker’s brother. Ferdinand Bleeke. and family today. Earl Atnerine. entertained the Live Wire class last evening in a most

I ■ v ■ successful way. In the absence of I the president, Bytord Macy, who i» at Elkhart on a visit, the class leader and teacher, Mrs. Eugene Runyon, presided. Rev. W. S. Mills, assistant teacher, and his son, Edgar, were guests. During the business period, it was arranged that the class’ pledge of *25 to the building fund, be turned into the treasury the last Sunday in this month. Current events were given and during the social, refreshments of ice cream, cake and lemonade wero provided. Tne Modern Woodmen. their families and the Royal Neighbors are invited to the hall this evening when an ice cream festival will be held. There will be speeches and special business relating to the Patriotic Fund. All should atend. With no business coming before the Phoebe Bible class of the Reformed church when Mrs. Ida Schlickman entertained last evening, the guests gave themselves over to social enjoyment alone. Progressive hearts was played at little tables, after which the tables were set for the lunch. The hostess had her sisters. Misses Lydia and Mary Bieneke assisting her. Miss Charlotte Pilliod, of Dayton. • 0.. who is I lie guqst of her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Wemhoff. entertained a company of little friends at an afternoon party yesterday. After games, refreshments of sandwiches, pickles, cake, lemonade and fudge were provided. The guests were Kathryn aud Mary Virginia Hyland. Alice and Win! fred Clark. Rose Marie Smith. — ——— > Miss Marion Balsch. of Terre Haute who is visiting with her aunt, Mrs. Fred Patterson, was a guest of the Sewing club when Mrs. Dan Vail entertained yesterday. Every lady of the church is invited to come to the picnic at Waterworks l ark to be given by , the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Presbyterian church tomorrow 1 afternoon. Each will bring a contri button to the supper which will be spread in the evening. MANY SOLDIERS OUT OF SECOND HUNDRED tContinued from Page One) Claimed exemption, wife and child. 38+ —Jasper irelan, Decatur. IL R. 7. Passed. No exemption. 385 — Amos Huser, Berne. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and two children. 386 — Elmo Smith. Decatur. Passed. No exemption. 387— Samuel Kuntz, Geneva. Rejected. 388 — Noah Zurcher, Berne. Passed. Claimed exemption, religious belief. 389 — Oscar Sprunger, Berne. Re jected. 390: —Ira. Jones, Decatur. R. R. 6. Passed. No exemption. 391— —John Mailer. Monroe. R. R. J. ‘Passed. Claimed exemption, wife. 392 — Alva Vorhees, Geneva. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and two children. 393— Wilbur Woods, Decatur, R. R 8. Passed. Claimed exemption,-wife and five children. 394 — Paul Reinking. Decatur. Rejected. 395— Edward Weisling, Decatur. Passed. No exemption. 39’6— Frank Neussbaum, Berne. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and two (-children. 397— Chas. Zimmerman, Decatur. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and one child. 398— Chas. Hakes, Decatur. Rejected. 399 — Reuben Hahner*. Decatur, R. R. 10. Passed. No exemption. 400— Joseph Johns, not examined, in regular army. 401— Carl Luginbill. Monroe. R. R. 2. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife. 402— Fred Pickford, Bluffton. IL R. 4. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and agriculturist. 403— Francis Nlndc, Geneva. Passed •Claimed’ exemption, wife and child. 404— Merle Lee, Geneva. Passed. No exemption. 405— Theo. Koenenian. Decatur, R. R. Passed. No exemption. 406 — Floyd Archer, Decatur. Passed. No exemption. 407 — Martin Thieme, Decatur. Re- • jected. 4u8 —John Edwin Garter, Decatur. Passed. No exemption. Was married June 28th. 409— Vilas Huser, Berne.' Passed. • | No exemption. 410 — Lawrence Carver, Monroe, R. “R. 2. Passed. Claimed exemption. ■ wife and two children. i 411— William Watkins. Pleasant Mills. Passed. No exemption. [ 412—Jtenry Lehman. Berne. Net , present. 413— Leland McCulion. Geneva. Passed. No exemption. 480 — Robert Glendenning. Geneva. Passed. Claimed exemption, support of mother and sister.

BOARD HAS EXAMINED FIVE HUNERED MEN (Continued from Page One) ed. No exemption. One ot the owners of the Geneva Herald. , 425 —Urbain Kuntz, Geneva. Re- ( jected by physician. Board will rule In case later. No exemption. 426— Wesley Sprunger, Herne. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife. 427 — Franklyn Herman. Geneva. Ro- ' jected by physician, board will rule in case later. Claimed exemption, dependent mother and grandmother. 428 — Wilbur Shaft, Bluffton, IL R. 5 Passed. Claimed exemption, agriculture. , 429— Burt Dudgeon, Willshire. Pass- . ed. Claimed exemption, agriculture. 430 — Jesse Lybarger, Geneva. Pass- . ed. No exemption. 431— Frank L. Miller. Monroe. Passed. Claimed exemption, dependant mother. 432— Raymond Kohne, Decatur. Passed. No exemption. « 433 — Oren Moser. Berne. R. R. 1. Passed. Claimed exemption, religion. 434— Oliver Leßrun. Decatur. Rejected by physicians, board will rule in case later. Claimed exemption, wife and three children. 435 — Wesley Nusbaum. Berne. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and two children. 436— Fred Hale, Geneva. To be ?x---amined in Oklahoma. 437— Walter Wilkinson, Decatur. Passed. No exemption. 438 — George Cook, Berne. Passed. No exemption. 439 — Dan Hill. Decatur. Passed.. Claimed exemption, wife and two children. 440 — Otto Wilson. Berne, not examined, in company A. 441 — Win. Glendenning, Geneva, R. R. 4. Rejected by physicians, board will rule in case later. No exemption. 442— Wm. Teeter. Geneva. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and two children. 443— Anton Thieme, Decatur. IL R. S Passed. Claimed exemption, wife ami two children. 444 — Luther Wolfe, Willshire. Passed. No exemption. 445 — Christ Hirschey, Monroe. Passed. Claimed exemption, agriculture." 446 — Dore Parr, Berne. Passed. Claimed exemption, dependant mother. 447 — Walter Reppert. Magley. Pass ed. Claimed exemption, agriculture. 448— John Helmrich, Magley. Not examined. Member of company'A. 449 — Henry Borne, Magley, R. R. 1. Claimed exemption, dependent mother. 450— Rudolph Eckhoff. Decatur. R. R. 4. Rejected by physicians, board will rule in case later, Claimed exemption dependent parents. 451 — Samuel Nussbaum. Berne. Rejected by physicians, board will rule in ease later. Claimed exemption, wife. 452— John W. Kline. Jr.. Decatur. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and three children. 453— J)tto Hoffman. Pleasant Mills, R. R. 1. Rejected by physicians, board will rule in case later. Claimed exemption. wife. 454— Forest DeArmand. Willshire, Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and 'three children. 455— Grover M. Kelley. Geneva. IL R. 2. Rejected by physicians, board will rule in case later, no exemption. 456 — Joshua Bright. Decatur. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife an three children. 457 — Owen Davis, Decatur. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife. 458 — Homer Stuckey, Berne. Passed. Claimed exemption, occupation, works on railroad. 459 — Henry Rockwood, Berne. R. R. 3. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and two children. • 460— Sam Sleiner, Berne, R. R. 1. Rejected by physicians, board wil rule in case later, claimed exemption, religion. 461— Chas. Studler. Geneva. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and three children. 462 — John Zurcher, Decatur. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and child. 463 — Harley Tumbleson, Monroeville Rejected by physicians, board will rule in case later. Claimed exemption wife and two children. 464— Erqgst Burkhart. Decatur, IL ■ R. 10. Rejected by physicians, board will rule in case later. No exemption 465 — Ed. Kreuckeberg, Decatur, R i R. 8. Passed. Claimed exemption agriculture. Results This Afternoon The board again convened at one • o’clock and 'rapid progress was beinf • made on the home stretch Ry eve ning the entire job will he completer t ami every man of the 513 called, except these wiio did not appear wii t know whether or not h». passed tlh< i physical examination. The first mai up this afternoon was Free Frisinger . who came here from Akron, 0., to b< ■ examined. t The results: 318—Free Frisinger, Decatur.

led. No exemption 466 John Brewster. Geneva, IL «» ||2. Passed. Claimed txeniption, dependant parents. 4g7—Philip Rash, Bobo. Passed. No exemption. 468- -Claude Laisure, Monroe. PassS ed. Claimed exemption, wife and one child. > 469- -Cyrus Ix'hman, Berne. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and child. 470—Thomas Dean, Decatur. Objected. • 471—Ervin Fox, Berne. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife. ' 472- Edward Wittwer. Berne. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and two children. 473—Martin Bultemeier. Ossian. R. R. 3. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife and three children. 474 -live Talbott, Decatur. Passed. No exemption. 475— Ralph Bollinger, Pleasant Mfljs I Passed. Claimed exemption, wife ami one child. 476—Henry Kohne. Decatur, IL IL 5. Passed. Claimed exemption, agriculture. 477—Bryan Hendricks. Monroe. Rejected by physicians, board will rule in case later. No exemption. 478— Harry Shoemaker, Geneva. RR. 4. Passed. No exemption. 479—Charles Maloney, Monroe, nqt . examined, member comi'any A. 480 —Robert Glendenning. Geneva, B> , 'R. 4. Passed. Claimed exempttoa. , dependent mother and sister. 481—Robert Jaebker. Preble. Passed. Claimed exemption, wife , 482—Carl Adler. Decatur, R. IL & . Rejected by [diysiciaiis, board will rule in case later. No exemption. 483—Jonathan Hirschey Geneva. R- . , R. 5. Not present. 484—Clifton Strickler. Berne. Passed. Claimed exemption on grounds that he is a school teacher. 485—Edwin Boese. Decatur. Pass- ! ed. Claimed exemption on grounds ’ I that he was a field man for Holland- , St. Louis Sugar Co. 4S6 —Herman Bultemeier. Decatur, i ’ R. R. 1. Passed. Claimed exemption. : dependent parents. 1 ' .487 —John Ehrhart, Berne. R. R. 1. 1 Rejected, referred to board for nil- < ing. I 488—Oswald Hoffman. Decatur. R. < R. 4. Based. Claimed exemption, j - wtfe and mother. < 489- —Curt Fritzinger. Decatur. IL R. ( 9. Passed. Claimed exemption. . wife and two children. 490—Carl Z. Murphy. Monroe. Pass- ( cd. Claimed exemption, dependent t father and farmer. ( 491—Robert Nevil. Geneva. Passed. Did not claim exemption. 492 —Ernst Stengel. Berne. Passed. Claimed exemption, industry. . August Schlatter, of Noble ' I 1 county was examined by the local board this afternoon. He passed and I 1 filed his claim for exemption on the 1 ground that he had a wife to support. 1 o I PEACE EFFORTS FAIL (Continued from Page One) i While British airplanes circled over- j' head guarding the men from the states j . thousands cheered, waved flags and ' 1 gave them the most enthusiastic re- !' ception that has ever been accorded a ' body of troops since the return of the ■ , British from South Africa. King 1 1 George, Queen Mary, Premier Lloyd ' George and other members of the cab- ; . inet reviewed the troops, saluting the 1 stars and stripes as they fluttered ny. • From Berlin came renewed indica- ' . tions of the response that may be expected from Germany to the Pope's appeal. Tlie Vorwaerts declared that the denial of passports to the Stockholm .io- - cialists conference showed who was , obstructing peace and referred to the ‘.‘brutal destruction ot the Stockholm peace work.” e Under the heading, "The Great Offen sive” the Evening Standard this*after- . noon said, “The pope's appeal shows b that Germany is working with might and main on the battlefield. The pope must lie singularly ill informed as to 1. the state of public feeling among the e allies.” (By Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff I- Correspondent.) London. August 15 —(Special Io e Daily Deniocrt) —The eyas of oflit-ial-e dom of the allies I timed tir Russia and >• America today—not to Rome. The principal point of interest and discussion of the pope’s peace propos- '• als was the effect they will have on '■ Russia. Next come speculation as to the pos, » sibie effect on American Catholics. That the proposals cannot and will not be 'accepted by England. France ’’ and Italy is taken as foregone cong, elusion. There is every confidence that Amer "1, ica will turn a deaf ear to the sugges- '• tion of peace conditions. President ‘I Wilson is regarded as having outlimd if the aims for which America is lighting n in language which tile entire world ean r - understand re | While the official text of the pope's proposals ii( still unavailable, the un> official intimations of it here have s- given the impression that is is in real-

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ity a plea for erttalillshment of the status quo as th* first basis of peace. All allied powers, including America. have previously stated this is impossible. The proposals of his holiness are re- , garded as ill-thned, despite the g'iod intention he may hove in advancingthem. The general impresion in England is that his peace message is of German inspiration, furnished through Austria although there is a disposition to withhold final judgment for the present. Although the terms as outlined from unofficial sources, are generally alo.ig, lines which have been regarded as ae■ceptalrte to Germany under present military conditions, it is noted that >hey go further than any Germany has so far put forth. Despite this, however, even so< h liberal papers as the Chronicle regarded the proposals as beyond acceptance by the allies because they do not touch the fundamentals for which - the allies are fighting. The press comment of today does not show the resentment that appeared when German peace feelers fame. It is pointed out, however, that immediate peace negotiations are of supreme importance to Germany. The desire for peace in Austria, even more than in Germany, is well' known. The close connection between the Austrian court and the Vatican is a matter of history. Hence the first conclusion Rhat the pope's proposals are of GerI’.uan inspiratiou. Germany, it is believed here todav. may be expected to be the first to ra |ply to the pope's message. Whether the allied nations reply directly depends on the nature of the an answer may lie given, if it does not, then only indirect answer may > made through speeches delivered be 'tore parliamentary bodies. If the allies finally and officially decide to reject, or ignore, the pope’s proposals, it is nevertheless realized much work done in Russia during t.he l»ast months may have to be done over again. The peace appeal, it is feared, will again arouse the pro-peace and- pm- . German elements in Russia. The tireless work of Premier Kerensky is just Ireginning to bear fruit. The army has been fighting with commendable valor, and the recalcitrant elements have for the moment been-stilled. But Russia is sown with Gorman spies. They may br expected to make the most of the pope's appeal in again stirring the desire for peace, and if the allies reject the proposals, of hiH holiness, efforts for a separate peace with Russia will probably bn redoubled from Berlin. BULETIN Washington, August 15—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Administration lead ers determined to force an executive session of the senate late today to decide whether peace terms aud war aims shall come up for debate on the 1 floor. COURT HOUSE NEWS~ , Hunting and fishing lioenses: Julian . Guyot, iaiwrence Smith, Fred Heuer, i Clem Voglewede. Gerald Durkin. 1 Report from the state board of ac--5 couutancs has been reeeivod of t!ie ‘ examination made by C. B. Daly aud , Clyde Strait, aec'juntawts. of the S school fund-s handled by Auditor BaiL zell and Auditor Mosure from June 1, ’ 1915 t 0 Max 31. 1917. A summary • shows that the total amount of fuuq 3

. M *in tnuit Jum 1 Bti7, » aiE ft Os this common school ft :s ! j (974 15; congressional s ’ $18,487.24: and pernnner. v inent endowment fund. jCeipts ot |2l will he shows; ’ rqport. It is reconiniMdd■ ® ticit of $51.16 in the ” fund, originated many y<» carried along year by E up by county warrant fro E: £o fund. ai , C. L. Walters for the to m her Company has tiled 4 < i Charlea Pennington, on . i at mand >l6O. vi Real estate transfer? ler. et al. to August D. sej * !l 8, Linn Grove. $4500. nt SI License'! to marry: J gomery Stetlvr. torn 51 : ■ te son of Augustus Stetler Oneta Smith, born Jut.:'# daughter of Everett Siuitij — o . ♦ ♦ + + + + 4 , ++) ct + CAMP NIBLICKh. + 4-* + + + + *+ t w Not much doing today | -A and hikes have been dMI r j a time at least until after fj, feeling better and until is mustered into service popular occupations t« nursing sore arms, ci 1 "®® camp and playing the record has been -eiitred4 n( army bugle ( alls on it a pany bugler i a-ttin? - gg from it. M Several of the boys e:.- ■ the cupola of the tour morning ami enjoyed th surrounding the count: ;of bird’s eye view pictor - * of the camp and 'icini' Sergeant Beery and * g clerk have comi leted ti! - by the boys will be l' aii ' 1 ' the drilling done each »’ company was mobilized ed that the boys be paid ’ 'a. night for drilling <W" ? 20. 27. and August 3. Tl '■ a dollar which amount , receive. No l’a>' drilling done on any ot! five dates, although lows drilled all I' lll 11 while others ditiled th'’ 1 only. — Ed Yahne, the contra 1 busy this morning in il,s *’■ parlor, the court I • 11 - 1 ■ of the boys took advan 1 skill and “Kot * After the musterin'’ noon, Ben Amrine. ' end resident, pa.-;" of the boys. Major Dret lacin battalion, fourth ir.w‘ li: od Company A Wayne with his wite . roll call and from tingl on H( . will return . be present at i nt court house SWORN INTO OF - • . Pt. Benjamin , ■ (Special to Daih I than 3000 men from ■ Kentucky and Virgin . - sioned atnd sworn , States army today _ . ' tho closing of the ) training camp here-