Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary , Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier...! $5.00 Per Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mall $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofllce in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. READ THIS AND THEN READ IT AGAIN: Just where free speech begins andi leaves off is well expressed in the fol- ' lowing editorial from the Saturday Evening Post, which we hope our' readers will carefully peruse and think about: You can’t Ift ve democracy without free speech, oral and printed. That is self-evident and fundamental. No rational person thinks of denying it. And you can't have democracy, without submission by the minority to the formally expressed will of the majority. That also is self-evident and fundamental. No rational person thinks of denying it. If you take free speech in an absolute sense, no such thing was ever known under any government—or ever will be. You can’t get up in the middle of the church service and recite the Declaration of Independence. You cannot urge a man to commit murder. You cannot speak slanders. You cannot orate on a busy street corner. You cannot speak sedition. The practicable, and only possible, rule is simple enough: You can use your freedom of speech to any reasonable extent for the purpose of trying to shape the decisive will of the majority; you cannot use it for the purpose of trying to defeat that will after it has been formally expressed. Say you don’t like an income tax. You have every right to urge that that tax be repealed. You have no right, while the law stands, to urge individuals who are subject to It to evade or resist it by refusing to make returns or by making false returns or by holding up the tax collector with a gun. You have every right to urge that no conscriptive army law’ be passed. When the country decides for war you have no right to resist war by any means. The rule is self-evident to common sense. In easy, genial, normal times nobody cares to draw the line very strictly. In war it will be vigorously enforced, for when the majority has taken a decision the execution of which will require many to die It is no mood for genial leniency toward verbal efforts to frustrate its plans. Tolerance of seditious free speech would be an insult to every man under arms.

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1 The company A fund is coming just J a little slow. We know how hard is ft '|to figure out just how you can afford it, but think of the sacrifice that many, I are making. Men have given up their, , business, have quit college just when ! a diploma was within their grasp, have ’ I 1 taken a big chance on the future that the country may live, that our chi-j dr'en and their children may enjoy , the same rights that you have in this i great land. When ou think of those ' | things the giving of a five or a ten1 dollar bill should be easy. Only $365 is needed to reach the coveted S9OO for the company A fund and then A. J. Smith will give the other hundred. It ought to be subscribed this week. Many of those who have given can ill : ff’rd to do so if [they would want t> be selfish, but they are willing to sac.iOe."' a little .that the boys of company A may have a few bright moments that they would otherwise be denied. Send in your contribution. If you can’t give ten, give five or three or two or one. But give something. The best proof that the present city administration has made good is the fact that the tax levy fixed at last night's session of the council for next year is a ten cent reduction from the present rate. At this time r.n the history of this great nation, it is almost surprising to receive anything even at the same price and when it is reduced it should be even the more appreciated. It should be remembered that it cosrs more to operate the city than heretofore just the same as it costs more to operate your business and your home and a ten cent reduction on the tax rate 1 this year means more than it would any other year. The administration • deserves credit for the careful management and the care exercised In t handling the public business. . We believe in the patriotism of the ■ national army and we know that a : large per cent of them are as patriotic and w’ill make as good soldiers as any men who serve the flag. Quite a number who took the examination here were glad to be accepted and there are among them numerous men who are real heroes. We have in mind ! one man who owns a good farm and who has a four year old son, who passed and claimed no exemption. When asked why, he replied, ‘ Well some must go and I can go easier than I many of those 1 know.” Don’t you think such a fellow as that will make a real soldier? The national army is a leveler, the senator’s son and tne farmer’s son and the laborer’s son serving side by side to save the country and it will prove a great American army. The men chosen should remem- , ber that they are entering a new field in which the possibilities to make good are as great or greater than in any known field today. Strive to do it I boys and realize that the good wish-as of the people at home are with you ■ wherever you go. | DOINGS IN SOCIETY | WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday Monmouth Community Red Cross Sewing—S. S. Magley home, tall day) IY. P. C. E., Election of Officers —at U. B. church. Thursday Helping Hand —Ellu Mutchlcr at Reformed church. Friday Yeoman Social —Waterworks Park. Ben Hur Picnic Supper for Soldier members. Philathea Class —Mrs. Floyd Bright. Mite Society—Mrs. J. W. Tyndall. O unwearied feet, traveling ye know not whither! Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and true success is labor.—Stevenson. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hunter will have as their guests at dinner this evening Mr. and Mrs. James Middleton and Mrs. Burt Middleton. of Para'gould, Ark. Miss Jessie Holthouse entertained , the Delta Theta Tau sorority last evejniirx. but on account of the Red Cross .meeting, also, the business period was cut short. Misses Frances Deininger and Ag-j

nes Kohne will go to Fort Wayne this evening to attend a picnic party io be given by Miss Helen Aurentx at Rob ■ ison park. Miss Aurentz will accomI' 1 any them home tomorrow. Miss Anna Harding Pifer, of St. i Louis, Mo., arrived last evening for a , visit with her grand parents. Mr. and if’rs. W. J. Myers for the remainder 'of this week. She will go to Toledo, 0., the last of the weci; and from there will return home byway of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Fred Patterson will give a sewing party Friday afternoon for her niece. Miss Marion Balch, of Terre Haute. The social given by the. Three Link , club of the Rebekahs at the I. O. O. F. hall last evening provided a very good time for the thirty or forty ' present. In a contest for the tearing of three links from paper, Mrs. Fred Blosser won the honors. In a needle threading contest, Mrs. Olen Baker wits successful. A fine crocheted dresser scarf was sold to Mrs. Waldo I prushwiller. Refreshments of punch • and nabiscoes were provided. • With the lawn lighted with electric lights, with small tables accom modating the guests when refreshments of ice cream and watermelon , were served, and with the lawn an ideal place for the playing of outdoor games, the social given by the 1 Loyal Workers' class of the Evan- • gelical church last .evening at the i Leonard Merryman home was an en , joyable one. t After lodge last evening the Royal - Neighbors gave a party at the hall for I Mrs. Percy G. Williams, who will go tc ( | her new home at Goshen soon. There was a general social, with a visit tc the ice cream parlor for refreshments ’ afterwards. The lodge Needle elul 1 will hold its regular meeting next Tues ; day evening. 1 Miss Charlotte Jones, of Toledo, 0.. 5 who spent a week with Miss Toni" I Meibers at their cottage at Rome City i returned with her here for a three weeks’ visit. Miss Marguerite Gerard j of Toledo, O„ was also a guest at t ic Meiliers cottage at Rome City for ? week. » Mrs. Ora May came from Ft. Wayne this afternoon for a visit with her sis ter, Mrs. Aaron Stevens. The annual reunite <he Mtintnu s family will be held tomorrow at Robi 1 son park, Fort Wayne. 1 Jesse Swartz, teacher, entertained I his Sunday school class, the V. 1. S. i class, last evening. The business I and social periods were interesting I and pleasant and refreshments of ice cream, cake and watermelon were ’ excellent. Miss Mary Aurand, Mrs. . James Archbold and daughter, Jen--1 nie, were guests. ' $• + + + + <*•**> + ♦ + 4 > + CAMP NIBLICK NOTES. + 444 t + + + + + 4 + + + + The boys of Company A received their second “shot in the arm" today as a preventative against typhoid. The t first shot was given ten days ago and . the third and last shot will be given in L about ten day hence. The boys whose vaccination did not “take” were supposed to have been given another shot 1 but owing to a shortage of vaccine I this was not possible. The work was - done at Camp Niblick in the sergeant s t tent and was done very quickly, it taking about 45 minutes to inoculate all the men. Although the shot this 1 time was just twice as heavy as the last, none of the boys fainted and very few are getting sick. However, it is 1 thought that the serum will not beI gin to take its effect until late this I evening or tomorrow. Lieut. Lucas, | medical reserve corps, who resides in Jonesborougvh did the work. Lieut. Lucas was at Portland yesterday afternoon and will leave today for Fort g Wayne and from thgre will go to Hun- > tington. 1 Kenyon Walters and Ed Bovine who are the latest recruits to company A were given the physical examination "by Lieut. Lucas this morning. The boys will not know the result of the examination until word is received from headquarters, as the examining r officer has no authority to rule on this point. Owing to the second Inoculation of tlfe boys all work and drill was called off for the rest of the day. Also the roll-call at nine o’clock this evening will be foregone. It was the intention of the officers to have the men practice mounting the guard today, but this will be postponed until tomorrow or i the next day. Captain Dunn was among the men who attended the reunion of the 160th regiment of the Spanish-American war, veterans which was held at Wabash. Monday. Dallas Hunsicker was kind enough to donate to Company A four great big J ripe, red, juicy, luscious, ice-cold water ( melons and all the boys made short jwork of them tills noon. Any more

donations of watermelons will l-< cheerfully received, say the boys. The commissioned officers were the , first to receive the "shot In the arm" and the rest of the men followed I’l alphabetical order as Clerk Brill call- < d out their names. | e Sherman Kump assisted Lieut. Luc as. this morning, by applying the iodine to the boys arms liefort) they re- . celved the shot. ' Remember the company A dance tomorrow night. Fifty cents a couple. ( o — AT WAR PROFITS ; . I I (Continued from Page One) of local delivery, will afford every city a working basis for figuring the , coal costs to the American home. | Costs for the average house should be figured on prepared sizes, which 1 are 25 cents higher than the “run of 1 mine” coal. Washington. D. (?.. Aug. 22 —(Special to Dally Democrat) —Spectacular blows at war profits were struck in all government quarters today. President Wilson began his price fixing program by establishing a price of approximately $2 a ton on bituminous coal at the mine and expected to fix the price to retailer and consumer soon. Increasing demands were heard in the senate for revision of the great tax bill so as to conscrip wealth more heavily. President Wilson’s sweeping acI tion in tumbling down the price of coal only foreshadows what the government is ready to do in the case of other products—steel, oil. and everything needed by the government. Labor, determined to share in the profits, threaten strikes in many shipyards and other plants. It is expected. however, that early adjustment of these troubles will come. The department of justice is increasing its vigilence to ferret out German agents who may be behind some of the labor unrest. It is known that some have been discovered working on a number of vital war , tion. Arrival of the Japanese commission today will open what may prove to be interesting conversations between the United States and the mikado. However, the need of ships —Japan’s possible contribution to the war at this stage—is not so acute now, owing to speed up orders from the shipping board and a ship build- , ing program that will call for $1,000,000,000 more from congress. Hence ' it appears likely the Japanese mis--5 sion may not develop into more than t a friendly call. f o Quota Is Now Up To District (Continued from Page One) the last 101 men examined to secure ' the number necessary to complete ’ the 117. ' The board has received the blanks 1 necessary for notifying the men to ' report for duty. Under present or- > ders it will 'be necessary to order I thirty-two or thirty-three men to rei port on September sth, this being ■ thirty per cent of the original quota • of 107. The first card sent out is printed > on green and is official notice of sei lection by the district board as well : as the local board and asking the : party so notified to hold himself in , readiness to report for service. The . second card is printed on red, in a , double post card fixing the exact . hour to report. The service of the . men notified will begin at the hour specified and the card explains that ( failure to report with intention to evade such service will be deemed desertion, which it is explained is a i capital offense during times of war. The card also says that party will be under orders of the hoard which will furnish food and lodging until hour of train departure. If you live within one hour’s travel of local office , you may obtain permission to sleep and eat at home, by sending in an , attached postal card. The card also , specifies that you can only take with , you the following articles: I Soap, shaving accessories, comb , and brush, tooth brush and powder, towels, underclothing and socks, and if you desire, a change of shirt and collar but you will have no use for f the latter after you arrive in camp. I Bring tpe articles in a hand bag. ; Your clothes may be sent home by , express if you wish or you can wear , old clothes that you can discard. The' attached card is an application to 5 eat and sleep at horse and gives the r manner you can be reached most easily and a promise to remain within one hour’s travel. i The board this afternoon granted i exemption to Charles -Barnett, t.f ■ Pleasant Mills, who has a family depeudeut upon him. —; o Mrs. William Hitchcock, of this 'city, accompanied by her i ter, Mis. JC. A. Hodge, of Van Wert, 0., will , leave tomorrow for Robison. 11!. for a visit with their mother, ’irs. W. M. I Watt. I]

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LOWER CITY TAX RATE TEN CENTS (Continued from Page One) which objections would be heard wire passed and adopted. As a number of property owners had signed waivers in the matter of the West Madison street improvement hi the amount of $236.00 the city clerk was instructed to issue improvement j bonds to cover the amount of the waivers. The waterworks committee was instructed with power to act to make a contract or an engagement with tne Moses Greenhouse company for the furnishing of steam. , At the request of J. W. Meibers the ; city clerk was instructed to notify ! Michael Miller, the contractor and i builder of the Third street sidewalk ' improvement, to repair same at once. The finance committee allowed the ; following bills and the meeting ad- | journed: I i Decatur Volunteer Firemen... .$ 12.00 i Decatur Volunteer Firemen.... 21.00 . Decatur Volunteer Firemen.... 35.00 j Decatur Volunteer Firemen.... 13.00 ■ Geneva Electric Co 110.54 , Continental Mfg. Co 5.00 Adams Express Co 79 ! Protective Elec. Supply Cq 39.52 Ft. Wayne Oil Supply Co 2.50 ’ National Mill Supply Co 24.21 Water Works Pay Roll 20.38 Evans. Coal Co 241.45 i John Thomas 59.02 1 Indiana Refining Co 10.32 Marie Patterson 12.00

John S. Peterson John Barnett Isaac Chronister 39 .so , Street Com. Pay Roll iig w L. L. Baumgartner /.dams Co. Council of Defense.. 50.00 Police Pay Roll G. R. & I. R. R. Co 214.33 F T. St. L. & W. R. R. Co 113. 16 A. C. Foos 134 00 I M. J. Mylott Pay Roll 162.50 I C. C. Linn 20.00 A. C. Foos Pay Roll 215.00 DOWNWARD COURSE Fast Being Realized by Decatur People. A little backache at first. Daily increasing ‘till the back h B lame and weak. Urinary disorders may quickly Mlow; Dropsy and ofter Bright's disease. This frequently is the downward ■ course of kidney ills. Don’t take this course. Follow the H advice of a Decatur citizen. Mrs. C. Cook. 715 North Fifth St. t Decatur, says: "I suffered for a loss time with backache and lameness through sny body, as well as other symptoms of kidney trouble. Doan's Kidney Pills completely rid me of the trouble and I haven’t needed any kidney medicine for a long time." Price 60c, at all dealers. Dn’t f simply ask for a kidney remedy ct M Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Cook had. Foster-Milburn Ci. Props.. Buffalo, N. Y. advt oC‘»me to our store this week and get free tickets to the Crystai theater.—Steele & Bleeke.