Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1917 — Page 1

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BBITISH STILL GAIN GROUND Germany is Throwing Thousands of Men Into Counter-attacks. r- 1 "" ■ '■* THE ITALIAN FIGHTERS iStill Throwing Austrians , Back With Terrible I . Casualty List. (United PreM Service) New York, N. Y„ Aug. 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany was badly bruised by the allies’ concerted offensive but she still has strength to fight every inch of those gained and throw thousands of men into counter-attacks. In addition she has strength to start powerful thrusts at Russia's Riga front. Official statements from belligerent enemy camps .plainly showed this German strength today. They indicated the chain of battles on the west front had slackened percepts ibly. England’s hottest attacks today were concentrated around Lens, and there United Press dispatches showed that the Germans had thrown no less than thirty violent counterattacks against the fierce onslaughts of the Canadians. The British, however, were slowly gaining ground. France's great offensive at Verdun apparently ceased today. Semi-offi-cial dispatches indicated the object of the assault had been won. The Italian offensive was the only one of the three that was apparently raging with no slackening in the intensity. Rome's official statement claimed gains toward Treiste and raised the total of Austrian prisoners taken to over 16.000. Germany's Riga offensive was gaining slightly, according to Petroigrad’s own admission. BULLETIN. Washington, D. C„ Aug. 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—While German troops were hammering at Russia's northern battle line in a new drive on Riga, conferences were in progress in Washington today which were believed to forecast speedy assistance to the new democracy. This assistance may be in the form of a new loan, ennabling Russia to further replenish her supplies and keep her transportation systems in operation. BULLETIN. Washington, D. C., Aug. 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —National guard troops which were to train at I Palo Alta, Calif., will be shifted to North Carolina, under present war » department plans. This indicates E that after the lirst two Rainbow diB visions are in France the third will be northwestern forces. (By William Phillip Simms, United Press Staff Correspondent) i With the British armies in the field. August 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A few yards was all that more than 30 successive and desperately waged German counter- attacks throughout last night could wrench from the Canadian grip around Today the dominion fighters were still

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repulsing the picked Teutonic troops and were crawling inch by Inch into the city. On the western outskirts of Lens I a new advance position was established nnd firmly held today. It surviv cd a veritable storm of counter-at-r tacks. (By Henry Wood, United Press Staff Correspondent) With the French Armies in the Field, Angust 23 —(Sitecial to Daily Democrat) A now zenith In destructiveness ; is being net today by French artillery fire out of Verdun. The hail of fire which French gun- ; tiers have poured and still continued to pour against the Germans today has far exceeded in its pulverizing damage to the enemy the unprecedented horror of the great German guns nt Liege and Brussels ns those "Busy Berthas" in the early days of the war surpassed any previous artillery. From vantage points in the former German line reached today, the French found villages literally grou vl to pieces. Moreover they had been villages converted into concrete and steel fortresses by the enemy. Fren- h mortars crumbled the great German sitadel on dead man's hill. Their shells bored Jar under ground there ( to explode and destroy complicated gallieries. looking at this destruction todav. , French officers understood how it . happened on the first day of the great , drum fire preparations, several score , Germans deserted to the French lines. , unable to stand the strain. On the day ] following a hundred more surrendered. . One entire platoon of Germans de- i serted and arrived at the French line ] marching in regular order, with a full | complement of men in command of i German officers. The hills of dead man and Oie were taken by encircling movements in re pelling the crown prince's drive. The French army chiefs immediate ly in charge under Petain, of the vic- , torious French offensive were Generals Fayolle and Guillaumat. The latter captured Maurepas and Combles and is next in charge under Petain. (By John Grendens, United Press Staff Correspondent) Berlin, August 23—(Special to Dally Democrat)—Berlin today saw an important step in democratic reform as the result of Chancellor Michaelis first appearance before the reichstag main committee. All newspapers regarded the chancel lor’s concession permittiing the committee to discuss the papal peace note as of far more importance than the substance of the chancellor’s speech itself. Most of the chancellor’s utterances were merely reiterations of previous outlines of Germany’s position. Not only did the chancellor grant this participation in governmental affairs by the main committee, but he likewise, is developed today, consented to the appointment of a sub-committee for discussion for all secret questions. (By John H. Hearley, United Press Staff Correspondent) With the Italian Armies in the Field Aug., 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A gun every thirty yards over a front of 37 miles was the concentration of Italian artillery achieved today at one place in the great line where General Cadorna’s men pressed onward. Approximately 2,000 artillery pieces, of every conceivable calibre, were unceasingly active in this sector today. (Continued on Page Two)

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CROSSED Sfc \//a Ship on Which Miss Esthel Sellemeyer Sailed Crossed the Pacific. TOUCHED YOKOHAMA August 11—No Other Stop pings Until She Reaches Hong Kong. Somewhat worried over the fad that no word had been received from Miss Esther Sellemeyer, since she sailed from Vancouver. B. C.. Au gust 2 for China where, site will serve as a missionary, her falher, A H. Sellemeyer. got into touch with tlie board of foreign missions of the Reformed church, at Philadelphia Pa. In a letter which he received from the board this morning, they informed him that transportation representatives had informed them that the boat touched at Yokohama August 14 and all was well with everyone. That was, however, twe days later than she was scheduled to arrive there. The other stoppings of the boat will not be reported until it reaches Hong Kong, which is two or three days’ sailing beyond Shanghai. Assurance was given as to her safety since word was received that the vessel crossed the Pacific safely. From Yokohama on. it is hard ly out of sight of land for more than a few hours at a time. MOST BEWORTHY Township Trustees Must Investigate Poor Aid Applicant Cases. HOW TO HELP THEM And What to do Specified in Letters Sent Out to Officers. County Auditor John Mosure am the several township trustees, of this county with others over the state have received letters from G. H. Bend ren, state examiner, which li’as beer approved by Amos W. Butler, secrc tary of the board of state charities, ... follows: Examiners by this statement dis close that the method prescribed by law for giving relief to the poor anj for allowing payments therefor fron the poor fund is not being followed mi formly throughout the state. The township trustee is the oversell of the poor in hi stownship. He musi see that the poor are relieved am taken care of properly. He must in vestigate each case personally or by his representative before giving aid This is essential for two reasons: First, that he may decide whether oi not the applicant for relief is actual ly in distress and is entitled to relie: from public funds; Second, that in may make the record required by sec tion 9759 Burns’ R. S. This applies tt

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b.V tl . “ilil -V given (lK„.- k ‘n<i nf '">"// slip '’"‘•Her , State ClmriiwL c °unty ''"' I purpose. ,f ' U/ ’7 any quarter. ' ll " r t . ed. It is unlawfuYVr, commissioners to any poor claim until tw > r<t , l| l[ y record have been filed. Burns' R. S.) Under the compulsory sclifSL., t tendance law. city and town , corporations are requested to > (Continue© on Page Twot 'TWO AUTOS CRASH I , , Auburn and Ford Came i Together Last Night West of Monroe. L . , DAMAGE WAS HEAVY • - Both Cars Suffer in Collision—Cornfield at Road Intersection. Considerable amount of damage , was done and one person was slightly hurt when an Auburn driven byJohn Lobsiger, who lives three miles ' from Monroe, and a Ford, driven by Melvin Babcock, who also lives near Monroe came together about 10:30 o’clock Wednesday night at a crossroad. two miles west of Monroe. ; Mr. Lobsiger, accompanied by two of his boys, was driving south enroute home, and Mr. Babcock was going west also on the way home. A corn field stands at the corner where the accident occurred and this r partly obscured the vision of the drivers. Mr. Lobsiger says he was preparing to make the turn east I when one of his boys noticed the lights of the machine coming from the east. He said he drove clear out on his side of the road, almost to the ditch, but as he came around the turn, the other machine which was running about twenty-five or thirty 1 miles an hour, and had glaring head- , lights, kept to the center of the road and in some manner swerved to the ’ right, striking the Lobsiger machine x on the left side. The force of the impact threw Mr. Babcock out on the road, and he alighted on his head and shoulders, cutting his forehead slightly. The Auburn was forced into the ' ditch before it could be stopped and * the Ford was turned entirely around ’ in the road. The radiator of the Au--1 burn was bent, the axle and radius rods bent, the lights broken, and the '' frame twisted. Also the supporting 1 arms of the motor were broken. The ' radiator on the Ford was smashed, ’ the axle bent back under the ma- ■ chine, the radius rods broken, the ■ lights smashed, the frame twisted, : the fenders bent and the wind-shield r broken. The wrecking crews of the Kalverf Noble and the Durkin Modern garages were called out this morning - and the machines were brought in i for repairs.

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I U s < / Jo< Il ’ °/o. " Ir 'h- i, S( > -C; Her n‘ '"lk lir oth. I Oc 'al one of ’ city, r n ' c lock , t/|,s » family, re ,l - nf < ‘ Qo not go wholl^^jk“ e (. , p cr, Acker has beeiiSk/ "ml , for some time in a—- — experience in that Her sister, Miss Eva Xtu t 1 1 , spent the summer in | ing a school there, and with her brother and family, wjk turn here next wee'.: to be ready her work as a teacher in the puiilM schools when they open. Miss Minta Acker was accompanied to Denver by her niece, Mrs. Ernest Reicheldefer, of Geneva, who will visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Acker, her mother being in poor . health. NOT IN SESSION I . . Local Military Board Took ) a Rest Today—Exemptions Are Refused IBY DISTRICT BOARD _ To Seven Adams County Men —Otto Wefel Exempted on Appeal. s f The local military board took a va- ' cation today, the members excepting 1 C. N. Christen, and including several , of the clerks, were absent and there was no meeting. Last evening before adjourning the board went > through the last 1001 of the 513 ex- , amined and listed the men who passed and did not claim exemption. The 3 list, however, was locked up today 1 and could not be obtained. I The district board has forwarded ■ a report showing that exemption has a been denied to the following who ap--3 pealed on religious grounds,; Herman » Reusser. Abraham Neuenschwander, a Omer Neuenschwander, David D. , Schwartz, Tilman Soldner, John P. - Leichty and Elmer Lehman, all of • Berne. According to the Ft. Wayne , Journal-Gazette this morning, ex--1 emption was granted Otto Wefel on his appeal. It is understood that the •- exemptions granted by the district ■ board in most cases are temporary. ? No official word has been received i concerning the district exemptions by (Continued on Page Two)

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) , :«*Topi Cl kea/s r . 'hirt>., ' fl th iit llt ■' '" Organs ""'ity i,, ' !, "'l w ' u,""7 W. ,r time. pn '^7 V NING I H^AVI\r L 0,6 v 23- ' / ,y ’ qulr l‘ V Help (t,y M.S-, Pv th, X Jor 0,. Headiiuanhk :, “d e ‘ U,cil,it ry. J. O. of »he Club, Decatu«||to fo/ . e Fort Dear Sir: —The the Rotary club, the ,l ’’ eve tl and the public-spirited beport e J deserving of commendatiowßPg read with pleasure your the people of Decatur, publishsk the Daily Democrat. 1 need not twk you who have, so enthusiastically J championed this effort to assist in the comfort of your fellow citizens in Company A. to renew- your efforts and never quit until the goal of your endeavors has been reached. A citizen of Terre Haute, a distiller by the name of Snits, has purchased uniforms for Company B of Terre Haute at a cost of $l,lOO. A coal operator from Clinton has offered to purchase uniforms for the Fourth infantry band and will pay S6O each for them. When the wealthy citizens of other places are doing so much perhaps some citizen of Decatur can be found who will write his name on the scroll of fame by a contribution to the Company A fund. Perhaps some can be found who will give a substantial amount. This is the time for sacrifice, the time for more than giving, when those who go are giving so much and when those who are near and dear are making their sacrifice, surely it is very little indeed to be able to give but money. These men should receive an ovation when they leave. It should be an occasion never to be forgotten by every citizen of Adams and Wells counties. Its patriotic opportunities and its psychological effect upon those who go and those who will go later and on the youth of the community must not be wasted. England made the mistake early in the war of allowing her troops to leave without, being paraded or given any • Continue© on Page Twoi

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q pry ~ '■ as ‘ '•mtv „ , ‘ (la,r is «»«« 1 I /; . U '" / of J r*'”' you ,p ■ 1 raphs ■ n y ,n thi eh. e ’"»zed ap,ei - ,rt be ern ° ayn e ch/ " nR ,hp no. rs ■ he sp '«e. e 1 . I B/ 46 on©, n ‘ xlk ,v, n ''• f ' laide yu s > Mrs. F. wk —Mrs. FreaTk Mrs. Dr. S. D r '' al ‘ low, Mrs. J. S. Peterson, Miss Tillie Meibers, Miss Frances Deininger, Miss Madge Hite, Miss Glennys Mangold, Mrs. G. W. Flanders. Mrs. C. D. Lewton. Miss Ruth Parrish. First Aid Work —Chairman—Dr. S. D. Beavers; Vice-Chairman—Dr. W. E. Smith. The local chapter and all the aux'laries of the county have to begin with, the twenty-five per cent of the Red Cross fund of $9500 raised in the recent Red Cross campaign. This means that there is available from this fin d the sum of $2375 for use of the Red Cross organizations in this county. This money, as specified by the American Red Cross War Finance Committee may be used for war relief work in the territory wherein it was raised. The term war relief work, as explained by the council, includes materials and supplies for surgical dressings, hospital garments, etc., also civilian relief of the families of depend ents engaged in this war, or other local war relief work of a like nature. The county's share of the fund (has ■ raised in the recent campaign will give ’ the local chapter and its auxiliaries (Continued on Two) - ■■

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