Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 206.

CHINESE TROOPS TO HELP RUSSIA /Fifteen Thousand Picked Men Are Being Rushed Through Siberia. GERMAN NAVAL FORCE Has Been Called Out to Add Speed to Kaiser’s Riga Offensive. {United Tress San Francisco, Sept. 6—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Fifteen t ousand picked Chinese troops have been mobilized for transfer through Siberia to the Russian battle front to help the Russians stem the Gcrmtn drive, according to a heavily censired dispatch received by the Chinese Daily World here, from Shanghai. The troops are said to include many engineers, educated in American universities. Berlin, Spet. 6—(Special to Dally Democrat)—Capture of 120 Russian officers, 7.500 tnen, 180 guns and 300 machine guns with several armored cars and a quantity of war material was officially announced from the Riga front today. “Along the Dwina river, we have advanced as far as Fiiedrichsta.lt.” the war office declared Washington, D. C., Sept. 6—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The United States government is done with peace talk until such time as Germany meets American requirements for ending the war. The state department made this clear today. A high official expressed himself forcibly as displeased at the continuous peace speculation, adding that he believed the press ought ' to talk war and the people boost war at this time. As part of its program the state department today with the Japanese mission, concerning greater co-operation between the two nations. Still further evidence of the business at hand came in an official intimation that if Holland yielded to Germany’s presure for the use of Antwerp, the United States and the allies would regard the waters there as belligerent and take forceful action to thwart Germany's move. ■wnsjsnk'TßH!'”* Washing! C., Sept. 6— (Special to Daily Democrat)—Speaker Champ Clark, taking the floor in the house today, re-opened the battle of wealth conscriptionists, demanding that great war profits be heavily taxed. The temper of the house toward the coming fight was shown in the tremendous applause of Clark s words. His declaration that “eighty per cent of war profits is not too much to pay,” aroused such a demonstration that Clark was forced to stop speaking. Washington, D. C„ Sept. 6—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Two hundred thirty-five million dollars for torpedo boat destroyers were asked of congress today in a revised estimate submitted by Secretary Daniels.

Petrograd, Sept. 6 —(Special to the < Daily Democrat)— Germany called on her navy today to add speed to her ---—~~ 1 *++++++ + + + + + + * * TO LEAVE FOR MINEOLA. + 4, + I 4. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.. + , + Sept. 6 —(Special to Daily Dem- ♦ 4. ocratl—All signs at Fort Harri- + 4. son today pointed to early de- + 4. parture of the 150th Field Artil + 4. lery (formerly the First Indiana + 4. Field Artillery) for Mineola. + 4. Long Island, where the Hoosier + 4, troops will he merged with + 4. those from other states forming + 4, the first “Rainbow Division" 44. soon to depart for France. + 4. Probably the most significant + 4. sign was the departure of horses + 4. belonging to the artillery regi- + + men t. They were loaded aboard <• 4. trains at noon and departed for 44. the east. 4. if Colonel Tyndall, command- 4" 4, er of the regiment, has received 44. orders to depart, however, he is 44- keeping them strictly secret. + + This is the regiment to which 4 4. nine Decatur boys, former Com- 44. pany members of Company A, 44- belong. ♦ 4,4>*4-4>*4>4«4-4>*4>4-

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Riga offensive. Official dispatches from the front reported the arrival in the Gulf of Riga of a fleet of German war ships, whose guns presumably were cooperating with the Teuton land forces. The war office announced further retirement in this sector today. Unofficial dispatches detailed vigorous assaults by advancing Germans. Ijondon, Sept. 6—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Ixical battles oust of Fleuraix, and southeast of St. Julian in which British troops took a few prisoners, was all the fighting activity reported from the British front today by Field Marshal Haig. He said German aircraft had bombed three hospitals Tuesday night.

(By William G. Shepherd. United Press Staff Correspondent.) Petrograd. Sept. 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Thousands of Russian civilians waited too long before obeying orders to flee from Riga. They were captured by the invading Germans. Refugees from the Baltic city arriving today included some who were aboard the last train to leave. Immediately after they pulled out, while several trainloads of others were assembled. the Germans cut accross the railroad from the east. All remaining in the city were bottled up. As far as could be ascertained from the American embassy no Americans sere in Riga when the Germans occupied the city. Next to Riga, the public’s interest centered today in the active pursuit by the government of plotters in the royalist counter-revolution conspiracy. Scores of arrests, throughout all cf Russia, were reported. Official announcement declared that the government was in “full possession of all letails of the plot." The prisoners already number some of those who in the old days wielded autocratic power of life and death. Several members of the royal family have been arrested. General Gurgo. who severed allegiance from the old regime and at one time was a popular hero fell in the undermining of the plot. With his wife, the former armychief was today ordered under escort to the frontier, there to be expelled from Russia. '

Careful investigation was being made today of the astonishing rise in ihe value of the rouble immediately before the Moscow conference and its correspondingly amazing drop after the meeting. The fluctuation was attributed to many financiers having an inkling of the counter revolutionary plot to seize Kerensky and his ministers at Moscow. Many manipulators itwas believed, gambled heavily on the success of the coup. (By John Grandens, United Press Staff Correspondent.) Berlin, via London, Sept. 6—(Spe cial to Daily Democrat)—Germany will tell Pope Benedict the German people want no gain from the war, but only a durable peace guaranteed by international treaties according to an authoritative forecast published today by Vcrwaerts. The sbcialist organ added that Germany will hold, if her enemies retuse this sort of a peace, that the fall of Riga “is not to be the last success of German arms.” "The fall of Riga," the Vorwaerts declared, “may be expected to destroy the belief apparently held by the en tente powers that Germany’s peace wishes are to be considered as a token of weakness.

It was the Vorwaerts which recently voiced the belief that it would be "dishonorable” for the German people to retuse President Wilson’s stipulation that they guarantee their govcnment's peace pledges. ” BOYS GOT°IN EARLY Word has been received that Company A arrived at Fort Harrison at about three o’clock yesterday afternoon. When they got to Maricn they found a Big Four train wailing for them, with the Marion company aboard. The two cars were hooked on and they went right through, the 1 Huntington company being also picked up at Muncie. The tents were eady and the boys got a good start. MEXICAN CAVALRY WIPED OJT (UnlVod Press Service) Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. (>- -'.Special to Daily Democrat)—That an entire troop of Mexican cavalry, comprising 200 men with their mounts and equipment was wiped out when squall struck and capsized a barge which \ was being used to tow the soldiers I from Point Isabella was the private ~ information brought here today from , below the border.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, September 6, 1917.

A HOME COMING Is Announced for Antioch or Beery Church for Next Sunday. A BASKET DINNER Pastor, Rev. R. E. Dohie, of Kokomo, Will Conduct the Services. The Antioch or Beery church will have a home-coming Sept. 9, also a basket dinner in the grove. Gome with well filled baskets, and enjoy a social time, as well as a spiritual feast with your relatives and old friends. While our husbands, brothers and | sons are mobilizing for our nation, and can not be present with us, let us that are left at home, mobilize for God. He is calling for soldiers too. The program which starts Saturday evening is as follows: Saturday evening. 7:30, preaching by the pastor, it. E. Dohie, of Kokomo, Indiana. Sunday 9:30, Opening song, "America” —By the congregation. 10:00, Volunteer Prayer Service. 10:30, Song, “Volunteers are Wanted.” 11:00, Ministerial meeting, conducted by the pastor. 12:00. Basket dinner. 2:00, Memorial service, everygody invited to take part in this service. 7:30, Communion service. Everybody invited, but a special in- ' vitation is extended to those that once 1 made their home with us, we surely , will welcome you back home.—Com- j mittee.

ARE ENJOYING IT Battery Boys Write Us Again from Ft. Harrison —Will Move Soon. LEARNING THE GAME And Say it is a Fine Education—Are Treated Fine by the Officers. Fort Benjamin Harrison, 150 F. A., 67 Brigade, Ist Ind. September 3, 1917. Dear Friends: A few lines to let you know we are all well and happy, feeling fine and enjoying camp life fine. We are in Headquarters C„ the four of us, Burl Johnson, Fred Sheets, Harry Steed and Frank Schultz, and Clarence Passwaters, Lester Robinson, Wm. Johnson, Merrill McCroskey and Omer Nevil are in the Supply Co. We are in the best quarters of the artillery at present, and every man will be stationed where he is best qualified for service. We get very little drilling now. They have started us on “Signal” work called “Semaphore” running through the alphabet, giving signals with flags on the battle field, and we sure like it swell. We were very glad to have a chance to get into a company of this kind. It surely is educational, alright, and with a bunch of first class fellows; lots of college students, and the captain is surely one Grand prince too, and all the other officers are too. They all try to make us feel at home here.

We are now waiting on cars to make the first move to France. We go to Mineola, L. I , New York and look to go within the next few days. Our address is Headquarters Co., 150 Field Artillery, 67th Brigade, Ist Ind., Ft. Harrison, Ind. I see by the paper you are going to get the SI,OOO fund for Co. “A.” Other companies split up in bunches of ten men leaving their respective company and company funds behind, but some of the companys are sending the boys their equal shares. The Evansville boys received their share of $28.50 each out of their fund and they were sure a happy bunch. We had nothing but. school this p. m. and it Is the most interesting study we have ever had. We are all well as usual and send

our best regards to all our friends back home, and would be glad to get a line from anyone who has a pencil to scratch n line. Well 1 will say once more Good Bye, Good Luck and God bless you nil. We are moving onward to France to fight for “Good Old Glory” which Ims never touched the ground, and we are willing to do our share. Monday was Labor Day and it sure 1 was observed here in camp, nobody worked at all. All we had was “bunk fatigue” and presentation of a new flag. And today, Wednesday, is “Pay Day.” Evrybody is playing base ball, foot ball and basket ball, it sure is great alright, and anyone who does not take part in any one of these games gets a good punishment, the captain says hrwants no sight seeing in these games. It is a place for pleasure for everybody. THE BATTERY BOYS.

RAID THE I. W. W. Tons of Socialistic Literature Are Confiscated in Many Cities. PROMINENT LEADERS Are Held Until Further Investigation is Made by Authorities. (United Press Service) Chicago, Sept. 6—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Tons of I. W. W. and socialistic literature were in the hands of federal authorities today, several alleged agitators were in custody, a number of newspapers were suppressed and records and funds were being held, following the nation wide raid

by government agents last yesterday Officials of the justice department acted simultaneously in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, San Francisco. Pittsburg, Lincoln. Salt Lake City. Minneapolis, Seattle, Duluth, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Omaha, Fresco, Superior, Miami, Fla., and Portland, Ore gan. The raids are believed to have been engineered by Oliver E Hagan, federal indictment expert, who ha> been in Chicago several weeks, work ing secretly with Hinton G. Clabaugh chief of the local justice department operatives, and Charles F. Clyne, United States district attorney. Eight distinct raids were conducted in Chicago alone. They included 1 W. W. headquarters; the home of William D. Haywood, international secretar yof the I. W. W.; the home of Harrison George, chief editorial writer of the I. W. W.; Ralph H. Chaplin, editor of Solidarity, weekly I. W. W. organ; the home of Vincent St. John, I. W. W. worker; the home of John Farley, said to be interested in Solidarity; the plant of the “American socialist,” and the Rogers & Hall printing plant, where the American socialist was printed. Adolph Germer, editor and secretary of the socialist party and Setmour Steadman, socialist and official of the People’s Council for Democracy and Terms of Peace, were in the "American Socialist” offices when the raid was made.

Germer asked the privilege of sending a telegram. It read: “Hon. Robert Lafollette, United States senator. Wisconsin, Washington D. C. “U. S. marshals are In office now with warrant to seize property.” Germer sent duplicates to Meyer London, socialist congressman from New York and Morris Hillquit, socialist leader in that city. Shortly after the raids, the federal grand jury gathered in Judge Landis’ court room. Armed guards were stationed at all doors. Presently mysterious bundles and packages were carried in. Clyne, however, insisted the grand jury’s deliberations had nothing to do with the raids. o TANTRUM OF SOME KINO It is reported that John Bieberstein’s wife has locked him out cf house and home, due undoubtedly to a quarrel of some sort.—Berne Witness. o ELZEY REUNION SUNDAY The annual reunion of the Elzey fam ily will be held Sunday at Waterworks park this city. Every member of the family is invited.

MADE PRINCIPAL ► I ' Miss Eva Acker Selected as ’ Principal of the South Ward School. SUCCEEDS MR. NELSON Clara Boknecht on Staff— Miss June Ossenberg Science Teacher. At a meeting of the school board last evening. Miss Eva Acker, one of the best teachers in the county, was selected principal of the South Ward school. She succeeds John S. Nelson, I who resigned to enter the business field at Monroe. As Miss Acker is a specialist in primary work, she will continue her work in that department. Miss Clara Boknecht has been selected as teacher of the fifth and sixth grades at the south ward. She is a teacher of experience and is well liked. The board has also selected Miss June Ossenberg, of Anderson, ns 1 science teacher for the high school. She fills the vacancy occasioned by ( the resignation of Mr. Rittenhouse. She is a graduate of Indiana university and has also attended school at the state normal and at the James Millikan school, the last, named at Decatur. 111. She is a teacher of six years’ experience and has very good recom- , mendations. ( The city schools will open next Mon- 1 day morning for the term. The disin- 1 feet ion of the buildings will take place 1 next Saturday.

ON HOWTO KNIT Are Directions Given for Sleeveless Sweaters—A Half Million HAVE BEEN ORDERED By Major Murphy—Red Cross Workers Are Getting Busier. Half a million illustrated circulars were sent out today from national

headquarters to Red Cross chapters

throughout the country. The circulars 1 contain full information on how to knit the eight standardized articles, I sleeveless sweaters, mufflers, helmets, i socks, wristlets, wash cloths, bed sock 1 and bottle covers, authorized by the 1 woman’s bureau of the Red Cross. t Recent cables from Major Grayson ' M. P. Murphy, Red Cross commission- ' er in France, again emphasize the ne- ’ cessity for warm knitted articles for the men who face the hardships of a winter in the trenches. Army officers request that the knitted articles be forwarded as soon as possible. The severity of winter with a coal shortage to face and a rising tuberculosis rate to combat demand that several million garments reach France before Thanksgiving. The. handbooks issued by the Red Cross are primarily for hand knitters. Knitting machines may be used provided the articles can be as well made and made of the same yarn. The circular is the first of a series to be issued by the Woman's Bureau, of which Miss Florence Marshall is director. Others are to be issued immediately on the making of comfort kits, the manufacture of hospital garments, surgical dressings and relief kits for the refugee children of France and Belgium.

All of them will be available at toe nearest Red Cross chapter. Sockknitters are warned that all knots, ridges or lumps should be carefully avoided, as they are apt to blister the feet. Directions for the making of sleeveless sweaters, of which Major Murphy has ordered a million are as follows: 2% hanks of yarn (% pound); 1 pair Red Cross needles number 3. Cast on 80 stitches. Knit 2, purl 2 stitches for four inches. Knit plain until sweater measures 25 inches. Knit 28 stitches, bind off 24 stitches for neck, loose. Knit 28 stitches. Knit 7 ridges on each shoulder, cast

on 24 stitches. Knit plain for 21 inch Purl 2, knit 2 stitches for 4 Inches ' Sew up sides, leaving 9 inches >’oi armholes. 2 rows single _£.rochei around neck and 1 row single crochet 1 around armholes. o FORMER DECATUR BOYS Send Money From San Francisco for Company A Fund. The latest credit placed to the company A fund is the two one dollar bills received by this office in the morning's mail from two former Decatur young tnen who now have excellent positions with the Wayne Oil Tank and Pump company at San Francisco. Cal. The young men who ». ent the money are Frank Wemhoff and Leon Crawford. Each one of the live wires sent a dollar which up-to-date is the first sum received from out of town friends. The total of the Company A fund is now $1515. 93. SOCIETY TO MOVE Red Cross Headquarters Will Move from Library With Opening OF THE SCHOOLS Class Hours of Commercial and Sewing Departments Necessitate This. Since the library rooms which the school board has leased, must be used this year for both commercial department and the sewing class of the domestic science department, the school board has found that it will be necessary for the Red Cross headquarters to move elsewhere. A member of the school board stated this morning that, owing to the late class hours which these departments find necessary, it cannot be arranged for both Red Cross and the school to use the rooms, as the arrangement would do justice to neither. The Red Cross department took the rooms temporarily with the beginning of the work and have been located there during the summer vacation of the school, both school and library boards kindly granting the use of the rooms for the season. o SAFE AT FORT HARRISON

Col. Robert L. Moorhead, command- ( er of the brand-new Fourth Indiana ( Artillery Regiment, smiled with be- , coming pride yesterday afternoon j when the last unit, excepting the Rushville company, which has gone ahead s to Hattiesburg, Miss., had reached Ft. t Benjamin Harrison. It represented t the first mobilization of this regiment. ! and it was no wonder that Col. Moor- 1 head felt just a bit proud, because ■ each company took care of it self in ' a manner such as would be expected only from more seasoned organizations. Those companies of the Fourth to arrive yesterday were A of Decatur. C of Huntington. F of Bedford, G of Evansville and E of Marion. —Indianapolis Star. CONTRACTS WITH NEW FIRM. J. O. Sellemeyer. of this city, who recently retired from business when he and his father sold their interests to Reppert & Kirsch, yesterday contracted with the Penninsular Cement company of Jackson, Mich., to represent them in this territory. He will continue to live here and will travel over eastern Indiana and western Ohio, this city being the exact center of his territory. He is a live wire and will make good in his new job. FIRE IN MARION PLANT. t John S. Peterson, insurance repre- j sentative, went to Marion. Indiana. , today to inspect a loss of the Deea- ' tur Strawboard company, which occurred last evening when a fire caused about $2,500 loss in one of ! the rotary rooms of the Marion plant. The factory is owned by John -W. 1 Vail & Sons of this city. The blaze ' was finally controlled and will not cause the plant any serious delay. o ED EICHENBERGER LEAVES. Ed Eichenberger of Berne, second man to leave for Camp Taylor at Louisville, boarded the Clover Leaf at 10:04 this morning. He was ac-| companied to the train by the mill-j tary board and two automobiles loaded with folks from home were at the station. Ed Weisling will go tomorrow.

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STUDIES NOT ■: IN TEXT BOOKS Was Subject of Talk by Professor Barr at Institute This Morning. J COMMNUN ITY SINGING < - ..... Was Advocated by Mrs. Adams—More Teachers Are Enrolled Today. Thursday Morning. Rev. Stolte led in the devotional* tills morning. Bringing a lesson from Paul 4:6. he instructed the teacher to watch over ourselves, our actions, ami above all things Io watch over the young people who are put under our care. We are going to need young men and young women to go out and take up the duties of our country. Professor Barr took up his topic of yesterday afternoon to clear up some points. Some statements were: “The children of our country are worth one thousand times as much as the hogs, yet the government is spending more money studying the conditions, diseases, etc., of the hogs.” Mr. Barr then took up his regular subject, "Studies Not in Text Books.” He spoke at length upon an experiment which was being carried on by Columbia university in training boys and girls, not with text books, but from the experiences of the hoys and girls. Some subjects are best taught without the use of tjie text book, as illustrated in the subject of civics. This is true in other subjects as well. The cost of crime in the United Slates is over a billion dollars a year. This is paying more for this institution than we are paying for the education of our children. This is probably due to the fact that we do not train the boys and girls in thr things which they shou'.l know and which are not found in text books. If we could train these boys rnd girls along these side lines, we could lower the amount of crime, reduce the numbers found in the tails, and we could help to solve the criminal problem. Mrs. Adams was on hand with her community singing, with some new song books. She made an appeal for the use of the community songs, and get the older people and younger

people united and interested. A vety enthusiastic and attentive bunch of teachers helped Mrs. Adatns to make her work worth while. Professor Smyser took his regular subject, "Arnold Bennett as the Historian of Common Life." Mr. Smyser commented upon the work of Bennett and said that since he has been dealing with the life of the common people his works must necessarily be long and as a result most people have read very little from Mr. Bennett. Since Bennett was a practicing lawyer, a solicitor, an editor of a woman’s magazine, he was able Jo write in a very exact and interesting way, the exact happenings of “The Five Towns." which was a place where we find a conservative people, who were engaged in manufacturing of many useful and important articles. These people fought the advances which they thought would injure their trades. These are the people who have furnished the material for Bennett's novels. His characters, his personalities and settings are true to life and we are able to see bow clearly he has presented the exact conditions of life. Mr. Smyser showed. In a very clear, yet brief way the characters of Mr. Bennett, the threads of his stories and how he has painted his humorous ami pathetic pages which are worth while to read. Humor and pathos are the j dominant themes and spirit of his his stories. The enrollment up to noon today was 141. ninety ladies and fifty-one men. The following have enrolled since yesterday: Dortha Shady, E. C. Runyon. H. L. Greider, C. W. Hohnhaus. Alva Feustermaker. J F. Felty, Ruth Gilbert. Ruth Leyse, Marie Daniels, Clara Boknecht, Ruth Vizard. Gertrude Kinzle, Anne Rackstraw, Betty Boyers. Louise Mattax. Wednesday Afternoon. The institute work for the afternoon was resumed at 1 o'clock after ! all the teachers had enjoyed a rej cess and followed Company A to the train. Professor Smyser tok up his usual period In the discussion of his sub{Continued on Page Two)