Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1917 — Page 1

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GEN, GRIMOSS KILLS HIMSELF Russian General Who Surrenders Kornilofl ’s Army Committed Suicide. TALKS WITH KERENSKY Then Goes to Room and Ends It—Germany’s Reply Sent to V atican. (Untfrud Press Service! Petrograd, Sept. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat)—(tenera! Grimoss, who commanded General Korniliff’s troops, and who gave the order to surren-l der when all hopes were lost, committed suicide today. He personally surrendered the , forces, went to Petrograd where he talked with Kerensky, then went to his rooms in the capital, where he killed himself. Berlin, via London. Sept. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany’s reply to Pope Benedict’s peace note has been agreed upon. It declares that Germany has no desire to interfere in the internal affairs of other nations, according to the Lokal Anzeiger. The form of the reply was approved by the special reichstag committee 1 named to consider the matter. Rome, Sept. 14—(Special to , Daily Democrat) —The reply of ] the ceneral powers to Pope, Benedict’s peace note was re- • ceived by the Vatican today, ac- ; cording to weii ihformed officiate. it is reported the reply > favors absolute freedom of Bel”gium, demanding that King j .Albert’s country must be inde- j pendent of all military and economica alliances. Annapolis, Md., Sept. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Pointing to the , largely increased navy and to the vast bond and revenue bills as evidence, < Secretary of the Navy Daniels today declared that the United States is in , the war until she wins. BULLETIN London. Sept. 14—(Special to Daily i Democrat)— The American steamer Wilmore was sunk by a German sub- I marine Wednesday, the admiralty announced today. The crew was saved, i The Wilmore was a steel screw .Steamer of 5,399 tons owned by the Berwind-White Coal company of New York and registered at New York. (By George Martin, United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, Sept. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A million dollar Christmas for America's fighting men is assured today by the nation-wide ar-

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The forty-two men comprisirg'Adams county’s fortv per cent quota of the national army were selected this afternoon by the local board and official notice sent to each man to repor < 0 the local board at one o clock the dav before their departure. The Adams county contingent will leave here for < amp a- - Louisville. Ky.. hv special train over the ( l ,°' er . Lc ‘v r ’ v road at 8:20 o’dock Frida' morning. Those who live outride of the city Wll be gl nip-ht’s lodging here. • In addition to the four men who volunteered y est «day to go with the present army, Euge , Kintz and Elmo S™ith also vrnJ-i-nleered to go at this ume. F?imthe ranks of men a leadet will hv the local board and he will be placed in charge of the boys until they arrive at ( amp la. lor* Omer Parent, Deca Ravmon Kohne, Decatur. Robert Meibers, Decatur. Chas. Baxter, Decatur. Eugene Kintz. Decatur. Elmo Smith. Decatur. Herman Brunner, Geneva, Harrison Andrews, Decatur. Wm Veigh Debolt. Berne. Rudolph Debolt. Berne. Joseph E. Gerber. Bluffton. Elery E. Johnson, Decatur.

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rangements made by tho Red Croat, \. M. (’. A., Y. W. C. A., and Knights , of Columbus. i Help is needed. Tho local branch of any of the organizations named will tell you how to do your share It. is expected these plans will aa- , sure about a dollar's worth of holiday happiness for every American fighting man in the world.. Major Murphy, of tho Red Crons com mission to Europe, will see that America’s Christmas gets to the Yankee boys at the front. The organizations named also arc co-operating to make the overseas event a big day among the boys preparing for battle. In addition to this, wives, mothers, sisters, sweethearts, other relatives and friends of the men at home and abroad will be permitted to send their loved ones special bundles. They will go as regular mail addressed to the individual just like a letter. Ample provision is being made to | see that lonely soldier boys with neither father, mother, nor other near rela- ’ tives. will be remembered just as libj erally as the next one. (United Press Service) (Dy Charles P. Stewart. United Press Staff Correspondent.) Buenos Aires, Sept. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Protecting cordons of police served today as buffers between anti-German demonstrators and: the German ambassy, where Count, Luxberg hurriedly made preparations to use the passport Argentina handed him yesterday. President Irigoyen ordered rigorous investigation of the rioting during the, past two nights and announced ringleaders of the mobs which burned Ger-' man buildings and even threatened the German embassy itself, would be severely dealt with. Luxburg made an inglorious return here. The date of his departure has not yet been set. London. Sept. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Germany's answer to Pope Benedict was forwarded to Rome Thursday night and contains concrete proposals for a lasting peace, accord- j ing to an Exchange Telegraph dinpat-h . from Geneva. (By Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff | Correspondent.) Washington, Sept. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The United States is aiming at sweeping German intrigue out of three nations—Argentine. Sweden and Mexico. And. she would convince teuton liberals that the world is unsafe while such plotting exists. That is the meaning behind new revelations anent Swedish partnership with Germany, shown by a letter cf German Minister von Eckhardt, Mexico, to the German chancellor pubished today. This letter proved that Sweden has beelt not alone messenger for Germany but also directly in league as spy with her. (By William Shepherd, United Press Staff Correspondent.) Petrograd. Sept. 14 —(Special *o Daily Democrat)— What punishment shall be meeted out to General Korni(Continued on Page Four)

Harrv F. Miller. Decatur. Parker C. Woodruff. Geneva. Albert Christener. Monroe. Peter L. Miller. Decatur. Henry Kiefer, Decatur. Walter Sprunger, Berne. Jesse F. Christian, Decatur. Anthony Nesswald. Decatur, Geo. B. Halberstadt, Monroe. Ray Ccffelt. Geneva. U. B. Woods, Decatur. Albert 11. Ka.nschlag, Decatur. „ Edward C. Zeser, Decatur. Roy Gideon Jahn. Monroe. I Daniel Bruchy, Berne. Rolland C. Grey, Monroe. Floyd L. Sprague. Monroe. Lewis H. Hammond. Decatur Thomas Callihan, Geneva. Lawrence I). Omlor. Decatur i James F. Murphy, Geneva. Clifford Ziegler. Geneva. I Omer Reusser. Berne. i Abraham Neuenschwander, • Berne. Omer Neuenschwander, Berne. David D. Schwartz, Berne. Tilman H. Soldner, Berne. John P. Liechty, Berne. Elmer M. Lehman, Berne. Ira Wells, Decatur. ALTERNATES. John L. Bailey, Monroeville. Marcus Mayer, Decatur. Win. D. Lee, Decatur. Lloyd D. Archer, Decatur. Edmond J. Gaffer. Decatur.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, September 11, 1917.

- A FREIGHT DEPOT ~ . , Clover Leaf Arranging New One Really Worth Going y r Miles to See. 1 NOT EXACTLY MODERN , - • ~~ a But in Line With Season of Economy—Constructed from a Freight Car. 3 I ——. We were very much surprised to reI ceive a telephone message this morning that the Clover Leaf company was j i making good after many years of| promising and had actually begun! . work on the new depot, that the work men were actually at it right at that (moment, constructing a modern freight house to taste care of tire rapidly increasing business and along lines that will conform with the passenger station when they get to it. , Os course we rushed out to see this J wonderful improvement so long prom1 ised, and we discovered it was true, 1 at least in part. The road is doing a ! big freight business and the little (wo by four freight department of the station was crowded. Something had to be done and what do you suppose they did? They brought up an old furniture freight car. threw it over on a 1 side track west of the station and had ’ a gang of four or five men converting < j that old box car into a freight station. 1 Os course its not. exactly modern, con- ’ venient or fire proof and there is no ‘ need for an elevator but it will make ample room for a couple of wheel bar- 1 rows of goods. 1 And this after twenty years of coni i tinual and often renewed promises I that Decatur is to have an up-to-the-' ' ! minute station. It would really be!‘ I i funny if it wan’t so serious. Decatur ( I people feel they have a right, to bettgjw treatment. NURSE IN FRANCE■ I 1 1 Miss Julia Wegmiller Writes I s —Has Been There Two l s Months. . — I; IS SAFE AND WELL! J Says tne Conditions Were Primitive Until U. S. Took Hold of Hospitals. i i Mrs. John Glancy, of West Monroe t street, is in receipt of an interesting 1 letter from her niece, Miss Julia Wegmiller, of Geneva, who is a trained ' nurse of Indianapolis, with the U. S. I 1 army hospital unit one, in France.:' I The letter was dated August 18 and! l I I (he address of the hospital unit was • [ Paris, France. , Miss Wegmiller stated that she had been there two months, having arrived safe and well. They have under their care only American soldiers and since the United States government has taken hold of affairs,' everything is sanitary and convenient and “civilized.” The natives, she said, are very J primitive and unsanitary in their man- ] . ner of living and files and flees abound in great numbers. The nurses now have real American hospital beds to ■ sleep in and they arc screened In with netting, which now keeps out the flies, but not the fleas, and one hundred fifty of the latter, she said, went after her without mercy. The natives who drink wine think it strange that the Americans drink r only water. That the natives are us sparing of water externally as internr ally, is evidenced by their appearance as they look as though they never had a bath. Miss Wegmillpr and another nurse ’ enjoyed a walk into the country one morning. The country is very pretty ’ she says. The land is rolling and there are no wire fences to spoil the beauty of the land. The “fences” are of hedge or earth and wild blackberries grow in profusion along the roadsides. Their walk was lengthened by [their stopping to gather-and eat (be ! wild berries along the way. The fruit trees are smaller than ours here, but bear, much more fruit. The work of nursing thus far had been light, Miss Wegmiller says, but

> they had not yet gotten fully into the work. Miss Wegmiller said that her broil) er, Harold, who has enlisted for se' vice, will probably be over soon and she hopes to see him when he comes. Miss Wegmiller is also a niece of Eli Myers and the late ohn D. Myers. MRS. CHRONISTER VERY LOW Mrs. Catherine Chronister, who will t>e 91 years of age December 14, is [near deaih at the home of her son. J. L. Chronister at Bobo. For the past I nine months she has been unable Io (walk and for three weeks her condition has been very bad. She was stricken with paralysis three weeks ago, one side being wholly helpless. It is thought she can live but a very short while. MAKING PLANS ■ lor Appropriate Celebra- i tion in Honor of the Men Who Leave for Camp. NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT Big Parade at 7 O’clock, Followed by Program Given at Court House. John T. Myers, chairman of the military committee of the county council of defence, is planning a rousing celebration for Thursday evening of next week, at seven o’clock In honor of the forty-two men who will leave here the following morning for Camp Taylor to join the new national army. The pvent will start with a big parade and every one is urged to participate. The parade is to face on Second street, facing north, headed by Neptune's drum corps, followed by the G. A. R„ W. R. C„ Boy Scouts. City- band, th* Mnttonal ftrrny men. 42, led by members of the local military board. E<b Green, Dr. E. G. Coverdale and C. N. Christen. Spanish American war veterans, citizens in general. The line of march will be north to Jackson street, west to Fourth, south to Monroe, east to Second, south to court house, where a program will be given, including several addresses. At the conclusion the Bi hie class of the Christian church will present each man with a khaki hound Bible. • Decorate and join the crowd. LEFT A WEEK TOO SOON (United Press Service) Fort Wayne. Ind., Sept 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mrs. Eleanor Osterman, whose husband deserted her a week ago, today received a leiter from her childhood guardian, stat ing that her grandfather had died ?.i Baltimore and left her sole heiress to a fortune, estimated at $750,000. Mrs Osterman will go east at once to claim ! the estate. She has supported herself : her -children and her husband for I years by scrubbing office buildings and doing laundry work for her neighbors. o MUST OPEN CARD FILES (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Sept. 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Local exemption boards will be called upon to open I their card files to representatives of ! the British recruiting mission and they are authorized to allow these visI Itors to inspect these files, says a dispatch from the war department received by Jesse Eschbach today. WILL GET $45,000 /United r'rrss Service) Indianapolis, Sept. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Indiana qualified to participate in the federal appropriation under the vocational educational act and to receive approximately $45.000 for this work next year at a meeting of the state vocational educational board today. a O DR. SHIMER OFFERED PLACE (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Sept. 14 (Special tc Daily Democrat)—Dr. Will Shinier I superintendent of the pathologic.!' ■ labaratory of the state board of liealtl s was today offered a position as a pro - fessor in the University of Texas. o IS DOING WELL * ———— i I Mrs. A. C. Ball went to Ft. Wayne t this afternoon to call on her daughtei t Pansy,, who is a patient at the Luther an hospital where she had an opera II tion yesterday for goiter. Sheis doint t well although she is still quite ill.

AN ART EXHIBIT IHigh School Will Bring 1 Excellent Display of Fine Art Pictures i „ , FOR TH I] PUBLIC > For First Week of October —Proceeds to Buy Pictures for New School. r » The high school teachers and pupils have arranged to bring to the city a display of more than two hundred fine are pictures for display during the first week of October. This will be j the Elson art exhibit from Belmont, I Mass., and will include the brightest and best in art. A large hall will be secured, the pictures will be hung and an afternoon and evening program for each of the six days from October 1 to October 6 will be given by the pupils. The program will include talks relating to art. and will be entertaining and instructive. A very small fee will be charged to ,view the pictures and the proceeds will be used to buy pictures for the new high school building. City School Superintendent M. F. Worthmann had charge of the chapel exercises at high school this morning. He told of the advantages gained from the art display to be brought here, Decatur being the first town in the state to have such a display. He also urged a higher standard of scholarship for the year. The average scholarship last year was 84.6 and that of the year before was 83.1. He urged a plaa for at least 90 per cent this year. ~CENSUS°REPORT Mary Magdalene is the name of the girl born Wednesday night to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Heimann south of the city. to - leavTsoon Sergeant Brill Writes Snap- ' py Letter from Company A Headquarters, CHOW IS EXCELLENT Gay, Blair and Enos in Charge—Leave Ft. Harrison in a Few Days. Company “A” 4th Ind. Inf., Ft. Harrison. Ind., Sept. 13, 'l7. Dear Decatur Eolk: We are leading one big life. Fred Elzey has resigned as Mess Sergeant and Corporal Gay has his job. John Bair and Foggy Enos are fixing up the chow for us, and if anyone should ask you, it is some chow. So far, that is all to the good, but if I had my way, I’d like to be eating at Martins. We 1 get good eats. For supper the other 1 night, we had steak, cream gravy, boiled potatoes, rice, stewed apricots, coffee and bread. Not so bad for 12 I cents a day per man. The tobacco Is still intact, but be- ' lieve me I was glad when pay day came, so the boys could buy their own. We are expecting to leave the last of this week or the first of next, so better tell all those who want to see , us in camp; that the time is pretty , short. Can’t you come down this way? Most sincerely, 1 J. B. BRILL. Sgt. Co. “A” 4th Ind. Inf. 1 FIRE AT ‘hOWER’S A Clover Leaf train spark set fire to the roof of the Carl Hower residence on Patterson street, across from 'he o handle factory last evening at 4:30 r, o’clock, but the fire was extinguished U with a loss of about twenty dollars, h The fire department made the run and 3- did good work in putting out the fire. o OMAR NIBLICK’S SON "Daniel John, eight pound boy are rived last night, 7:30" is the text of >r the telegram received yesterday by r- Dan Niblick from his son, Omar Niba- lick, of Oelwein, lowa. This is the ig second child in the family, the oldar child being a girl.

PI VISITED WITH COMPANY A A crowd of Decatur men visited Ft Harrison yesterday and report th< boys all getting along fine. Cotnpnnj r A is recognized as one of the goo< ones and are receiving their full share of compliments. In the party froti here were It. I). Myers, ('. E. Peterson, Oscar Henry Gerke, and Henry Schulte. They left here at 4:20 , in the morning, reached the camp at 9:50 and remained until six last eve ning. MR. AUMANN OPERATED UPON William Aumann, aged sixty-two, was operated upon this morning at the Decatur hospital, for cancer of the liver. He is getting along well, though his case is a bad one. o I FINAL BEPOBT French Quinn, Chairman Adams County Red Cross Chapter, Completes FOR FIRST DRIVE Accounts Audited by Committees in Each Town— Completes Work French Quinn, chairman Adams county Red Cross chapter, has sent the following report to the department at Washington: Decatur, Ind.. Sept." 14. 1917. Assistant Treasurer, Red Cross War , Fund. Washington. D. C.: Dear Sir: —Agreeable to letter of Mr. H. P. Davison, chairman American Red Cross war finance committee, under date of August 15, last. I and other instructions, we are en- ’ closing you duplicate deposite slips for funds deposited to the credit of (Red Cross War Fund,” William G. McAdoo. Treasurer, as follows: Moonroe State Bank, Monroe, Ind $1050.00 Bank of Geneva, Geneva. Indiana 875.00 Bank of Berne, Berne. 1nd.... 2312.58 People’s Loan and Trust Co., Decatur, Ind 1000.00 Old Adams County Bank. Decatur, Ind. $4185.961 Total $9424.34 The above is the total net amount raised in Adams county, Indiana, for the '"Red Cross War Fund.” We also enclose you as instructed in August 15th letter, audited accounts of these amounts collected, as follows: Decatur Section —Report made by Chas. J. Voglewede, secretary, audited by L. C. Waring, F. M. Schirmeyer and John Niblick, showing a total subscription of $5,211.31, and expense of $25.35, leaving a net balance of $51.85.96. Monroe Section—Report made by L. A. Thomas, secretary, and audited by Dr. M. F. Parrish. W. S. Smith and Glen D. Glancy, showing a total subscription of $1,050.00. and no expense. Berne Section —Report made by Dr. Ernst Franz, secretary, and audited by L. A. Sprunger, E. P. Haecker and J. D. Winteregg, showing a total subscription of $2,325.43, and expenses of $12.85, leaving a net balance of $2,312.58. Geneva Section—Report made by J. A. Miller, secretary, and audited by J. D. Briggs, Albert Stucky and S. W. Hale, showing a total sub ’ scription of $875.80, and no expenses ' Agreeable also to instructions in • said August 15th letter. Adams conn t ty, Indiana. Red Cross Chapter, by ) proper resolution of its executive ? committee, has by its chairman and v treasurer, made requests for return ? of funds for local work in the sum ot 25 per cent of above set out monies collected, to be used by the said chapter and its branches thereof in f this county for the following purposes, to-wit: For yarns for knitted goods, $1,000; for surgical dressing o supplies, $750; for material for garments, bath robes, bed slippers, pa- “ jamas, etc.. $606.08. or a total of „ $2,356.08. We most respectfully ask that no II delay be made in honoring our requi- ' sition for this 25 per cent. That this 1 amount be vouchered'to us. 25 per '■ cent being taken from each depository and credited to a special account designated, "Receipts from Red '• Cross War Fund," which will be subs ject to our order for the purposes as V above set out. i- Respectfully. 9 FRENCH QUINN, r Chairman Adams County, Indiana Red Cross Chapter.

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.MANY BAPTISTS ie r j y d More Than Hundred Dele'A n gates Expected for Convention Next Week. (I 0 ' THE ANNUAL SESSION Os Salamonie Baptist Association Will be Held in Decatur. i—— ■ i The Decatur Baptist church will en- , tertain the seventy-seventh annual session of the Salamonie Baptist Association Wednesday and Thursday, of next week, September 19 and 20. More than a hundred delegates are expected from the churches of the association which includes those at Bluff ton, Decatur, Dunkirk. Liberty Center, Montpelier, Muncie First and Muncie Walnut Street churches, New Castle, Pleasant Mills, Poneto and Warren. Dr. O. 11. McKay, of Bluffton, will serve as moderator. Among those on the program are Rev. C. M. Dinsmore, state president. The Rev. Butler, of Royal Center, will be here Saturday to preach Sunday, and will remain over to take charge of affairs for the local congregation which has no regular pastor. Delegates will be entertained over night in the homes of the local members and meals will be furnished them in the vacant parsonage located across the street from the church. A special feature will be the Young Peoples’ Rally. Thursday evening, to which all the young people of the city are invited. The program in full follows: Wednesday Morning 10:30, Initial Praise Service —Rev. J. H. Mitchell. Report of Program Committee. Greetings from Decatur Baptists. Introduction of new Pastors ami Visitors. Appointment of Committaps. 11:15, Annual Sermon —Rev. I. C. Overman. Montpelier. Wednesday Afternoon 1:30, Praise Service—Rev. J. H. Mitchell. Reading of Church Letters. Missionary Address— Rev. Harry Treat, Oklaohma. Ijocal Church Problems, a Conference —Rev. Ezra Duncan and others. Business. Wednesday Evening. 7:30, Praise Service —Rev. J. H. Mitchell. Report on Five Year Program. Address, Five Year Program—Rev. C. M. Dinsmore. Survey of the Northern District — Rev. S. G. Huntington. Thursday Morning. 10:00, Prayer and Meditation Rev. J. H. Mitchell. 10:15, Women’s Session Address —Miss Nellie Lucas, Burmah. 11:15, Scripture Reading and Prayer —Rev. G. W. Livingston. Doctrinal Sermon. Constructive Bar- ’ riers in the Christian Life—Rev. J. F. Fraser. . 3 f Business. Thursday Afternoon y 1:30. Devotional Service—Rev. J. H. d Mitchell. () Address, Religious IJterat»re In the Home—Rev. I. C. Overman. 2:30, Address, The Sunday School — i, Rev. S. I- Roberts. v Discussion and Questions, y Business. e Thursday Evening. d 7:30. Young Peoples’ Hally-Rev. S. n 1,. Roberts, presiding. f i Song Service. s Solo—Mrs. Kilgore, Muncie. J Music. _ , i Address to Salamonie B. Y. P. U.— ■ Rev. Chas. E. Watkins. I Concluding Business. ? Young people from all the chprches ' are requested to come to this service ■ in automobile parties or otherwise. f Come by traction, come by steam, Come on foot, come by team, ’ Come by auto, all aboard If not by auto, come by Ford. ’— ' — SENIOR CLASS ELECTS -! —— I i The Senior class of the Decatur !! high school, forty-four in number met , at twelve forty-five this afternoon and s elected their class officers for the year. [The result was as follows: Fr?d Ball, president; Albert Gehrig, vicepresident; Genevieve Smith, secretary i, John Clark, treasurer and Miss Cravens, guardian.