Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 21 September 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 219.

ADAMS COUNTY SENDS FORT-TWOMORE MEN CAPTAIN ELMO SMITH AND COMRADES LEAVE FOR CAMP TATLORLAST NIGHT'S CELEBRATION WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

++++++++ + + + + + 4. ♦ David D. Schwartz failed to re- + ♦ port for service and thereby be- + + came a deserter. He will be ar- + + rested and taken to Fort Harri- + ♦ son. His place was taken by + + William D. Lee of this city, an + + alternate. Orval Wells, who + ♦ was missing when the roll was + ♦ called yesterday, reported last + ♦ evening and left with the boys + + this morning. + +++++++ + + + + + + + Adams county increased her proportion of soldiers ready to work <; fight for the United States to nearly two hundred today when forty-two fine, up standing and broad shouldered young men lew for Camp Taylor, nine miles from Ijouisville, Ky., where they will report for service in the national army. They left here on a special train over the Clover Leaf at 8:26, just six minutes late, in charge of Charles E. Rose, asst, general passenger agent who will take them to Linden where they will be transferred to the Monon, taken to Louisville, there transferrec to the Southern and sent to Camp Tay lor where they will report this eve ning. The men headed by the local board and escorted by the G. A. R.. old company B and several thousand citizens left the city hall at just eight o’clock marching to the Clover Leaf station The Decatur city band and the Colton band furnished the music and every body cheered. The good byes were quickly and bravely said and the train pulled out after roll call, just six minutes late. The train will pick up men at Bluffton, Van Buren, Marion and Frankfort, will be given a good dinner on the train at (noon and w‘ll be well cared for. The men carried suit cases and hand hags and the tear were bravely held back. We sent them away with a smile. The next bunch of soldiers wil’ leave October 3rd, according to pres ent instructions. Adams county is doing her full share to maintain the greatest government in the world and to make the “world safe for democracy.” The rain interfered with, but did not the forty-two men. Omer Parent, Decatur. 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. Harry 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. MonroeRay Coffelt, Geneva. U. B. Woods, Decatur. Aibert H. Rumschlag, Decatur. Edward C. Zeser, Decatur. Roy Gideon Jahn, Monroe. Daniel Bruchy. Berne. Rolland C. Grey, Monroe. Floyd L. Sprague, Monroe. Lewis H. Hammond. Decatur Thomas Callihan, Geneva. Lawrence D. Omlor, Decatur James F. Murphy, Geneva. Clifford Ziegler, Geneva. Omer Reusser, Berne. Abraham Neuenschwander Neuenschwander Berne. „ Wm. D. L«e. Decatur. Tilman H. Soldner. Berne. John P. Liechty, Berne. Elmer M. Lehman. Berne. Ira Wells, Decatur.

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k spoil the celebration last evening for ► (he forty-two men. scheduled for the * national r.rtny. ‘ The clouds and thunder and light- • ning and in some parts of the county, ' the rain, prevented many coming who ' would hrve liked to have been here ’ and up to a few minutes before seven o’clock it looked like the event would have to be called off. Then the ’ clouds broke and the committee had the big parade ntovinng in thirty minutes. Never was there r. better showing of the patriotic spirit of our good citizens. At 6:45 Neptune’s drum corps played a couple of short ones in front of this office and this seemed to be taken as the signal by a waiting crowd for they came from every where and a half hour later. 7:15 when they got away from the corner of Monroe and Second streets, the streets were lined ( with 1 eople. And it was some parade, led by Wendell Macklin's Shetland pony cavalry, six boys on spotted ironies and they were cheered again and again as they ' came proudly down Second street, amidst the glare of red lights. Neptune’s drum corps was next and then came Dick Myers, marshall of the ' day and: The Wc man's Relief Corps. The Grand Army Boys with their colors bravely flying. The Spanish American veterans and the old flag. Boys of old Company “B.” Boy Scouts carrying a large flag for coin contributions. The Decatur city hand, alwayspatriotic. The military board and clerks. Members of national army, two abrest, with a young lady clad in white on each side. The Tri Kappa girls, the Delta Theta Tau girls, and the Camp Fire girls in uniform. Knights of Columbus, carrying a large flag. The Colton band, Knights of Pythias Rotary club. Decatur firemen in uniform, carrying flags, and the big fire truck. The speakers, Rev. Mills, Rev. Thornburg and Hon. Thurman Gottschalk. Autos and citizens, the parade extending several blocks. The parade closed at the foot of Court street where a large crowd had already assembled and this became a vast throng when the crowd from the parade was added thereto. John T. Myers, chairman of the military board presided, announcing that Senator J. W. Tyndall had missed a train connection and could not be present. Mr. Myers introduced the Rev. W. S. Mills of the Evangelical church who made a splendid address, He said: "in this age of rapidly passing events of so great importance, one has to almost pinch himself to realize that he is a part of the great drama and that the greatest war the world has ever known is in progress across the sea and yet this is the second time within three - weeks that we have been called to say good bye to soldier lads from this community. The cause is great, hu- - manity is at stake, the American banner which you boys go to fight for is an unsullied flag. I call your attention to the fact that in every war in which this nation has engaged, it has been the man behind the gun more than the gun that brought victory. We are r giving the bravest and noblest men of Adams county and we believe that, vicr tory will be ours. We have no quarrel with the German people but with a despotic government. I ask you people who remain at home to rememf ’ ber these boys with your prayers, with letters and gifts. A boy gets mighty ’ lonesome, why I have been so lonesome I would be glad to hug a cur dog ' from home. God speed you boys and have the knowledge that you represent • a county that always backs her sol(Continued on Page Three)

Decatur, Indiana,Friday Evening, September 21, 1917.

HORSES FOR WAR Three Car Loads Leave Here in Charge of .1. W. Meibers anti C. C. Ernst. . WERE INSPECTED HERE R — Two Cars For Artillery, One for Cavalry—Another Inspection Soon. Not only is Adams county furnishing her full share of men for service in the great war, but likewise are we sending our share of crops and of horses and of everything required that we have. While the troop trains which left this morning carrying away the dear boys for service attracted much attention but few knew that this afternoon a train was to leave lice carrying from this city sixty-four head of horses for use in the artillery and cavalry service. The horses are in charge of CaptJohn W. Meibers and Lieut. Charles C. Ernst, and the horses, three car loads left over the Grand Rapids & Indiana for Cincinnati where they will be transferred to the L. & N. and sent on south. Two +ar load in charge of Mr. Meibers will go to Augusta, Ga., while one car load in charge of Mr. Ernst will stop at Charlotte, N. C. Two cars will be used for artillery 'service and one for cavalry. Tl e horses were selected yesterday out of 127 offered, inspection being made by Capt. Harper. New York; Ist Lieut. Frazier. Ft. Riley; 2nd Lieut. Hawkins, St. Joe, Mo., and Serg. Till, of Kansas City. Each horse was branded “U. S. A.” for artillery and “U. S. A.” for cavalry. Another inspection will be held in two weeks. o A LONG ILLNESS Ends in Death of Mrs. Smith Stevens of Union Township. DIED THIS MORNING Was 61 Years of Age—Has Children Residing in This City. Sarah Jane Stevens, wife of Smith Stevens, prominent Union township resident, died this morning at 1:15 o’clock at her home. Death was due to cancer of the mammary gland, with bronchitis as a contributary cause. Mrs. Stevens has been ill for a long time. The deceased was sixty-one years, seven months and eleven days of ago. She was born February 10, 1856, and was a daughter of Joseph Crozier. She was leng a resident of this county and was one of the very excellent ladies of her community. The husband and seven children are living. The children are: Mrs. Adam Weis, Joe Stevens, Mrs. Chas. Fritzinger of this city and county; Mrs. Mary Pierce, Monroeville; Mrs. Ethel Roth, Convoy, Ohio; Clint and Mrs. Ruth Weber, at home; James and Joseph Crozier are brothers. The funeral will be Sunday afternoon. The procession will leave the house at 1 o’clock sun time tor Clark’s Chapel, where the services will be held. A NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY The Citizens Telephone Company is preparing a new telephone directory and in order that the same may be as accurate as possible, request that all subscribers whose address has been changed since the last directory was and, sP „ H, ''“e. if any. whose address was not correctly stated in ’ the former directory, notify the manager at once of their present correct address. F. M. SC DIRMEYER, Manager. o I MEETING OF MOOSE A special meeting of the Loyal 1 Order of Moose will be held tonight ' at the Moose hall. All members ' please be present. r i MILLINERY STORES I Millinery stores will be open on Mon - day and Saturday evenings is the an ' | nouncement made.

1 LEAVE TUESDAY AT 11:00. Indianapolis, Sept. 20, 1917. Mrs. John S. Peterson, Decatur, Indiana: g Got orders tonight to leave for Hattiesburg Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. It will take sixty hours. Will arrive in Hatiesburg Thursday night. ROBT. H. PETERSON. ’ FIKE IN MEDICAL CORPS Ed Green, chairman of the military board has received a message from - the adjutant general at Washington, I). C., notifying him that Forest A. Fike, No. 705, ordered io report hen tor service October 3rd. has been trans ferred to the medical corps and his discharge from the local list, ordered. ‘ Fike is a medical student and has ! evidently entered for that work in the arnty. RAISEThE QUOTA Help Decatur Raise Quota of $250 for Milion Doar Fund FOR WAR LIBRARY Government Authorizes Movement—Leave Money With Commitee. Do you want our soldier and sailor boys to have good reading matter? Os course you do. Then help Decatur raise its quota of $250 for the $1,000,000 Library War Fund. The campaign in this city will open Saturday. September 22, and wil’ continue until October 1. This will be under the direction of the local library board which in turn has appointed the following commit tee to take care of the work: Miss Annette Moses, librarian, chairman: Miss Nellie Blackburn, asistant librarian; Miss Agnes Gillig. of the Herald; Miss Jessie Maglcy, of the Democrat. If you want to help in this fund leave your money at any of the fol lowing places: The three banks, the two newspaper offices, or the library Some time ago a call was made sot contributions of books. Some were received, butt many of them were yellow with age. and of a childlike simplicity somewhat along the first, second and third reader class. This 'war library fund will be used in buying the best and most appropriate reading matter for the boys. This campaign for money is being made on authority of the United States government, by the Library War Council, appointed by Newton I). Baker, secretary of war, through the American Library association. Good libraries constitute one of the few comforts of home which relatives and friends can provide for the men in the U. S. army, the cantonments being to a great extent iso lated. This Library War Fund of fers a definite way by which these libraries can be provided. It is the only means. A bulletin from headquarters says: “After the Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross organizations passed up the li brary end of the war service, the American Library association was asked to solve the problem. Neither the Red Cross nor Y. M. C. A. has the money for it, or an organization trained for that kind of work. “It is planned to supply the fiftyfive camps in the United States, the troop trains, transports, navy •vessels, camps in France, the base hospitals, serving the nurses, ill and wounded, with educational and recre- ’ ative reading. “The men who compose our na- ' tional army and the national guard ' units are the men who have given ; up their business and professional 1 life to fight, for the country. They 1 have been accustomed to recreative ’ reading at home. While serving in ' the army they will demand more, bet pause they will have more time to ■ devote to reading. They want int structive and informative reading, Including history, biography and geography. ' “The experience on the border was that because of a lack of censorship tl in collecting the books 80 per cent it of those collected and sent to the s Mexican border were burned as ‘rubbish,’ and 50 per cent of the remainder were lost or destroyed for want of a caretaker. n ' The American Library association 1- has 4,000 active members composed (Continued on Page Two)

WARREN IS HOST e Salamonie Baptist Associa- ? tion Will Meet There 1 Next Year. REV. J. F. FRAZIER New Moderator—Decatur Pastor Alternate for Annual Sermon. i The invitation of Warren to entertain the 1918 session of the Salmonie Baptist Association was accepted. Such was the announcement made at the close of the two day’s session in this city last evening. Newcastle also extended an invitation. Officers for the ensuing year were as follows: Moderator—Rev. J. F. Frazier, Muncie. First Vice Moderator —Rev. J. tl. Mitchell, Liberty Center. Second Vice Moderatof —Rev. Ezra Duncan, Newcastle. ; Secretary and treasurer —W. E. Waggoner, Newcastle. Director of Elementary Sunday school —Miss Stegkamper, Bluffton. Dr. Overmann. of Montpelier, was , chosen to deliver the doctrinal sermon, i The Warren pastor was elected for the i annual sermon, and the Decatur pas- , tor as his alternate. The afternoon and evening programs were given with very little change. Mrs. Kilgore, of Muncie, on for a solo was absent and Mrs. C. E. . Bell sang in her stead. Mrs. Bell al- ’ so sang in duet. t The evening rally service of young people was exceptionally inspiring. o TO BE_A BRIDE Miss Helen Hale, Formerly of Geneva, to be Married ON NOVEMBER 21 Is Taking Course in Nurs- , ing at Battle Creek, ' Michigan. “Relatives and friends of Miss Helen J Hale, formerly a Geneva young ( lady, who has been taking a course in nursing at the Battleereek. Mich.. , Sanitarium, and who makes her home ( at Carthage, Ind., received the an- j nouncement last week of the engage- , ment of Miss Hale and a Mr. Small ■ a prosperous and popular young farmer of Rush county, Ind. The date of the wedding is announced as Nov. 21st. Miss Hale spent her childhood here in Geneva and is a graduate of the Geneva high school, class of ‘ls. Sue is the granddaughter of Hon. S. W. Hale of this place, and has a host < f friends among Geneva young people, who join with us in rendering our heartiest congratulations and well wishes. —Geneva Herald. Miss Hale is a daughter of the late Will Hale and granddaughter of the Hon. S. W. Hale, of Geneva. She is a sister of Miss Mary Hale who unveiled the soldier’s monument here a few years ago. She has many friends here. WILL MOVE TO FT. WAYNE Bruce Patterson will leave tomorrow for his home at Marmaduke, Ark., after enjoying a short vacation visit here. He will, however, return to Indiana to make his home, having taken a fine position with the S. I'. Bowser Oil Tank Company at Fort Wayne, in the collection department. He is to begin work there October 1. He returns to Marmaduke to attend to the details of the moving here and 9 to accompany his wife and baby here. , His son, James, who came here with t him, will remain with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Patterson, in this city, until his parents' return. . Mr. Patterson and family have ret sided at Marmaduke for a year and a half, but the climate, with its malarial 1 fever, is telling on the health of Mrs. I Patterson hence their return to In- " diana.

PERFIDY OF BERNSTORFF DECLARED BY LANSING CONGRESS IS STIRRED BI SERIOUS CHARGES-BRITISH GO FORWARD AFTER ONE OF GREATEST ARTILLERY RATTLES OF WAR.

(United Preus Service) ‘ Washington, D. ('., Sept. 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —lt is not believed that any, congressman accepted money from Germany, but that German money was used to pay for circulating the propoganda. It is assured that Bernstorff. knew secretly that his government had planned unrestricted submarine warfare and clearlysaw a break with this nation. Investigation as to the organization referred to is being made. BULLETIN. Washington, D. C., Sept. 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Former German Ambassador Count von Bernstorff was an active anti-American plotter while his nation and the U. S. were still friendly and asked the Berlin foreign office January 22 for $50,000 to influence congress “as on former occasions.” Tlie state department made this fact public today in announcing the text of a message he forwarded on that date. The state department announcement said: “The state department issues thej following message from Ambassador von Bernstorff to the Berlin office, dated January 22, 1917: “ ‘I request authority to pay out up to $50,000 in order as on former occasions, to influence congress through the organization you know of. which can. perhaps, prevent war. “ ‘I am beginning in the meantime to act accordingly.' ” This revelation on the heels of the Swedish n exposure and coupled with with the Zimmerman-Japanese plot note clinches this government’s contention that Germany carried on active plottings and propaganda all over the world. This startling message, however, was the first positive evidence, made public, that Bernstorff had personal guilty knowledge of the German intrigue in this nation. It had long been suspected that he was the directing head of anti-Ameri-can work and this government had proved that his colleague, the Austrian ambassador, was conducting a vicious plot while the two countries were still at peace. BULLETIN. London, Sept. 21—(Special to Daily Democrat) —“Complete success," was Field Marshal Haig's epitome today (of the results to date of the great British drive across the Ypren-Menin road. His official report declared the enemy’s losses were very heavy. British casualties, ho said, were light. (By William Philip Simms, United Press Stall Correspondent.) With the British Armies in the Field, Sept. 21—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Behind an inferno cf bursting steel, British iroops "carried on” still further today, into German positions along the Ypres-Menin road. Probably the greatest artillery duel of the whole war raged last night over the eight miles on which Flel I Marshal Haig's troops struck early yesterday morning. The Germans poured a terrific barrage to cover their ' counter-attacks and the British ini- : posed a wall of shells before the enemy's advances, or ahead of their own troops. Shaken German prisoners examined . today after the first sweep of the great offensive declared the British barrage fire herald'ng the infantry assault was the most deadly in the history of the war. Tlie first push carried the British forward nearly a mile. The British were not content with a single wall of bursting shells ahead of their troops. Not even two, or three or four walls was enough—but actually five distinct tines of tire were thrown to pulverize resistance. With almost superhuman ingenuity the five lines of fire were made to merge in

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'forward and backward and sideway sweeps. It was a veritable “loom of death,” weaving its terrors further and further into the enemy lines. Barrage passed through burrage until it seemed the air was (dogged with shells. The Germans everywhere put up stubborn resistance, especially from I dugouts and machine gun emplacements of concrete which had survived the terrific barrage fire. The enemy's | guns struck heavily in spots, especi.ili ly on the Anzas to the right of the attacking centers. Iverness Copse, Glencorse wood, Nonne Boscher wood and Dumbarton lakes were scenes of particularly fierce fighting. The enemy was keenly alive to the importance of holding the heights which formed the center pf the attack and they struggle desperately against the British wave. Unlike previous blows struck recently the British used very few tanks. The ground was not favorable for their utilization. Also they were not needed as the breadth of the British artillery fire was greater than any hitherto seen anywhere in the war. The ground over which the advance was made was muddy. Heavy showers during the night made the gding even heavier. Throughout the morning the clouds hung ouly six hundred feet above the ground and a high wind whipped stinging mist in the faces of the fighters. According to .prearranged plans great numbers of British airmen participated in the attack. They earned the right to be called “aerial cavalry” hereafter. At 500 feet altitude and less during the thickest of the infantry fighting they swooped above the German lines watching for open bodies of troops, and. finding them, ducked down sometimes so low that wheels of their machines seemed almost to touch the helmets of the teutons, their machine guns spattering death. It was the first battle in which the airmen were formally assigned to the task of machine gunning infantry. INDI ANACUA RD MOVES. (United Pri—s Service) Indianapolis. Ind.. Sept. 21 — (Special to Daily Democrat) — Adjutant General Harry B. Smith today received orders for the movement of all three Indiana infantry regiments from Fort Benjamin Harrison to Hattiesburg, Miss., next week. The Fourth will leave Tuesday, the First Wednesday, and the Fifth Thursday. Preparations started at once for the departure of the men. o — ON WAY TO RECOVERY. I (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Indiana. Sept. 21—• ? (Special to the Daily Democrat) — t 1 Governor James P. Goodrich, ill CI with typhoid fever, is on his way to I ■ recovery, his physicians announced Jat two o’clock this afternoon.

+++♦+♦+*++++++ + TO ARREST SCHWARTZ. + + + + Adjutant General Harry B. + + Smith today ordered Sheriff Ed + + Green to immediately arrest Da- + + vid D. Schwartz and take him + + to Camp Taylor or to notify the + + United States marshal, who ♦ + would do so. Schwartz is known + + n- a t.hnrt-Wr- .torMstr., and + + persuaded by his father, Rev. + + Jacob Schwartz, refused to re- + ♦ port for duty today. He there- + + by becomes a deserter and sub- + + ject to any penalty inflicted by -r + a court martial. The father is + + also subject to arrest for inter- + 4> ference. The action of both + + men has now become serious ♦ + and will be so dealt with. Sher- + + iff Ed Green went out this aft + + ernoon to arrest the young man + + The action of the father will be ♦ 1+ reported. ♦ +++++++ + + + + + + +