Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1917 — Page 1

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TWO AMERICANS WERE INJURED When Shell Burst Back of British I anes—Sammies Anxious to Get at It. STEEL IS~ REDUCED Prices Cut Fifty to Seventy Per cent—Korniloff Has Been Cleared. (United Pr»«rs Service) BULLETIN. (By William Philip Simms, United Press Staff Correspondent) With the British Armies in the field, Sept. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) —American troops for the first time are under German fire in Prance. Two American soldiers have been slightly wounded. They were struck by fragments of a bursting shell. A certain contingent of the American army is now located directly behind the British lines, well within range of the enemy guns. The two wounded men are the proudest men of this contingent, which I visited Sunday. A certain American army contingent is now located directly behind the British lines, within range of enemy gunfire, and two of its rookie members have been slightly wounded by fragments of an explosive shell. I visited the camp today. Neither of the two American soldiers were badly enough hurt to earn gold medals. They were the heroes of the camp, however, and the most envied of all the Sammies. The eyes of this American contingent are turned longingly to the British line—so near to them that the Americans are now within range of the enemy guns. The Sammies work with the boom of cannon always in their ears. They are great pals of. the Tommies and listen enviously to; stories of “going over the top.” So eager are the Sammies to fight that the strictest regulations, impos ing punishment, have been necessary . to prevent them sneaking off to the front, under chaperonage of Tom- . rotes. A group of officers sat today beside a table on which reposed a large kettle of Boston-baked beans and brown bread and toasted in cocoa the day they should follow the stars and stripes floating overhead in a barrage. This was their answer to the kaiser’s offer of an iron cross. 300 marks and a fortnight’s leave for the first American. Washington. Sept. 24—(Special to l , Daily Democrat) —The Russian embas-, sy today completely exonerated Gen. Korniloff from all blame for the recent uprising against the Kerensky government. It was officially explained by the embassy that Korniloff’s insurrection was the result of a mutual misunderstanding. It is believed that Korniloff will not have to pay the penalty for his part. Washington, D. C.. Sept. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A reduction in steel prices of from fifty to sev-enty-five per cent was approved todav by President Wilson when he confirmed an agreement between the war industries board and the steel men for figurees on steel and its products. The prices become effective at once and are subject to re.is ion January 1, 1918. There is to be no reduction of wages and the steel men must exert every effort to keep . up the production while the war lasts. A spirit of co-operation was manifested. The price of steel bars is placed at $2.90, while the recent price was $5.50. (By Charles P. Stewart, United Press Staff Correspondent.) Buenos Aires. Sept. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)-For the immediate present at least, Aregntine’s determination to declare war against Germany, is to be held in obeyance. Government officials today accepted “as temporarily satisfactory” a message from the German government, transmitted through the Argentine minister at Berlin, disavowing Count Luxburg's utterances and denying that the kaiser approved of Luxburg personally. The fact was emphasized however, that this disavowal does not constitute the full and formal reply demanded in Argentine’s ultimateum. Its receipt however, stops the chamber of deputies immediate consideration of the resolutions supporting the gov

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ernmenl’s plan for declaring u state of war with Germany. Public Interest was transferred from the German situation today to the I more pressing crisis of the nationwide strike. At 1 p. nt. today all railway employes struck. Complete paralysis of all rail communication seemed certain. The situation is admttedly of the most serous character as many cities lack large supplies of food and fuel. Amsterdam, Sept. 24-(Special to Daily Democrat) "It is highly regretable that the American government, God knows how. has been able to obtain apparently a whole collection of German documents,” declared the Cologne Volkszeitung today, in commenting on the Bernatorff intrigue revealed by the Washington state department. “If the affair is true,” the newspaper added, “it is of the most disagreeable character." (By Carl D. Groat. United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington. Sept. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany will be convicted further before the world this week on charges of high handed intrigues against the peace of other nations. With revelation over Sunday of Teuton bomb and poison plots in Roumania, government authorities hinted it might be shown the Teutons had tried to spread disease in America as one of her insidious means of hampering war work. The plot in Roumania showed the Teutons planted bombs in the German legation garden at Bucharest after the United States had taken charge there and also had left vials of germs to poison horses. Similarly, the Teutons may have spread the germs of lockjaw in court plaster recently found in the United States to be infected. Whether or not such a plot is disclosed, the senate is promised an expose of treacherous German work in trying to stir up anti-American feeling in Japan, and anti-Japanese spirit in this country. Viscount Ishii, now in the country with the Japanese commission has already hinted at such intrigue. Senator King who Saturday showed the Austrian embassy to he subsidizing of the foreign language press, has data on the Japanese plot and will speak "by the book" when he does make his now exposure. The government is prepared to give out documentary proof of its recent revelations in cases where denials are entered by those concerned. It pro poses this week to make public a photographic reproduction of the Eck-hardt-Cronholm-Mexico City plot letter, the authenticity of which has been denied by the principals. It was rumored today that the government has additional data on the Luxburg Argentine case, but it is careful to avoid any appearance of trying to force Argentine into action against Germany when its avowed purpose in making the revelations has , been to show Sweden’s duplicity at’'’ Germany’s unashamed propaganda methods. With the prospect of other startling publications, congress today appeared to be veering away from the demand for an investigation of the Bernstorff $50,000 slush fund expose, especially as the state department has indicated its belief that further investigation would not he more successful that secret probing already done. MAURICE NEIZER COMING. Maurice Neizer, the mayoralty candidate of Fort Wayne, and the president and secretary of the Ft. Wayne 1 Rotary club, will be the guests of the Decatur Rotary club at the next 1 regular luncheon meeting of the 10-1 1 cal club on Wednesday, October 3. Jesse Sellemeyer. president of the Decatur Rotary club, was advised Saturday night that the Ft. Wayne men accepted the invitation extended to them by him in behalf of the club, and that they would be here on October 3. 808 PASSED O. K. Bob Meibers writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Meibers, that he and the national army boys arrived at Camp Taylor. Louisville, Friday i night at 9:30 o’clock, the boys leav- . ing here at 8:20 in the morning. He passed the physical examination all • right and has been assigned to the company in which Harvey Everett is. —odaughter is born Mary Kathryn is the name of the s girl baby born Saturday evening at r six o’clock to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tyn--1 dall. The mother was Miss Kathryn Egly.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, September 24, 1917.

PURDY REUNION I L » i - : Held at Home of Mrs. L. 11. Purdy on First Street Sunday. 4 I WAS A SURPRISE Relatives Come a Week in Advance of the Time ' Set. The reunion of the Purdy family at tlie home of Mrs. 1.. H. Purdy on First street. Sunday, was a pleasant even:. It was planned to have the same next Sunday but the relatives surprised the hostess, Mrs. L. H. Purdy, by coming a week in advance. Mrs. D. F. Cook, of Rochester, a sister of the late L. H. Purdy, is the only one of the original family living now, but the party was made up of the children and grandchildren and other relatives of the entire family. The fine weather was ideal for the outdoors dinner spread on tables on the lawn and the day was spent socially with much pleasure. Those present were: From Rochester: Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Sheets. From Bluffton: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mattox and son. Robert; Mr. and Mrs. Gits Sarris, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Markley. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Markley, Thomas Sarris, Ernst. Pyle, Mrs. Sam Purdy. From Fort Wayne: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kitson. From Decatur: Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kitson. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kitson, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kitson and daughter, Georgia: Mr. and Mrs. Tumbleson and son. Cedric; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Harve Kitson and daughter, Margaret; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gage and daughters. Erma and Louise; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson and sons, Lawrence, Robert Richard and Albert; Mrs. Nora Parrish and daughter. Dona: Frank Kitson. Mrs. L.'H. Purdy and daughters. Pearl and Mona; Miss Ella Mutschlei. o PUPILS TO HELP In Providing Good Reading Matter for the Soldier Boys. PLAN WAS PRESENTED To Schools Today—Pennies and Nickels Will be Received, The Local War Library Fund committee today asked the children of the city schools to help raise the money to provide good reading for the soldier boys. Each one of the lower grades will be asked to bring a penny for the fund, while the older ones will be asked to bring a nickel, or more if they so desire. The schools were visited today by Prof. Worthmann and the Misses Moses and Blackburn who explained the cause. The clubs will also respond, several having meetings this evening for the purpose. Those who have contributed since the report in Saturday’s pajier are: j M. Kirsch $5.00 Jessie Magley 100 H. B. Heller 100 Agnes Gillig 00 M. F. Worthmann 100 Alma Kooken 1-00 Clara Boknecht 100 Estelle Perkins 1.00 Eva J. Acker 1-00 From a letter to Miss McCullough from David Teachout, Head Y. M. C. A. Secretary, Ft. Harrison: “Question. —Have the men in the training camp time to read? Answer—With the exception of the ■ Reserve Officers’ Training Camp men, ■ all the soldiers, both in national guard I and in regular army, have at least five > hours a day which they must spend in ■ some sort of recreation. It is the feeling of all the Y. M. C. A. secretaries in the fort that such time cannot be i spent through the week to better adt vantage than in reading. The reserve - officers have at least one hour a day i for recreation, and we have found from our records in (he circulation of books

I that many have been borrowed by them. Question.—Do they want to read? Answer. —It has been a constant source of surprise to the writer io • see how universal is the desire for reading among all classes of men In camp. Thus, 1 may reply favorably and with emphasis on this point. Question. —If they do want to road, are they interested only in magazines? ] Answer. If anyone could visit our buildings every evening and see the way the soldiers are crowded into our I libraries in the three buildings now erected, he would become convinced that it is not only the magazines which are in demand, but also books, both in the way of fiction and in the line of history. Os course, at present there t, is a great demand for books on military subjects. Question —What will be the moral effect of a well-selected library? Answer.- —Good books act as a . means of stimulating the best thought in the minds of man, when conditions , are so abnormal as at present ami ■ when men are thinking more serious- . ly than ever before. Books which pro duce careful thinking will tend to develop moral life of a much higher standard." MR. AU RAND DEAD Alva Aurand, Well Known Kirkland Township Resident DIED LATE SATURDAY At Home of Son at Junction City, Ohio — Brought Here Today. Jacob Alva Aurand, for more than thirty five yearsa prominent resident of Kirkland township, died Saturday night at ten o’clock at the home of a son, George Aurand, at Junction City, Ohio, where he had been visit ing since Easter. Death was due t( a complication of ailments, and for several days prior to his death it was known that his condition was very low. The body was brought here this morning over the G. R. & I. and tak en to the home of a son, Frank Aur and. on Eleventh street, where it will be until the time of the funeral Tuesday afternoon. The funeral will be Tuesday after noon, leaving the house in this city a' 1:30 o’clock for the Beery church west of Decatur, where services wil 1 be held on arrival there at two o'clock or later. The Rev. F. F. Thornburg pastor of the Methodist church will officiate. Mr. Aurand was a native of Hocking county, Ohio, where he was born October 7, 1839. He lacked two weeks and a day of being seventy eight years old. April 3, 1859, be was married to Mary Anna Hall. It was in March, 1882, that they came to Ad ame county, settling in Kirkland township, where they lived practically all of their declining years. Seven children were born to them of whom four are living. They an George W. Aurand, of Junction City. Ohio; Joshua, of Lafayette; Ella wife of John Bolinger, and Frank Aurand, of this city. Two step-chil-dren, Mrs. Sarah Stemen, and James Hall, live at Lima, Ohio. Among the immedtate relatives are twenty-two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mr. Aurand was the last of his parental family, he being the last one of the eight children, all of whom lived to a good old age. His wife passed away June 5, 1911. In young manhood Mr. Aurand united with the Methodist church. o DECATUR BOYS AT CAMP TAYLOR —n ■ — , Camp Taylor, Ky., Sept. 22—(Spe cial (o the Daily Democrat) —The Ad ams county members of the new national army arrived here at 9:20 Fri . day evening, very tired and hungry, but apparently happy. The first four . as they lined up for the march to quarters were Smith, Kohne, Parent I and Meibers, all laughing as they no- > ticed some one they knew. They i were assigned to the 17th Provisional . Training Battalion and are getting 9 along fine. ■ ■ - -J—---FIRST AID CERTIFICATES 1- , e Members of the hirst Aid Class y Number one are requested to call at n the office of Dr. S. D. Beavers to re s ceive their certificates.

’IS MAKING GOOD t 1 ~~ ' r .1. Dwight Peterson, of Daily Democrat Force, is Glee Club Leader i. ? 1 AT STATE UNIVERSITY r v i Also Manager of Sigma (’hi ) House and Sporting Editor of Daily Student. J. Dwight Peterson, one of the Daily Democrat boys, who is workI ing his way through the Indiana uni versity at Bloomington, is again i making good. He is a junior this year and is securing his share of i recognition. He is house manager for the Sigma Chi fraternity, has been chosen sporting editor of the Daily Student, and at a recent meeting of those in charge was chosen business manager of the Men’s Glee club, one of the most important places In the school organization. The Student recently gave him a half-column write-up that sounds good to us. Dwight is now busy dating his glee club in various cities, large and small, and hopes to make • it a successful year. The club is smaller this year, will probably work with the Red Cross chapters in the cities they visit, and will specialize on patriotic songs and music. Only the very best voices have a place on the club this year and they will be a dandy attraction wherever they go. If Dwight don’t bring his club to Decatur this year, our people will miss a treat and the club an opportunity to come among frineds. A LOT OF FINE ONIONS Isaac Emery, of near Berne, has over two hundred bushels of South Port Yellow Globe onions raised on his farm, two and a half miles east of Berne. Samples can be seen at this office and Mr. Emery has them for sale if you want them. They are good ones. Mr. Emery is the father of Mrs. Henry Gerke of this city. DIFFERENT TRIP Was That Planned by Algia Miller in a Funeral (’ar Saturday. HAD PLANNED VISIT - Here for Sunday in Auto—--1 Killed While Preparing to Come. A trip from Vincennes, Indiana, that was planned to have been made by lutomobile to his parental home here Saturday, in company with his brother Henry Miller, of Allendale, was made i by Algie Miller, in a funeral car, instead, he having met instant death while preparing to come here to visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller of tho couth part of the city. The body arrived here Sunday morning at 12:52 o’clock over the G. R. & I. and was taken to the home of a sister, Mrs. Roy Miller, on Fifth street, where friends may view the body until the time of the funeral. The deceased who would have been thirty-six years old in December, had been working as a driller in the oil fields. He had returned to his boarding house near Hazelton, Friday evening, and had left there again, and started to Allendale to join his brother, Henry, they intending to make the trip to their parental home here by automobile, intending to arrive here Saturday night. While driving between Hazelton and Vincennes, enroute to Allendale, about ten o’clock Friday night, Miller’s car skidded in turning a corner and it was overturn- • ed, pinning him down by the chest r and crushing the region of the heart. > Death, it is said, was instantaneous, t An auto coming behind rendered as- ■ sistance, and a doctor was called imf mediately, but there was not tlie least 1 hope of reviving him. 5 His wife was formerly Miss Dessie McGath, and they have a daughter, Alma, aged eight. A sister, Mrs. Frank McGath, lives at Salem, Mo. i The deceased served three years t In the Spanish-American war. He was a member of the Masonic lodge. The funeral services will be held

(Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock from the Roy Miller home, the Rev. W. Paul Marsh of the Christian church officiating. r REUNION °OF _ 160TH

Wabash. Ind., Sept. 22— Everj thing is now in readiness for the 17tli annual reunion of the 16()th volunteer infantry, which will be held in this city next Monday, under the supervision of mem tiers of Company D of here The final arrangements for tho reI union were made last night at a meeting of the local company. Mayor Wilson. a member of Company D will preside at the meeting and will welcome the visitors at a luncheon to be ser> at 2:30. Registration will be held from 8:30 to 12:00 at Memorial hall and the program will be given in the afternoon at the City park. Ft. Wayne Huntington, Decatur, Hartford City, Bluffton and Marion are a few of the surrounding towns Included in this regiment. FAMILY JJNITED Tenth Reunion of Barkley Family Held After Five Years. REUNION SATURDAY Association Reorganizes to Continue the Annual Gatherings. After a cessation of family gatherings for five consecutive years, the tenth reunion of the Barkley family, held Saturday, was the more enjoyable because of tlie many years that had intervened. It was planned to have the. gathering at Steele’s park, but the scene was later changed to a more pleasant place, that of the country home of Henry Barkley, southwest of the city two miles. Probably one hundred fifty mingled in friendly greeting until noon, when the call for dinner was given. This was served on long tables spread under the trees in the yard, the weather being ideally fine for an out-of-doors dinner. Rev. W. S. Mills, of the Evangelical church, said grace and also gave an address at the close of the dinner. The table was spread with good things prepared by the fine cooks of the family, and nothing known in tlie realm of domestic! science was omitted from the feast. That the reunions will be continued was decided upon and the first Saturday in September was the date named for next year. During the business meeting, U. S. Cress, secretary, presided in tlie place of Levi Barkley, president, who is well up in years, and asked to he excused. The reorganization was effected as follows: President, Jacob Barkley, jr.. Union township; treasurer. Joe Bark ley, Union township; secretary, U. S. Cress. Decatur. A partial list of those present, being those who registered, includes: Charles Peckham and family, Mr. Mrs. Clarence Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hevel, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Blossom, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wybourn, Sturgis, Mich.; Mrs. Nellie Boyles, Mrs. Fred Nye, Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smitley, Mrs. Jacob Bark ley, Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Barkley. Hoagland; Mr. and Mrs. Cal Turner Convoy, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. James iMollenkopf. Convoy, Ohio; Fred Har mon and family, Convoy. Ohio; Rev W’. S. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Barkley. Mrs. R. C. Parrish, Al Steele, Mrs. Mary Steele, Mr. and Mrs. George Simmers and children, Mr. and Mrs. Ce- • cil Harvey, Jessie Magley, Mr. and ■ Mrs. U. S. Cress, Decatur; those from Union township and other parts -of this county; Waldo Barkley and family, B. B. Miller and family, Mrs. , J. D. Miller and family, James A. Barkley and wife. Joseph B. Barkley and wife, John Barkley and wife, William P. Barkley and wife. Freeman Walters and family. Mrs. Simon Barkley, Jerry Barkley and family. Mrs. Winnie Wilder and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lehrman, Orval Wherry and family. Mr. and Mrs. William Schafer, J. C. Barkley and family, Virgil Barkley and wife, Jim Barklfy and wife, J. D. Barkley and wife. Mrs. Merle Fleming and children. John A. Barkley Miss Ruth Mayer has entered a nurses’ training schJol in Fort Wayne for the course of three years.

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A HOME COMING And Basket Picnic Held at

y Oldest Christian Church ii r in the County. N . 4.PROGRAM WAS GIVEN Everybody Enjoyed Day and Many (’ame Lonff Distance to Attend. i i ' > The home coming and basket din- > ner at the Elm Grove Christian • church was a great success. There were many from a distance who came to this meeting to enjoy the fine fellowship of the day. It was a 11 day that will he long remembered I by all that had the opportunity to attend. A very fine dinner was served by tlie ladies of the conununity free of charge to all who came. It was one of those old-fashioned basket dinners like they used to serve. The dinner was spread on a long table and all were asked to come up and just help themselves. And there was plenty and to spare for every one. After the dinner was served the afternoon services began at 2 o'clock with a well prepared program in charge of Rev. Gillespy, pastor of the church. Rev. W. Paul Marsh preachled the sermon of the afternoon, taking for his subject "The Uplifted Christ, the Theme of the Church." |lt was au appeal for the church to lift the Christ and his gospel up before the world in this great day when everything is in a chaotic state, and to reflect hte Christ in your life, in this way you will lie lifting up the Christ before the world. After tlie sermon the Rev. Aspy. who was born in the community of Elm Grove, and who united with the. first congregation of Disciples of Christ in Adams county over fifty years ago, gave a splendid talk along the line of reminiseenees of the past, speaking of the church and his own ministry. He told about the organization of the ■first Christian church in Adams county at Elm Grove, and it being the mother of the rest of the Christian churches in the county. And how that he went into the woods a few miles from Elm Grove and began preaching in an old log school house and had nine converts and out of that meeting there grew the Maple Grovo Ciiristian church, and also about the organization of the Christian church in Decatur and his Interest in the work here. Following this the Rev. Armstrong then gave a splendid talk along tlie lines of exorting the people to be more faithful to the church and their God. Rev. Aspy's granddaughter rendered a fine solo, and the three Hart sisters gave a splendid trio. Thus closed one of the moset helpful meetings ever held by the Elm Grove church. There were several members of the Decatur congregation present at this meeting.—Contributed. BIG YEOMEN MEETING. October 1 Grand Foreman of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen George M. Frink will meet with tlie members in their hall. All members are requested to be present at 7:00 , p. m., sharp, to register and get inI structions. then march north to Marshall street to meet the Fort Wayne delegation, led by the Boys’ band. The line of march will be from Mar--5 shall street south on Second street . to Madison, west to Third, north to Monroe, east to Second and south to the Yeoman hall An exhibition drill will be given on the street by the • Fort Wayne ladles’ team. The public is invited; after which they will . march to the hall and confer the work ona large class of candidates in honor of Grand Foreman Frink. COMMITTEE. o TO HAVE RALLY DAY The Methodist Sunday school had a good attendance yesterday and plans were made for the 'annual rally day, Sunday, October 7. Mrs. O. H. Od n ll was appointed chairman of the program committee, while the publicity committee Includes Mrs. Ed Beery, Mrs. Frank Carroll, Arthur Ford, C, L. Walters. E. B. Lenhart. E B. Lenhart is Sunday school superintendent. —o BUT WHY RING CY IN? (Pillager (Minn.) Herald) That stork Is a happy bird. He left a ten-pound baby girl at Ned Mickles last Thursday night. Ned is a neighbor of Cy Deaver.