Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 29 September 1917 — Page 2

DAILYDEMOCRAT • 1 — — ~ iFubll«s«d Kvary Kvanlng except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR A- HOLTHOUBE, lacratary Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Tear, by carrier (5.00 Per Month, by mall 25 cents Per Year, by mall $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. The Liberty Lean drive will .start Monday and will continue thirty days during which time an effort to dispose of three billion dollars worth will be made. Secretary McAdoo believes the big loan will be over subscribed and Adams county should do her full share. These bonds pay four per cent and are non taxable, making them very desirable and equal to an eight per cent investment. The government is back of them and every person who can scrape up the money should invest. We have noticed recently boys ( nine or ten years old driving automobiles about the city and we call 1 attention to the fact that this is not i only a violation of the laws of Indi- 1 ana. but a mighty dangerous thing to permit, not only for the child and . those foolish enough to ride with ( him. but for any one else who hap- j pens to be using the highways. It < ought to be stopped by the parents. 1 before some accident occurs that 1 will be the cause of some one being severely criticized. ; — i Charles W. Yager, successful in his ( own affairs, will make a splendid 1 manager for the city of Decatur. He will make an effort to do his verybest and he will if elected as mayor treat every one with due courtesy and respect and give a good account of everything he does, as a public servant. He is deserving of your support, as are the other men on the democratic ticket. Each is a citizen whom you know well, each is capable and worthy. Your interests will be carefully guarded by these men. if elected, and you owe it to yourself and your community to see that they are. Twenty-two more men will leave Decatur next Friday for Camp Taylor, there to begin their career as soldiers for the United States, greatest nation of the world. As such they ; have opportunities that do not come to men of every generation. That they will make good we have not the slightest doubt. Adams county men have away of doing it. This community should send these men away with the same assurance of confidence and the same enthusiasm as was given those who have preceded them. They are our boys and we love them. Hurrah for the boys of Adams county! Send them away with a smile. The drive for 3,000 members to the Red Cross will begin tomorrow and will be systematically, forcefully and splendidly carried to a successful termination within the next week or so. Adams county is now a chapter of itself and a good one. We have feme of the most enthusiastic and thorough workers in the entire state.

WHY not take care of your clothing needs for the next year right now ? Clothing will be about 50 per cent higher and the chances are that it will be a 50 pfer cent poorer quality.

We can save you money now. THE MYEKS-DAILEV COMPANY

proven by the fact that the work sent from here passes inspection. We should have 3.000 members, even more. In nearly every church in the county tomorrow, this Important work of mercy will form at least a good part of the services. Manager French Quinn has worked out a systematic plan of procedure and deserves to win. He will if you help him as you ought. g:nr. ;n::tr.::S ■| DOINGS IN SOCIETY H u sa:n:: nrocan at: :n: nr. aiS WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Tuesday. Presbyterian Missionary — Mrs. Charles Teeple. Reformed Missionary—Mrs. Peter Kirsch. It is not a thing divine to have a •smile which, none know how, ha.i the power to lighten the weight of that enormous chain which all the living in common drag behind them? —Victor Hugo. All the ladies are desired to attead the Presbyterian Missionary meeti.ig at the Charles Teeple home Tuesday afternoon when Mrs. Frank France will be leader. Theodore, son of Rev. and Mrs. Harmon, was agreeably surprised lust evening, when his twenty-five classmates with his teacher, Mr. Brentlinger and family, Mrs. M. J. Welker and son. Vere, and Mrs. Delma Elzey, met at his home. Games were played by all and old as well as young forgot the cares of life as well as the school work. A lunch was served, furnished by the sixth grade of the west w.ird school and by the looks of the table one would not dream of war times nor the high cost of living. At a late hoar they left for their several homes with the one regret that the twenty-five boys and girls of grade six. west wa d lose a good friend and noble companion whom all are sure will make many friends in his new home at Albion. Ind., where his father has charge of the United Brethren church. —Contributed. The Mite society ladies sewed for Red Cross at the Methodist church parlors yesterday, the monotony being relieved at the close by a vocal solo by Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer. Mrs. I d Beery and Mrs. John Rice were hostesses. Plans for the annual New England dinner were also further discussed. Mrs. C. F. Kinna has taken a position as art needle work instructor for the Wolfe & Dessauer store in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Kinna was representative and art instructor for the Belding Silk Company for sixteen consecutive years, working under the St. Louis branch. Her daughter. Beulah, is a student in the International Business college. Fort Wayne, and her mother will thus be near her daughter during her stay there. Mrs. Hugh Thomas Vail, guardian of the Kekionga Camp Fire Girls, invited them to her home at 5 o’clock last evening and surprised them with a fine chicken supper. Following this. Gretchen Smith and Mildred Liddy were initiated into the order. Others present were Lois Peterson, Dorothy Durkin. Mildred Leonard, Helen Andrews, Margaret Christen, Arvilla Hendricks and Mary Burk. This band of girls is the one that raised a fund .for Company A boys and they will carry their good work in public service further. They have arranged to take care of the sanitary bubbling fountains over the city and every Saturday they will clean these and keep them in a sanitary condition. Mrs. Howard Sikes entertained sixteen the Philathea class and a guest, her sister. Miss May Rumple, of Terre Haute, last evening. Mrs. Henry Betz was in charge of the entertainment features, and a psysiol-

• ogy contest was one form of amusement. Mrs. Sike’s sisters, Mrs. f Floyd Bright and Miss Rumple, helped her at lunch time. Mrs. Clarence ■> Hilyard has invited the class to her , home next. Mrs. Fred Bandtell and daughter. I Alice Evelyn, and her sister-in-law. Miss Helen Bandtell, came from Fort Wayne this afternoon for a visit over Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith, of First street. TWELVE TAKE EXAMINATION

Twelve members of Dr. W. E.| r Smith's Firt Aid class who took the Pnal examination under Dr. J. Boyers. Thursday evening, were: Rose Vpglowedc Margaret Sml'h, Mathilde Berling. Bess Cougleton, Marie Patterson. Helen Nib H-k. Bm-J.- ' Boyers, Mrs. Reuben Lord. Mrs. George Kinzlc. Mis. W. E. Smith, Lucile Smith, Mary Moses. There are several others who will be examined plater.

BACK TO GENEVA k I ' , (Continued from Page One) 2715 ~a. inT evidently hunting for a place in which to take his life. !’• used a piece of small rope from a shelter tent, suspending it from* a rafter above the shower baths Two handkerchiefs were stuffed in bis mouth and he died of strangulation. The body was sent to the base hospital and a local undertaker was called. In giving the name of his beneficar- : ies, Coffelt named an aunt, Mrs, Em- ■ ma Steed, of Geneva. o — BIG STORM IN SOUTH (United Press Service) Mobile, Ala., Sept. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Pensacola and its environs early today were lost to the outside world. How this section of the gulf coast fared from the West Indian hurricane which tiared up out of the south early yesterday was still unknown. Last reports before communications snapped were that the little coast town was battling a 100-mile gale. Mobile weathered a 90-mile an hour gale with less property damage than had been feared. Today the city set out to restore shattered telephone and telegraph systems, re-equip the business sections with plate glass, mend ripjted roofs and restore street car ser vice. The hurricane leaving a path es wreckage along the coast from East Louisiana to West Florida, today trailed in a northeasterly direction through Alabama and Florida, according to weather bureau reports which believed its force rapidly diminishing. — —o—— 1 MARTIAL LAW IN ARGENTINE. (United Fr-*s Service) (By Charles P. Stewart, United Press Staff Correspondent) Buenos Aires. Midnight. Sept. 29— (Special to Daily Democrat, via London)—Martial law throughout all Argentine to preserve order in the utter paralysis of practically all business caused by the general strike, was imminent tonight. New strikes are occurring almost hourly. The tie-up has spread to many industries heretofore only partially affected. Some time during the night strikers again cut the trans-continental telegraph wires, for the second time isolating Buenos Aires from the outside world, except via London cables. It was understood tonight that President Irigoyen is preparing a message to congress formally stating that Germany’s apologetic explanatory action in the Luxburg case eliminates all reason for a rupture with Germany by Argentine. JUNIOR LEAGUE. • M E. Junior League at 2:00 p. m. Sunday. Leaders are Vera Butler and, Edna Swearinger. Everybody come. The program: Song—No. 252. Prayer. Song—No. 46. Twenty-third Psalm. Lesson Story—Helen Walters. Missionary Stories—Mary Brown. Bible Study—Faye Stults. Vocal Solo—Martha Sellemeyer. Instrumental Solo—Portia Thomas March to Classes. Playlet—Scene in a Mission School. Secretary’s Report. Announcements. Song—No. 2. Benediction. FOR LIBRARY FUND. Further contributions to the war library fund were received from the following: A Friend SI.OO E. S. Christen, Co. Supt 1.00 Marie Daniels 1.00 Ruth Hammell 1.00 Florence Haney 1.00 Nellie Winans 1.00 Vera Stoutcnbcn y 1.00 Ruth Parrish i.oo • Fan Hammell i.oo • J. F. Arnold j oo • St. Joseph Catholic School 6.60 TO WORK AT TULSA, OKLA. ’ Dick Ehinger, son of Mrs. Carrie Ehinger, and Adrian Wemhoff. son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wemhoff. will , leave tomorrow evening at 9:32 over , the Clover Leaf for Tulsa, Okla.. [ Where they have accepted positions • as bookkeepers for the D. B. Myers | I Oil company. Mr. Myers is a I rotherl of J. T. Myers, the clothing merchant. The boys are well known, capable and splendid young men and the be"t I wishes of their many friends here for • a prosperous future goes witli them. o NOLAN IN JAIL Frank Nolan, one of the twenty-two Adams county men selected to go, with Use contingent or Friday' October sth, is now serving a . enteuce in ihe Ajlams county jail. His sentence will expire on October 4th and | on the following day he will go to Ctiwp Taylor.

Senate Will Take Action (Continued from Page One) committee. The members, however. ! received with "distinct satisfaction'' ■ Foreign Secretary Kuhlmann's declarution of his foreign policy, and 1 particularly his statement that he would be able to carry it out only with the co-operation of the reichstag. In the committee meeting Herr Hoske, a socialist member, bitterly asailed former Premier Ribot, of France, and former Premier Asquith, of England, for their demands as tc Alsace and Lorraine. BULLETIN Ixindon. Sept. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Two German aeroplan s of a squadron of 20 which unsucce sfully attempted to raid London la -t night were brought down by Briti. h defenders, Lord French r.uuounced t>dt.y. Washington, Sept. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A statement exonerating any member of congress from the charges of receiving German gobi, was sent to congress today from toe state department in a letter from acting Secretary Polk which said th* y had absolutely no evidence whi< h would connect any member of congress with such an affair. Washington, Sept. 29 —.Special to Daily Democrat) —The world long distance record for communicating by wireless was broken today when messages werexexclianged between the naval stations at Honolulu and Long Island, a distance of 5.000 miles. The new Hawaian station opened today is the most powerful in the. world. The first message was sent to Secretary Daniels of the navy. GAULT CHILD DEAD Mrs. William Gault and daughter, Mrs. Irvin Elzey, have returned from Marion where they attended the funeral of their grandchild and nephew. Miles Raymond Gault, son of William A. and Ethel Gault, who moved to Marion from Peterson last November. The child’s death occurred Monday from brain fever. Four brothers and sisters, Pearl, Fern. Dolores and Homer, survive. The child was two months and twenty-four days old. "The little crib is empty now. The little clothes laid by. A mother’s hope, a father's joy. In death’s cold arm doth lie. „ “Go little pilgrim, to thy home In yonder blissful shore. We miss thee here, but soon will come Where thou hast gone before." GOVERNOR IS DOING FINE (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind.. Sept. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Governor Goodrich is in good condition and doing nicely, a statement at Methodist hospital today said. The governor has shown continuous improvement now since Tuesday night. kTof C. NOTICE The new officers will begin their duties at the meeting Monday, October Ist. Give the new officers the encouragement of your presence. A smoker will follow the business meeting. G. K. oU. B. CHURCH Rev. C. J. Miner has been appointed pastor of the U. B. church and will come today to fill his appointments Sunday. FIRE PREVENTION DAY. Observe These Rules on Things Not to Do. Don't put ashes in other than metal receptacles, and don’t dump them where they will come in contact with combustible materials, Don’t hang electric iighl cords cn ' nails. Don't use wooden lockers. Don’t permit oily rags to lie around. Don’t let the fact that you are insured make you careless. Don’t use an open light when looking for escaping gas or in the pre. ■ ’ ence of inflammable liquids. Don’t use sawdust in spitoons or to ■ absorb oils. Don’t throw away lighted match; .. cigars or cigarettes. Don’t use insecticides or liquid polishes in the vicinity of open flame lights. Many such compounds contain 'volatile inflammable oils. Don’t use kerosene, benzine or naptha in lighting fires. < r to quicken a slow fire—it may result in death. Don’t use gasoline or benzine' to cleanse clothing near an open flame J light or fire. I i Don't make bonfires of rubbish where the wind can scatter it. Burn it in a container. HAVE YOU° TRIED THE DEMOCRAT’S CLASSIFIED SECTION? |

I '1450. ’ls 6 5 j Coupe UISO Coupe *l3B} ; u ? Low Cost—lmmediate Delivery Better order one of these con- the purchase of a closed car. vertible Sedans or Coupes right And materials for them were puraway. chased when prices ruled much It will probably be a long time lower than now. They represent before you can again buy such wonderful value judged by the luxurious cars at so low a price. present day range of prices for materials. F v«u >”u. ... tout* months ago so that you might . * ow co,t »mmediate dehave them as soon as the weather livery. turned—without the aggravating Come in and let us show you these delay so often encountered in cars. Priai f. o. b. Toledo end t object tv chanle without notice HOLTHOUSE FIREPROO F GARAGE, /Uta I

PUBLIC SALE. I will have offered at public sale at my farm one-half mile west of Watt, 6ty miles east of Decatur, on what is known as the John McGill farm, on Tuesday. October 9, 1917, beginning at 1 o’clock p. m.. the following personal property, to-wit: Gray mare. 17 years old; gray mare. 12 years old; gray mare, 5 years old; gray gelding. 3 years old; bay mare. 8 years old. Farm implements: Set work harness, clover seed buncher, mower. 2 disc harrows, beet cultivator. harrow, corn cultivator, walking breaking plow, riding breaking plow, wide tire wagon, hay tedder, onehorse drill, binder, hay loader, sulky hay rake, and numerous other articles not mentioned.

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Terms —Under $5 cash in hand; over $5 a credit of 9 months will be given, the purchaser giving note with approved security; 4 per cent off for cash. No goods removed until settled for. JOHN McGILL, John Spuhler, Auct. 28-6 o YEOMEN DOINGS MONDAY NIGHT Monday night, October 1. at the Yeoman hall. Geo. N. Frink, the grand foreman of the Brotherhood of the American Yeomen, will address the local brotherhood and all members are requested to be present. The class adoption will be held, the Fort Wayne ladies wil give an exhi-

bition drill and a street parade r be held. Please be at thehali, o’clock. — —o PUBLiC SALE. I will offer at public sale a: residence in Curryville, Ind., oa" day, October 2, at twelve oV my household goods, 300 laying eight room house, two lots. 4t e d MARY J. HOE. Mrs. Andrew Baxter is in rt of another letter front her son. i s now at Camp Taylor He likes i life more every day.