Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 228.

THE LABOR TRIAL b - 1 I. W. W. Hearing Will be One of Most Sensational Labor Cases on Record. BIG HAIG OFFENSIVE Is Believed to be Starting on West Line of Battle— The Liberty Loan. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C„ Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Preparations for the coming I. W. W. trial indicate it will rank with the country's most famous labor hearings. Atforney General Gregory is directing the prosecution while the I. W W. will employ the best talent in the country to defend them They will enter a general denial to all the charges. The American Federation of Labor, which fears an order against all strikes during the war, will be represented. The I. W. W. is charged with: Prevention of keeping American armies in the field, through interference with transportation and construction of cantonments; prevention of manufacture of guns and ammunition; prevention of grain hauling; prevention of conscription; agitation of strikes; agitation to tie up food products, using the mails to answer farm hand advertisements and then interfering with the growing of grain and destroying crops. Indianapolis, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)—William G. McAdoc, secretary of the treasury, today called upon a great crowd which filled Tomlinson hall “to give the boys who have given their lives, the means of defending themselves," in appealing for support of the second liberty loan. “We want to let the boys, who are giving their lives, know that the line of communication. 3.000 miles wide and Imperiled by the deadly submarine. is protected,” he continued. “We want them to know that Amer ica will back them with the entire resources of this country: tha’ if need be. we will surrender every dollar of property we have to the government. We must be willing to sacrfice all our money for them as we know they are willing to sacrifice their lives for us." The secretary pointed ou' that the government does not ask a dollar, except in return for a safe investment. "If one single loan offered to the American people should fail it would be a more fateful disaster than the loss of a great battle,” McAdoo asserted. “The thing that is underneath every war and without which war cannot progress, without which national security cannot be achieved and w il.out which the heels of gov rumen* stop.. without which business and all the affairs of American life could not live, is money.” London, Oct. 2 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Violent German counterattacks by great forces of specially picked troops against recently gained British positions along the bloody Ypres sector were all repulsed by British defenders, Field Marshal Haig reported today, No less than five of these blows were struck by the enemy during the night between the Ypres-Menin road and the northcast corner of Polygon wood, the British commander in chief stated. All failed in a withering fire from ♦he British rifles, machine guns and the barrage from field pieces, except one dash which swept over two small advanced positions. There were held tenasiously by the enemy. The same driving desperation in counter-blows was reported from Zonnebeke to south of the Ypres-Roul-ers railway. Haig declared the enemy had suffered very heavy losses in the fruitless attacks. From the German tactics of almost feverishly inspired counter-attacks, plus Haig's silence on his own moves during the past few days, it was con fidnetly predicted here today that another big British drive is impending. The Germans have apparently sensed this and are striving by every means to keep the British so occupied by counter-attacks that they cannot mass effectives for an offensive. The Germans probably also see the grave menace of further British advances ir the Ypres sector as likely to cut thcii

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lines to the Belgian submarine bases. - Washington, D. C.. Oct. 2—(Special to Dally Democrat)—The allies, with America's aid, are likely next (‘ year to take the offensive on the seas. This deduction is drawn in expert quarters here today as the result of recent allied military operations. With England striking at the rail ar- , teries leading to Germany's Ostend J and Zeebruggo bases, such an offensive. it is felt, could be used in telling fashion later. 1 Much will depend, however, upon the success England meets in her Menin road operations. While she has warded off counter-attacks, so far. it is a question in many military minds whether she will be able to accomplish before winter the cutting ■of the rail arteries. Even if she i

. does cut these lines, Germany still I can feed the nests from which her submarines emanate. But if England can accomplish a fierce blow at the communication lines she has done much toward crippling the effectiveness of Germany's U-boat game. Then with the backing of powerful ships she may move in on a strangling process and stamp out the home of the ocean pests, though she still must maintain n mighty land force to back the sea operations. Advocates of a stronger naval policy are still active in their urgings and they feel that the way things shape up on the northern end of the western front now is argument for their proposals, London, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Demand for reprisals for the German air raids become a pub lie movement of natioal proportions today following the most formidable German “baby killing” expedition the capital has ever seen. For almost three hours London’s anti-aircraft guns banged away last night sending an intermittent curtain of steel into the air in the hope of barring the way to the German air men There were four raiding squadrons. Two eluded the barrage fire and drop ped explosives over southwest London Other machines left a trail of bombon various counties. The exact ex tent of the damage and casualties had not been announced early today. The Germans selected an ideal night for their sixth raid in eight days. It was clear and the moon was full. Lon don expected a raid and quickly “tool cover” when the warning signals were sounded. Many of the city’s activitie however, continued. Several theater i ran without an intermission. As ammunition as that expended ir a small sized battle at the front was shot into the air. The rattle of fall ing shrapnel on roofs and in the strep' was constant over the city. London, Oct .2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The phrase of “intense ar tillery activity in Flanders” in the German official statement, coupled with Field Marshal Haig's recent ret icence in describing British operations led to a widespread belief today tha' a new British drive is in the making. Haig adopted exactly this course of secrecy and of tremendous artillery preparation before his strokes at Mes sines ridge, Vimy and in the Ypres sector. The enemy has been striving desparately now for three days to gair back some of the ground lost in the Ypres-Menine road sector. Haig't latest report detailed counterattacks of tremendous force. HEARING on c. b. & c. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 2—(Special ' to Daily Democrat)—The public ser vice commission today heard argu [ ments on the question as to whether or not the C. B & C. road sold at a bankruptcy sale recently to a junk 1 dealer, should be or should not be sold 1 for junk. Grain dealers who would be shut off from any outlet petitioned and [ were represented by Judge J. J. Moran 1 and Senator Fleming, of Portland. It was shown that the road had been 1 operated at a loss of $40,000 a year. ' Petitioners claimed this due to poor management. The commission is expected to hand down a ruling shortly. —o a NOTICE TO MOOSE There will be initiation by the ' Moose lodge Wednesday night and all '' the officers and members of the degree S staff are requested to be present. A ' banquet' will follow the initiation. ' This notice is issued by request of the dictator. y STILL GETTING ALONG <1 (UnitedVreis Service) >t Indianapolis, Oct. 2 —(Special tc e Daily Democrat)— Governor Good e 1 rich’s condition is very good this morr n'ing. He had a good night, said the ir 1 report from Methodist hospital.

Decatur, Indiana,Tuesday Evening, October 2, 1917.

HE SEEMSPROUD Walter Shively, Huntington Boy, Broke Into Houses HERE AN!) BLUFFTON Likes to Recount It—Mrs. Roe Went to Identify Her Ring. Walter Shively, of Huntington, fifteen ,the lad who admitted without re-

serve that he had broken into two Bluffton houses, and who also broke into the William Roe house here Mon- , day afternoon of last week, seems to take some pride in recounting his exploits, according to the Bluffton News. When arrested in Bluffton, the boy was searched and a small sum of money, a valuable ring and a bracelet were found on him. Mrs. Roe, of this I city, went to Bluffton, where she identified a ring found on him, as one taken from her home here. According to the Bluffton News: “Shively said that he has been with the Wallace-Hagenbeck circus during the past summer, working, he said, as a “rosin-back" rider, a bare back rider. He said that he had returned to Huntington only in the last fewweeks. He also admitted that he had been in the Plainfield reformatory, being released last February. Shivelyhad a revolver and Bluffton police say that if he is only fifteen he is one of the toughest lads, for his years, which 1 they have ever seen. "He said that he had recently been 1 in trouble at Storm ing two diamond rings but securing ' his release by refunding the money i for which he had sold the rings, the holders of the rings relinquishing them.” > While he gave his age at fifteen years, he looks to be several years ' older. He was taken back to Hunting- i ton where the grand jury in session ; there, was given the matter. - i SUFFERJHE COLD: Decatur and Adams County Has Eleven or More j I Men in i i RAINBOW DIVISION I For Whom Sweaters Are ' Needed—Go to France ' Soon. Decatur and Adams county has eleven or more boys in the famous Rainbow Division, who are suffering from cold, according to the' following in the Journal-Gazette this morning: "Many members of the Rainbow Division of the United States army, the next group to go to France, which includes Batteries B and D of Tort Wayne ard actually suffering ♦roti l 1 the cold at their camp at Mineola, L. 1., says a letter received yesterday . by Mayor W. J. Hosey from the chairman of the Rainbow Division L workers’ committee’ The men are I sorely in need of sweaters and other > warm apparel, the letter states. It I follows in full: > "Will you not impress upon your i citizens, through the local press, .he 1 necessity of doing something toward equipping your soldiers of *ho Reinr bow Division with warm knitted articles? Many of them are already suf- ' sering intensely. Think how it will be on the transports and in France. Here, everyone is doing their utmost B to help; giving free will to those who 1 cannot afford to buy; buying readye made articles and urging everyone to ' knit. The Red Cross is also doing 1 much, but the need is still great and ,f in a short time these men will In ve gone to fight for us, who arc comfortable at home. "Sleeveless sweaters of grey or o khaki color, twenty-four inches long. 1- mufflers two yards long; and khaki n color helmets are most needed. Socks ie also will be acceptable, but special ; emphasis is laid on sweaters. The

Indiana troops need 1,582 of those articles. “Send all articles io Genera! W. A. Mann, division headquarters. Camp Mills, Mineola, Long Island. N. Y. "Unless you send quickly these men may have already gone. The f-nll is urgent.” CONTINUES LOW The condition of Paul Baumgartner continues low at the hospital in Dayton, 0., where he has been several weeks, and it is not probable that he I will leave there alive. He is suffering from Addison’s disease, an ailment not common and which is fatal. It is -<n affection of the super-renal capsules, and in this case, has brought on stomach trouble. It progresses for seven or eight years, until it reaches a elim- I

X/1 X.IBIIV ...... ....... .... , nm ax. His wife is in Dayton near her husband. TWENTY TWO TO BE GUESTS Celebration to be Held on Thursday Night for Next Quota from Here. — —-4 BIG AUTO PARADE Will Cover City and Close at Court House Where Program Will be Given. Twenty-tw-o men summoned to join the national army will be the honor guests at a celebration to be held in this city Thursday evening of this week. The men will leave over the Clover Leaf at eight o’clock Friday morning for Camp Taylor near Ixmisville and the local military committee have planned a big celebration for them for the night before. The big feature will be an automobile parade with R. D. Myers, chairman of the county council of defense, as marshall. C. E. Peterson, and Dan Tyndall have been appointed a committee to secure autos for the event. The program as planned will be given in the court room following the parade. John T. Myers, presiding. All automobiles, well decorated with flags and bunting are asked to assemble on Court street, forminng into line on Third street, looking north travel north to Monroe, east to cityhall where the national soldiers will be assembled and will take places in cars provided for them, proceeding east to First, south to Adams, west to Thirteenth street, north to Monroe, east to Fifth, north to the Mill, south on Second to the court house where the following program will be given: Music —Decatur high school. Invocation —Rev. W. Paul Marsh. Selection—Male Quartet. Short Address—Rev. J. C. Hanna. Music—Decatur high school. “(Continued onTPage Two) A SECOND CLASS For Study of Red Cross First Aid Course Organized BY DR. W. E. SMITH Met Last Night—Frances Deininger is Elected Secretary. Another class for the study of the Red Cross First Aid course was organized last evening at the office of Dr. W. E. Smith, who recently carried a large class through the course. There will probably be two or three others who have already sent application, who will report for the first lesson, which will be given soon, the order for the books having been sent. Those present last evening, w-hen the organization was affected with i Miss Frances Deininger, secretary, ■ were: Miss Amelia Tonnelier, Mrs. Dr. Weaver, Miss Freda Wehmhoff, r Miss Eva Acker, Miss Genevieve . Smith, Miss Helen Holthouse, Mrs. I Fay Smith Knapp, Miss Blanche s Dutcher, Mrs. E. B. Adams, Mrs. 1 James Moses, Mrs. I. A. Kai ver, Misses Adelaide and Frances Deininger.

SMALLPOX TRAIL From Quincy Hildebrand Home, Fort Wayne, Strikes Decatur. , i A MOSER BOY Son of Al Moser of First < Street is 111 of the Disease. What probably is a trail of the smallpox that placed the home of Quincy

Hildebrand at Fort Wayne under quarantine, has struck this city, resulting in the quarantining of the Al Moser home on First street, where the ten year old son. Audley, is ill of the disease. having a light case. The boy became ill of a high fever and headache last week, and remained out of school. He grew lietter and it was thought would be able to return to school yesterday. He had broken out quite heavily, however, by that time, and his case was pronounce! smallpox. How the boy got the disease was explained quite easily when the family remembered that about three weeks ago, a nephew, residing at Wren. 0., and working at the General Electric Works, Fort Wayne, where he boarded at the home of Quincy Hildebrand, came down here and stooped over night, enroute home. At that time he was broken out, but doctors had pronounced it a case of blackheads. It was not until afterwards that the Hildebrand home was quarantined, the ailment of several there having been pronounced smallpox. This it was thought, was carried there by a tramp who had tried on a pair of shoes, which were given him. but which proved too little and were left there. NOTICE SHAKESPEARE CLUB The first meeting of the club will be Wednesday, October 10. at the home of Mrs. W. A. Lower. Mrs. John Niblick will be leader. All members are requested to take notice. PICTURES HUNG < i And Art Exhibit Under Auspices of the High School i INVITES THE PUBLIC Series of Tableaux An- ' nounced for the Evening Program. More than two hundred prints of 1 the original copies of the best art pic- ' tures, in the Italian, Spanish, Dutch, English, French and American schools of art arrived from the Elson Art Exhibit, Belmont, Mass., being valued at about $2,000, and were hung last night in the three rooms of the first floor of the Knights of Pythias home, ready for the opening this afternoon and evening. The display is given under the asupices.of the Decatur high school, and will close Friday night. The high school teachers are in charge, under the supervision of Miss Anne Rackstraw, teacher of art. There will be two programs a day, afternoon, at three o’clock, and evening at 7:45 o’clock. The programs will be given at the opening, and this will be followed by a study of the pictures. The study will be preceded by a talk by a teacher, or some other i person, conversant with the school of • art, illustrative of the groups of pic- . tures. t The program this afternoon began > the study, with "How to Study Pic--3 tures” by Miss Rackstraw. The pro- , gram for this evening, as announced will be given. The tableaux will be r especially fine, a stage being erected at one side of the room for this. i Those taking part in the tableaux i are: , (a) George Washington— George . Cramer. (b) Martha Washington— Marcia 5 Helm. (c) Age of Innocence — Helen ? Haubold. (d) The Pot of Basil—Alta Teeple. s (e) Spirit of '76 —Dwight Thornburg, Clenie Smitley and |

(f) Torn Hat William Bell. Thursday afternoon will be "Ladles’ Day" when a tea will be given. The sum of ten cents is charged for admission and the proceeds will be used in buying pictures for the new high school building The public Is cordially invited to come. The program for Wednesday Is as I follows: Wednesday, 3 p. m. Folk Dances —2nd and 3rd grade, Miss Patton. English Art, Landseer- Miss Cravens. Spinning Song Gladys Flanders. Dutch and Flemish Art—Miss Rackstraw. Study Pictures. Wednesday, 7:45 p. m. Solo—Jirene Gregory. English Art, Constable —Mr. Knep-

per. 1 French Art. Millet —Miss Congleton. 1 Corot —Miss Wehmhoff. Tableaux: (a) The Sewing Schoo), Kever. ' (h) The Knitting Lesson, Millet. (c) Supper Time, Klumpc. (d) Little Rose, Whistler. (e) Her Tribute, Kline. (f) The Angelus, Millet. Study Pictures. DRAWN TO CLOSE - Is Life of Thomas M. Gallogly—Well Known ex-Official AND BUSINESS MAN | Died After Several Months' Illness—Former Connty Recorder. I Thomas M. Gallogly. a life-long resident of Adams county, a pioneer school; teacher, and for seventeen years a I resident of this city, where he w*s identified closely with its business interests. being a member of the Decatur; - Insurance Agency at time of death.' and ex-county recorder, passed away yesterday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock at his home on Winchester street. Death was due to liver trouble, with! dropsy and other complications aris-|| ing. He had been more generally fail- > ing for three months, but had been; 1 I < bedfast only a week, his condition be-i, ing most serious since Saturday. For three weeks he was a patient at the' j Kneipp sanitarium at Rome City, re-. ' turning home two weeks ago, his case ; t being incurable. ] Mr. Gallogly was sixty-two years,!i eight months and twenty-five days of i age at death. He was born in the| 1 south part of the county, January 6.1 1855, being a son of Lawrence Gal-; 1 logly. He was married December 26, 1889.'’ to Miss Mary Ramseyer, of Portland. ; < They went to housekeeping in Jeff rson township, this county. Mr. Gallogly was a school teacher for many i years and took an active part in public i affairs. He was a Democrat, politically and was elected on this ticket to j the office of county recorder, for four years, his term being from October 5,1 1899 to October 4, 1903. After retiring from the office, he entered the insurance business and for several years, had been associated with Walt Johnson, in what is known as the Decatur Insurance Co. His immediate surviving family, includes besides tho widow, a son, Melvin, a member of Company A, who Is, now at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, 1 Miss.; a daughter, Margaret, wife of ' Elmer Sark, of Bartlesville. Okla-; homa, who has been here for several ‘ weeks; a daughter, Carrie, wife of! r Charles David, of Indianapolis; a son. ' Dewey, at home. A son. Stewart, died in infancy. A brother, John, the only; 1 surviving one of the parental family. ' lives at Huntington. .. t ' Mr. Gallogly was one of the best 1 known men in the county, his friends “ being legion. I The funeral services will be held j Thursday morning at nine o’clock ] ■ from tho St. Marys Catholic church, t - o— 1 GARY STRIKE IS SERIOUS ] (United Press Service) ’ Gary, Ind., Oct. 2—(Special to Daily | Democrat)—As the sixth day of the , switchmen’s strike opened today the 1 situation at the steel mills here and at South Chicago became critical. It is feared if the strike continues the; [mills will have to be closed down. [

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AT FORT DDUCLAS Bob Lenhart Writes Interesting Letter of Soldier Life in Utah Fort. EXPECTS EARLY CALL For Scenes of Action—Describes Mountains, Valleys, Western Scenes. Fort Douglas. Utah, Sept. 22. 'l7. Dear Sirs: —Your much expected

and eagerly awaited letter came today, and as I am long on time, though short on ideas, I will endeavor to concoct an answer, If they don’t put out the lights for the movies before 1 get through. It rained quite hard here today, and we are aii grateful for it, as tho dust on the drill grounds has been three inches thick, more or less, for a month. As you wanted to know exactly the wheu, why’ and wherefore of my being .’■■ the army, and all about it, I will toll you. 1 have been in service since July 21, and was sworn in at Fort Logan, Colo. Fort Logan, where I remained until August 3, is almost ten miles from Denver, and is the center of some of the grandest, and most beautiful scenery in the United States. Pike’s Peak, about thirtyfive miles away, can be plainly seen ona dear day, and the great Snowy Range, the peaks of which cary tons and tons of ice and snow the entire year, are always visible at about half the distance. The elevation at Logan is about five thousand feet, and is something near that here, at Fort Douglas, About seven hundred of us came up here from Fort Logan in a train of fourteen coaches, via the Denver and Rio Grande railroad. The road goes down through ; Colorado Springs to Pueblo and then strikes about due west, steady by jerks, over passes, through tunnels of various length, under cliffs, and around curves that make a whip cracker of a train of any length. At one point it reaches an elevation of about ten thousand feet, the guidebook says. Anyway it was noticeably cold The fort here is about three miles from the business district of ’ Salt Lake City, the “cradle of Mormonism,” and a monument to tho constructive and site choosing ability of the otherwise misguided Brigham Young. There are three regiments of tho regular army stationed here, tho Twentieth, Forty-second and Fortythird Infantry, and of course C company of the “Fighting Forty-second” is the peer of them all. I am really having the time of my life, and am a very busy man. too, as we are drilling about nine hours a day. We are nearing the efficiency mark with all speed, and hope to soon turn our eyes to sunny France, but of course that is up to the powers that be, and we can only speculate as to whether we will go soon or later on. There are really two great Institutions connected with the army. They are the Y| M. C. A. and tho mess hall and both claim a great deal of my attention. We have | church service here at the “Y” on . Sunday evening, and a variety of entertainment the rest of the week, inI eluding such light forms of amusement as boxing and wrestling, besides the finest of music, lectures, and moving pictures. There is a class in French three nights a week, and iof course I am going after that | "hammer and tongs.” I expect to be quite “Frenchified” in a few weeks, even if the language is spelled one way, pronounced another, and means something else in the first place. Salt Lake is some town. The business district is about fifteen miles, I possibly a little less, from the shore of the Great. Salt Lake, where there is a very good bathing beach. Saltair by name, which is connected hvith the city proper by street cars. The town lies in a wide valley of the Wasatch mountains, the valley having been at one time a part of the lake itself. The population of Salt Lake City is about 135,000 and as far as industry is concerned I should say it has no competitors between here and Kansas City. It is much more lively, and a better business town than Denver, though it is smaller. The principal industry and the mainstay of the place is mining, some of the largest mining enterprises in the United States being located here. . (continued on Page Two) '