Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 255, Decatur, Adams County, 5 November 1917 — Page 1

.‘Wolunu* XV. Number 255.

THE FIRST LIST I OF 11. S. HEROES Three Americans are Dead. Five Wounded, Twelve Taken Prisoners. | INDIAN AN IN THE LIST Hermans Cross Tagliamento I River and Take Six Thousand More Prisoners.

(United Pres* Service) ■ Washington, Nov. a—(Special to Daily Democrat) Three infantrymen are dead, five wounded and twelve captured, as the result of a sharp attack by Germans on a salient of front Use French trendies held by pershleg's tuen Nov. 3. ■ One wounded (Jerntan was captured. ■ This brief report announced by the war department brought home to America today the first casualties in dead and captured resulting from actual fighting between Sammies and .'■prntuns. *No word in Pershing's statement, in- 1 dicsites the extent of the Americans' |»rt in the fighting. An ordinary trench salient holds between 25 and 30 men so it would appear the little I wiped out. That a wounded German was taken prißontr. however, shows that a fight was put up before the Americans yielded. The sire of the attacking force and German losses are not tgiven. The war department lias cabled for full details. ‘The principal point, war department officials say, is that all Germany now knows Americans are in the front line trenches—a fact that Germany has been trying to keep secret. The German attitude indicated by her succinct statement that “North Americans" were prisoners, not specifying that: they were the first captures of Pershing's men. Having located some of the American forces, officials believe the crown prince whose army is opposite the point where the Saturday skirmish! took place, may attempt to stage a spectacular attack in the sector. A later statement gave as those killed: Private Thomas F. Enright, sister Mrs. Mary Irwin. 5641 Premo street. Pittsburgh, Pa. Private James B. Gresham, mother. Mrs. Alice Dodge. 1001 West Ohioj street, Evansville. Ind. Private Merle D. Hay, father, Harvey D. Hay, Glidden, lowa. Wounded Private Joint J. Smith, brother, K. D. Smith, Box S 2, liUdington, Mich. Private Charles J. Hopkins, borther, James W. Hopkins. Stranton. Texas. Private George I* Box. father, J. 1.. Box. 700 North Grady street, Altus, Okla. Private Homer Givens, father, W;l---liam F. Givens, Cloverdale. Ala. Private Charles L. Orr. mother, Mis. Sarah Regnell, R. F. D. 5, Lyons, Kas. Captured or Missing Sergeant Edgar M Halyburton, father, George B. Halyburton, Stony Point, N. C. | Corporal Nicholas L. Mulhall, mother. Mrs. Bridget Mulhall. Jersey City. N.J. Corporal Edwin H. Haines, mother.

| NOW FOK FIVE THOUSAND MORE. I The following telegram of appreciation was {' ece 'y* d i this morning bv Marv E. Artman. chairman of the \\ oH men’s Activities in Adams Countv. m recognition of the a splendid results obtained in this city and county by her and 1 the ladies who assisted in securing the signatures to the I Hoover Food Pledge Cards during Conservation Week. 3 Through their untiring efforts the big drive was made a 1" ■" cces ‘ an<l wor,hv ° f Imlianapolla, Ind.. Nov. 4. 1917. “ or CowralffioM sor U exMliint work during “Conservatinn Week ” Continue intensive work this week. Special attention to the schools, and urge faculty and the county s school superintendent to secure complete returns from ev- | ory school and report results of campaign Tuesday. NoI vember 6th. Indiana fourth state today. You can help us I lead. Save wheat and meat! r £ BARNARD. State Food Administrator. Mrs Artman and her aides secured about nine hunH dred signatures during the week, bringing the total pledges I in this countv up to two thousand. Hundreds of women 1 have not as yet signed the cards and they are strongly urg--1 ed to do so today or tomorrow. 1 The nine hundred signatures were obtained from De- § ca tur Berne, Geneva and Linn Grove through the schools. I Adams county should send in about 7,000 pledge cards. H Let’s all help make it-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Mrs Elizabeth Haines, R. F. D. <t. Woodward, Okla. Private Herst hel Godfrey, father, . William C. Oherst, 709 North Ridget way avenue, Chicago. Private Vernon M. Kend.Ql, father, Sant Kendall, R. F. I). 2, Roll, Oklu. , Ihlvttte William I’. Grishy, mother, Mrs. 1.1 ale Grishy, 127 s Willlw avenue 1-oulsvllle, Ky. Private Frank E. McDougnl, father, B. McDougal, Marysville. Miss! Private Daniel It. Gnllegher, father , Nell Gallagher, Blockton, Aa. Private John P. ester, father William Lester. Tutweiler, Miss, i Private Harry Langhtnan, emergency address, Ada R. Langhmnn, 401 Oakwood boulevard, Chicago. Private Dewey I). Kern, mother Mrs Eva Tilton, Collins, lowa. Private Keckon, cannot t e

identified. IBy John H. Hearley, United Press 1 staff correspondent.) » Rome, Nov. s—(Special to Daily . Democrat)—A Hood of human wreck(i (, K e - borne forward on the tidal wave ( of the Qermain-Austrian advance into ; .northern Italy, reached Rome today ; j with harrowing tales of suffering and • despair. ! ! Signora Sudani formerly Miss Dav- • > idson of Sioux City. lowa, with her 1 two children, both under four, arrived i safely from her home in the northern • provinces, exhausted by the flight. , [(She told a vivid story of day and night t hurrying ahead of the enemy, of the i ranks of Italian troops steadily tramp- • I ing backward as others heroically ( .fought hack the advancing hordes. , j Soldiers refused to abandon wound- j ed and Signora De Sudani told of t hundreds of cases where three and j

four bandaged men were lashed *o oath gun carriage and hauled along with the precious artillery. American Consul Carrol of Venice, telegraphed the American embassy here today that he had returned to his post at Venice after a visit to the front. He was of great assistance to the Italian army authorities in the civil evacuation of many of the northern Italian cities. Carroll reported all Americans safe in the section now overrun by the enemy. He was also greatly impressed with the Italian j army's re-establishment along the , Tagliamento line and completely opii- ( mistic of its ability to throw the Ger mans back. The third army, Carroll reported, j is safe and almost intact. Mrs. Page, wife of the American embassador and other American women in lionie were busy today help ing care for refugees and children. The Popolo D’ Italia today urged that Americans participate in the | present fighting in Italy declaring that American soldiers would thus probably take part in the decisive bat- 1 tie of the war. Italian workmen everywhere are re pledging their patriotism and solid/u- 1 itv for the government. Scores of messages have been received in which workmen’s organizations offer thoii services and reassert their unquali fled allegiance. London, Nov. s—(Special to Daily Democrat)— General Von Machenson ; has successfully resumed his great drive into Italy, according to both Rome and Ilerlin statements today. He has crossed the Tagliamento river north of I’inzano, taken (5000 prisoners and in the belief of military expert--here this is the beginning of his pre--1 tentious operation in attempting to flank the Italians on the right, or east "(Continued on Page 5.)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, November 5, 1917.

BOOSTER MEETIHG fcF'jr l i i jJe-4 For Adams County Campaign to Raise SSOOO for the Y. M. C. A. Fund. TO BE HELD FRIDAY Plans Completed at Meeting Held Yesterday and Well Attended.

Fifty six men from every part or Adams county, met Sunday afternoon at the office of C. J. Lutz, to discuss Itlans for the big campaign to lie put on here next week for the raising of $5,000 the Adams county quota for the Y. M. C. A. It was an enthusiastic meeting, every man willing and ready and anxious to buckle on the harness and go out on this important duty. It was decided to organize the county by precinct and this work it is hop->d will be accomplished this week. it will require the earnest and sincere effort of every one to accomplish this "bit” and those who have relatives at the front know how important it is that this work he successful. The men who met yesterday decided on a "booster meeting” to be held at the 11. of P. home at six o’clock Friday evening of this week, at wltieh time an interesting program will be given and to w'hich have been Invited at least three men from each precinct in the

county. The following committees have been named in addition to those an-

nounced Saturday: Booster Meeting C. E. Peterson, chairman. Frank P. Carroll, Ed Aughenbaugh, Dr. C. It. Weaver, Orval Haruff, A. H. Sellemeyer and Roy Mumma. Publicity Committee French Quinn, chairman. C. F. Davison, M. F. Worthmann. Guy Brown, E. B. Adams and J. H. Heller, Decatur; John Mttyer, Monroe; E. H. Sprungov, Bertie; J. Lee Mattox. Geneva.

IS THE NEW AGENT Miss Annie Winnes Has Been Appointed Local Agent for THE ADAMS EXPRESS The Office is Now Located in the Winnes Shoe Store. Miss Annie Winnes is the new agent for the Adams Express company, having been appointed such to succeed L. A. Holthouse, who has held the position for the past three or four years, and who resigned. The Holthouse Garage company will continue driving for the company. The offices, however, have been returned to the Winnes shoe store where they were located for seventeen years, during the time that W. J. Archbold served as local express agent. A. T. Clorty of Grand Rapids, Mich., was here checking the old agent out and the new one in.

ESTATE RECOVERS. Hluffton, Ind., Nov. 4—Findings of much interest in the case of the Robert Wiley estate were rendered in the Adams circuit court at Decalur Saturday by Judge I). E. Smith. He found that the attorney’s fee of A. 1,. Sharpe of this city .should be reduced from $2,500 to $1,200. the fee of Judge Koon of Muncie from S9OO to SBOO and the fee of Alexander Wiley, as executor of the will, from $1,500 to SI,OOO a net return to the estate of $1,900 and Alex-! ander Wiley is instructed to file an I amended final report showing an accounting for this $1,900. FREE SMOKER TONIGHT. You are welcome to attend the smoker at democratic headquarters tonight. There will be plenty of cigars and speeches —a general discussion of the campaign and tomorrow’s election. Come up and mingle.

MR. OVERTON RE-HIREO For Another Year—County Board of Education Meets. M. H. Overton, who has served most efficiently and faithfully the past year, as Adams county agricultural nge.it, was re-hired for another twelve month by the county hoard of education tit tits regular meeting at the office of the county school superintendent, Ed S. Christen. Beginning now, the stute and government pay the salary of the county agricultural agent, the county paying only for the maintenance of his offi-e. Details of school work were also covered. Reports front Mr. Overton and also front county attendante officer, El TV Morriman. were heard. The teachers of the county will attend the Thanksgiving institute, to be held in this city, Saturday, November 24.

JUST A MOTHER Mrs. Alice Dodd, Evansville, Collasped When Told Her Son Died a Hero. C.OINC OVER THE TOP First Hoosier Lad to Die in Action With United States Troops in France. (United Press Service) Evansville, Ind., Nov. s—(Specials—(Special to Daily Democrat) —When the news of the death of James B. Greshman. killed in action oil the Flanders front in France, was told to his mother, Mrs. Alice Dodd, here today, she collapsed and for an hour or more was in a serious condition. Before the mother was told of the death of her hero son, site talked glibly of him. She said, “Yes, Jimmie is with Pershing in France. He enlisted four years ago. He wasn't old enough, but I singed his papers. He wrote every week and just recently he sent me a handkerchief as a souvenir." She then displayed the gift sent her by her boy before he went into the trenches and “over the top.” Then she was told of his death and collapsed. When a daughter succeeded in quieting her she said: "Yes, he is a hero, and for his sake I should be brave, but I am not a here. I am just a mother.”

FIND DEAD BODY (United Press Service) Cleveland, Nov. s—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Authorities were trying to identify the body of a young woman today, dead, which was found l-y hunters by a campfire on a knoll net.r here. The woman's face was bruised. Near the fire was a small bottle of poison, but whether she had taken poison was undetermined. n BOOTLEGGER FINED. Hartford City, Ind., Nov. s—(Specials—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Andy Markins, indicted for operating a blind tiger, was today sentenced in the court of Judge Eichliorn lo three months in the penal farm and a fine of SIOO. The sentence was suspended on account of physical disability. THE CLOSING MEETING. The final meeting of the city campaign will be held at democratic headquarters tonight. You are invited to attend. Free cigars and free speech. He sure to be on hands.

+++++++ + + * + + + + + WE WILL GET RETURNS. * + + + The Daily Democrat, in keep- + + ing with past efforts to secure + + all the news all the time, has + + arranged to secure a complete + + telegraph service tomorrow even- + + ing, giving the result of the + + various elections over the coun- + + try. Os special interest here will + + he the result in Fort Wayne, I it- + + dianapolis, Evansville and other + ♦ Indiana cities, also New York + ♦ City, Cincinnati, Toledo, and + other places over the country, as + + well at the "wet and dry” elec- + ♦ tion in Ohio, and the election of + + judges in Chicago. Os course, we, ♦ + will also secure as soon as pos- + + sible the results in the Decatur + ♦ election. You are welcome to + + call us, or better still, come + ♦ down and help us get the re- + ♦ turns in. +

IN QUARANTINE " —»< Boys of Battery A at Hattiesburg Are Now Under Quarantine. ONE HAS THE MEASLES Folks at Home Will Probably be Short on Letters for a While. Decatur folks who have boys in Battery A tit Camp Shelby, Hatties burg. Miss., will probably tie short < n letters from them for awhile, a quarantine having been placed on the bunch on account of one having the measles. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cole hayc a letter from their son. Jesse, which tells about It: and anyone who falls to g n t letters from their boys, will know the reason why: Nov. 1. 1917 Dear Folks: Guess 1 told you that we had a move coming. Well w-e got it this p. m. One of our men got the measles and now Battery A is quarantined. Had to move all our tents and everything am! now we are away from everyone Don’t know how' long we are in for Depends, I suppose, on whether or not any mbre get it. Don’t know that T can get this out but will take a shot at it. We are now on the ground again and have no lights. Will get lights tomorrow. Don’t know whether we will drill or not. The lieutenant told us they would make it as pleasant hr us as possible. We will get all the magazines that come into the regi ment and they are going to give us a branch of the canteen so we can still buy a little something. If yotff don’t hear from me soon you will know that we cannot get mail out In the meantime I shall he very glad to hear from anyone. Don’t worry about me as 1 won’t mind it. Ij>ve,

THE FIRST DAY Os the November Session of County Commissioners Devoted to BRIDGES AND ROADS And Allowing of Bills— Met This Morning at Auditor’s Office. The county commissioners convened this morning in the county auditor's office, it being the first day of the November session of the board. Bills were first taken up and allowed. Meet Road Contractor The board this afternoon met Homer Fry, contractor and builder of Third street, known as the Holthouse road, relative to the carload of Hie that was ordered for the improvement. On Bridges and Roads The hoard was also out on an inspection trip this afternoon, going over the Bollenbacher gravel road and inspecting the French and Beavers bridges. The board will be in session the next two days. explosion” kills six. (United Press Service) New Kensington, Pa., Nov. 12 — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Simultaneous explosions in several sections of the plant of the Aluminum company of America today caused death and injury among the employes and partially wrecked the works. Early reports said that six were Killed outright, forty were injured and the plant was in flames. GOODRICH TO GO SOUTH. (United pr»rfs Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Governor and Mrs. Goodrich were in Indianapolis today, planning to stay until after the election tomorrow, and then they will go south. The governor and his wife will go to New Orleans, spend several weeks at a gulf resort and in New Mexico before returning to this , city. . .

ENROUTE TO NEW YORK Mr. and Mrs. W, A. Kueblor received a card from their nephew, Leon Crawford, of the national army, stationed at Camp Lewis, American Lake Washington, that he left there Friday for Chicago, enroute to New York He will send a message inter, ns to whether he will go through Fort Wayne, in case of which his relatives here wll go to the station to visit a short time with him. — ■" - tv- — YEOMEN NOTICE _____ There will lie class adoption this evening and all Yeomen are requested to lie out, especially the degree staff. The order is working for a class of fifty for December 7, when the grand foreman will be herp again. More than half of this number has been secured. Refreshments will tie served this evening. AT DEDICATION Many from Hero Attend Dedication of New Dining Hall at AT REFORMED HOME M. Kirseh, President of the Board, Presided at the Services. Among those from hern who attended the dedication of the new $25,000, dining hall at the Reformed Orphans’| Home at Fort Wayne Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. M. Kirseh. Mr. and Mrs. | Henry Knapp, Mr. and Mrs. Fred R >p- * | pert, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Worthmann,j Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ashbaucher, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kirseh, Mr. and Mrs.l Edgar Gerber, Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Gerber, Mrs. L. W. Stolte.

The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette says: “More than 500 persons attended the dedication of the new refectory -it the Reformed Orphans' home, east of the city yesterday afternoon, supporters from Huntington, Decatur, Garrett, Auburn, Berne, Magley, New Knoxville and Bucyrus, 0., being present. In addition, the board members who will hold their annual meeting today, were there. “The addresses were made by the Rev. N. H. Schaaf of this city; the Rev. F. W. Englemalin, of Buffalo. X. Y„ and the Rev. H. H. Kattemann. Warsaw. Wis. The dedicatory service was read by the Rev. A. Beer, of New Bavaria, 0„ and the dedicatorq j prayer was made by the Rev. F. W. Beisser, Plymouth, Wis. M. Kirs h of Decatur, president of the board of directors, presided at the services, j “At the meeting an offering \vas| taken and about $1,500 wqs collected, i although scores of members had mailed checks or cash remittances a few

days ago. The total cost of the refectory was $25,000. and all except about $5,000 of this amount has been raised. |' Various societies in the Reformed churches of the city are furnishing,' rooms in the home, several devoting;' *SOO to the work, some $250. some 1 S2OO. others $l5O and SIOO. ‘‘The board members, who are herel for the sessions today, include 11. j Kirsch. Decatur, president; the Rev. A. Beer, New Bavaria, 0., secretary, the Rev. H. H. Kattemann, Warsaw. Wis„ treasurer; the Rev. F. W. En-j glemann, Buffalo. N. Yy.; the Rev. A.j Grether, Aliance, O.; the Rev. J.i V'. Winter, superintendent, of the; home, is an ex-officio member of tlie 1

board. Has Good Year "The Reformed orphahs’ home has | enjoyed a good year and a brief re-j port of the work accomplished there is shown from the following extract, from the Reformed Church Messenger , written by the superintendent, Rev., J. F. Winter: “The past year has been a good one and a busy one at the Fort Wayne home. Good, for we have been able to care for more children and care

better for them all. It has been a busy . one, too, for we are constantly making improvements and are at present concerned with the erection of the new building. »We are now taking care of ninetyfour children, which is thirteen more than we had last year at this time. During the year we admitted twenij - seven children and dismissed fourteen The children are, with one or two exceptions, content and obedient.We aim lo keep them busy with the proper (Continuea on Pagein)

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FIGHTING FOR BOTSIN FRANCE Y. M. (.’. A. is Doing Wonderful Work to Save the Khaki Lads of U. S. A. NEED MORE MONEY Thirty-five Million is Asked, of Which Indiana Must Furnish a Million. Indianapolis, Nov. s—lt is for tho War Work among enlisted men and the jackies of the navy, with the V. M. c. A. as the agency to carry it on, that the National War Work council of the Y. M. C. A. has asked thirtylive million dolliars in the third week of November. Not n penny goes to the regular association work. Thousands of additional secretaries ,vill have to lie trained and countless tons of supplies sent to France. If Sherwood Eddy could tell his story directly to all the people in the United States they would volunteer a hundred million in one day. Read these paragraphs from him about conditions over there. "Temptations and solicitation iti Europe have been in almost exact proportion to the pay that the soldier ioceives. The harpies flock around the men who have the most money. \s our American boys are the best paid, and perhaps the most generous and open-hearted and reckless of all the troops, they have proved an easy mark in Paris and the port cities. As soon as they were paid several months’ back salary, some of them took ’French leave,’ went out on a

spree, and did not come back until they were penniless. The officers, fully alive to the danger, are now doing I their utmost to cope with the situa- , tion; they are seeking to reduce he f cash payments to the men and are endeavoring to persuade them to send more of their money home. Court , I martial and strict punishment have been imposed for drunkenness, in the . effort to grapple with this evil. “Will the friends of our American boys away in France try to realize just the situation that confronts them? Imagine a thousand healthy, happy, reckless, impressible American 1 youths put down in a French village without a single place of amusement but a drinking hall, and no social life I save tlie French girls in the doorways and on the street corners. Think of these men shut up there through the long winter, with nothing to do in ] tire evenings hut to drink French wines and follow their natural im- ' pulses. You will now realize the seriousness of the situation which the Young Men's Christian Association is

trying to meet. "Here on the village green stands a big tent, with the sign "The American V. M. ('. A." and the red triangle, which is placed upon more than seven hundred British, French and Antedcan association centers in France. Inside the tent, as the evening falls, scores of hoys are sitting at the tables writing their letters home on note I paper provided for them. Here ire j men playing checkers, dominoes anil J other games. Other groups are t standing around the folding billiard | tables. A hundred men have taken j out hooks from the circulating library while others are scanning the home papers and the latest news from the

front. "Our secretaries itave been on the ground for a week, working daily from five o'clock in the morning until midnight. They have unpacked their goods and are doing a driving trad** j over the counter, to the value of some .S2OO a day. In certain cases goods are sold at a loss, as it is very hard indeed to get supplies under present war conditions. The steamer Kansan* was torpedoed, and sank with tie whole first shipment of supplies and . . if * 1... V At (1 \ It nt o ill

' equipment for the Y. M. C. A. huts ill ; France. “Outside a baseball game is exciting rivalry between two companies; while near the door of the tent a ring is formed and the men are cheering pair after pair as they put on the boxing gloves and with good humor are learning to take some rather heavy slugging; Poor boys, they will have to stand much worse punishment than this before the winter is over. Just beside the present tent there is being (Continued otTPage 6.)