Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1917 — Page 1

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| GERMANS ARE I DOING UTMOST I Trying to Defeat Allies Before American Forces Arrive in Numbers. ■ ■ ITALIANS CONFIDENT I Fourth Week of Big Campaign Finds Them Bolding Important Place. (United Press Service'. BULLETIN ■ (By William Philip Simms, United £ Press staff correspondent.) . I With the British Armies in the field,| K)ee. 4—(Special to Daily Dem.,era-) j Americans were again in action; ■around Cambrai will) the British ; 0 - ■ a> ' I They are members of the same ■jA me clean engineering units who on ■Saturday and Sunday were caught' ■between the lines, am! who threw j ■Sown their tools to grab British rifles. E The Americans have suffered some but their detachment is proud | or the opportunity to do its bit and toj Kbe the first American unit to suffer in a great battle. The battle out of Cambrai continu -d! Hpith unabating ferocity today. FightBl 1 1” like wiltl cals > tlle British have been forced to give way. they have only !ly done so in their own good time, ■ter repulsing all attacks. This plan ■eld at Masnleres. It has been followtfcd elsewhere. | The fields near Queant, around ■yog's new salient, down to Vendhuile ■re piled with dead Germans todav. waves deep the ataetny came |t to the attack. In these solid phalanx®pkc columns Brit 1-41 artillery. machine Ilipins and rifles did fearful exeiutilyi.; West of Bouilon. one British mtchine gunner fired seventy thousand on one gun in a single day J ■nd all at a range of not more than L, 1.2U0 vards. It was usually less than hat. ’ tB This was only one rapid fire gun oaU of many directed at the •-< lid masses of the enemy. But they never -eeimd to make an impression on the 15-wbv-i . ltd lines. The dead dropped in piles, but. other gray < sited fighters filled th> gaps. E Fit Id Marshal Hindenburg i :•{%••••« Crown Prince Rupprecht fresh diviBions. They have been pouring :ui from all directions. Probably some of them are from Russia. ■ The Bavarian prime is flinging them into the struggle in the old German fighting style-masses upon masses. p From prisoners it seemed apparent ’ that Germany is exerting her utmost, i isspcrately anxious to force a deeiS item before the Americans arrive. ■ Germans, Bavarians. Prussians and • |he grenadier guards —the very pick of the Teutonic forces —are in the German assault. (Bv Henry Wood, United Press stall correspondent.) K, With Hie French Armies in Dee. 4—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Italy began the fourth week of her IT heroic defense of Monte Grappa today. The. height has been a second Verdun for Germany. Three weeks of con-; F Stantly renewed attacks by the Austo | Gm mans have failed to gain ground.; Today the enemy. hi« vast for(e! ’ '' -.-■fiaurted by the desperation of the a tack, is re-organizing. readjusting. •- ■Bjiltng his shattered forces, per ap». I for another blow. I K The enemy is beaten at Monte G. ja. Ho may attack again after today s I bill. But the temporary euspensm his plan to crash through > iafl be °“ fatal to bis campaign. From now on, wherever he may seek to • will find every strategic P by Fiave front held down not Italy's heroic fighters but by veteran, of the French and British a "' 11 '" ,* t The Austro German /msau | Monte Grappa constituted the Torn itons third effort to turn the Italian, flanks on the I’iave front. j ■ The first endeavor was when he Austrians launched the attack on th | X .«•»- ™ wine The result was tho Italian. X J » ...Ur. .r»> which crossed the rix<r j> s an d | Immediately General KontaA - Krobutin's armies a^ckbd ° left Italian seco nd tern at nankins. They burst out

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Aslago plateaux. There they were likewise cheeked. Then came tho third trial between the Piave and the Brenta rivers. T. e | i enemy concentrated i, r the purpo-,. not only Korad's and Krubntln’s | armies, but divisions from the armies iof both Krauss and below, in the ‘enter of this third battle ground lay Grappa a mountainous crest, the southern slopes of which descend abruptly to the Verdun plains. The! mountain was the last barrier between , tho enemy and turning of the Italian left wing. A victory here would have | meant retreat to the Adige-opening I Ito German spoliation and Venetian! " plains, with the rich cities of Venice, Padua. Vicenza, T reviso. Aaginst Grappa's outer ring tho Gormans launched the cream of the mountain fighting troops. ;' The Italians fought like fiends. ' Prisoners today declare the resistance 1 often wiped out half of the al tuckers ' I effectiveness. That was almust the 1 , ratio at. Verdun. , I-ike Verdun the defenders heroic -.e 1 , sistance permitted time for aided re- 1 | b'.forcements to complete their organ!- : zaticn, without hurry. They are now there. The Piave line * now seems impassable. | 1 '| "Ils ne passent pas”—(They shall c uot pass) is the slogan. - ■ BULLETIN l 2 | Petrograd. Dec. 4 (Special to v Daily Democrat)—The Petrograd so- d veit of workmen and soldiers inform- t ed the railway union today that the q j allies were negotiating to afford Rus- j , sia the right to consummate a septir- t, . ate peace. I 0 Announcement of the establishment w of the Tartar republic of Crimes was [ made here today. | It was also reported that the cos-;y ■ sacks had elected war and justice g ministers for a new Caucasus state. , t | All the bolshevlki armistice nego I tiaitions with Germany are to be pub- b lished aud will be subject to debate by t j the various soveit bodies throughout jy Russia, goreign Minister Trtsky de- b 'elated today. He made the statement| to Lieut. W. V. Judson, American mill- ] ( tary attache, who called ''unofficially." ; c . ' The soveit body, Trtsky declared.; a xvouid be able to interpose suggestions ’ p “at a later stage” in the negotiations. b BULLETIN Petrograd. Dice. 4—(Special io Daily Democrat)- The official agency annouued today that Ensign Krylenko.' o ! bolshevik! commander in chief, had re-;“ ported the surrender of the army g?u-' oral staff ti him. The mesage came 1 j ; from Vitebsk. I J MISSED TRAIN Mrs. Topp-Moore Fails to Arrive— Miss Erwin to Speak. A large number gathered at tho court house last evening to hear Mrs. Hortense Topp-Moore, of Rockville, on , the food conservation question. Mrs. Topi'-Moore. however, missed tram ( 1 connections and failed tn arrive tn ' time for the lecture, the audience and 1 those in charge, being greatly dissa- £ pointed. Miss Erwin, asslsant agricultural agent at Fort Wayne, has been secured to give the lectures at Monroe this afternoon: at the school two miles west of Peterson at 7:30 this evening; and at the Berne EvanIgellcal church tomorrow morning at| c nine o'clock, with possibly a later date. ? for Geneva. ; p BREAD MAY BE REDUCED ’ (United Press Service) v Indinapolis. Dec. 4- (Specia , Daily Democrat)—A reduction in t!v? ; price of broad throughout tho state ( i ina y lie decided upon at a meeting Indiana bakers here today. The bak-|. pn , were expected to follow the l of Chicago bread bakers, who day decided to reduce the cost of, broad to consumers one cent on each ( iloaf The 16 ounce loaf will probaMy (i be retailed at 8% cents when unwrap- f poil and 9 cents when wrapped. s “ BIG SHOOTING MATCH. A big shooting match— trap and , , target-hM been planned to occur at ; ( Williams on Thursday of this week with turkeys, duck, chicken and ■ < geese as the prizes. It promises to ■ t boa day of great sport aud you are 1 most cordially invited to bring youi . old shot gun and come out for a day ( of sport and tun and to meet your , |old Mends. They will all be there. , commonFschool vacation > At the regular meeting of the board.. t O s education of the county, with Coun-; < ty School Superintendent Ed S. t*is--, ,- ton yesterday, it was decided to have |( i the holiday vacation of the common ) schools of the county fram December 5 21 to January 2. Reports from die a ■ t! tendance officer and county agrtrtiltu >i al agent ware heard. 4

Decatur, Indiana,Tuesday Evening, December 1, 1917

LAST TAPS SOUND ' — And Earthly Light Goes Out for Thomas H. Tceple. CIVIL WAR VETERAN — Died at His Home Early This Morning—Watchman at C. & E. I hemas Tceple, aged seventy years, j one of the small band of remaining civil war veterans, answered the taps, this morning when his “light went out” at ten minutes before the hour of one o'clock. Death followed an illness of some time of Bright’s disease, and occurred at the family home at 42S Mer. -ri avenue. Mr. Teeple was born in Fairfield I county, Ohio, January 26, 1847, but; was one of the early residents of this county and city. He was a spn of | Samuel and Esther Teeple. Mr. Teeple was married November| 29, 1866, to Helena Springer. The 1 wife died a number of years ago, as did five children. Four ehildren lioni to them are living, they being D. Teeple, Decatur: Anna Gamble, Hiley Denton and Harriet Rose, of Hunting ton. Mr. Teeple Is suvived by bis second wife. Cereatlia Miller Teeple, to , whom he was married December 21. 1912. A sister. Mrs. Emma Zimmerman lives at Cedarville, aud another, Mag gie. wife of Elijah Walters, lives in this city. For a number of years Mr. Teeple bad lx-en employed as watchman f :r 1 the Chicago & Erie railroad at the ' Mercer Avenue crossing, resigning. 1 lately on account of ill health. Mr. Teeple was a member of the 1 local G. A. R. and had an interesting ' career in the civil war. The following army record was furnislied by Robert * RTackl'urn. TFrtlTI" hTs War Record books: "Thomas JI. Teeple. Co. C. 47th ( Indiana volunteer infantry. Enlisted March 26, 1864 aud was discharged October 23. 1865, with the regiment's ' muster out. He went to the regiment (Continued on Page Four) SOI DIEPS' GIFTS I To be Guarded at the Louis- ( ville Courier-Journal i Building, t I CHRISTMAS CHEER , 1 Santa Claus Will Fly in , Airplane to Camp Zachary Taylor. i Major General Henry C. Hale, in s command of the troops at Camp ( Zachary Taylor, has arranged to ( provide a strong guard day and night ( for the store room in the Louisville ( Courier-Journal building, in* which * will be kept the Christmas gifts for , the Boldiors. The Courier-Journal < has set apart a spacious room for * these presents, and the committee on receipt and storage will be assisted in caring for the gifts by a detail of soldiers. Presents for the boys in khaki are already beginning to arrive at the headquarters of the Courier-Journal Christmas Cheer ' club. Some or these gifts are directed to individuals, while others are sent to the general, fund. Each gift Is recorded as it is received and will be cared for until Christmas eve when it will be placed on one of the Christmas trees at the camp A spectacular feature of the Christmas tree festivities will be an airplane flight of Santa Claus in khaki from the top of the CourierJournal building to th» camp. Santa Claus will be piloted by a veteran air warrior, J. D. Lamb, who recently returned from five years' service in Europe. Mr. Lamb cornea to Louisville as an instructor in aviation. He was until recently a member of the Royal Flying corps stationed in London to defend the English capital against German air attacks, and he has had many thrilling experiences. The flight will begin at 6:30 p. m. A special runway will be built on the top of the Courier-Journal building for th® start. Tb* Santa Claus air

| plane will ho Illuminated with rod. I white and blue electric lights mid Pilot Lamb will control a strong searchlight which ho u*ill direct at tho crowd below him when he wings ' his; way over the housetops to Hie army cutnp. The airplane will bear a message from Henrv Watterson, editor of the Courier-Journal, to General Hale. The Courier-Journal Ciiristnia- ; Cheer club Is urging those who inI lend to send gifts to the soldiers to I do so at once Instead of waiting unj til the eleventh hour. It is important that the Christfus Cheer club know at the earliest posible moment just how much it can depend on in the way of cooperation from those who Intend to send presents instead of money. The gift should be addressed to Santa Claus. Lincoln DII vision, cal ler of the Courier Journal Christmas Cheer club The Daily Democrat will bo glad to receive and forward to the Cour | ior journ.il Camp Zachary Tax lor i t'hristnias Cheer club any money or, gifts which the people of this com ; 1 munity desire to send. IN OLD'VIRGINIA Ralph Fuller Tells What a Military Thanksgiving Day is. WAS SPLENDID ONE Sends Menu—Likes Country, But No Place Like “Molica” Ralph E. Fuller lias written iiis ol I friend and teacher, Mr. Henry Crown over an interesting letter from Norfolk, Va., where be is a recruit at Hie Naval Training Station. He enclose, tho menu card for the Thanksgiving dinner and this will show that they had a real feast: Olives Celery chirm rnrrtohinrr - Spiced Virginia ham Candied yams Green pens Creamed potatoes Roast Princess Anne Turkey Cranberry sauce Giblet gravy Clyster dressing Oranges Grapes Bananas Fruit cake Coffee Ralph's letter follows: November 29. 191 « Dear Mr. ('rownover: It is now 7 p. in. and almost the end of a perfect day. 1 have enjoyed nr self better today than I could have Buagined if I bad been home and pie lured myself here in a day dream. The menu was grand and the milita-y ceremonies on Thanksgiving make a person think, wonder, and say, “What bettor could a fellow wish for?” After breakfast, the different companies had a field-meet and over a hundred took active part, with thou sands rooting. All kinds of athlete are found here and of course the games were very interesting. At 11:30 a. m. the bugle seemed to say, “Turkey, turkey, hurrah for the turkey,” and I guess we were lined up for mess in less time than for any meal before, since 1 have been in the navy. You can look at tho menu and decide for yourself whether or not wo enjoyed cur dinner. It was just exactly as the menu gives it and cook ed so good that we could almost, say that our mothers prepared the meal 1 never will forget this Thanksgiving dinner in old Virginia. In the afternoon almost all of onr company went to Norfolk on liberty Good shows and plenty to see there but the town is not so pretty as our towns in Indiana. I like tp go to Norfolk to see and learn but not to live There is no place like Molica to live in. I did not stay in town very long for I wanted to be sure and get back in camp for supper for 1 knew that some of the turkey was left. Sure enough our supper was almost as good as our dinner but of course wo couldn't eat so much. Mr. Crownover. I wish that all of (Continued <n Pago Four)

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PLEAS AGE UEASD Commissioners Presented With Petitions tor the Building of Roads. IMPROVED HIGHW A YS — Are Asked for Residents of Various Townships — Still in Session. The second day of the December session of the lioard of county commissioners was a busy one. Numerous matters were up before them, including petitions from property owners in I practically every township of the coun I ty for the improvement or construci tion of macadam roads. A large del - gution from the. south part of th' county was i resent in the interest .if a number of roads which they di.'siie to have improved under the till e mill' road act next spring. Reports Approved The quarterly report of Mart in 1 Kaughlin, superintendent of the Coun-; ty infirmary, of the receipts and di; bursements ending with Nov. 30, was tiled, examined and apt roved. Tho monthly report of County Tros ' surer George E. Kinzle, of the receipts and disbursements for Octoger a:i I November were tiled, examined anil apt roved. Petition Granted. Upon the petition of tho superintendent of construction in the John W. McKean drain improvement, t'ie board authorized said superintendent to pay fer labor and material used in the improvement. The drainage commissioners in tho matter of the John B. Anderson drain were granted an extension of time 'n which to file and make their report After hearing the pleas of the petitioners for the various macadam! roads the board adjourned today. In afternoon they visited the county infirmnFV aniT'af 2:30 o’clock werel again in session at the auditor’s office. The matter of appointing a jus-1 lice of the peace for Monroe town-, ship will be taken care of tomorrow,, as will the road petitions. The I board will more than likely be in ses-l sfon two davs. WASJI SURPRISE Howard Atz and Miss Amy Gretzinger Wed al Hillsdale. KEPT IT SECRET For Several Days — Well Known Kendallville Young Lady. Monday’s Kendallville News-Sun says: “What camo as a surprise to the many friends of Miss Amy Gretzinger of this city, and Howard Atz of !>■- catur. was their marriage, which occurred last Wednerday at Hillsdale,| Mich., when they eloped to that place | i.nd were quietly wed. They returned i to this city Thursday but succeeded| in keeping their marriage a secret t->r several days. “The bride is Hie daughter of Mrs. Lucetta Gretzinger. North Main street, and is a popular young lady of this city. Mr. Atz is the son of Jacob Atz of Decatur,, and is a highly reported young man of that place. He is wi ll known in this city, having visited friends and relatives here many times. NINETY CENTS HOUR CASH. Ft. Wayne Auto Men Make General Increase in Repair Work. A fiat rate of ninety cents an hour is to be charged tn the future by automobile men for all repair work, according to a resolution adopted at last night's meeting of the associa tion. The repair work bills will be strictly cash, which means that settlement. must be made before the cars are released from the shops. Ihe auto men also decided on a Red Cross auto show for this winter, to be held in all likelihood at the Concordia college gymn. The entire net, proceeds will be devoted to the Red Cross Fop Wayne Nows. |

| HOME FROM THE EAST ' Mayor e|ei i Charles W. Yager and Clyde Btirl'heud arrived home lau evening from an eight days trip io ! Camp Mead* . twenty miles fr.mi Baltimore, where they took a shipment of 117 horses taken in here. Il was the finest bunch of hore-e ever received there they were informed. | They report that a number of horses | have died at Camp Meade ns the .< i suit of an epidemic. There arc 60.00 b nu n at the camp and the trip was en-; joyed. Tho Decatur men visited i t Washington two days, stopped m Pittsburg, Harrisburg mid other places. — (V ROTARY LUNCHEON WEDNESDAY The regular lumheon meeting >f the Decatur Rotary club will be h Id Wednesday evening it 6:30 o'clock it the Hotel Madison. Members please bo present. haTliveolere Marquis L. Marquarl. Who Died at Bluffton Yesterday. CIVIL WAR VETERAN Moved from Here Twentysix Years Ago—Funeral Wednesday. Marquis L. Marquart. aged seven- | ty-six. a well known veteran of the I I civil war. who moved to Bluffton from ' here twenty-six years ago. died yes terday morning at 7:30 o'clock at his home on East Cherry street, BlulTt, a.; The Bluffton Banner says: “He had been in poor health fori three years, gaining strength from time to time only to suffer a relapse | I last summer frmn which he never re . .covered. His deatii was due to heart; ; ami kidney trouble. I Mr. Marquart bad been very low i for several days. Last Friday his phy-’ sieian told the family that he could' i live but a few hours and on that day! i he made the arrangements for his fa-' neral, leque-sting among other things ithat the Grand Army pall hearers lie | made up of Past Commanders of I.- xx Dailey Post. "The decedent was born in Allen county, five miles from Fort Wayne. | on October 3, 1841, the son of Jonathan and Catherine Marquart and wis christened Marquis laifayette. Far'y during the civil war he enlisted in Hie Thirtieth Indiana and was muster. into service at Ft. Wayne on September 24. 1861. His first regimental co Finlander was Col. Sion S. Bass, kill 'd at tho brittle of Shiloh Mr. Marque : marched more than 2.501) miles with his regiment and participated with credit in the I attics of Shiloh. Stone River, Chickamauga, Kenesaw Mountain. Atlanta. Lovejoy, Ga., Rockyfaee Ridge. Dallas, Ga.. Franklin, Nashville and twenty-five other enga foments. His command was mustered, out of the service at Victoria. Texas, on November 25. 1865. having lost 137', killed in action. 275 died from other causes and 374 wounded. He was in' the service four years, two months! and one day. “Marquart was married Jami '•> I 25, 1865, to Miss Catherine Clear, 1 j their wedding being solemnized t , Fort Wayne. After the war they resniI ed at Decatur for some time, comihg |to Bluffton twenty-six years ago. Mr. Marquart conducted a second hand store here until his retirement fr">n active business twelve years ago. i "Mrs Marquart survives with tho ■ following children: Mrs. Etta Holler I and William H. Marquart. of this city. 1 and Mrs. M. O. Patrey. of Milwaukee, | Wts. Mrs. Patrey has been hero nt her fathef’s bedside for some time. Tliere are also three grandchildren,; ■ Loo and Walter Marquart mid Miss, I Cecil Patrey. and one grem grmi I , child. Mary Jane, daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Ixxo Marquart. There is also one ’• brother. Samuel Marquart. of Lake: • Arthur, La. “Mr. Marquart was one of the loyal , and enthusiastic workers in the Lew Dailey Post. 3 "During the residence al Decatur he has boon converted and became a . member of the Disciples of < hrisl > church. I The funeral will be on Wednesday , afternoon at three o’clock at the home . with Rev. O. R. McKay and the Lew Dailey Post G. A. R. io charge. The i interment will be in the Fairview I cemetery.”

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TO WAR AGAINST AUSTRIA-HUNGARY President Wilson Recommends it in a Wonderful Message to Congres. OPENING THE SESSION Urges Co-operation of Law Makers That America’s Record be Upheld. Washington, D. (’., Doc. 4 (Special to Daily Democrat) President Wilson appeared in person before the members of the sixly-tifth congress. I reassembled, in joint session today to ; read his most important message. He i began reading at 12:30. and was given tho closest attention. He said, in part: "One very embarrassing obstacle that stands in our way is that wo are at war with Germany, but not with her allies. Therefore, I very earnestly recommend that congress immediately declare there is a state of war with Austria-Hungary. That nation is for tho time being not her own mistress but simply the vassal of the German government. We must face the facts as they are and act upon them withou; sentiment in this stern business. The government of Austria Hungary is not acting upon its ; own initiative or in response to the wishes and feeling of its own people, but as tho instrument of another na- ' tion. We must meet its forces with our own and regard the central powers as but one. The war can be successfully conducted in no other way. ! The same logic would lead also to a decision of war against Turkey and ; Bulgaria. They also are the tools of 1 Germany. But they are mere tools and do not yet stand in the direct path of our necessary action. We shall go wherever the necessities of , this war carry us. but it seems to me i that we should go only where immediate and practical consideration lead us and not heed any others. The financial and military measures which ; must be adopted will suggest themselves as the war develops, but 1 will take the liberty of proposing to yon i ci tain acts of legislation which seem to me to be needed for the support i of the war and for the relief of our whole force and energy. It will be necessary to extend in certain particulars the legislation of the past session witli regard to alien enemies and also necessary to create a very definite and particular control over the entrance and departure of all persons into and from the United States. Legislation should be enacted defining as a criminal offense every violation of the presidential proclamation relating to alien enemies. Recent experiences have convinced me that the congress must go further in authorizing the government to set limits to prices. The law of supply and demand. I am sorry to say, has been replaced by the law of unrestrained selfishness, while we have ' elimited profiteering in several i brandies of industry, it still runs impudently rampant in others. The i farmers tor example complain with I a great deal of justice that while the ; regulation of food prices restrict their ■ incomes no restraints have been placed upon the prices of most of th® •| things they must themselves purU chase; and similar inequalities obtain from all sides. The legislation 1 proposed at the last session with i which to regulate combination among our exporters in order to jirovide for our foreign trade a more effective ori- ganization and method of coopera- , tion ought by all means to be conii pleted at this session. "And I beg that the members of th® house of representatives will permit, 'me to express the opinion that it will ~he impossible Io deal in any. but a I very wasteful and extravagent mannor with the enormous amount of 'money which must be continued to ha made if tho war is to be properly sustained unless the house will consent to return to its former practise of initiating and preparing all appropriation bills through a single committ *« in order that responsibility may bo centered. expenditures standariz'-il and made uniform and waste and InI lii at ion;, as much as possible avoided Additional legislation may also become necessary before the present congress again adjourns in order to effect the most efficient cpiordinattim and operation of the railway and Ftiffl 5 )