Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 295.

IENEMY REPULSED | IN TWO ATTACKS Germans Suffered Heavy Losses at Bullccourt, Reports Haijf. ■ BRITISH ARE HOLDING I Cambrai Front. Despite Attack Made by Prince Rup-

precht's Army. B BULLETIN London, Dee. 1:: (Special to Daily W Democrat (-•■A! l; ;1 u r . 3| there were two em my atm. ks at ,|av.n Bnfter heavy art ilH.ryinu,.-- Fi.q.i m , r .,, al Haig reported today. H The enemy suffered very heavy ■ losses in repulse of its attacks, the 9H British commander in chi-f report.d. 8g "1 he first was immediately to u l( > .'•east and the other was on a wider B front east ami north and against the ■■Angle lines south of "eim .urt 1../. U Cagnicourt. Both were repulsed." “Shortly afterward." th" rep .ft <-<>n-;,-|®tinues, "in another attack on the iat- .{■ ter front, parties of the enemy pens- ■ trated obliterated t . t , 1,, , ;i ( the a> -x <fll of the angle. 'I he few Germans who I reached there were killed ~r taken j® prisoners. There was local fighting Buntil late in the evening, the portion ■of the trench which the em my reaciI ed not changing the situation." BULLETIN London. Dec. LI (Special to Daily Democrat) -British line. < IH ~f <’ a;n . lirai hold firm today despite a trementions blew stria k in alnio-t con- : tinuous fighting yesterday by (Town Pl Ince rv.pi tn ; ht's i- inf r. J army. H Flpld .Mar. li.i! Iliiu re .mted today J Bg German drive, lie sail, cr.rri- 1 i yWgime of the ewni > trough the Brit- 1 f ■> ‘-nos to o' lio rat Br itish (rem’.ins W®but the situation « "urn hang, d" >v, ■ this. It was with the grates’ ■ concentration of men and irttn- 'he ■ Germans have tri-d en ibis se < . S|| ' The attack was mly .1. -iun- 1 by Crown Prim e Ituimre.to break ■ Byng’s lines. Tin G. ■>!. ■ were far beyond the yr-' Br ’ -h po-i-■th ns. Bavarian I. troops attu 1. ■el early Wednesday morning in ||B dense masses to the accompaniment ■ of an intensified artillc:«hi-h showed a tremendous .cm. motion ■ of guns. The German drive seems arr— G ■ early today with the enemy holding '.’•■in short session ot the advame.l Bin ■ ish positions. I|| London. Dee. Id (Special to Daily ■ Democrat) —The allies are winning ■ the submarine war. Eri. Oddos. tir<t ■ lord, told the lions.- • -i.mi-i- 'od.i> I Ship building is increasing and the il>‘ st ruction of submarines d>"-r-’to-ir Geneva. Dec. 12 -(Special to D..:!v ■ Democrat) —Mouktar Bve. < .n ■ Turkish delegates .m> Sv i: for the Berne conference on exehang I

I H mttttrcacar'jrstijcw/xmjw: ••• ' 5 ■ | A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. j Ten million new members in a h get for H || That is the goal the American Red trot js t( , be H II itself in its ( hrisintas United Sta(cs Red y 10 launched Decembei Ih. I ( | IP pnr() |iment of the new g Ip ,he | |i --rxuvss i I B than President Wilson-who is also presme .. || Cross—and this is his procla STATES H IS TO THE PEOPLE OF IHE > ' (he Red ; ■ g Ten million Americans ar ch J ristmas Eve | IJt Red Cross during the week • ; great national L | | The require rly filling S ■t- effort shall be loyally '' (be j^ ed (’ross should be the I | branch vour willingness t 0 hdP " . g IB Yon should ioin the g. »>Twil’n» ill" 9 ' | I B alone «. carry the P edges ..I Hit g I H who are bearing for u* an( | in ( he nations upon .. I 8 both in our oW " ar .^ ]Pg 0 the world war are being fought | I fahh I" "» rk | ■ i their You should .itdn ‘ lic 6 its g g every people. ... n . |e( us enjoy the Christmas g I B Our conscience will n .. our cause and the w orld s I B season if this pledge of supptj t g inetnberghip ,s the I H weal is left unfulh led; 1«‘ y II Chri » , j

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for''/11"'"' aS ' i " l < '" ll| i‘''lino|.|e power to negotiate a separate ‘ " 'li Brill. h delegates, accord- , I'Hmed in La Suisse °'lay- Confirmation was lacking. I Homo, Dec. ill (Special to Daily IDenuicrafl- Pope Benedict is intensey gratified a t Christian liberation of Jerusalem from the hands of the ems. the United Press was told 'alltan authorities today. The ,n| y l ather, it was said, is greatlv •oneerned as to the city’s future. ‘ So.iif suggestions have been receive<l at the Vatican that the pope leave llome and re-establish the seat of the I atholic church in the Holy city, it was stated authoritatively that the Pope did not approve of such a plan. 1—- 1 —

bulletin Icondon, Dec. 1:’ (Special to Dally Democrat)— General Korniloff was deft ated and himself wounded in the I lighting with the bolsheviki forces beI tween Bielgorod and Sumy, according 1 to bolsheviki claims received here today. The dispatches insisted that capI ture of Korniloff and his entire force |of cossacks was imminent. The Mexi•malist commander claimed to have | the rebels completely surrounded. Other Petrograd dispatches reportI ed that the railway union had refused to transport Kaledine’s reinforce- ! ments to his rebel colleague, Komil loss. BULLETIN I Rome. Dec. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The first American ambulance section to enter active service on the Italian front departed from Milan today. There were three units comprising 65, ambulances and 111 American university students in the .detachment. I Washington, Dec. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat I—Two more American soldiers wounded in action in Prance and another dead from natural I causes were announced by the war department today. | The wounded are: I Private Einer C. Bryn, engineer. Brooklyn. N. V. j Private Isadore Kanner. engineer. | New York City. i Dead: - ( Private A. Kotientz. infantry. Dec. 3. pneumonia. Longbottom, Meig cottn- . ty. Ohio. Amsterdam. Dec. 13—(Special *o Daily Democrat)—Demobilization of all of Russia's armies has begun according to a report by a semi-official correspondent at Copenhagen printed 'in Berlin and received here today. .General Tcherbatcheff. it was said. . had been authorized to begin peace negotiations exclusively on the Russian front. OHIO RIVER CLOSED (United Press Service) Evansville. Ind.. Dec. 13-(Special to Daily Democrat) The Ohio river today was closed to navigation on account of heavy ice flow and many cities between here and Cairo. 111., which are not touched by railroads dependt i ing on boat traffic entirely, are in a lerious' plight for food, though mail will be received by these towns on conditions. The ice is from four to six inches thick.

Decatur, Indiana,Thursday Evening, December 13, 1917

report is good e I — - Prof. .1. I). Sarig Hears That Teachers Are Selling Apportionments. i OF CHRISTMAS SEALS — Red ( ross Christmas Seal A Campaign Now on in Full Force. Prof. J. D. Sarig, principal of the . high school, which is conducting the Adams County Red Cross Christmas Seal campaign this year, is receiving reports from the school teachers f , the county, showing that the greater part of their apportionment of seals, has been sold, and in many cases, their sales will run above the apportionment. It is believed that fully 20.000 seals have been sold thus far and it is helieved that the goal of 50,000 will be reached. The sale last year was 40,000 and it is hopd to exceed this. The Christmas seals are also on sale at the various mercantile houses over the county and can be secured by shop' pers who are not otherwise reached' by the school children. The sale of 25,000 seals means that the county can have the services ot a Red Cross nurse for two weeks free of charge and the sale of 50,000 means a nurse's services for four weeks. The proceeds are used in helping fight tuberculosis, and a large per cent I of this is used in the county in which it is raised. Be sure to buy Red Cross Christmas seals. _ . REnircTOCERS Os City Have Formed Organization for Purpose of Co-operatipg With THE FOOD DIRECTOR Similar Organizations Will be Formed All Over the County. At a meeting of the retail grocers of Decatur held last evening in the city hall, an organization was formed, [ whose purpose it will be to assist and co-operate with the state and County Food Administrator S. E. Hite on the food situation. Officers were elected as follows: President—M. E. Hower. Vice-president—John O. Fisher. Secretary—E. D. Engeler. Treasurer —-Fred Mills. The Decatur grocers forming the organization are: Niblick & Co., Runyon.Engler Co.. Hite & Andrews, M. E. Hower, F. V. Mills, Steele & Bleeke, Buhler & Co.. Fisher & Harris, Kuabler & Co., Bert Hunsicker, Wm. Johns Mangold & Baker. M. Fullenkamp. Similar organizations will be formed throughout the county by County Food Administrator S. E. Hite upon his return from Indianapolis. GRANDSONS AS PALLBEARERS Among those from a distance who atended the funeral of Jos Seigmeyer. aged Adams county man. held this morning at the St. Marys Catholic church, were Herbert and Andrew Steigmeyer, Frank Bender. Mrs. Amelia Vanderbasch and son, Clem, of Avilla; Frank Kerber, Delphos, .0. Pall bearers were six grandsons of the deceased, being Herbert and Emanual Steigmeyer, Joseph and Herman Geim er ,and Roman and Carl Steigmeyer.

SCHOOL NOTES The school girls of the city are preparing to organize a Junior Red Cross, the second Monday after Christmas. A new furnace will be installed at the north ward school during the holiday vacation. |

J+++++++ + + + + + + 4 + RED CROSS AT LIBRARY. 4 .+ An important meeting, prepar >1 litory to the making of final ar- 4 s •> rangements for the big Red •! + cross drive for membership in 4 + this county, beginning Monday, 4 + December 17, will be held this 4 evening (Thursday) at the De- 4 •fr catur Public Library and all city 4 + members, including the minis- 4 + ters, ehairmen and assistants of 4 + tlte various church committees. 4 | + lodge representative- , < hairmen 4 •b and assistants of the industrial 4 4> committees are urged to be 4 4 1 present. 4 4 Please no not let anything in- 4 4 terfere witli your being present. 4 4 It is most important. 4 44444*44444444 ■ iAN ALLIED UNITY r . And Plenty of Cannon Will he Needed to Win This , War, Says ME DILL M’CARMICK Delivered Opening Address at the Council of Defense Meeting. 1 Indianapolis, Dec. 13—Medill Mc- ■ Cormick, congressman-atlarge from '! ' linois, who has just returned from the 1 French battle front, spoke in part as I follows, before the Indiana state-wide war conference, held under the auspices of the Indiana State Council of Defense, in Tomlinkon Hall this at- ' ternoon: “But do not think that because whole peoples are engaged in terrific labors, that because they have been bled by great sacrifices and are stricken by great losses, that the atmosphere is one of gloom, France, Eng1 land neither of them was ever mere heroic than she is today. “There is a great deal which you must want to know that I cannot tell you. There are many things important, of intense human interest of which I am ignorant, because I traveled from capital to capital, and from front to front; because 1 went from statesman to general and from general to statesman with one pre-occupatio i: ‘What must we do to win this war in the shortest possible time, and with the smallest possible loss of life?" There are not many men. even in Europe, 1 found, who have thought of this, to me the whole problem, in terms at once general and definite. But amo.ic, the few most responsible statesmen, among the few generals of real distinction, which the war has produced I found a general agreement tin ■ CANNON and COALITION are essential to success; that time is the essence of victory. “It is really not so very long ago. 1 although it seems months rather than ■ weeks since I traveled along the Ital- , ian front from Trieste to the Trientino, over the dry and broken wastes of the Carso, upon the steep roads toward the Dolomites, through the very country which the Austrian and German armies have captured, along .he very highways which now have been , traveled by the German Emperor, and his allies, the Austrian Emperor and Ihe Bulgarian Czar. “When I was there the Italian army was short of cannon and still shorter 3 of ammunition; in a country which produces no coal, less coal had been I imported than in time of peace, though j more was needed to keep the munition factories busied through every hour of the day and night. The wheat crop had failed in great parts and too little wheat was coming in. Hunger was too near. ° “If Italy holds the present line of the Piave, I am not certain but that 8 we shall count the German thrust as c a disguised blessing. It has shorten v ed the Italian line. There is no evi l_ dence that it has weakened Italian res f olution, and it has driven home tc every thinking man. what only a few ’’ appreciated, the unity of the from f* , (Continued cn Page Four) d --

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♦NOT DIPHTHERIA 4 + Says Bacteriological Re- * port—Helm Child is * Better. * MR. WEIIU.ER BETTER 4 4 * Hope is Now Extended for 4 4 His Recovery—Other 4 * Sick Notes. I “ ~ . Charles, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Helm, of Flint. Mich , who has 1 been ill at the home of his grand par- [ ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Helm, of this , < ity, is better. The bacteriological report received by the local physician I | from the laboratory at Indianapolis 1 is that he is not suffering from diphtheria and this good news is received with pleasure by all the friends ot the family. Henry Weidler Better Henry Weidler, son of Mr. and Mrs. | Dan Weidler, who was at the point f death last week in Detroit, is report- ! ed as some better and there are more I hopes for his recovery. According Io word received here by relatives, he is suffering from erysipelas of the throat. He. is a bookkeeper for the. Detroit Free Press, and is at the home of his aunt, Mrs. August Kuehn, formerly Miss Emma Conrad of this city. His ' mother, Mrs. Dan Weidler who was e called to his bedside, is with him and s will remain there until his recovery. e ' — Sam Butler called on Mrs. Butler flat the Lutheran hospital. Fort Wayne - today. She was operated ui>on a week ago yesterday and is gradually growe ing better. She will probably not be ' home until after the first of the year. 1 —> C. C. Cloud and family have receiv- - cd word that their daughter. Lulu. ■ wife of John Bright, of Craigville, is s recovering from a recent operation al the Lutheran hospital. Fort Wayne. 1 o ATTEND WEDDING d 1 vfrs. Hugh McWhirter 1 Leaves to Attend Wedding of Granddaughter 1 • MISS IRIS ROBISON And Randolph County Agent Albert Hobson on Christmas DayMrs. Hugh McWhirter left this aft- r .10011 for Geneva to visit with a son, D. J. McWhirter and from there will go 1 to Winchester to attend the wedding . .> flier granddaughter. Iris Robinson. - daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Robin--3 son, who has often visited here. The groom is Albert Hobson, a Wis- < onsin young man, now living at Win ■ ■- Chester, where he has his headquart- ? ers as county agricultural agent for 1 Randolph county. The wedding will 1 lake place Christinas day noon and a 1 hundred and fifty guests will witness (he same. The Rev. Preston, of the y Methodist church, will officiate, r The groom is a graduate of Wiscon--1 sin state university. Miss Robins in I is a graduate of the Winchester high li school and of Oberlin college. She is II especially talented in music and has r served as pianist for sometime for p the Flying Squadron, Governor Hone ley's temperance organization. s Mrs. Dallas Hunsicker, aunt of the bride, will also attend the wedding. 'J WILL HARVEST ICE FRIDAY s The Center Ice Cream company will !• begin the cutting of ice Friday after- •’ noon. Men are wanted for the work s ‘ and those desiring a good job please 0 call ‘phone 92. w o—,t ELLISON CHILD VERY LOW Kenneth, eighteen months' old baby - of the Rev. and Mrs. Ellison is said to lie at the point of death at their home at Hobo. Rev. Ellison is pastor of the Bobo Methodist circuit. IN COAST ARTILLERY Bernard Miller, son of Mathias Miller, enlisted at Fort Wayne yesterday in U.S . service in the coast artillery department. He will leave tomorrow for Fort Thomas, Ky.

THE RED CROSS DRIVE TO STARUEXT MONDAY WOMEN WILL CONDUCT CAMPAIGN TO SECURE REQUIRED MEMBERSHIP—ORGANIZATION FOR NORTH PART OF COUNTY ANNOUNCED.

There are now 1313 members of the Red Cross in Adams county. | There should be 4700 according to the apportionment. To secure tie 3387 necessary to fill that <|tiota, a whirlwind campaign is to be made lie-1 ginning next Monday, the 17th and closing Christmas Eve. Heretofore the big drives have been conducted by the men. ably assisted by the women, 1 ut this time the organization is reversed and tlie women are in charge with the men to lielp when and where called. For two weeks past the big organize tion which covers the entire country, divided however, into four districts, Decatur, Monroe. Berne and Geneva have been in the forming and now v «■ are informed everything is in readi-j ness to begin the campaign. The organization for Decatur and the north ten miles of the county follows: Chairman—French Quinn. Membership Committee for Adams County Mrs. John Niblick. Mrs. S. D. Beavers. I I Decatur Membership Committee Mrs. F. Heuer. Citizens Committee Mayor C. N. Christen. John T. Myers, G. T. Burk. I Publicity Committee J. H. Heller.| chairman; ('. F. Davison, E. H. Sprung er, John Mayer, J. Mattox. Churches—Mrs. John Niblick, County Chairman. St. Marys Catholic Church- Rev. Seimetz, chairman; ('. S. Niblick, assistant chairman; Mrs. A. KohneJ president St. Vincent de Paul; Mrs. j U. Deininger, St. Marys. Methodist Episcopal Church R°v. F. F. Thornburg, chairman; E. B. Lenhart, assistant chairman; A. D. Suttles, assistant chairman; Mrs. Chas. Elzey, assistant chairman and assistant of all her sections. Presbyterian Church Rev. J. C. Hanna, chairman; C. I). Teeple. assis ant chairman; Mrs. Ixiu Myers, president Ladies' Aid society: Mrs. Chi-. Dugan, assistant; Mrs. John Heller, assistant. Zion Reformed Church —Rev. L. W. Stolte, chairman; Mr. M. Kirsch, assistant chairman; Mrs. Fred Heuer, president Ladies' Aid society; Mr. A. H. Sellemeyer. assistant; Mrs. Otto, Reppert, assistant. Evangelical Church —Rev. W. S. Mills, chairman; Mrs. Chas. Hocker, assistant chairman: Mrs. Fred Linn, president ladies aid: Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner. assistant. Christian Church Rev. Paul Marsh, | chairman; Dr. ('. R. Weaver, assistant chairman: Mrs. Noah Mangold, president ladies aid society. Baptist Church Rev. J. G. Butler, chairman; C. E. Bell, assistant chairman; Mrs. Harvey Schroll, assistant. United Brethren Church - Rev. Miner, chairman; Mr. Thomas Fisher, assistant chairman; Mrs. John Hill, 'ssistant. Zion Lutheran Church —Rev. A. W. Hinz, chairman: Mr. Oscar Lankenau, assistant, chairman: Mr. Henry Schulte. assistant; Mr. Fred Heuer, assistant; Mrs. C. C. Boese, assistant; Mrs. Henry Gunsett, assistant; Miss Clara Boknecht, assistant. Church of God—Pastor of the 1 church, chairman: Gilbert Strickler, assistant chairman. k Speakers Bureau —D. N. Erwin, e chairman; J. T. Merryman. H. B. Heller. J. C. Sutton. Dr. S. P. Hoffman. Fred Fruechte, E B. Lenhart, C. D. Toepie, O. L. Vance, C. J. Lutz. C. >.. f Walters. D. B. Erwin, D. N. Erwin, 1 L. L. Baumgartner. Dr. C. R. Weaver, c M. H. Overton, i’rof. M. F. Worthr man, Wilson Beery, Verne Kneper, P. L. Andrews, R. C. Parrish. C. P. Davison, John Heller, D. E. Smith, John Moran. Committees in Rural Churches, Al len County Line to 2 miles north of Monroe—Mrs. S. D. Beavers, chair, man. Pleasant Grove TJ. B. Church—Rev.

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Herner. chairman; Mr. and Mrs. C. S. | Mumma, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. , Earl Nidlinger, assistants. Mt. Victory U. B. Church Rev. Herner. chairman; Mr. and Mrs. E. ' Baxter, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. Williard Miller, assistants. Clark's Chapel M. E. Church—Rev. J. R. Elston, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mclntosh, assistants; Mr. afld Mrs. L. H. Bailey, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Ramsey, assistants. Salem Evangelical Church—J. E. McCoy, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Koos, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Waiters, assistants: Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Spuller, assistants. Calvary Evangelical Church— Rev. IJ. E. McCoy, chairman: Mr. and Mrs. (Lew Shilling, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. I Elzey Jackson, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. John Schifferly. assistants. Union Chapel U. B. Church—Rev. Miner, chairman: Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wolfe, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. Chis. Rabbitt, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bowman, assistants. j Rivarre IT. B. Church—Rev. Herner, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus | Bowen, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. George Koos, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. [Charles Brothers, assistants. Rivarre M. E. Church Rev. J. R. Elston, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Henry | Colter, assistants; Mr and Mrs. James Dailey, assistants; Mr. E. W. Dailey, assistant. Miss Bertha Bunner, assistant. Pleasant Mills U. B. Church —Rev. 'Herner. chairman: Mr. and Mrs. J. R. I Moser, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. Ottly Rice, assistants. Pleasant Mills M. E. Church —Rev. G. L. Conway, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. A. W Gulick, assistants; Mr and Mrs. D. B. Roop, assistants. Pleasant Mills Baptist Church —Rev. Day. chairman: Mr. and Mrs. E. W. France, assistants: Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Mcßarnes. assistants. Concord Evangelical Lutheran Church Rev. Shank, Hoagland, chairman; Mrs. John Houck, assistant; Mrs. Sherman Kunkle, assistant; Mrs. John Magley. assistant. Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church —Rev. E. P. Leach, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Sol ' Sheets, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Butler, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. Sam I Fuhrman, assistants. Beulah Chapel M. E. Church —Rev. E. P. Ijeach. chairman; Dr. and Mrs. .1. C Granstaff. assistants; Mr. and Mrs. James Ernst, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. Al Straub, assistants. Antioch Beery Church, pastor in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. George Bright, chaimen; Mr and Mrs. Philip Carper, assistants. Washington M. E. Church Rev. E. P. Leach, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. C. [ B. Poling, assisants; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. • Arnold, assistants; Mr. and Mrs. • Frank Breiner. St. Paul Church in Union—Rev. Charles Payne, chairman: Mr. and . Mrs. O. T. Johnson, assistants: Mr. . and Mrs. Simon Myers, assistants. German Lutheran Church at Freid- • iieim —Rev. C. B. Preuss, chairman. German Lutheran Church, St. Pet1 er’s. Root township—Rev. L. N. Dornseiff. chairman: Prof, and Mrs. Paul 1 Dorn, assistants. German Lutheran. Blakey Church - Rev. Mohn, chairman; German Lutheran Church, St. Johns —Rev. Bischoff, chairman. German Lutheran Church. Preble church —Rev. Karl Kotre. chairman. German Reformed Church, Preble Township—Rev. Englemann, chairman Lodges. G. A. R.—W. H. Myers, chairman. W. R. C.—Mrs. Dr. Rinear. chairman Masonic—Henry Heller, chairman. Eastern Star —Mrs. John S. Peterson, chairman. Knights of Columbus —Joe Lose, chairman. Odd Fellows—Mr. L. C. Helm, chair(Continuea on Page Two)