Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 302.

THE ITALIANS GOING FORIM Winning Victory in Great Offensive—Russians Are Mobilizing Again. BRITISH BOAT SINK — Germany Wil! Demand Rectification of Frontier in Peace Statement. — ■ ■ (United Service) Rome, Dec. 22-( S peclal to Daily Democrat)—Some progress with fight ing of the Italian front was reported in today's statement marking the second stage of the Italian offense. The war office reported a hostile counter blow has been shut off instantly. The battle was proceeding almost continuously with the Italians greatly stimulated by their victories. London. Dee. 22—(Special to Daily Domoerat)—tanking of an armed i British steamer Stephen Furniss with I a loss of six officers and ninety-five I men was announced by the admiralty today. The Stephen Furniss was at- I tacked by a submarine in the Irish I channel. ; Petrograd. Dec. 22—(Special to ' Daily Democrat)— Ukrainian troops have taken a position along the border ] and all Ukrainian cossacks have been ; ordered mobilized for a final movement. against the bolsheviki. The : revolution seemed to have been kept in motion. Reports this afternoon de- ( clared soldiers and workmen have declared their support of the Ukrainian demand for independence. 1 (By Joseph Shaplen, United Press ( Staff Correspondent) Stockholm, Dec. 22 —(Special to t Daily Democrat) —A great battle in the streets of Petrograd was reported from the Russian capital today. Four army corps refused orders of the bolsheviki government to leave the city. The bolsheviki sent other troops < ( against them. The fighting was still in progress as the dispatch was sent from Petro- ' grad. 1 Further details were not available. 1 t Zurich. Dec. 22—(Special to Daily s Democrat)—Rectification of the fron- | tier, is the invariable phrase used by , the German press in discussing Ger- p many’s demands for peace with Rus- t sia, according to copies of recent is- g sues received here. Apparently it was -, this demand for Russian territory 5 which caused the deadlock reported e at Brest Litovsk. 1 Petrograd. Dec. 22 (Special to Daily Democrat)— Ukrainian forces $ have taken over the Rumanian and southwestern fronts and have united under General Tcherbatcheff according to word received here today. Immediate arrest of the general has, been ordered by the bolsheviki gov- ’ ernmest. , This may indicate early resump *!™'I ° of fighting against the Germans. Rumanians were practically forced ’ to acquiesce with the bolshe k armistice plans because troops with them joined the arnust The Ukrainians are bitterly oppos to the bolsheviki and to to the bolsheviki separate • * 1 lan. 0 -ow lies in the cossacks. » j cove her from Germany .« I« rT.qials formerly with 'authorities'do not 5 ,• i *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦t ] J* * A SUGGESTION. * ‘ * , n who has ♦ , * °' ie (sting registrants to fill * * been assist) ng - askg u 9 + , * out the (Im s tbe m en wllo 4 i * to suggest that will * + receive the questtm na ta + 4- sit down and go o’-' + • + fully, and then make upta * * necessary to answ * + 4= (ions they can jt a + + for every one. foI * 4* good idea and one hat « * 4- lowed will be app ".". + 4 4 + 4. + 4.* + * + ***

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♦ BFOHe *** + + + + + + 4.j, WILL COME THROUGH 4 I 1 ■!> this afternoon E. H + .> !S Pr ’ l,lp Witness] 4 1+ saving"".' < ' h,, "’ nian Q«l"'t + ’> WV Z milk " - * + rr-nir.-. WaH n,oat + ♦ liei U feared + 111 the day that the Berne + : «my x + ioun,y fan,n * -.ake 4. ♦**♦♦*44 * 4. 4 4 4 4 b ""'" l «n the nin..., as a war asset. '‘'be trend of events in the Ukraine ™ S upp Ort of the cossacks is rePorted definitely under way; the upheave! in Petrograd; the growing length of General Kaledine’s cossack s-these made some observers 'ere believe the bolsheviki rule will be swept aside. ! Whether this can be done before' : 1 rotsky and Lenine turn Russia over 1 las a granary and store house for Germany is something no one here wculd predict. Teuton agents, seeing the increas- 1 ing danger of Lenine's overthrow are i working desparately with their pro- 1 I aganda, reports here declare. — Tokio, Dec. 22—(Special to Dai!v 1 Democrat)-Japan is not considering' 1 intervention in Russia, it was formal- 1 ly announced today on authority of 1 the foreign office. |' Assistant Minister of Foreign As- 1 fairs Shidehara asserted no mobilize-! 1 tion of Japanese troops for use in Si- * beria has been ordered or was in con- 1 templation. 1 1 — Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 22—(Special to 1 Daily Democrat)—The following Ami rl• icans appear in today’s casualty lists: i Wounded: E. Morrown. Towner, • N. D. ' t Gassed: P. G. Lewis, San Francis- 1 co. Ill: A. Dorrington. Los Angeles. London. Dec. 22 —(Special to Daily ( Democrat)—Repulse of hostile raid-!, ers last night in the neighborhood of t the Baupaume-Cambrai road, to the! east of Monchy Le Prev.x and south j 1 east of Armentieres. was all Field] Marshal Haig had to report today. “DID IT UP BROWN” Not until the high school paper came out last evening, did the eighth grade, taught by Guy Brown, and which was at one time ahead 300 Red Cross Christmas seals in its sale", , learn that Miss Coffee's seventh grade with which it was competing, had sold 820 seals more. Her grade ha I h hurriedly gone to the sales department and taken out 1.000 more seals and made a hustling campaign for their sale, the seventh graders thus selling 1500 in all, a record breaker. Mr. Brown's department of the schools which includes both seventh and < eighth grades of the central school ‘ has sold in all up to Thursday 7.000 1 seals, a record that has broken all 1 others. ''Do it up Brown” was their ( slogan. And they did it. ED GAFFER ILL Ed Gaffer, of the engineering corps, Camp Taylor, Ky, arrived home yen- ; terday afternoon to spend Christmas 1 with his wife and his parents, Mr. and t Mrs Peter Gaffer. His visit is a sad one however, as he became ill on the way here and is now confined to his bed with illness bordering on pneumonia. his temperature registering 103 His furlough was to he until Wednesday. RECENT overland sales T he Holthouse Fireproof Garage of this citv recently made the deliverv ’, ’ five overland five passenger touring cars to the following: Gonrad Scheiman. William Weber, of p reble township. C. D. Bieberiim, , itv uo and Clem Lengrich ot Wa"n--ington township. The cars are handle ttrnjatem design. SWEEPS OVER (Gui'cd c to n ’i"i ia Democrat)-indiana, with two 1 a half days remaining to obtain Xd cross members in the big drive, ” ed t noon today over the top. Her was 450,000 while at noon 525.-1 qU . Already been reported. North--000 had alrea . the F()rt ••• quota. n __ -—- FUNERAL TODAY 1 nfTirT Ernest Ehrsam, ™ X ■' ”■ *“"X «>»••«• from tn® Berne.

Decatur, Indiana,Saturday Evening, December 22, 1917

SOLDIER AT HOME Charles Marbach, Fourteen Years in the Standing Army SURPRISES FAMILY \V alked Into Their Home Yesterday Unannon need. Charles Marbach, oldest son <4, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Marbach, of Union > township, who has been away from I] home fourteen years, being in the ( United States standing army during!; 1 hat time, and in many foreign countries. is at home for the first time in I those years. He walked into his par- 1 ents’ home yesterday, wholly unannounced and the reunion was a happy though touching one. He spent the time from 1905 to 1907 in the Hawaiian islands and from 1913 until May, 1916, was in the Philip- 1 pine Islands, returning lune byway of Japan. He has seen much other service, and during the Mexican trouble a year ago, he was on border duty. At present he is an instructor in the training of conscripts at Camp , Pike. Ark., being a non commissioned officer. While he does not know his future, he may be called away at any r time. Mr. Marbach is on a furlough an/ will report for duty at his headquarters January 8. He finds the country surroundings here changed very much but states that the town of Decatur shows very little change. i M. E. LADIES' CHOIR The ladies’ choir of the Methodist I a church will have a regular business 1; meeting after prayer meeting We 1- ; nesday evening. TIME OF GIVINfi t Is This Christmas-tide—--1 The Money Will he Give I en for Relief. 1 INSTEAD OF TREATS e For Sunday School—The i Christmas Programs in ■ the Churches. c Christmas, this year, will be a time c of ‘giving’’ instead of receiving. Practically all of the churches will f give up their usual “treat” of sweets <; for the relief of suffering pour and wartime help. Christmas exercises. 1 however, will be held in all of the churches, although Christinas trees { and their expensive and short-lasting •glitter will be done away with in the greater number to expend the money more helpfully otherwise. ( At. the Methodist church, a choir ( of fifty voices will render the cantata. “Star of the East” at 7 o’clock Sunday evening. This is under the direction of W. F, Beery. By a vote the Methodist Sunday school decided to give the money that would be used ( otherwise for a treat, to the relief of , Armenian sufferers. The collections at both Sunday morning and evening service will also be used for this. 1 At the Evangelical church a cantata will also bo given Sunday even- ’ ing, being Carrie B. Adams’ “The Star ot Bethlehem.” Miss Hope Hoffman is director of the chorus present- ' ing this. A treat of a half-pound of candy for each Sunday school child, had been decided upon a long time ago, and this will be distributed Sunday morning. “The fiord’s Annotated” is'the name • of a cantata to be given at the Zion , Reformed church Christmas night, ' December 25, at 7:30 o’clock. This is given by the choir under the direction of Adam Neuenschwander. The Christmas program for the children will be rendered Christmas Eve at 7:30 o'clock. At the Zion Lutheran church the children's program for Christmas Eve at 7 o’clock, December 24, will be the]

usual good one, and" the services for i’hristmtis day are announced in another part of this paper in the < hurch column. “Playing Santa Claus” is a cantata that will be given Christmas night til the Christian c hurch by the children of that Sunday school. Sunday evening at 7 o'clock is the time for the giving of the Christmas program at the United Brethren jchurch and that Sunday school there has given up its regular Christmas treat, too, to the Armenian sufferers The Baptist children have given their treat money for the relief ~f poor of the city and besides this each will bring a donation io the Sunday school for distribution among the poor. The Christmas program will be given Sunday morning following the Sunday schol at 9:30. howareWF CLASSIFIED Military Board is Making Headway in Classifying Men as They Return THE QUESTIONAIRRES The First Four Hundred Are Easily Classified— Examined in Summer. How You Are Classified. Difficulties, which at first arose, owing to the uni'amiliarity of the law and rules governing the filling out and answering the questionnaires, have been straightened out by the Adams county military board and now the work of classifying the men is being done as soon as the questionnaires are received. The men that are now being classified were examined last summer under the old system, therefore all those above the 113 rotation mark and up to 500 can easily be classified. For this reason many of the following have been placed in Class Four, as the board is well acquainted with their physical condition and information relative to their occupation or family dependency. Those who have answered and returned their questionnaires have been classified as follows. In cases where a registrant has been placed in Class One or Two by the local military board and his questionnaire referred to the district board for final classification,'such registrant has set out in his questionnaire the class in which he thinks he should be placed. Occupational and agricultural classification also comes under the jurisdiction of the district board: William Rodenbeck, Decatur. Class 1; referred to district board. Otto \\*efel, Magley. Class 1; referred to district board. Clarence F. Drake, Decatur. Class 4. Ernst Ehlerding, Decatur. Class 4. Sim Burk, Decatur. Class 4. Christ W. H. Macke, Decatur. Class 1; referred to district board. Henry Alvin Smitley, Decatur. Class 4. Henry M. I’flueger, Decatur. Class 4. Clyde Wiest. Geneva. Class 4. Chas. Mcßarnes, Decatur. Class 4. Alexander Liby, Linn Grove. Class I Louis H. Worthjnann. Magley. Class 4. J. Milton Yager, Decatur. Guy C. Mason. Geneva. Class 4. Frank Howard Bollinger, Willshire. Class 1; referred to district board. Louis H. Koldewey, Decatur. Class 4 Elmore Guv Mcßride, Decatur. Class 4. Frank Dellinger, Decatur. Class 4. Raymond Cashin Ray, Decatur. Class 4. Wm. C. Grandliend, Bluffton. Class 4. Frederick J. Roe, Monroe. Class 4.. Preston Pyle, Geneva. Class I. Milton Girod, Magley. Class 4. Avon Burk, Decatur. Class 4. Wm. H. Beltz, Decatur. 4. (Continued on Page o.r only TODAY ANO OONOAY . w SHOP NOW!T < i

IS DONE 'l'he Berne Overall Company Volunteers to do i the Cutting FOR THE RED CROSS I Free of Charge—Cutter Works at Night—Patriotic Service. Formerly the Red Cross garments and other articles used here have been cut by a Cleveland firm, but the work has been increased to such a degree that the Cleveland firm instructed the county organization that they were unable to do all the cutting. This information reached the ears of the management of the Berne Overall A Shirt Co. and they at once volunteered to do the cutting for Adams county. This work will be done at night and will be done with out any charge. Mr. Teeters, the cutter. Is donating his labor. The first consignment of graids con sisting of thirteen bolts arrived this week, and will tie cut into pajamas, hospital shirts and hospital bed socks. The samples of each have been cut by the local firm and forwarded to headquarters and the report came back that they were first class. Several people have inquired as to whether they could do knitting for the local chapter has added knitting to the work they are already doing. The yarn will be furnished by the Red Cross organization and instructions given. All the knitters will have to furnish will be the needles. Mrs. R. Marshall, at the Dr. Retr ser home, will have charge of this new department and will be glad to take the subject up with al! those who are interested. Berne Witness. BURNS OLD HOME Officers Are Searching for Insane William Morehead. BELIEVED TO BE ONE Who Burned the House and Barn on the .lames Deßolt Farm. Deputy Sheriff L. D. Jacobs. Night Policeman Joel Reynolds, of this city: with other officers of surrounding towns are looking for William More head, aged 33, an insane man of Willshire, 0., who is believed to have burned the farmhouse on the David Deßolt faint a quarter of a mile from Willshire, about ten o'clock last night: and also the barn, with a horse, hay and farm machinery, on the same I lace the night before Thanksgiving. At that time, or a few days prior there to. an attempt was also made to burn the farmhouse, the loss of which is estimated at fully two thousand dol lars. Two years ago, Morehead escaped from an insane’ asylum, but was taken and replaced there. About four or live, months ago he escaped again and has returned to his old home, although he is possessed of a roving nature, like a tramp. The Deßolt farm was his old home and ho is possessed of a delusion that he has money hidden around the place. He has been soon about there frequently and he is believed to be the one who burned the! buildings. The family tenanting the place moved out about two weeks ago. , The fire last night was started in the stairway and the building ed l > the ground. At the time c.. _ first attempt .a month ago. waste material was saturated with kerosene and placed on the roof, where it was fired. Officers of Willshire were out last flight at Ohio City, Pleasant Mills and towns searching for the susJBFted man and Officers Jacobs and of this city, also searched until late for him here, without finding any trace of him. . William Page, manager of the local Morris five and ten cent store, had a force of twenty fdur clerks busy today waiting on the holiday trade.

1 4 4 4*44 + 4 + 44444 ' 4 ABOUT SEED CORN. 4 ’ 4 4 4 Unusual weather conditions 4 4 have seriously Injured the seed + + corn. A a re nit there is not t 4 sufficient seed corn in the state 4 4to plant the 191 S crop. There + 4 are more than a million bushels 4 4 of old corn in Indiana and ev 4 4 ery eat of this corn that will 4 • 4 make seed should be saved for + 4 that purpose Millers are in 4 4 strueb d not to grind old corn 4 , 4 and farmers are urged to feed no 4 4 old lorn that will be suitable for + 4 seed, for to lose the corn crop 4 4 may lose the war. 4 4 s. f. iirri:. 41 4 Food Director for Adams Co 4 444 + 4444 + 44444 CAR WAS STRUCK] I I). F. Leonard Auto Struck by Backing Freight on the G. R. & I. JACOB BAKER HURT Monroe Farmer Had Muscles of Left Arm Crushed and Torn. Jacob Baker, aged about seventy, well known farmer of east of Monroe, had the muscles of his left arm torn and crushed and sustained a split ' fracture of the humerus, the bone of, the upper arm; and D. F. I well known real estate man of this; city had two or three ribs cracke 1.1 when the Oakland automobile in which the two men were riding on the front seat, was struck by a fraig:.t engine on the G. R. A- 1., railroad near the Schafer Saddlery plant north of the city about 3:30 o'clock yesterday! afternoon. The rear wheels were torn off the car; and the rear of the auto body damaged, the car being turned cop ■ pletely around in the road, by the force of the crash. Mr. Baker was found lying across the back seat after the accident, the shock having been sufficient to throw him from the front of the car to the rear seat. Mr. Leon ] aid, who was less painfully hurt, te covered from the shock in a few min-‘ utes, ami finding Mr. Baker, who remained unconscious for some tiim J very badly hurt, called two physicians] from this city. Mr. Baker was brought > to town and his injuries dressed and was later in the night taken to his. home. Mr. Leonard, who did not at fir.it realize that his injuries were so great, suffered much all night and this morning was able, with difficulty to get around. The two men were returning home from a trip west to look at some real estate, and Mr. Leonard was taking Mr. Baker home when the accidei.t occurred. They consider the escape from death a miraculous one. _ 4> I HOME ON CHRISTMAS Sam Butler and daughter. Glad... went to Fort Wayne to call on Mrs. Butler at the Lutheran hospital. She is recovering nicely from her operation and will come home on Chrlstnu.s day.

OUR FUEL PROBLBMuSERIOUS’. 0 tj « B The situation is seems to me even more f j ;« serious now, than at any The people must realize this and must help us or theie g it will be great suffering in this community. There are some g » who seem to feel that if they take care of themselves, their g 8 duty has been performed. This is the wrong spirit and - » can but increase the seriousness of the problem o! proyid- y H ing fuel for the next several months. W e are just entering H u the weeks of severest winter weather and there are many H ' It who have practically no fuel. Snow storms, blizzards, sleet :: 8 and rain will interfere greatly with shipping. We can only y » a*ert suffering, by the co-operation of every one. W J The coal commission has fixed a rule that you can se- y , H cure but one ton of coal at a time, which does not mean M t that vou can secure a ton from each dealer. Don t bide 8 i :: vour coal or misrepresent the facts to the dealer. To :: ft prevent this we are now planning a card system so that « « each dealer will have a copy of your order and the amount y i :: of coal vou have on hand. W e deem this necessary. y Farmers-can not buy coal during this fuel famine. You y must plan to use wood, for there are those who cannot get S any fuel but the little coal now being distributed. I beg of vou in all sincerity to assist us in a fair and g « equal distribution of the fuel obtainable during the next g :i few weeks, that the suffering in this community be the | «' minimum under all the circumstances. The coal dealers are g 3 acting square. W'e must see that the public does likewise. H C. E. BELL. | Fuel Administrator for Adams County. 8 i H i

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MONROE LEADS | ALL THE WORLD Every Man. Woman and ( hild is a Member of the Red Cross Society. GOING OVER THE TOP Decatur Section Over, Geneva on Way, Berne Makes Promise. It is believed that the little town of Monroe, six miles south of here, and the very center of Adams county, has achieved a record that will excel any other community in the entire United States. Take off your hat to the men and women of that locality, for they have made themselves and their county famous and the story of their success in the Red Cross drive for 1918 members will be heralded all over the world by the associated press. There live in this splendid little town, 377 men, women and children, and they have reported to date 708 members from this district, including the town and country. Their quota is 250. Every house without a single exception —in the town carries a Red Cross service flag with a white star not a ‘single slacker. Hurrah for Monroe! The work in the country district I about there has also been marvelous and the average is more than a memj her for the husband and wife of every farm home in the entire district. , For a time many along the western part of the territory were undecided, but Ernest Busche covered the territory and reported 100 per cent perfect. Our hats are off to old Monroe, j The Red Cross meeting at the court house last evening attracted a large number of the workers who repented and compared notes The reports showed !,4<)o members in Decatur alone 1 and 1.000 in the outlying territory, a total of 2.400, with more to hear from Our quota was 2,000. Pretty good, isn't it? I Geneva is going over the top. havI ing passed the fifty per cent mark, i with thirty distric ts to hear from. | The" only discouraging news comes ■ from Berne, no report having been | made and there" are rumors they will not be able to make even a fair showing. It is a surprise, as heretofore that community has excelled in nearly every movement. Red Cross Booths Nine" dollars were taken in in membership subscriptions at the Red | Cross booths in the stores yesterday as follows: Runyon Engeler. Mrs. H. M. Gillig. Red Cross nurse. $1; Nita lick's. Genevieve Bremerkamp. $2; Boston store. Mrs. Lawrence Klein- , | henz. $6. Mrs. Ralph Anirine had charge* of the Winnes booth and Miss Frances Deininger the Sc hafer booth. Subscriptions will be received at any of these places. , AH For Red Cross Through the Eastern Star solicitor for Red Cross membership every employe of the Kalver-Nctble Garage company became" members olj the Red (Continued on Bag' Four)