Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1918 — Page 1

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— ..., . yjf AIIIQT DJIOIJi eill ' iny ,ri '' l tho ntitl ,n three Bechvl l¥l(Jo I nLiuS 111 lhelr h° wevei - w:,s - organized and the raiding parties TDnnnO 1,11 ,0 rea<ll objectives. While the I nUUi o AKM rnia werv tlll t,n • vian s British attacked, indicting many Btlaualties and taking some prisoners. A««« * JSputh of Lens, in the neighborhood According to Report! IV t ‘„„ Menlu road and niirtlt or I>iis by Colonel House |a| , ' p, " la '‘ lu Other attempts were realised. Made Public Todi v., , , —- , F Jorlin, Jan. k (Special to Daily A PLEA TO NAT I 1 Powers will make a new declar iof modified peace conditions, “owH to the Entente's attitude" accordGen. Allenby \V jns l ( > a quotation from the Munich I ■B hrd hten received here today. and Strengthens Holflo .1 .. i r .... dispatches have indicated I C lOly Lily. , I ,| K)s j t j on on t he part of the —- • to the “concessions” anfUnlted Press Service) at Brest Litovsk by Count Washington, D. C„ Ja^B" 1 *"- Presumably the modifies(Special to Daily Deniocßf wil * favor morc the u,iHtarlsts American fighting forces^B eran - V - be dispatched to Europe |w trograd. Jan. 2 (Special to Daily the least possible delay, jlocrat)- The bolsheviki and the dent of training and equipß anians arp at ,he breaking point Colonel House, reporting . _ . , . allied countries, has so rlco lSI " 1 shf ' ri,il,si 'hc:t is tens ng mended to Secretary ofW nd ” rovisions to the Rumanian Lansing. Military naval Ia s ' , ausing much su * erin * economics between the Unit’ fourth Rumanian army yesteiStates and the allies is essenti lCCUpi *‘ d ,he Bossarabian town ot according to the order. an(l «everal other villages, arfull text of the record First:—That the I nit<bi leaders. States exert all influence Minister Trotsky caused adcure unity of efforts, militanal ill-feeling among Rumanians and economic, between then he sent a note to the Rumanian selves and the countries agßCsador in Petrograd, threatening dated with them in the wqr. measures against Rumanian ofSecond:—lnasmuch as for alleged aid they granted to successful termination of th lle dine revolt. The ambassador war by the I nited States te( | r h at R USS j a n troops are dethe allies can he greatly hasteil i , ed |h ilt t | ie army lacked ored by the 1 nited States shipi^E t j on transport and provisions, program that the ffovernir e< at sol<l(ers were leaving the and people of the I nited St; -t4 vvith(>u , authority and plunder . spend everv ellort toward hl; ... end bv a systematic co-ordina , , tion of men and materials. B’ ky rPplied t 0 note , that the Third:—That the fight® wa ‘ ‘unsatisfactory. forces of the United Slates B'" I’"’ 1 ’"’ forces opposed the armdispatched to Europewiththe 111 * 1 have bitterly urged against least possible delay incident peace. training and equipment. j an —(Special to Daily The-'se records mean tat ■ at The B res t Litovsk peace the allies will hereafter woi broke up wi[h Rimjan together in unity; that the p < k-| , auntl the German con . lod of training and equ pm nt man<ls of Junkerdom of American forces will bel Shortened. This can be Xbg to returning bolshevik, mem complished with the resour 'ps ia> at hand. In making public tie Hermans, it was said, expressed summary, the state department ‘iliingness to evacuate ail of expressed great satisfaction B Russia but announced flat retiie results because of the n U-|', withdraw from Riga. Libau or tual helpfulness, and becauß tbe big cities, except in the the outline will greatly increase a general peace. the efforts now being put so th pcheme, as the Russian deleby the United States and the ai-i iw st, was for the Germans to lies in the conflict against Gejr- l ;l t bodies of troops in these many and Austria. «until. as provided under other BULLETIN ■ S o s ,he I,r °P° sed agreement. Washington, D. C.,‘ Jan. '» tho f ( territories had -(Special to Daily Democrat )| their future government. -One thousand Teutons anl « h a German system of garTurks were killed and 600 pri< "‘he Russians felt there would oners taken and twenty m! | Ry too much German Influence chine guns captured in the la| f -m the voters, test engagement at Palestine, bulletin according to the report of Gen- I Jan ~_| Speclal to naily eral Allenby tot ay. ,° ur B— Germany will not considpoints of great ,«mP<>rtance have ■ fjt sk declaration> as been captured in the drive. Ihe I defense of the Holy Citv has • her ' linless the alhes ac ’ Seen At lea st fvitation to negotiate a genfour Teuton divisions are oper- > according to .1, lavioa»ing at Palestine. : <on-bolshevila delegate who r ®rom the conference today. iVienna. Jan. 2—(Special to ■y's fundamental aim in the Daily Democrat) —Early on n® g ,” lie said, "is to estabChristmas day we withdrew iiB ononli( . un ion, from Hamfrom Zenfoln. the enemy not b ,B pprßian gul{ . discovering our withdrawal un- ■ m and Turkish . ei , re _ til Monday, today’s ofhcial s « r< more o bstinatet in the statement asserted. is ( ,« ih n the German ., tut i on the lower bank of the river d ■ (| wj]] hampe . Piave and was one of the places B th-° Austrians succeeded some w lime ago in affecting a crossing B ofthenVer ’. ma] Ling of MesoUnia. Fort Houston. Jan - (Special to p tl as welß«s the Daily Democrat)—Five negroes of re tl' ripo ]| in case of’fir her the Twenty-fourth infantry were sen- inst |taly - tenced to be hanged as a result of ■ the recent Houston riot, was the an- (BJ'S •egl> , r United Pram staff nouncement received here today. Correspondent.) Odessa. Dec. 31-( Delayed)- Jan .r cial i 0 London, Jan. 2-(Special to Dally t of seven DenwcratJ-ITolonged street fightjig Am < |L rs of the twelvt ke n between Ukrainains and bolshejjki' j( , ( ■ Gemans occurred here today. tren Nove mber 3? It was reported here that. tH ns T| W gammies ov#r th „ are now running again between I l ga Am ■ fef( , tQ dra | hpir and Petrograd and that service nil Qwn ® on wh I (hp ultimatly be established between la ’ boc h K. urde red seven llless land and Beograd. cap( .W waR ~1 so London, Jan. 2—(Special to D lily everjOL attention in j offiDemocrat)—British troops in Hie cial ■bulletin circulate! toneighbarh’ood of Mericourt yestei hy! day. Bde sets forth theJ acts evening turned an attempted ti yle In raid the lch n s German raid into a rout, Field Ms Hr took tßjsoners. al Haig reported today. rated Germany per Under cover of heavy bombardn nt. ■rd on - Page Two!

KCATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Decatur, Indiana,Tuesday Evening, January 2, 1918.

WAS FOUND DEAD David Kline, Aged Sixty, Well Known Vera Cruz Man DIED QUITE SUDDENLY Body Was Found at One O’clock Yesterday Afternoon. The Bluffton Banner says: "David Kline, aged 60, was found dead at 1:00 o'clock this afternoon in the barn at the rear of Heche’s store, in Vera Cruz, where he had been taken this morning when he appeared ill. "Mr. Kline had been about the store during the forenoon and about 11:00 o’clock he complained of being ill and some men took him to the barn so that he could go to sleep. He w.'s placed in some loose hay and covered up well with blankets and appearel to go to sleep. When some of the boys at the store went to the barn after dinner to do some work they found him dead. Dr. McClain was immediately called and he stated that he had probably been dead about an hour. “Mr. Kline had sat by the stove m the grocery store during the forenoon and did not take part in any of the conversation and api>eared to be very ill. as he could scarcely walk when ae was taken to the barn. It is thought that, he suffered a paralytic stroke. "Coroner Herman Thoma, when called ordered the body taken to the home of the deceased at Vera Cruz and lie viewed the remains there. "David Kline had been a well known resident of Vera Cruz for many yeais, having come there from Pennsylvania. He was a day laborer and worked et odd jobs around the town. “Surviving the deceased are the wife and four children: Henry, of Bluffton; Daisy, the wife of Noah Huffman, of this county: Emma, who lives in Michigan, and Mary at Willshire, Ohio.” FOR NEW TERM The Pythian Sisters Elect Officers for New Half Year. MOST EXCELLENT CHEF Is Mrs. Frances Hunter — An Able Corps of Assistants. The Pythian Sisters elected the following officers Monday evening to serve for the ensuing six months: Most Excellent Chief- Frances Hunter. Excellent Senior —Mary Ahr. Excellent Junior —Lena Frank. Manager —Vera Davis. Mistress of Records and Correspondence— Lydia Shamp. Mistress of Finance —Lydia Elzey. Protector—Lucy Miller. Guardian—Effie Brodbeck. Trustees— Rachel Burdg, Vada Chronister. Installing Officer—Kannie Fristoe. Pianist—lrene Steele. Press Correspondent—Kannie Fristoe. HAS SIMALL-POX The C. V. Connell home was placed under quarantine yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, Jacob Martin, who makes his home with his daughter, being ill of small pox. Mr. Taylor, Clover Leaf operator, who came here from Kentucky with small pox. was placed in the Cutting house on First street during quaran tine. Bob Burrell, who has been apa . tient there, will probably be released • from quarantine tomorrow or the daj . after. 1 WHY HIGH SHOES > Washington, Jan. I—The federa ■ trade commission will conduct a prob< ' to find out why shoes are so costly ! The commission is informed tha there is no leather shortage and tha r the factories are not running to cifp acity.

JBABE IS DEAD Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams Succumbs. , Funeral services for Waunetna. five ’ months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Hurry Williams of Elm street, will be held tomorrow morning at ten o'clock from the home, with the Rev. Butler, of the Baptist church in charge. Death occurred yesterday morning I at eleven o'clock from whooping cough and pneumonia. There are three older children in the family. P The babe would have been five months old tomorrow. HIS FINAL REPORT 1 Mayor C. N. Christen Filed n His Final Report With Council Last Night. e—- — FAREWELL MESSAGE 1 0 Mayor-elect Yager and the i Council Will Take Office on January 7th. r 1 Mayor C. N. Christen bid farewell i- last evening. I The New Year was “started right ' for the city of Decatur, when Mayor i C. N. Christen, and the common couni cil met in regular session at seven ; o’clock New Year’s night and disposed ,- of what business matters needed their > official action. t With the filing of Mayor Christen’s semi-annual report his farewell mes- - sage to the council was automatical- ; ly given. The report covered the per- > iod from July first to December 31st and was a statement of the fees coli lected during this time at the mayor’s , office. The report was approved and . spread on record. The report of City Treasurer J. D. McFarland, ending with December ! 31st, 1917, was filed and referred to f the finance committee. i The annual inventory of Street Con’- > missioner Isaac Chronister was filed - and referred to the street and sewer committee. A resolution was passed and adopt- | ed authorizing the clerk to issue im- | provement bonds in the matter of the Ninth street improvement in the amount of $2500.00. Mayor-elect Charles W. Yager then passed the “smokes” and accepted the congratulations from the out going administration. Mayor Yager and the incoming administration will take office at noon, Monday. January 7, 1918 ' The following bills were then allowed and the meeting adjourned: Citizen’s Improvement Co. ...$1212.59 . Thompson Meter Co 15.96 G. R. & I. R. R. Co 586.00 Krick Tyndall Co 309.85 D. F. Teeple 21.31 Adams Express Co 1.46 J. D. McFarland 3.00 P. J. Hyiand 40.71 John Thomas 186.26 * M. J. Mylott pay roll 167.75 Police pay roll 90.00 ’ L. L. Baumgartner 37.50 Street Com. pay roll 32.00 Volunteer Firemen 13.00 City Firemen 67.50 John Meyer 28.00 Luther Brown 9.50 Isaac Chronister 32.50 Waterworks pay roll 24.20 Central City Chemical Co. .. 20.35 Ft. Wayne Oil & Supply 50... 14.71 1 General Electric Co 205.20 Indiana Pipe Line Co 262.43 Power Coal Co 421.90 Crandall Packing Co 19.55 '■ Ft. Wayne Waterworks 8.00 National Meter Co 7.85 Pittsburgh Meter Co 15.30 i Rogan-McAble Coal Co 108.681 fl Walter Bledsoe & Co 301.53 n National Mill &Supply Co. .. 19.20 o Evans Coal Co 175.95 . Standard Oil Co 24.11 H. W. Johns-Monville Co 22.57 Bourlon Copper & Brass C 0... 43.00 r Croul Co S-61 P. & H. Supply Co 83.73 1 Buffalo Meter Co 34.44 s A. C. Foos Pay roll 273.00 1- Evening Herald 1-tO v Wells Fargo Co 6.43 Smith, Yager & Falk 19.47 y D. F. Teeple 5.22 Citizen's Phone Co , 12.75 Steele & Bleeke 8.14 Citizen's Phone Co 3.75 Fisher & Harris 17.27 ie Decatur Herald Co 7.70 y., Decatur Light & Power C 0... 2480.00 it Kirsch-Reppert Co 42.00 it Decatur Light & Power C 0... 3410.00 P-[e. L. Carroll & Son 2.80 i Nicholas ft Meyers 3.13

.THE MESS CALI " Was Heard by Bunch ol Veterans Who Attended a New Year Dinner “ WITH COMRADE FRECH iHad Dandy Good Time— Installation of Officers to be Held Saturday. It has been a good many years sinev ■ the boys of '6l heard the the “Mess call,” but they haven't forgotten how it sounds to a hungry man and when they heard the familiar call given by Frank Mclntosh, well known farmer and popular son-in-law of Comrade !■'. , F. Freeh, with whom the latter is liv- ' ing this winter, they hastened to “fall in.” It was a turkey dinner on New Year’s day, Mr. Freeh, homesick to - again talk it over with the old boys, sent an invitation through Frank and the comrades loaded up in a closed car and made the trip. It was a happy I event participated in by Daniel Shackley, S. B. Fordyce, Thomas Mallonee. • Daniel Kitson, Samuel Chronister, W. . H. Meyers, Alex Drummond and Mr . Rabbitt, as well as by members of the , Freeh family. The guests presenting I Comrade Freeh with a box of good . cigars, Captain Meyers making the speech and it was a dandy start for , the new year for these men who . fought the battles nearly sixty years . ago. The trip was made by Murray Scherer. who enjoyed doing his "bit” for the boys and they appreciated it. Installation Saturday. The Sam Henty Post. G. A. R.. will hold their regular meeting next Saturday afternoon at their hall, opening at 1:30 with inspection. At 7:30 in the evening will occur the public installation of officers. Efforts to secure the attendance of Department Com.mander Bench are being made, and it is hoped every member who can, will attend. THE INCOME TAX L. B. McKeel and C. S. Dunn Income Tax Representatives ARRIVE HERE TODAY To Care for the Business of the Government in This Department. L. B. McKeel and C. S. Dunn, income tax representatives, arrived in the city today and will be stationed here for awhile. Every married person having had an income of $2,000 or more; and every single person having had an income of SI,OOO or more the past year, must pay an income tax and should report to these representatives. Failure to do so. may get the individual into trouble. Messrs. McKeel and Dunn have been granted the use of the commissioners’ room in the auditor’s office during their stay here and will have their headquarters at that place. ~E i. PRAYER SERVICES i To conserve fuel, the prayer service ; of the Methodist church, for Wednes- ; ‘ day evenings, will be held in the I homes of the various districts. Pray- ; er meetings have been announced for I this evening at the following homes: j Charles Elzey, 1015 West Madison ) street; C. L. Walters, 215 South Fifth I street: Mrs. Dan Myers, 349 Win- ( Chester street; John T. Myers, 22S 1 North Fourth street; Coat Cook. 815 ) North Fifth street. J OPERATION FOR GOITRE 3 7 Mrs. Finley Bryan went to Fort 2 Wayne to call on her daughter. Mrs 5 William Burk, who had an operation 4 a week ago at the Lutheran hospitn' 5 for inward goitre. She is recovering 7 nieoly. CARD OF THANKS 0 0 Mrs. Amos Gillig and children than! 0 all the friends for their kindness dur 0 ing the illness and at the time of th< 3' death of their husband and father.

L+♦++++* + + + + + + + + NEED WOOD? + + Here is a chance tor the people + „ + who need fuel. A. R. Bell has + quite a lot of trees on his farm + + just oast of town, trees just the + * right size for good wood. He + + offers to give this wood for the + + cutting. It you need wood and + + have the time to cut it and pile + I i4’ the brush, or hire some one to + + (Io it. you can have the wood + + free. If interested see Mr. Bell + _ + at once. He is doing it to aid in + + tlie fuel situation and it ought to + + help considerably + 4*4*4>4*4 > 4 > *l>4-d-4-'!«d<4.4. WANTS RECEIVER ■V >i C. Frank Reed Asks That j. a Receiver he Appointed for the rII ' ALFO PRODUCTS CO. o J, 1 Also Sues for SIO,OOO for 1 y Services Rendered Company. R. C. Parrish and Peterson & Moran a are attorneys for C. Frank Reed who I has brought suit against the Also . Products Company of Delaware and r the Also Products Company of Indiana. He asks for SIO,OOO due hin. for sers vices, and also asks that a receiver be appointed to take charge of the prop- ' erty of the defendants and make disr tribution of the proceeds. He alleges the defendant is insolvent and has an indebtedness of about $25,000 with in--1 sufficient property and means to pay ’ same. He alleges that the sum due ’ him is for services from August 15, ’ 1916, to November 20, 1917, for car- ' rying on and conducting the business of the company, selling stock, managing and directing affairs, in payment -of the same, he says that on Novemher 20 there were issued to him, I.QOOI shares of stock, valued at $lO per! J share, in full of payment for services. but that at a meeting of the directors | 1 on November 27 these were cancelled' and lie was notified later that he was' to participate in none of the affairs the company. I — — ■ 111 —--ffc. 1 I I - - 111 CHICAGO SHORT ON FUEL. (United press Service) Chicago, 111., Jan. 2 —(Special to Daily Democrat)— Chicago’s coal sup ply, depleted by the recent cold weather, was in danger of a serious shortage as a result of transporta-, tion being tied up by the heavy snowfall yesterday and today. The wind piled a five-inch precipitation in this vicinity into huge drifts and freight ( traffic was greatly delayed. The Wisconsin Steel company, a subsidary of, the International Harvester com-; pany, shut down part of its plant, through lack of fuel, throwing 1.000 men out of work. o HOME ON FURLOUGH Floyd Enos, one of the Company A boys, arrived home yesterday- morn-j ing from Camp Shelby. Hattiesburg, ’diss., to spend his ten days’ furlough with his father. C. C. Enos and his sisters. Esther and Dorothy. He left Hattiesburg Sunday but his train was eleven hours late out of Cincinnati. 0. and delayed his arrival here.

HOW YOU ARE CLASSIFIED

Fort-one men were classified this ( I this morning by the local military | ' board and questionnaires mailed to ' men within the order numbers 1,081 j ■ and 1.157. Seven of the men classl . • tied this morning were referred to ; the district board on account of agrit cultural or industrial claims. The i men classified today were: Otto Blocher. Geneva. Class 4. 8 Abraham P. Neuenschwander, 5 Berne. Class 1. William E. Bleekq. Decatur. Class 1. Edwin Affolder, Berne. Class 4. , t Earl Duff. Berne. Class 4 Daniel Burley, Geneva. Class 4. Leslie A. Andrews, Decatur. Class 1 11 Dewaid H. Beitler, Berne. Class 1. 11 Verne Overdeer, Decatur. Class 4. R Jesse M. Amstutz. Berne. Class 4; non-combatant. Ervin Dro, Berne. Class 4. Lyman G. Seitz, Geneva. Class 1. k Ralph H. Amrine, Decatur. Class 4. r- Lei Shell, Geneva. Class 4. e Walter Bixler, Berne. Class 1. Edward Neadstine, Decatur. Class 4,

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: DIED IN MICHIGAN Death of Peter Gephart ’ Occurred at Six Lakes, ’ Michigan. » I ’ * ; WAS WELL KNOWN • Lived for Many Years Near Wren, Ohio—Relatives Here. | Philip Gephart residing near Wren, 0., was in the city today to meet tlio body of his brother, Peter Gephart, aged about 75 years, whose death occurred at Six Lakes, Michigan, where lie had resided for the past six years with a son, Fred Gephart. going there from the vicinity oi \\ ren, 0., where , be had spent the greater part of his life. He had been in ill health for several years and death is believed to have been due to a chronic trouble. The telegram of the death came Monday and asked what should be done with the body and the brothar wired that it be sent here for burial. The deceased lias many relatives i here. A son. Charles, is deceased, and >' another son. Will, resides at Ohio , City. Among the brothers and sisters are: Philip, of near Wren, O.; Charles ot ' Ohio City; John, Maggie Flager. Ohio City; Lizzie, wife of John Helm, of ‘ east of the city. A brother. Adam, i.s deceased. The body failed to arrive on the 1 1:05 train on the G. R. & 1. this afternoon as expected and late this afternoon the relatives were attempting to get into touch with information relative of it through telegraphic communication. MUNITION PLANT WRECKED (United Press Service) Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 2 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The big Harrisburg i Pipe & Bending works was wrecked : by- an explosion at 4 o’clock this morning with a property loss over a quarter Jof a million dollars. As far as known *no lives were lost. The cause of the j explosion has not as yet been ascertained. The plant which covers eight acres has been running at full capacity night and day on munition contracts for the United States and allied governments. ( NO EGG IN EGGNOGS (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Jan. 2 (Special to 'Daily Democrat) Mixed drinks, beginning today will be eggless, according to an order by Stanley Wyckoff, Marion county food administrator, | prohibiting the use of eggs for mixed drinks at saloons and soda' fountain . ! The action was necessary, he said to provide enough eggs to supply the hospitals and homes. W. R. C. MEETING The W. R. ('. will meet Thursday 'evening at the hall. Initiation will take place and all members are requested to be present. 2t MODERN WOODMEN The Modern Woodmen will meet on Tuesday's instead of Wednesdays and will hold their meetings at the Ben Hur hall.

( Claude M. Coffee. Decatur. Class 4. I Daniel P. Steury, Berne. Class 4; non-combatant. j David P. Steury, Berne Class 4; i non-combatant Arlie L. Foreman. Berne. Class 1. Jesse F. Foreman. Berne. Class L John W. Blakey, Decatur. Class 4. Burton S. Niblick, Decatur. Class 4. Elmer C. Jaberg. Magley. Class 5. Fred Winans, Decatur, Class 4 George Snyder. Geneva. Class 5. John F. Pickering, Geneva. Class 1. Wm. Hockemeyer, Decatur. Class 4 Burt J. Hower, Decatur. Class 5. Herman L. Miller. Decatur. Class 4. Otto Aumiller, Borne. Class 1. Harry F. Johnson. Decatur. Class 1. Elmer W. Baumgartner, Berne. . Class 4; non-combatant. Charley C. Kraft. Decatur. Class 4. To District Board. Andrew Hackenjos. jr.. Monroe; . Adolph Sc.hueler, Decatur; Wade L. . Manley, Geneva; Edwin Nyffler, Berne; Christian Amstutz. Berne, .non-combatant; Wm. H. Lichtenberg- ;; er, Decatur.