Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1918 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT? • ' 1 ■ ~ ————— -—t «>. > ■ .—■ I Published Kvary Ivenlng Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary ■■■■■■■. ■ , — i Subscription Rstes Psr Week, by carrier.. t .... 10 cento Per Tear, by carrier 15 00 Per Month, by mall 35 cents Per Tear, by mall >3.00 Single Coplee 1 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Decatur. Indiana, as second-class matter. fc~" , — ARE YOU SAVING FUEL? The weather conditions of the last two days ought to operate powerfully in persuading the public to co-operate In every possible way with the local fuel director in the conservation of coal. With ihe temperature far below zero and two shovels of coal in tile cellar that might temporarily make one warm where one shovel would have no effect it would be too much to ask the party with the two shovels left to conserve by using but one. But there have been times when the same party probably used coal more generously than absolutely necessary. No doubt on Saturday he was lamenting his carelessness or indifference of a week or two before. We have had such extremes of cold as have seldom been seen, and we have no assurance that the cold weather will not continue far into the spring. With such an uncertainty confronting us. ami with the positive knowledge that the fuel supply is a questionable proposition, it is time now to cut down on the consumption of coal wherever posible. We can afford a few light less nights, less illumination in the homes, and probably Saturday night closings. These things we may not like but the proposal to adopt some of these ideas of conservation no doubt made manv converts on Saturday. Nature has made an impression that fuel directors have failed to make. We must igiftrer. do all within our power to meet the situation that confronts us or suffer the consequences. We can't eat our cake and have it too. And if we in sist on burning a chunk of coal not imperatively needed now we may find the atmosphere in our living rooms far below zero some fine morning and with no way to help it. We have had a solemn warning. Only fools will fail to profit by it. Fort Wayne Jour-nal-Gazette. Don't get discouraged. We are going to get through this severest winter of history. E. Bell, fuel director, informs us that he lias received word that eighteen cars of coal are now enroute here and after the railroads are cleared and traffic resumed, the shortage ought to be taken care of nicely. There is some coal in town and reports coming in are that a large amount of wood is being cut and with good weather will be delivered. It could be much worse. Be neighborly and be careful an done of these days the sun will shine brighter than ever. All the heroes are not in the

Pre-Inventory Sale You will not have an opportunity to buy clothing at such prices as we are offering in a long time to come, so why not take advantage of the prices w e are offering at this time. 25 to 33 1-3 per cent reduction. * * ' ( —■■■■Mil R THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

trenches. The men who worked through the weather Saturday an I Sunday to get coul to the people of Decatur, suffering from the intense <oal. digging their way through the snow drifts, deserve commendation and they deserve substantial recognition. The retail coal dealers have proven again that they are willing to do everything within their power to furnish fuel and you ought to tell them so. Have you renewed your subscription to the Daily Democrat? We know you have, been having some trouble in getting it but that is the fault of our weather man and not ours. We are making every effort possible to print a paper that will keep you posted on the news of the h" " dwe ask your support. Renew now. Not less than a hundred people < ailed us Saturday evening and asked u.< what was the matter with the pat or As an explanation ami not an apoh gy. we wish to say that there were plrzes in the city where the boys couldn't arrive. They made a bra’e'effort and covered the greater part of the city. That's all we could do. This is one. of those winters that will be talked about, in the years t > come. We have all heard of the cold ones of the past and we have put January 12th. 1918 on our list. You fellows can blow all you want to. about having seen colder and more disagreeable days but we refuse to believe it. Not for the purjtose of frightening ,you but simply as a warning that you may cover up your tomato plants, we repeat the rumor that came in this morning, that Chicago is suffering from a blizzard that is a fairly good twin of that of Saturday, and it's said to be headed this way. The early closing hours of the Decatur retail stores will start tonight as an aid to the efforts to save fuel Don't complain if it don't just suit you. Tsese are times when we are all trying our best to get along. Church services were impossible in many of the houses of worship over the county yesterday and it is sate to say that the. attendance at Sunday church services was the smallest ever known. ■* xx xtomoixxw. :: x J SOCIETY | y xtixaxcxtt'.xxoamsxxx WEEKLY SOCIAL CALENDAR Tuesday. W. R. ('.—At G. A. R. Hall St. Vincent de Paul —Mrs. H. E. Keller. L. L. Merryman's S. S. Class- - Lloyd Baker. Tri Kappas—Postponed. Wednesday. Reformed Ladies' Aid Chairmen of “Mile of Pennies” Report—M. F. Worthmann home. Thursday. Ic-Nick club —Anola Frank. Rest is not quitting The busy career; Rest is the fitting Os self to one's sphere. 'Tis the brook's motion. Clear without strife.

Fleeting to ocean. After this life. ‘Tis loving and serving. The highest anl best; ‘Tis onward, unswerving. And this is true rest. —Goethe. The L. L. Merryman Sunday school class of the Evangelical church will meet at the home of Lloyd Baker on Tenth street Tuesday evening. Im- ■ portant business will be considered. —W. M. .Myers, president. The St. Vincent De Paul society ■ meeting postponed from last week. ■ will be held tomorrow afternoon with I Mrs. Dr. Keller. The election of oil)- 1 cers will be an important business' item. lite chairmen of the unions committees on the "mile of pennies" movement of the Reformed Ladies’ Aid society are requested to lie ready to re-' port at the meeting at the home of .Mrs. M. F. Worthmann Wednesday/ I afternoon. I On account of the had weather the Tri Kappa meeting which was to have v

been held tomorrow evening with , Jean Lutz. Smith has again been post- ■ potted. It will be held next week in stead. Mr. and Mrs. Will Bowers entertained at dinner Saturday evening for Stewart Carey and Miss Frances Cole. Very few social affairs are reported from over the weekend. Each family, it seems, had delight enough in sitting around the roaring and cheerfully blazing logs (figuratively speaking in regard to “logs”) of his own fileside. The W. 11. C. will hold a meeting Tuesday evening, when the attendance i of all is desired, as this is the first ■ meeting since lhe election of officers ' The Ic-Nick club will meet with Miss Anola Frank Thursday evening. —o Hrtnmattmttmxnxjxmmmnta:: icoo n t c « :: dA-xx««xa:xttsXX-xxx , This is the last week of the November term of court. After a two week's vacation, the February term will open ' February 4. In the estate of Joseph Steigmeyer. inventory number one was filed and approved. John \V. Kline. Jr., vs. John \\ . Kline. Sr. Defendant ruled to answer absolute in five days. David F. Teeple qualified as administrator of the estate of his father, ' Thomas Teeple. He gave $250 bond. The case of Granville Chivington vs. John Kuntz, set for January 17 has been continued. MORAL SUASION (Continued from Page One) , it takes bushels of wheat to make a barrel of flour, so this c hurch may be said to have contributed to the : cause of the allies in one week apI proximately 63 bushels of wheat. It I this church alone keeps up that record its saving within the year will be a material help to the allies. A similar calculation can hardly be used in figuring the saving of meat, for the reason that it is impossible to tell just how often on an average th'American family has meat, probably not three times “a day" probably twice is a better average, yet this table d> ’ tell us definitely whgjsjjcjj. falling oil in meat consumption has been. 1 The churches have shown beyond i ' doubt that voluntary economy is a i possibility. And they for their pa’t . can answer “yes." most emphatically to the question "Has anything been accomplished by moral suasion O__ c SENATOR BRADY DEAD | Washington. Jan 13—Senator Jame ! H. Brady, of Idaho, died at his home • here tonight of heart disease. He I suffered an acute attack 1 wee k ago ■ while on his way to Washington from Idaho and had been in a c ritical condition since. The senator's wife and several relatives were at his bedside. His two sons. S. E. Brady, of Chandler. Okla., and J. Robb Brady, of Kansas, were on a train from the west trying to reach Washington in time to see their father alive. The train, due today, had not arrifed at a late hour tonight. HAD LONG. HARD TRIP Marvin Kelley arrived here at noon today after being on the road from Fort Wayne since Saturday morning. At ten o'clock that morning an interurban car on which he and sixteen others were riding, became snow bound a half mile south of Murray. It was fierce but it happened that they were near a fann house and finally got through to it. remaining there until yesterday when they were taken overland in a mud boat to Bluffton, arriving there last night. There were sixteen men and one woman on the car. Another car was stalled just ahead of them a half mile and the snow plow was between them and off the track. Marvin says he thought several times they would freeze but they got through and he is happy. COUNCIL OF DEFENSE TO MEET The members of the County Council of Defense are requested to meet at the city hall Tuesday evening, at 7:30 o'cloc k for the purpose of making arrangements and planning the program | for the County War Conference to he i held here February sth. Chairman R. ,1). Myers urgently requests the members to be there CHURCH OFFICERS EJECTED The annua! election of officers of the St. Marys church of this city were .elected Sunday morning after high mass. All the old officers were reelected. they being. Ren Smilla treasurer; C. S. Niblick, secretary; Henry Bremerkamp, John Morafi and Clayson Ctirroll..collectors. These officers will serve during 1918.

+ +++++++++++♦ + , + classifications +, ++++++++++++ ++ One questionnaire cuUie by uiuil to the local military board this morn-, ing. whic h was the first and only one received since Saturday morning. ■ The Questionnaire was mailed by Dick Burdg. from Chicago, arriving in Decatur over the Eric. The tie up of the mails will delay the regis , trains from getting their blanks into the hands of the board, which unavoidable cause will be accepted as an excuse by the board. Those classified Saturday and Monday by the board are: John F. Smelser. Berne. Class 1. Peter R. Schroeder. Berne. Class] a; non-combatant. David Simon. Geneva. Class 4. | Mathew F. Ripberger. Decatur. ( Class 4. | Joseph H. Furot. Decatur. Class 4 Roy Nidlinger. Decatur. Class 4. j Albert J. Heuselman. Decatur. ( Class 4 Wm, C. Stric kler. Decatur. Class 4.; Clarence A. Stalter, Magley. 1 ( Class 5. | Verna M.Andrews. Decatur. Class 1;| non-combatant. I Chas. W. Massonnee. Decatur. Class 1. Harry E. Landers. Geneva. Class 1 Ed F. Boknecht, Decatur. Class 1. Rufus Runyon, Geneva. Class 3. Walter Thieme, Decatur. Class 4. Henry F Bieberich. Decatur. Class 4. Albert E. Rich. Berne. Class 4; non-combatant. Glenworth C. Cowan. Decatur. Class 4. Wm. A. Klepper, Decatur. Class 4 John F. Morningstar. Berne. Class 4 Raymond L. Stettler, Willshire. 1 Class 4. Levi Angebrant. Berne. Class 4. Albert M. Penning, Bryant. Class 4. Orie D. Newhard. Preble. Class 4. Lionel G. Baker. Berne. Class 4. j The following were referred to the district board because of occupation- , al or agricultural claims: Frederick J. Colchin, Decatur. Class 4 John R. Gage, Decatur Class 4. Harley J. Reef. Berne. Class 4. Harry French. Linn Grove. Class 4 Lewis P. Wendel, Rockport. O. Class 4. John P. Huser. Berne. Class 4. Jesse E. Lautzenheizer. Pleasant Mills. Class 4. James C. Hoffman, Decatur. Class 1. Laudy A. Jackson. Decatur. Class 4 Iva Smith. Decatur. Class 1. Raymond G. Knoff. Geneva. Class 4. Willis H Landis. Decatur. Class 4. Hazel B. Watkins. Pleasant Mills. Class 1. John P. Bosse. Decatur. Class 1. Floyd Schnepp. Decatur. Class 1. Ora W. Sheets. Monroeville. Class 4. Raymond Marquart, Bobo. Class 1 William Stuckey, Berne. Class I. Non-combatant. Clarence Stevens, Decatur. Class 5. Walter A. Springer. ’Bobo. Class 1. Herbert J. Steele. Decatur. Class 4. Fred D. Miller, Decatur. Class 4. Calvin F. Myers, Midland. Mich. Class 4 Jeff J. Schwartz. Bluffton. Class 1. Paul W. Tribolet. Jackson. Mich. Class 4.

fi::::::::an:::: :tn ::r. :::::::: anan y | WE REPAIR I 808 SLEDS | I I WOODWORK AND IRONWORK OF ALL « H KINDS. NEW SHOES PUT ON BOBSLED RUN- H § NERS. GENERAL REPAIR WORK OF ALL y | KINDS ON BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, H | SLEIGHS AND BOBSLEDS. | I 1 I Decatur Carriage Works | « Cor. Ist and Monroe Sts. Decatur, Ind. g ananananan TONIGHT REPEAT SHOW “THE RETREAT OF THE GERMANS AT ARRAS” That everybody will have an opportunity to see this great play, we will produce it again. We will reduce the price. IS CLINTS TO ALL This will be your opportunity to see this great production at the minimum price. THE FfLX THEATRE ■■■mmmRMWHMNaMMHaHUMa

QORETHROAT £4 A then apply- j* ijv , VICK'S 4. Non-combatant. Fred L. Sprunger, Berne. ( -' Non-combatant Glen Agler. Berne. Class L John R. Ludy. Berne. Class 4- * James Carpenter, Geneva. < " Racy D. Burrell, Hattiesburg Vilas Schindler. Berne. Class 3. Joel M. Neuenschwander, Her Class 1. Non-combatant. Fred Lautzenhizer. Pleasant MillsJohn L. Townsend. Decatur Class 4 Joseph C. Rich- Monroe. Class Grover C. Baumgartner, Bern-. Class 4. Floyd Acker. Decatur. Class 4. Williard O. Brandyberry. Monro. Class 5. Ben Johnson. Decatur. Class 4. Giles L. Suhm. Pleasant Mills. Class 4. Orva N. Smith. Berne. Class 4 Bert Mast. Berne. Class 4. Fred Mocke, Decatur. Class 1. Frank E. Neuenschwander. Decatut. | Class 1. Julius Boston. South Bend Class Clem Hackman. Pleasant Mills Class 5. i Otto R. Green, Decatur. Class 4 , Grover Clintin Shanks. Geneva: - j Theophile E. Steffen. Bluffton; Albert Frederick Mutschler. Decatur: John Dale Cowan. Pleasant Mills. 'Adolph Keifer, Decatur; Chester ißoth. Geneva: John Boice. Geneva. Marion Franklin Crist. Monroe: Noah N. Schrock. Berne; Don Milton Sheets. Decatur Wilbur D. Porter. | Decatur; Robert K. Sovine. Decatur; John R. Swartz. Bluffton; Jos H Faurote, Decatur; William Christen■er. Monroe; Ernst Ziegler. Geneva; 'Harry T. Roberts. Bluffton: Roy C. | Steele. Pleasant Mills; Bernad J i Terveer. Decatur; Grover W. Sprung- | er, Berne, non-combatant; Edward G j Hussey. Berne; James D. Briggs. Geneva; Edwin J. Fuelling. Decatur. FIRE AT INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis. Jan. 13 —Fire, thought to be of incendiary origin, broke out in the industrial building, which housed thirty manufacturing corners tonight, destroyed the building and adjoining property causing a loss of $1,000,000. Most of the manutaetaring companies were working on government war contracts for machinery. Six dwellings, a church, grocery and saloon also were burned. No lives were lost although falling walls placed firemen in great danger and hindered the min their work by cutting line after line of hose, which were playing water on the flames. o JACOB MARTIN IMPROVING 'Councilman Jacob Martin is rapidly recovering from his siege of small pox and kidney trouble, and is able to walk about the house again. He is somewhat weak yet, but is recovering nicely.

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