Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1918 — Page 2

3 ■ <LY DEMOCRAT, .tdlahad Every Evening Encept Sunday toy The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier........ 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 15 00 Per Month, by mall 25 cents Per Tear, by mall 13 00 Single Copies 1 cento Advertising rates made known on application. Enieiod at the postofflce In Decatur. Indiana, as eecond-claos matter. Decatur und Adams county have met the storm crisis in a brave manner and so far as reported there has been but little suffering. We are in the midst of a very severe winter, thmore noticeable perhaps because of the shortage of fuel, heretofore an unknown obstacle, but some how we must and will get through it. Lot everybody help all they can that the load may be a slight as possible for those who must bear the responsibility. It snowed again and it kept it up about all night, adding six or eight inches to the viduni of snow which now piles high every where. However there was no blizzard accompanying the snow fall and early this morning the traffic weiit on as usual. Railroads will soon t>e operating on time, the farmers ard digging through the country roads and gTitdimlly Ute niiddi west is emerging from the "great storm which completely paralyzed business and traffic for sixty hours Tom Dowling, the new street commissioner. is sure enough getting a try out. If he, gets through this seige he can feel he has fought through th" worst snow storm of a generation New paths have to be made each morning, the gutters are. no sooner cleared than they have to be looked after again and it seems there are greater snaps than that of being a city street commissioner. Property owners can help a great deal if they will and every citizen may feel asstfed that whatever he does in the wav of assisting in keeping the walks and roads open for traffic will be appreciated. not only by the street commissioner but by the public in general. Henry Clews, one of the nation'greatest financiers and head of the great Clews bank of New York, in his weekly letter just issued, says: "'President Wilson's statement of our peace aims may not bring an immediate end of the war. Nevertheless it will IxJth stimulate and facilitate negotiations to that end. when the mind of Germany realizes the inevitable and better understands the real objects of the allies. This message is an historic document of the highest importance. It is the clearest and the strongest, statement of any hitherto l ilt out by the allied governments. I' is based on simple justice throughout: is remarkable for the unselfish tone that permeates the message from beginning to end. and will accomplish much toward clarifying the issues, Pre-Inventory Sale You will not have an opportunity to buy clothing at such prices as we are ottering in a long time to come, so why not take advantage of the prices we are ottering at this time 25 to 33 1-3 per cent reduction, i j >—.nrir - ! THE MYERS-DAILEY] COMPANY

I < rvstalhzing allied opinions, und lieurtI cuing the allied cause and operations. While the immediate outlook for pem e is poor, there is no doubt that this clear-cut enunciation of the allied terms, and their determination to nt- ( tain them, will ultimately hasten i I eace: the main obstacle to that end 1 being the ignorance of a large part of Germany as to the real purposes of the allies, as well as a belief that they seek the dissolution of Germany and di< tilth'll of her internal affairs, which is absolutely false.'* Strange as it may seem there are limes when a newspaper office needs money. We have for years made our campaign for renewal of subscriber., during the first few weeks of the year. Some how or otl: r ■ like to start the year off with our big family of readers paid up for allot? :• ; ar. It helps in many ways, the most imi ortant of which is that it enables us to plan for the year, to buy our stock to advantage and to the better serve you with the news. We are now in the midst of the campaign for 1918 and we are more than pleased with the number who have renewed and with the new subscribers recently added to I our lists. Won't you add yours? We ( realize the many other obligations ot the season but none are more importi ant than your paper, r _ - •‘ *, arar asiaraxyaramrsaiarsciaix i SOCIETY |- WEEKLY SOCIAL CALENDAR j 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. Zion Leutheran Ladies' Aid Mi-. Hinz. Baptist Aid Postponed. Presbyterian Aid —Mrs. C. F. i Davison. i- Ic-Nick club —Anola Frank. The Zion Lutheran Ladies' Aid so- ■ ciety will meet Thursday afternoon with .Mrs. Hinz at the parsonage when ! they will take up Red Cross work. A meeting was held at the home of .Mrs. W. A. Dull Saturday afternoon, at which time a club was organized fi r the advancements of the Red Cross activities. The club consists of ' forty members who will unite in sew- ; ing and knitting or other duties which may be required for our country's cause. Willshire Herald. Miss Esther Enos of Decatur, is a week end guest of the W. A. Dull family. Willshire Herald. The Presbyterian Aid will meet with .Mrs. C. F. Davison Thursday afternoon. Come before three o'clock or you may miss part of the good time. The new officers will greet you. Be sure to be present before three o'clock or you will miss some fun is the injunction given. The Baptist Aid which was to have met with .Mrs. John Everett Thursday of this week, has been postponed for two weeks on account of the uncertainty of the weather. Mrs. Tom Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Smith attended the wedding of their niece and sister. Miss Mildred LaDelle and Francis McClaunihan at Fort Wayne this morning. The ceremony took place at the Cathedral.l A wedding diner was given at the'] Fred Lalielle home. AFTER THE "SUB” PROFITEERING | I I I Indianapolis. Jan. 15—-Reports of an' organized system of profiteering tn substitute foods by wholesalers of Evansville are being investigated by agents of the Federal Food Administrators of the Department of Justice. Insistent complaints have been coming from Evansville that hotels, restaurants and public eating-houses ( have been forced to pay unreasonable prices for oysters, fish, seafoods and other meat substitutes, witli the rethrti their profit.-, have oeeu al- I most entirely wiped out. For eggs, it < is alleged, prices are much higher[< than most wholesalers in the state ( have been demanding and ixiultry \ prices are well nigh prohibitive. h Under the Food Control act the food A administrator has authority to demait'l, V the accounts of all dealers which may y. >e done in Hits instance, if it is unpat- ol ■nt that any wholesalers are taking t.-t, dvantage of conditions tv profiteer, 'ch

pt nmtu: mnxmm:: mt: out ran at: m«js < iGO 0 R T : >a»ara»nraixmana»ara»atKu H William Drew, of-Geneva. has made 1 an assignment of his real and personDrew and Everett ('. Arnold be named ' trustees of the same, for distribution to his creditors. Peterson A- Moran are his attorneys. Judge I). E. Smith officiated at the wedding or Emery Walter Getz and Miss Wilma Lyons, this afternoon. A divorce was granted this afternoon to Belle l.iby Wolfe from Henry Wolfe. Hunting licenses were issued to Walter A. Springer and Samuel C. Cottrell. Seven memliers of the jury reported here this morning tor duty. The ease of the State vs. Daniel Hardin, for child desertion was set for trial for today but. was continued and will not come up for hearing until the next ter mos court. The jury was excused this morning for the remainder of the term. This term closes Saturday. The first marriage license this month was issued today to Etnerv Walter Getz, born June 21. 1888. son of Levi Getz, and Wilma Iva Lyons, born October 2. 1899, daughter of Cyrus Lyons. *TO ENFORCE* FOOD LAWS (United Press Service) Washington. Jan. 15 (Special to Daily Democrat)—Administration bills empowering Herbert Hoover to enforce wheatless and meatleess days and stipulate war bread, if necessary for the country, have been completed. As drawn by Senator Ponierene and Representative Lever at the suggestion and with the aid of Food Administrator Hoover, the measures pro vide: • "Authority to compel observation of meatless and wheatless days: license hotels and restaurants; control milling concerns to increase the flour output; power to enforce substitution of greater quantities of rye flour and corn meal for wheat flour: authority to compel use of locally manufactured products with a view to eliminating cross hauling—and other measires necessary for greater food regulation. — COAL - IFOR - FAMILY USE (United Press Service) Washington. Jan. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat )-M.'oal for suffering families and war utilities has the right of way over the national railroad today. Priority orders issued by Director McAdoo, declares that fuel mus* be supplied at critical points before any other kind of freight is moved. After the first vital needs for coal have been supplied, then, his order states, food is to be given priority and thirdly, bunker coal for 118 ships tied up in New York harbor by lack of fuel. All state administrators were notified by Fuel Administrator Garfield today that wherever a shortage in coal or coke is found to exist for domestic use. coal or coke may be diverted to the stricken districts, no matter what its previous routing may have been. a FUNERAL OF MR. GENTIS Will Be Heid Thursday Morning from the Evangelical Church. The body of George Gentis arrived from Fort Wayne last evening at 4:30 o'clock over the G. R. & I. and was taken to the home on West Monroe street. The funeral has been set for Thursday afternoon at ten o'clock from the home: and at 10:30 from the Evangelical church The body will be placed in the vault at the Decatur cemetery until the burial arrangements have keen decided upon. "wants YOU TO WRITE Fort Thomas. Ky.. Jan. 11. Dear Editor Daily Democrat: — I am a soldier in the army and am lonesome for someone to write to me. Would like to' hear from some one from around there as that used to be my boyhood home. It would help to pass the lonesome hours away. Print this if you please. Yours truly. SAMUEL F. JOHNSON. Bugler 13 Co. Fl. Thomas, Kentucky. , o ■ IS NEAR DEATH I Relatives Called to Bedside of Mrs. ' George Weinman. Harvey Everett arrived from Camp Taylor, Ky.. last evening upon receipt of a telegram that his halt-sister. Lu- . cretia. wife of George Weinman, of Convoy. ()., is not expected to liv? With his mother. Mrs Isaac Everett, he let! (his morning for Convoy, and • Mr. Everett will come tomorrow. Mrs. • Weinman who is about thirty-fiv.y rears of age. has l>< n ill a long time 2 >f tuberculosis, and the e,jd is bellev-l dto be near. She lias five si!iiiu s hfldreii. ! 2

♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + CLASSIFICATIONS ♦ ++++ ++++++++++ Tile task of classifying the registrants as they return their question , naires is progressing day by day and within another week it Is thought that the job of the local board will be com- ( pleted. Only a few of the question- ( naires were returned today owing to ( the fact that no rural deliveries were made during the last two days. Those classified today were: Samuel C Cottrell. Decatur. Class 4. John Am, Detroit. Mich. Class 1. Mllber Mathvs. Berne. Class 1. Clarence H Davis. Monroe. Class 4 Jesse L Yaney. Geneva. Class 4. Noah A. Burkhalter. Berne. Class 5; non-combatant. Win. H. Egly. Geneva. Class 1: non-combatant. Gust Ehlerding. Decatur. Class 4. C. T. Habegger. Berne. Class 4; non-combatant. Martin E. Murphy. Geneva. Class 1. Thomas J. Essex. Monroe. Class 4. Thomas J. Essex. Monroe. Class 4. Jerome J. Coffee. Decatur. Class 4. John R. Horton, jr., Decatur. Class 4. Adolph Schamerloh. Decatur. Class 4. , Henry F. Evans, Decatur. Class 4. James E. Boyd. Decatur. Class 1. Gilbert L. Buckey. Geneva. Class 1 Norbert J. Schneider, Dpcatur. Class 1. John H. Lose. Decatur. Class 1. Ira G. Bodie. Decatur. Class 4. Harry Sprunger. Berne. Class 1: non-combatant. Wm J Gregg. Geneva. Class 4. Lewis Reinking. Magley. Class 4 Otis E. Miller. Decatur. Class 4 Earl S. Landis. Monroe. Class 4. Lewis M. Egley. Magley. Class 4. Clarence E. Rose. Linn Grove. Class 4. Rex. Haviland. Geneva. Class 4. Raymond Bluhm. Monroe. Class 4. Albert W. Schlickman, Decatur. Class 4. Henry R. Yake. Magley. Class 4. Rollie M. Barkley, Monroeville. Class 4 Theo A. Drake. Decatur. Class 4. Amos M. Stauffer. Geneva. Class 1. Ralph E. Fuller. Pleasant Mills. Class 5. Roy Lehman. Geneva. Class 3. Willis A. Andrews. Decatur. Class 4; non-combatant. Bert R. Glendenning. Portland. Class 1. Florenz Stucky, Berne. Class 4: non combatant. Clyde Death. Maumee, O. Class 4. John J. Irelan. Berne. Class 4 Benj. H. Miller. Berne. Class 4. Noah Blowers. Berne. Class 4 Orville M Bentz. Geneva. Class 4. Curtis L. Miller. Decatur. Class 4. Lester F. Davis.-Decatur. Class 4. Morris C. Gaskill. Decatur. Class 4 Leo Ulman. Decatur. Class 4. Theo F. Smith. Decatur. Class 4. Henry L. Smith. Monroe. Class 5. Wm L. Cooper. Geneva. Class 5. Harry R. Gregg. Geneva. Class 3. Royland Grote. Decatur. Class 1. Adolph Doehrman. Decatur. Class 4. Frederick G. Busse. Decatur. Class 4. Rolla E. Raudenbush. Monroe. Class 4; non-combatant. Dick L. Burdg. Decatur. Class 4. Herman Stoppenhagen. Decatur Class 4. Because of occupational or agricultural grounds, the following were referred to the district board: Ralph Lawson, Decatur; Wm. Kauffman. Berne; Irwin E. Zimmerman. Monroe; James (’. Runyon. Geneva; Samuel E. Kaehr. Monroe; Clarence L. Gase. Decatur; Dore H. Parr. Berne; Charles Burke. Monroe. DEEP DRIFTS Deep snow drifts, requiring much shoveling, are reixtrted from the farm of Charles Bleeke. northeast of the city, in Union township. One ten feet deep; with smaller ones ranging from seven and a half feet down, are reported. Other farms in the community are also badly drifted. IS ILL OF PNEU M 0 NIA William Hilgemann. well kno,wn farmer of Preble township, is ill of pneumonia. E. Merriman, prominent resident of Blue Creek township, was in town this morning and renewed his subscription to the Democrat. Mr. Merriman wbh others, made (he trip here by sled as far as the Ellsworth farm three miles from town. At this point it became necessary to desert the sled and walk to town, the drifts being such that they could not get through otherwise. NOTICE MR. AND MRS. C. M. SMITH Chiropractic Specialists Conte and let them examine your spine and tell you where you arc affected. Consultation and spinal analysis free. Office oxer Morris ’ and 10r store. Hours, J) to 11 a. m.; I to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m. I

CHOOSING A CHAIRMAN ludlangpolt*. Jun ls ' 11 "' l I pere today to consider the res.puH-’n | of Charles Greathouse, chalrmam Is understood that every effort « I made to induce hi... to withdraw h I resignation. He presented it be. ■ 1 he believed his work as a mernbei < the vtxational education board would prevent him from giving the work the attention required. His friends, however, believe that the. appointment of Fred Van .Nuys asecretary of the committee will solve I the problem. Van Nuys is expected to take charge of all detail work in the committee's activities. Plans were also made for the prim ury campaigns. Practically all county offices will be filled. One-halt st tho state senators and all of the tepri sentatives will be elected then. The other state officials to be chos. n are: secretary of state, auditor, attorney general, clerk of the supreme court, clerk of the appellate court, geologist, two judges of the supreme court, and five of the appellate court. County Clerk Will Hammell received from the federal explosive inspector a copy of the laws for the guarding of explosives, with the i quest that the following marked portion be given as much publicity as possible: “A farmer requiring explosives will need a purchaser's license, and if he _ desires to issue explosives to his em- , ployees he must obtain also a fore- | man's license and keep the record de- | scribed in section 10. Under the pur- | chaser's license one can nbt sell. give. | ■ or barter, or dispose of explosives ex cept by personal use. Unused ex- | plosives must be kept in a safe plac?. securely locked. (See sec. 5 regard- ; ing age requirements, and sec. 6 regarding county or state lines.) Farmers may obtain additional information from the county agricultural agent or from a local licensing officer." FORCED THEM TO MAKE “CUT.' Indianapolis. Jan? 15 —The approval _ of the federal food administrator for Indiana. Dr. Harry E. Barnard, his 5 been given the action of Geo. M. Haffner. food administrator for Allen coun- • ty. who required a retailer to re-mark prices on canned goods. Mr. Haffners ' action followed a report that the retailer in question was charging 20< a ' can for tomatoes that he had bought wholesale for 12c. This is a clear violation of that section of the food control law that gives federal food administrators power to regulate the margin of retail profit and determine what is reasonable. URGED TO LIMIT USE OF AUTOS (United Tress Service) Washington. Jan. 15 —Congress may take drastic steps to restrict the use of motor cars during the war to conserve oil. Senator itenyon. member , of the committee investigating fue'. declared the use of pleasure cars du. ing the war should not be allowed. Great Britain has found it cannot keep its motor cars going and at the same time fill the oil needs of its navy, he said, adding that, unlike the condition . in this country, automobiles are never ? seen in front of theatres in London and other cities. WHITE NHCE "HELP WIN THE WAR (United Press Service) ; Washington. Jan. 15 —if you have a white mouse in your home the army . can use him. He is needed for pneumonia tests at army camps, and is useful in the trenches to detect gas 1 attacks. 1 The war department- can’t get r» enough of these rodents for pneumon- ’ ia tests alone—the disease that has 1 made the greatest inroads of any in tlie training camps. The test is made by injecting saliva in the mouse's ear and it reacts immediately if a patient has been stricken by the pneumonia 1 & O ‘ LARGE KNITTING SHIPMENT Another large shipment of knitted 1 goods, consisting of sweaters, helmet-. 1 socks, etc., is being gotten ready by 1 Mrs. W. E. Smith, t osend to the Red 1 Cross headquarters at Fort Wayne. : and from there to the boys in mili--1 tary service. The ladies of the com- ' munity are quite busy and manyl garmenty are being turned in. MISS REYNOLDS TAKES POSITION Miss Bercneta Reynolds has taken a position as bookkeeper and. stenographer for Graham & Walters. She succeeds Miss Sue Mayer who resigned to take a rest. Miss Mayer lias held this position for five and a half years and is very efficient and excellent. SORE THROAT or Ton»iliti» —gargle jr-yz with warm, salt water then applyVBsvAWrusS

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