Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1918 — Page 1

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GERMANY IN DIRE DISTRESS Shown by Report Brought Here—April and May the Severest Months. CHINESE KILL SAILOR 4 When American Boat Was I' ired I pon — Austrian Strikers Want Peace. (United Press Service) (By Carl D. Groat, United Press staff correspondent.) ashington, Jan. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat)— Germany’s iron domination plus political reorganization within Austria will stem for n time the growing politic-economic unrest there, government authorities believed today. They warned that while the internal pdoblem of Germany and Austria as! reflected by the best available official reports is grave there is yet no reason to feel that collapse is at hand. For that reason they counselled against the building of false hopes within this country that sheer physical and economic exhaustion will halt the Teuton just now. Government authorities, however, are waiting eagerly tor the long delayed but still expected statement of Germany in response to Premier Lloyd George and President Wilson. This, they think, will be the most accurate barometer thus far as to the Teuton internal problem. “April and May will be the worst months the central empires have faced,” said a government official. “And,! 1 If the peoples of the empires stand for what they will have to stand for then the war ought to go on to a knockout." Word pictures of the central empire reaching this government through of-' 1 ficial channels, etch a scene of misery and want. From a Dutchman just back from Germany, the government has this statement: “The Germany which I saw was i| perfect picture of misery which could only arouse feelings of compassion. 1 1 To this time is appended a semi-of-1 ficial comment thus: “Nearly all the concrete statements t made in the (Dutchman's) article arc i amply supported by German evidence i and undoubtedly present conditions and future prospects are extremely i gloomy and there prevails in Ger-i many a mood of depression which not even the recent military successes in Italy are able to dispel.” Government quarters do not entirely agree with* the dutchman’s statement that “It will not be possible for Ger- i many to hold out six months longer, without the majority of the civil population being completely broken down morally as well as physically.” (By Joseph Shaplen, United Press staff correspondent.) (Copyright 1918, by United Press) Petrograd, Jan. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—New Russia wants recognition from the peoples of the world more than the governments of the world. She looks torwaid hope fully to a world proletariat which will combine to stop war's slaughtei an 1 j • radicate all causes for future wai. The bolsheviki ministry of foreign affairs thus outlined Russia’s viewpoint in a special statement for the United Press today, signed by UnderForeign Minister Salkind in the am rence from Petrograd of Foreign Mm ister Trotsky. "The Russian people hitherto in a ages have been ruled from above, he declared. "Now they rule theniselve. They will stand and fight against a foes wherever found with full P'hk m tlie consequence of having contribu , cd an immortal page to the history of mankind.” , . "The government of the soviet o the peoples’ commissaries, is not con cerned with obtaining official ri iogni tion from foreign powers, the ’ office statement to the United re. s *issert©(l, “The republic of the United soviets appeals primarily not to goveinnwn but to the peoples of the world. «n< m it seeks to unite with the purpose ou ending the world slaughter and • r.n icating the cause of war, nanieiy perialism and arbitration which n oiu form or another animate all goveta ments as at present constituted. "Any recognition which foreign go ■

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erntnents bestow on the present Russian republic will be welcome principally ns testimony of the power, the I frankness for the undisguised putj poses of the Russian revolution. We are not concerned in old diplomatic usages. Ours is a first time in history government—a government of the exploited and the oppressed. “We can hope to succeed, not in proportion as we are recognized by the foreign offices of other countries but in proportion as we receive the ; active support of the proletariat of the democracies of the world. "If any governments willingly recognize the historical importance and the . grandeur of a republic being born in the midst of the ruins of an external and a civil war, the peoples of Russia will be glad to receive that recognition.” BULLETIN Washington, Jan. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Firing by Chinese on the United States gunboat Monocacy, which resulted in killing of one American sailor and badly wounding two others, was made the subject of protest to the Chinese government today by American Minister Beinsch. The attack on the American vessel took place, according to official advice I today on the Yangtse river. 50 miles I above Yochow. It is believed revolutionary forces were responsible and the Chinese government will he called upon to run down and punish the offenders. Amsterdam, Jan. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat (—Germany has begun exercise of powerful pressure on Sweden, according to information received here today. The Cologne Gazette flatly announces that if Sweden permits America to use her tonnage, even in coastal traffic “Germany will consider such action a breach of neutrality.” — London, Jan. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Repulse of an attempted enemy raid east of Ypres was reported by Field Marshal Haig today. Zurich, Jan. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Austria-Hungary’s strikers are not impelled through economic motives in their tie up of industry, but the "revolutionary movement” is to prevent prolongation of the war through application of annexationist dictrines by the Teutons The Wiener Neustadt, copies of which were received here today, so quotes a speech by the socialist depit ty Renner. "The principal cause of the revolt! tion,” he asserted “is not diminution of the bread ration, but the workers are firm in their resolution to prevent demands for annexation ijrolonging the war.” Advices received today indicated that the strikes had existed through Pilsen. Hreux, Rechetlborg, Brunn, Linz and other towns in Bohemia and Moravia. One report here was that the Austrian cabinet had resigned. London. Jan. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Irish question loomed up again as likely to embarrass the government today with Sir Edward Carson, the uncompromising opponent of home rule, out of the war cabinet and ready to mix in the whole settlement. Carson’s resignation, he announced, was entirely due to his feeling that he should be free to participate in the Irish settlement and not because of any dissatisfaction or disagreement with his colleagues in the conduct of I the war. ROOSEVELT ON GROUND. Washington, D .C , Jan. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The dramatic fight developing between President Wilson and congress over the Chamberlain "war cabinet” bill grew rapidly today. Colonel Roosevelt plunged into the melee immediately upon arriving in Washington, had a conference with Chamberlain and in a brief interview assailed those “who defend inefficiency and lukewarm delay.” He Is here, he said, to fight war measures. Chamberlain's speech answering President Wilson may come Thursday when the senate renews investigations. There is little hope that the war cabinet will pass either house, in the face of the bitter and unqualified hostilities of the administration. AT THE CITY HALL. There will be a meeting of the Decatur Advertisers' association tonight at the city hall at seven o'clock sharp. Every member is urged to ', attend. | Make saving contagious. The W. . S. S. habit will do it.

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TO FRANCE SOON (* Battery A Will Probably Leave for France in Six Weeks 1 ■ IS THE OPINION ■» ■ Company Reduced to 201 Men—Captain Charles Dunn in Charge. 1 . 1 The Bluffton News says of Battery A, in which are the greater number of the boys of former Company A, from this city and county: ( “Mrs. Charles Dunn received a let , ter today from her husband who is captain of Battery A from Decatur, which is stationed at Camp Shelby. . Miss., stating that their company had ■ been reduced from 236 men to 204 and lie gives the number of men to each rank. He thinks that they will probably leave for France in about six weeks, as they have very little equipment. at the camp with which to work . only having three six-inch guns and a few rifles there. They will do the rest of their training in France and . a large equipment is awaiting them there. The following is the list of the equipment that they will have in France: I five-passenger motorcar, 1 small car, 12 motorcycles with side cars, 10 5-ton tractors, 8 3-ton trucks. 6 ammunition trucks. 1 truck with fire control, 1 supply truck, 12 4-inch guns with caissons, 62 pistols and 147 rifles. He thinks with this equipment he will have a fine battery.” TAGWWEL January 30th Will be Observed as “Tag-Your-Shovel Day” in ALL THE SCHOOLS Save That Shovel of Coal for Uncle Sam —Observe a Few Rules. Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 22—Indiana’s school children, an army of 700,000, will make a drive on the kaiser January 30, when, under the direction of Horace Ellis, state superintendent of public instruction, and the local school authorities, they tag every coal shovel in each school locality. The United States fuel administration has fixed January 30 as a national TAG-YOUR-SHOVEL-DAY. On that date the school children will attempt to tie on every shovel a tag appealing to the person who uses that shovel to do so sparingly and save coal to aid Uncle Sam in winning the war. On one side of the tag is the appeal to "SAVE THAT SHOVELFUL OF COAL A DAY FOR UNCLE SAM.” On the other side of the tag are the following suggestions on how to save coal. 1. Cover furnace and pipes with asbestor. or other insulation, also weather strip your windows, or stuff cracks with cotton. 2. Keep your rooms at 68 degrees (best heat for health). 3. Heat only the rooms you use all the time. 4. Test your ashes by sifting. If you find much good coal, there is something wrong with your heater. See a furnace expert. 5. Write to the maker of your furnace or stove for practical directions i for running economically. , 6. Save gas and electric lights as . much as possible—this will save ; coal. i Many of the county fuel adminis- ! trators in Indiana are preparing to . make TAG-YOUR-SHOVEL-DAY an I occasion for patriotic demonstra 1 tion in which the conservation of fuel s and food will be emphasized. In f several cities the mayors are to per mit the school children to publicly tag both the mayor's coal shovel and the city hall's coal shovel and the city’s chief executive will make s brief address on the necessities for { conservation. , Dr. Harry A. Garfield, United States fuel administrator at Wash ington, D. C., sets forth the neces ’- sity for coal conservation and indi cates what he hopes will be accom

11 pllshed by the school children, in the ■ following statement: "The United States is mining a recordbreaking amount of coal in an y attempt to supply the record-break ing demands caused by the war. Coal is the great force behind the men in the trenches; behind the battleships, the transports, the munition factories and the railroads. j "The war demands a hitherto un- ’ heard of amount of coal. The fuel administration is doing its utmost to j supply this emergency demand. Through the adjustment of labor troubles at the mines, the increase of the available number of coal cars and the speeding up of coal transportation, the Fuel administration is endeavoring to supply ARMY and y (Continued on Page Two) f —

A PORKLESS DAY s Saturday is to be Porkless i on the Advice of Administrator Hoover. i WAS ADOPTED HERE C 1 On Last Saturday in Res1 taurant—Volunteer or 1 f be Limited. i i ; Last Saturday was already observed by local restaurants as porkless day. , A dispatch from Indianapolis says of 1 the ruling: j “In order to prevent any posible mist understanding, I am wiring all Federal Food Administrators that Porkless Saturday in addition to Meatless Tuer. day and at least one meatless meal each day. should be put into effect at once,” so says Herbert Hoover, to Dr. Harry E. Barnard. Federal Food Ad ministrator for Indiana. The wire has been communicated by Dr. Harry E. Barnard to county food administrators and they are notified to give it widest publicity. County councils of defense, women's organizations and particularly these affiliated with patriotic work are asked to cooperate to make this arrangement immediately operative. Volunteer or be Limited. “The food must be saved." said Dr. Barnard, in commenting on the telegram. “We must make voluntary sacrifices or suffer or rations to be limited and regulated as they are being limited and regulated in France and England. 1 anticipate Mr. Hoover is making -his final appeal for voluntary co-operation. Measures are pending in congress now to give him absolute . authority to enforce meatless and wheatless days. I know he. has hoped I this authority would not be required, but it seems that this puts the whole proposition up to the people directly to be answered favorably if they would have, the privilege of deciding for themselves . what they shall eat ■ and when they shall eat it.” SECOND SERUM TREATMENT Mrs. E. M. Reed, who is ill of pneumonia at the home of her daughter. . Mrs. Will Winnes, corner of Fifth and Jefferson, did not rest well last night. , A second serum treatment was given , and physicians think if her strength is sustained, that she will recover i nicely. She is able to take more nour- , ishment and this gives rise to the hope ’ that she will rapidly Low stronger. COUNCIL OF DEFENSE MEETING l A meeting of the different chairmen * and members of the Adams county council of defense will be held this r evening at seven-thirty o’clock at the ’ city hall. It is the plan to have every • chairman present his program for the big county war conference to be held in Decatur on February sth. 3 _ o SERVING IN PHILLIPINES 3 , Charles E. Karney, a member of the regular army since 1914, has written his father for a bunch of newspapers j that will give him some idea of what 1 is going on here. His father lives on j. Seventh street in this city and today 1 forwarded him a bunch of daily papers ii Charles’ time of enlistment expired -. last year but he is being held as a re y serve. ABOUT THE SICK e a Henry Krick, who had been bedfast T three weeks from lumbago, is improv ing and is able to be up a part o” the d time in the house. 1a- Mrs. L. W. Frank is confined to her i- bed on account of an attack of gall j- stones.

A LIGHT OVERCOAT Feels Good in Louisiana Says Dan Erwin, Who is There ENJOYING A TRIP Mrs. Erwin's Health Better Than Here—Go to Arkansas Soon. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Erwin are now

> at Lake Charles, La., according to a letter received at the Erwin & Michaud office. The weather is fine, but edged with cold. Mornings are i frosty and a light overcoat feels good, Mr. Erwin says. There are many soldiers in the town, and flying over the town every day, the aviation camp being located about sixteen i miles from Lake Charles. 1 Mrs. Erwin feels much better than when she left here and both are enjoying their trip. From Lake ’ Charles they expect' to go to Hot Springs, Arkansas., and also to Jonesboro, to visit with Mrs. Erwin’s brother, Fred Falk, and family. While at Lake Charles Mr. Erwin is attending to business for the land I company for which he is local agent, the lands there being in the region ■ of Lake Charles. Several men from here own lands there. Mail has been delayed, undoubtedly on account of the snow of the north, and the Erwins are anxiosly awaiting news from here. CANTEENCLERK Otto Miller, of Magley, Writes from Camp Shelby, Miss. LIKES IT THERE i Brother, Hubert, Also Writes Letters Are ( Interesting. i Camp Shelby, Miss, i .... January 10, 1913. t Dear Brother Ed: — t How is everything in Indiana? It , is a little colder down here now. There was an awful thunder shower ( t last night and it is snowing today. ( I am getting letters from all over the U. S. A. Tell mother that the gov eminent will send her the $15.00 a month front my monthly wages. It takes nearly all the money a fellow ( gets to keep a going. t The next letter may be a different t address for us, for the way it looks £ now, but will be somewhere in the U. £ S. A. j Did father ever get the tie and pin f I sent him t I am still a clerk in the canteen, and ( like it first rate. I weigh 164 pounds f now. I will mail my good pictures f Sunday and you will get them about , Wednesday. Say. Ed I'll bet you will , think it is the kaiser because I have my summer furs on. Ha. Ha. Well, how is my old Ford coming by this cold weather? 1 don’t think I will come home for awhile yet. Herb ( and I are all O. K. I think we have it , better than lots of the people around | ( out there, this is surely a good life,:, . it just seems as if Herb and I are only | , I a mile from home. We never have time to think about being at home. !; Tell everybody I said hello. I remain a true soldier boy. > Y our brother, OTTO MILLER. i ~ t Camp Shelby. Jan. 13. 1918. j Dear Mother: — I thought I would write you a few 3 lines as 1 am in the Y. M. C. A. I am j just fine. We are having cold weather. There is snow on the ground out here. A bunch of us boys went toj church tonight and was to church this morning. I have not missed church t once yet, since I left home. I have an awful bad cold these days e but was up town and sot some medicine. You need not. worry. I think I will soon be feeling better again. j r I can not tell you when 1 will ever II get the chance to see old Indiana j again, as they are not giving out

• furloughs now. Hat we are eillng i along just tine. Some of the boy. un I ••Ing transferred. Some hate to go but you have lo go where they want to put you in army life. Mike and I are sending home some of our pictures we had token, so you folks give them to our rein.lves so they will have something to remember us by. Bo sure to give one to Carl Smith. He surely remembers mo * for ho sends me lots of candy and cigarettes. Well how is everybody around homo these days? I suppose it is cold back in Indiana. Must close for this time. Good night. From your true soldier son. HUBERT MILLER PATRIOTIC TALKS Will be Given Over State by Dr. Lyman P. Powell of Hobart. PUBLISHED ARTICLE On “What Allies Expect of American Colleges”— Visited France. Indianapolis, Jan. 22—In the person of Dr. Lyman P. Powell, president of Hobart College, N. Y„ the Speakers’ Bureau of the Indiana State Council of Defense, has secured another celebrity who is being assigned to patriotic addresses throughout the state. Dr. Powell is available for Indiana audien-l ces during the next week but because of unfavorable weather conditions it has been found necessary to continually revise his itinerary. Dr. Powell has just returned from . France where he spent sometime on , the firing line. He visited many de- ( vastated French cities and watched | the shelling and destruction of one town of 10,000 inhabitants. Os this|, experience lie speaks graphically. Hep studied the work of the Y. M. ('. A . , and the Red Cross and is qualified t > | speak first-hand on their relationship | to the army. ( Dr. Powell was sent to Europe as ; ( reprecentative of the American Asso- L ciation of Colleges. His primary pur- ( pose was a study of the educational j situation in England and France that j s has grown out of the war Since his| t return he lias been helping co-ordinate f the work of American colleges v, ith i r those of France and England. He lias t prepared and published the article a "What our Allies Expect of American , s Colleges,” that has a special appeal to college communities to which ho has < been assigned in most instances. — — o THE COAL SITUATION ( Several cars of hard coal and one 1 car of mine run Pocahontas, arrived j s here last night, much to the satis.a' | 1 tion of every one .dealers, as well as; those out of fuel. The coal is just ' s about sufficient to take care of the loc ’ ■’ al situation nicely for the present and J 0 not. sufficient to take care of anybody ‘ outside of town. Indications are! 0 that the fuel situation will soon im- e prove and that another few days will find the people of this community in j r fair condition. The dealers are doing | ll all in their power to meet it and arc s doitig it here much better than in m >st > ll Places. n c MEN ROLLING BANDAGES. t Chicago. Jan. 22—Men here have s decided that they will not be outdone by women who devote part of theii “ time to war activities and have taken ® up the work of rolling bandages and 1 cutting garments. A Red Cross aux iliary for men has been chartered > and is composed of members of the t Kinzie club, of St. Janie’s church.' f Members of Masonic bodies are as- < sisting the Queen Esther chapter, 0. 1 i E. A., in making surgical dressings i and men employes of the Standard ( Oil company are making surgical: dressings and garments. PAUL GRAHAM~IN~ FRANCE Paul Graham, of Monroe, is now in France, having arrived I here about ' Thanksgiving time. Such was the word received in a letter this morning by his brother, L. A. Graham. Paul | enlisted June. 30 in the signal corps, 'enlisting at Fori Wayne. From thei ■ he went Ft. Thomas and from there! to Fl. Leavenworth, then to Ft. Wood. ■ Long Island from which place he was; sent to France. No submarines were seen enroute there and they had al fine trip. |

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A GREAT STORM GRIPS THE EAST Stopping Traffic and Causing Further Trouble for National Railroad. EMBARGO IS TALKED But Not Likely to be Put on Freight at This Time— Serious Problems. (United Press Service) New York, N. Y., Jan. 22 —(Special ' to Daily Democrat) —The network of eastern railroads .'traversing the great eastern coal fields and supplying Atlantic harbors with shipments from the west, was griping wildly today through a sudden snow storm ! that reached the proportion of a i blizzard. According to information i from official sources the district is !in as bad condition as when Dr. Garfield issued his fuel saving order. Tlie below zero weather in Pennsylvania and in the mountainous sections of New York and in the Virginias loaned a helping hand to the forces that have stopped railroads. In northern New York a fall of seven inches of snow drifted in some places even deeper added to the cares of railroad men. Some improvements were noticed. Chicago has practically cleared away the snow that was placed in its terminal. In Indiana the railroads are carrying supplies to Michigan, that state having been hit harder by snow and cold weatner. Washington, Jan. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Swept by a driving snow storm and bitter cold, the eastern seaboard and far inland today faced the crisis of winter. The weather bureau states snows will cease generally tonight, and a drop in temperature will follow, staggering tasks of the national railroads though relief is in sight.. The Garfield suspension of business ends tonight at midnight. Its effect, nullified by terrific weather for a few days, while isolated reports gave relief as result of the order and state conditions are worse where coal has been moved. In some parts it has hit almost unsurmountable obstacles. Ships have been supplied for the continued shortage of fuel, to further develop constructive ideas to meet the crisis. It was also declared that there will be no general embargo at least for the present day on freight shipments. (By Robert J. Bender, United Prc>f4 staff correspondent.) Washington. Jan. 22 (Special to Daily Democrat) Heavy snows along the eastern seaboard today dealt a. staggering blow to the national railroad. With the Garfield industrial suspension order at an end tonight tlie transportation throughout tlie country east of the Mississippi was hopelessly clogged with no chance to dig itself out in the face of further trying weather. Conferences between the fuel and railroad administration officers were held today to determine upon the next, step. Director General McAdoo last night vetoed the plan to [dace an embargo on all freight shipments except coal despite its recommendation by tlie war conference lioard. The Pennsylvania. however, put a voluntary embargo into effect with the sanction of Director Allred H. Smith, of tho eastern division. Other roads are expected to do likewise today. A general embargo is still held .i necessity by Fuel Administration officials. An extension of the five day suspension order—or a new order later this week inaugerating another period of suspension, is admittedly being considered. Drastic, curtailment of passenger traffic also is under advisement. Today a heavy blanket of snow carpeted the east. More than five inches had fallen in this vicinity, up to 8 o’clock this morning and it was still ! coming down. All (raffle was at a, standstill. Trains were blocked all along the lines. Pennsylvania suffered with temperatures as low as 31 degrees below zero, ' northern New York 20 below, Ohio 15 degrees below, lest Virginia 5 below ■anil New England 9 degrees below. ! Rapid freight movement was inipos ,- ' ible in tho last 24 hours under these i conditions. (Continued on Page Two)