Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 25 January 1918 — Page 1

Volume XVI. Number 22.

GERMANY’S WAR AIMS GIVEN BY HERTLING CHANCELLOR DECLARES SPEECHES OF WILSON ANOGEORCE CONTAIN CERTAIN ACCEPTABLE PRINCIPLESSTRIKERS ASK FOR PEACE

(United Press Pervlr») | BULLETIN The Hague, Jan. 25 (Special to Daily Democrat)-■ “President Wilson's i §S k program contains many points apt to from the base of peace negotiations." i declared German Chancellor Hertling, | in his address to the main committee ( of the reichstag according to aver- s sion reported in Berlin dispatches re- < ceived here today. "Notwithstanding out strong mill- ( tary and political position, Germany is willing for peace," he asserted. t Premier Lloyd George's conditions , are absolutely unacceptable, the Ger- ] man chancellor said. “They arc badly masked annexationism." i Hertling voiced the pose of success ( in the Brest-Litovsk peace negotia- ( tiens. BULLETIN ( Amsterdam. Jan. 25 — (Special to c Daily Democrat) —German Chancellor Hertling told the main committee of ( the reichstag that the speeches of Premier Lloyd George and President f Wilson “contained certain acceptable princii les,” to Germany, according to ( Berlin dispatches received today. “Concretely the outlines arc unsatisfactory,” the German chancellor initiated. - -• 1 He demanded that "enemy leaders 1 set forth new proposals." The German chancellor's oft post poned and eagerly awaiting speech * was delivered to the reichstag com- I mittee Thursday afternoon. “On January 3 th period cxi ire.l for co-operation among the entente i looking toward a general peace." Hert- c ling said in opening. £ “After that German) ' no longet l bound by her offer to the entente. She 1 bad a free patii to pursue separate i peace negotiations. "Since then war aims specehe shave t been delivered by Premier Lloyd I George and President Wilson . Lloyd George showed an alteration in tone “He no longer abused ns but he . showed an inclination for negotiations l But I cannot go so far as the toreiga journals which have read in l* l ' ' speech an earnest desire lor P< <" 1 • or even of friendly feelings toward u"ln declaring he does not seek th. annihilation of Germany and never en tertained a desire to destroy us. ’« even used words of apr ro ‘ Germany’s political and cultural pom tion. .. “But his other utterance- force i n conviction that he believes himself en t titled to adjudge the Germans guilts of all possible crimes. "We cannot understand such feel ings, nor can we find in th< proof of a sincere will “I acknowledge that Presi'h at con's tune is now different • 10111 ' it was before his attempt h> nit a" (he American reply to the P«l’ e ' " sow dfssention between thf (,<nl government and the German 1“ °P ®’ , “He no longer talks ol suppression of the German 1 ’i> > • the government and his foir.u i ■' a upon the Hohenzollerns is not i<• od. "Doubt has often arisen "'liethet «"• Russians are in earnest in '[*"* negotiations. All sorts o messages are going through o "' world, with exceedingly strange < • tents, "'.and these might strong this doubt. ~ 1 hold fas' "* hope shortly to arrive at a R° 01 /. ciusk'n with the Russians a Utovsk- , an “We hope soon to com agreement with Ukrainia wllU 1 be mutually satisfactory cspei from an economic viewpoint. Continuing. Hertling I™"'®' 1 , riist Alsace Lorraine was nriK ' n ' HGerman in 1689 and that it had ni" ' been restored to Germany in I '' .. Commenting on President W ' M

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war aims speech, the German chancellor asserted: “On the first four points an agreement is obtainable without difficulty. “On the fifth there will lie some difficulty. it chiefly concerns England but President Wilson's proposals could he taken into consideration respecting the colonies demanded by Germany. "The sixth concerns only Russia and the Central Powers, » "The seventh can only be settled in peace negotiations but Germany has never demanded the incorporation of Belgian territory by violence. "On the eighth point Germany does not wish annexations by violence, but this is a question only to be discussed by France and Germany. "However, we cannot talk of the cession of Alsace-Lorraine, 87 per cent of whose population speak German. “On the ninth and tenth points, Germany remains solidly with AustriaHungary—(here there was an omission. either an excision by the German censor or an undecipherable phntse.) “As to the 14th point, Germany will be ready when all other questions are settled, to discuss a league of peoples.' "Restriction of military preparttion, the chancellor continued, discuss President Wilson’s demand for limitation of armarments, “is open to discus sion. The financial position of all European countries after the war will probably work effectively for a satisfactory solution of this matter.” “There are no differences between us and President Wilson as to freedom of the seas,” the German chancellor asserted. “Bui it is most important for future freedom of navigation that England relinquish strong fortified points d' appui on important international sailing routes.—such as Gibraltar. Malta, Aden, Hong Kong and the Falkland isles.” Briefly summarized, the 14 points embracing America’s war aims as outlined by Persident Wilson in his speech to congress on Jan. 8, were as follows: First —Open diplomacy. Second— Freedom of the seas. Third —No economic barriers and equality of trade conditions. Fourth — Guarantees for reduction ,f armaments. Pifth —“Free, open-minded and absolutely importial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the population concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determin-j ed.” SixtTi —Evacuation by the central empires of all Russian territory and complete territorial and political independance of that nation. Seventh— " Restoration” of Belgium. Eighth—" Restoration” of occupied French territory and “righting of the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871” in matter of Alsace-Lorraine Ninth - Readjustment of Italy's frontiers along lines of nationality. Tenth— Austria-Hungary’s peoples to be “accorded freest opportunity of autonomous developement. Eleventh— Evacuation of Balkan states and their separate independence guaranteed: Serbia to have an outlet ! to the sea. Twelfth— Turkey’s possessions not to be molested, except, as to states with nationalities other than Turkish, i which must be afforded opportunity I for autonomous developement. , Thirteenth— Polish independence. Fourteenth— A general association t of nations must be formed under spe- ,, oific covenants for the purpose of afr fording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity s ,o great and small states alike.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, January 25, 1918.

WEO AT TIFFIN, 0. Mrs. Cecilia Parent Zeser and Mr. Joseph E. Rah rig MARRIED ON TUESDAY Miss Anna Parent, a Sister of the Bride, Was t a Maid. Miss Anna Parent has returned from Tiffin, 0., where on Tuesday she was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her sister, a former Decatur lady. The Tiffin Advertiser says of the wedding: “Joseph E. Rah rig, Delphos, and Mrs. Cecilia Zesar. of this city, were married at St. Joseph’s church this morning at 6:30 o’clock. The couple was attended by George Rahrig. Upper Sandusky, nephew of the groom, and Miss Anna Parent. Decatur, lnd. sister of the bride. Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home of Otto L. Gillig, 45 Sycamore street. The bride was formerly from Decatur, lnd. For some time she had been employed as sales lady at the Boston store. She resigned two weeks ago. The groom is a farmer and Mr. and Mrs. Rahrig will reside on a farm five miles north of Fostorla.” DAUGHTER IS ILL Alfred Elzey will leave today over the Erie for Chicago and from there he will take the Sante Fe for Trinidad, Kolorado, being called there by the serious illness of his daughter, Mrs. Jacob Myers. WREN WEDDING Prominent Couple of Wren, Ohio, Were Happily Married WEDNESDAY EVENING Mr. Harley V. Welker and Miss Dora Sehaadt Take Vows. A lovely wedding of last Wednesday evening, January 28, was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. fharles Sehaadt. at .Wren, 0., when their daughter, Miss Dora Sehaadt was united in with Harley V. Welker. Rev E. M. Counseller officiated. A number of intimate friends witnessed the ceremony and partook of the fine supper which fallowed the wedding ceremony. During the evening some fine classical piano selections were rendered by the bride. These highly respected young people have the best wishes of their many friends. They will make their home in Wren. The following friends were present at the wedding: Mr. and Mrs. Cras. Sehaadt, Catherine C. Welker. Margaret Geulach, Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Counseller, Mr. and i Mrs. Joseph Sehaadt and son, Master 1 Carl, Mr. and Mrs. Grace Tope and son Master Robert: Edward Sehaadt, Fred Ethel, Charlie and Gladys Welker. LIGHTNING CHANGE ARTIST Harry Meshberger, of Linn Grove, proprietor of the Enterprise Stone | Crusher, had a very narrow escape from being burned Saturday morn- . ing, while building a fire in the stove. While pouring oil the flame . caught Harry’s slumbering robe. He , made some moves, and tore the robe from him in time that would put the , lightning change artists to shame. , It was this that saved him from ser- , ious burns. Harry has not sworn off using oil, but has sworn off on the slumbering robe, while starting fires. , —Bluffton News. SUNDAY AT 1:30. 1 Will the Funeral of Mrs. M. E. Reed be Held. 1 The funeral of Mrs. M. E. Reed ! " will be Sunday afternoon at 1:30 from ' tiie home of the daughter, Mrs. Will 1 corner Jefferson and Fifth y streets. Rev. J. G. Butler, of the Bap tist church, will officiate.

4444+444444444 4 EMERGENCY CALLS. 4 1 ♦ + + <\ E. Bell, , administrator 4 4* for Adams county, wants every- 4 + body to have enough fuel to keep 4 4* them warm and is working many + 4 hours a day toward that end. To- 4 j * day he issued an emergency or- ♦ j ♦ der, asking that any person who 4 4 is unable to secure fuel, call 4 4 him by telephone, 5t14 or »il4, and 4 4 ho will make an extra effort to 4 4 take care of your needs. Mr. + 4 nell deserves your help, (live 4 ! 4 it to him. 4 |+4 , + + + + + t + + + ‘t‘ + + | SCHOOLS WILL OPEN MONDAY Fuel Director Bell Authorizes Schools and Library to Reopen. ORDERS FOR MONDAY Picture Shows and Pool Rooms May Operate— Situation Improving. + + + b + + + + t'bt + t + 4 ORDERS FOR MONDAY. 4 4 4 4 Schools and library will re- 4 4 open Monday. 4 4 Picture shows can operate 4 4 Saturday and Monday. 4 Pool rooms may open Monday 4 4 and close Tuesday. 4 4 Drug stores, garages and oth- 4 4 er places will open all day. 4 «b Groceries and meat shops to 4 4 close at noon. 4 44444444444444 Monday will bring us the second ‘•heatless holiday" under orders of Dr Garfield, the national fuel director when all industries, including most o. the stores, are again expected ti close. C. E. Bell, the local director, acting under orders from his chiefs, has con silerably modified the orders and at tention is called to these that the pub lie may govern themselves according iyThe schools and library will reoper; Monday, it being considered safe now to do so. As last week, the newspapers can issue regular edition, banks, garages, laundry, restaurants, hotels butter and milk dealers, the creamery, fuel stores and concerns engaged in manufacture of fuel, blacksmith shops public buildings and utilities, doctor and dentists offices, packing conipan ies, etc., may remain open during then usual hours. Special orders for opening are as follows: Picture shows may open Mondays and Saturdays until further orders. Pool rooms may open on Monday but if they do so must, close on Tuesday, for sale of all goods. News stand may be opened hours necessary for disposing of papers, but not for sale of any other merchandise. Drug stores may open during entire day until 6 p. m. for sale of all goods. Groceries and meat sliops must close at noon. All other business houses and the offices of professional men other than doctors and dentists must be closed during the day. The library and schools will reopen 1 and Mr. Bell feels that unless an--1 other traffic stopping blizzard occurs they can be kept open. The fuel condition in Decatur while by no means normal is much improved ’ over that of a week ago. The coal 5 bins of dealers are still empty and ' there is no chance of getting ahead ‘ for some time, but at present every 1 one so far as known has been taken 3 care of for a few days and it is hoped ! that, cars of coal will arrive regularlv ' from now on. s Os the twenty-five cars ordered this • week acceptances or twenty-two have ' been received. I Your co-operation is asked that th* e witner months may be passed with as '■ little suffering as possible. FRANCE OR EGYPT Albert Hinkel, of Linn Grove, re ceived a letter from his son Claud •who is with the 25th Aviation Squad d ron, located at New York, stating that ii they would leave in the 'next day oi U two for France or Egypt. They die h not know for certain the exact time of departure or their destination.Bluffton Nows.

: NOT A WAR BREAD • i, ' It is a Wheat Bread—Has More of the Wheat ■ Grain. i THAN THE ORDINARY * Recipes Given for Observing Wheatless Day in the Letter. There has gone broadcast over the United States u feeling that Graham bread or whole wheat bread is the I thing to eat on “Wheatless Day.” Graham bread is very good, but it is a wheat bread, it merely has more of the original wheat grain in it than our ordinary white bread. To eat corn breads made entirely without wheat 1 would be following the rule of “Wheatless Day” to the letter. Two of these are the following: Sour Milk Corn Bread 2 cups cornmeal, 2 cups sour milk, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1% teaspoons salt, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 tablespoon cold water. Mix the corn meal, sour milk, oil. ] sugar and salt. Cook in a double boiler or over water for ten minutes. Cool add the beaten egg and finally the soda dissolved in the cold water. Bake % hour in a shallow iron or granite pan. Crisp Corn Bread 3 cups milk. 1 teaspoon salt. IVe ] cups corn meal. , Mix the ingredients and spread in 'hallow greased pans to about Vi inch in depth. Bake in a moderate oven' 1 until crisp. 1 WILL OPEN SOON: r N. O. Grove, of Sturgis. j Michigan, Opens Hardl ware Store . IN HAUGH BUILDING L c I 8 Building Being Thorough- i ly Remodeled —Son of , r Geneva Man. j Workmen are busily engaged in got- 1 1 8 ting the Haugk building on Madison street, formerly occupied by the Braun restaurant, ready for the open- e ing of a new hardware store there v February Ist, by N. O. Groves, of r Sturgis, Mich., a son of Hiram Grove, ( well known Geneva resident. | | Mr. Grove recently purchased the j hardware stock of the Dowling-STtuey ; hardware store, and will move this to 1 the new building, where he will great- I ly enlarge it and open an up-to-date j hardware store. While this is one of the newest and j ‘ finest business rooms in the city, all * new shelving is being installed and; the interior is being newly making it very fine indeed. Mr. Grove will move bis family here -' as soon as the weather makes railway , traffic more convenient. (,i — ■ | REV. MARSH IS SELECTED Rev. W. Paul Marsh of this city, has been notified by the directors bureau of the state council of defense that at the suggestion of Mr. Arthur Bentley. J state secretary of the Red Cross, that I he has been named as one of the speak r ers for the county war conferences to | i be held during the next two weeks. | i His subject will be the lied Cross. | t With his appointment he is notified of, 1 two assignments —Hartford City, on -i January 31st and Winchester on Feb- 1 , 3 ruary 4th. Rev. Marsh assisted during j the Red Cross campaign drive a month » ago and made good. K-■■ — A , GAVE A DELIGHTFUL TALK Rev. H. B. Masters, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Fort ?- Wayne, was the guest of honor at the | 1, regular luncheon meeting of the Ro-i i- tary Club held at. she Hotel Murray | it last evening. After enjoying a chickir en dinner, Rev. Masters gave a mast ' d erful talk, choosing for his subject one e of the works of Victor Hugo. Rev. J. - C. Hanna and Hon. C. J. Lutz were, the invited guests of the club. |

"CLIF" LaDELLE HAS DAUGHTER ' The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette this morning gives two birth reporter interest Imre. One is tlm birth of t daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kirpatrlck, 932 Broadway. Clifford i. better known here a Clifford "LaBelle." His wife was formerly Miss Margaret Weidler. The second birth reported is that of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Relnkittg, 2315 Broadway. SISTER IN HOSPITAL Miss Bertha Banner left this morning for Cape Girardeau. Mo., on account of the illness of her sister, Mrs ] L. M. Sark, who is in the hospital there, following an operation. AUSTRIA FOR LASTING PEACE Count Czernin Declares an Exchange of Views W ith America Might Brins It. GIVES WAR AIMS Favors Peace Without Annexation or Indemnity— Faithful to Germany. (United T*r«w«s Service) Copenhagen, Jan. 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —“Austria-Hungary and the United States practically agree not only on great principles of new arrangement of the world aftet the war. but our views approach or several concrete pqrice questions,’ declared Count Czernin. Austro-Hun-garian foreign minister, in a speech reported in Vienna dispatches today. The address was a frank and open bid for discussion of differences be tween Austria-Hungary and thi United States, looking to a puasjfclt adjustment. * “It is obvious, Czernin declared “that an exchange of views between Austria-Hungary and the Unitei States might form the starting point of conciliatory discussion between al states hitherto not entering negotia* lions.’’ The Austro-Hungarian leader re viewed President Wilson’s fourteen points outlining America's war aim; in much the same spirit as Germat , Chancellor Hertling and after ex plaining that views of Austria-Hun gary and America, “approached," de dared: < "The differences are not grejj j enough to prevent discussion whirl would clear matters up.” “The interests of these two bellig erents," Czernin continued, referrim to the United States and Austria Hungary, “are less incompatible that it would seem.” Discussing the Brest Litovsk peac< negotiations the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister declared: "Not even pan-German agitatior will force a change in my mind; I de clare anew that we do not demand |me square meter of land or one kreutzer from Russia. “Peace can be obtained if Russif hiaintains her stand—as it is evident she intends doing.” Czernin outlined at length the "difficulties” developed at Brest Litovsk and declared publication ol the proceedings there “had caused nervousness among the people." He solemnly asserted that it had been determined to "continue nego tiations there on the basis of no an nexations and no indemnities." “The population of Poland must decide its own fate and the questio: must not delay peace for one day,' Czernin continued. “If Poland aftet i the war wishes to make advances t< | us, we will welcome them. “A compromise must be reached in tthe differences between Russia and Germany regarding the free action ol ! peoples. The differences are not (great enough to justify a break on the negotiations. And, when peace with Russia is obtained, world peace cannot be prevented. “President Wilson's speech is an important advance toward the AustroHungarian standpoint, containing certain proposals in which Austriaj Hungary will gladly join, j “However, we support to the utI most our ally. Germany, as to Mel ; giuni and as to Turkey. "Austria rejects all advice as to her interior 1 affairs,” Czernin said, referring to President Wilson's plea to Teutonic peoples to overthrow | their autocratic government.

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STRIKERS ASK THAT WAR END Hundred Thousand March Streets at The Hague and Demand Their Rights. A RIOT AT BERLIN Submarine Destroyers Anticipate Further Call for Their Services Soon. (United Tress Service) Zurich, Jan. 25—(Special to Daily Democrat) —One hundred thousanj workers struck Thursday in Hague, a dispatch from Vienna announced today. Great mobs of strikers paraded the streets through The Hague. No Austrian newspapers have been ,rc» ceived here for several days. Washington, Jan. 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — American naval men saw today the purpose of our destroyers doing some smart fighting with the Teuton U-boats, more powerully armed than hertofore. That Getmany has recently recalled her Uroats is indicated by the lower sinkng rate. Petrograd, Jan. 3.i —(Delayed, via ixmdon. Jan. 25) —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Many women and cb \- dren were in the forty killed and 200 wounded in Tuesday’s rioting at Mos•ow, according to word received hero today. A big procession of bolsheviki forces with machine guns, armored cars, ■avalry and other equipments arrived it theater square where there were a thousand spectators for a review. Two revolver shots caused a panic and i fusillade of bullets from the troops. The first victims were parallels.mat- «.#*• by. The Moscow soviet charged that the Irst shots came from hotels bordering ’.lie square and machine guns and arnored cars were turned on one of hese. the Metropole. A dispatch from Viberg reported a mttle between the red guards and the .vhite guards in which the former capured the railway station. BULLETIN • Petrograd, Jan. 25 —(Special to Djfly Democrat) —-Confidence in the ’©liming assistance of the western I Ifcletariat” was expressed by Foreign Minister Trotsky in a speech to the ongress of soviet deputies today. The “western poletariat” can only i/iean the people of Germany . BULLETIN Amsterdam. Jan. 25 —(Special to Jaily Democrat)- Severe rioting on Wednesday and Thursday in Berlin was reported in dispatches received here teday. One report asserted that •nobs were marching in the streets denanding peace. It was regarded as 2jreqt significance that Thursday's newepfOl ers had not arrived today rout iter lon. as usual. . .Pelrojrad. * Jan. 25 (Special to Daily Democrat) The peoples' commissaries today wired the soviets of Vladivostok and Harbin firmly to reust the, landing or entry of any Japanese or Chinese troops from war craft. The commissaries are informed that ’ol. Dudd, or the British army, just arrived in Petrograd from Jassy, had brought word of Rumania's desire amicably to adjust the matters in dispute between that country and the bolsheviki government. Last week the bolsheviki government. was reported to have served a 24 hour ultimatum on the Rumanian government, threatening war it Rumania did not instantly release Ru - slan and Austrian army officers and punish Rumanian soldiers responsible for their arrest. London, Jan. 25—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Hostile artillery was active early last night west of Lavacquorie and in the neighborhood of Passchendaele. Field Marshal Haig reported today. Copenhagen, Jan. 25 —(Sped: I to , I>tily Democrat) -Resignation <>C Premier Welcorle, Hungarian premier, was again reported here today, indicating continued political unrest in Austria-Hungary.