Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1918 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT' Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE. Secretary Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier $5.00 by mail 25 Cents 1 Per Year, by mail $3.0-) : Single Copies 2 cents j Advertising rates made known on i ■ pulication. Entered at the postotlice in Decatur. Indiana, as second-class matter. The cold weather may prevent many from attending the war conference here tomorrow, which is the greater reason why you should attend as many of the meetings as possible. The speakers who are coming here will bring you a wonderful message. that, vou should know and tell those who cannot be here. To be real honest about it we don't care for this warm wave that was so loudly proclaimed last week. it must be another case of the "wish being father to the thought." It was twelvt below this morning and the waether man now. cruel man that he is. has the nerve to announce that tomorrow may be "clear and colder. Smilage books comes next. It s i request that you give a dollar to provide good clean amusement and entertainment for the boys in camp. Will you do it? We believe you will whert you thoroughly understand it as yo.t will in a few days. .Many of the greatest business men of the country are tack of the Smilage campaign. Get your dollar ready. The surest, safest, best way to save money' is to invest in 1 hritt Stami s. A quarter starts you and the government pays you four per cent intern ; compounded quarterly. \on can I be it it for an investment, it's a wonderful incentive for saving and with these reasons for doing it. is a greater om ■><lll serve your country. Start today st your postofticy. The strikes in Germany are waning. according to the latest dope this morning, showing the wonderful control the kaiser has over his subjects. The only encouraging thing about it is. that these strikes are coining more frequently and that each is more severe than the former. In anpen even in Germany The war conference tomorrow will bring to Decatur the greatest array of speakers who ever visited this city in one day. Every department of war activities will he discussed by those who have had the opportunity to study the situation. Surely there is some part of the work in which you are interested. Attend the meetings and 1 help make this the greatest event ever , held here. < .. All that the anti-administration pa- * pers have to kick on Secretary Baker ,

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about now is that he did not tell them 1 sooner what was going on. To put it I another way If Secretary Baker had told them a month ago all the inside workings of the war department he would have saved u lot of republican newspapers and politicians and congressmen from making monkeys obt of themselves. New Castle Tinies. The American forces have made good. After several months of intensive training they have been given .in important sector of the western defense line in Lorraine and they are now defending it. That they will do so capably and heroically the American people know and now we may begin to expect rttch day a list of casuailties. It's hard but it's a part if the cost of war th -e must pay. Let's lie as brave about it as we can and let us not for a minv.c I t up on the preparations that must go on to ultimate victory. . : tta octsr.>»'- ar.:::: or. be i ISO6IE.TY [ WEEKLY SOCIAL CALENDAR Monday. Live Wire Class—Merrill Schnitz. Tuesday. Reformed Missionary Mrs. Martin Jaberg. Wednesday. Concord Aid—Mrs. Sherman Kunkel St. Vincent -de Paul—Mrs. Charles Christen. Thursday. Methodist Missionary—Mrs. C. D I Lewton. i U. B. Aid At Parsonage. 1 We laugh, we jest, not meaning what we say; , We hide our thoughts by light words spoken. And pass on heedless, till we- find one day They've bruiseu our hearts, or left some other broken. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in "Maurine." The Live Wire class of the Evan gelical Sunday school will meet this evening at the home of John Schnitz. on Tenth street, when Merrill Schnitz will be host. The meeting is this evening instead of at the regular time tomorrow, on account of tomor row's war conference. Important business will come up. including the selection of the class pin. and every member is urged to be out’ at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Miller gave a farewell party last Sunday at their beautiful home in Ohio on the state I line in honor of their son, Orvis, who ! has been visiting at home for sever’al weeks, and has now returned to Sabin. Minn. He went Monday to Sturgis. Mich., to visit his sister. Mrs. Verne E rex son. MT Millet mrs- accompanied by two of his friends, who will probably stay there, they being Vernon Brodbeck and Dewey Ains worth. As it was so cold and the snow was so very deep all could not get there but those who ventured through the deep snow surely had a hearty for the delicious and most sumptuous dinner which was served at noon by Mrs. Miller, it be ing one of those delicious dinners which Mrs. Miller always serves with everything good to eat. Those present were the Misses Tena Bitt ner. Pearl Brodbeck. Irene Bittner. Opal Knittie. Edyth Battenberg Vina Roth. Marie Brodbeck: the Messrs. Clinton Stevens. Vernon Brodbeck. Fred Bittner. Gien Fowler. Gregg Knittie. Pete Bittner. Basil Ainsworth. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Knittie. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Miller and 1 sons. Orvis, Roy. Marvin. Theron. Lloyd and Van. In the evening a de- , licious lunch was served, i,ater in . the evening the guests departed, wishing the boys a safe and happy ( journey, also expressing Mr. Miller and family royal entertainers. Henry Ainsworth. Marvin Miller. Chalmer t Brodbeck accompanied the boys to I Decatur Monday.—Contributed. t On Wednesday evening. January 30. a jolly good time was had at the t John P. Smith home at Preble when < a crowd of Tocsin young people came over in a bob sled to return the visit the Preble crowd gave them on Jan- 1 nary 21. The evening was spent in a most enjoyable way in the playing < of games and in listening to piano se- ( lections given by different young peo- , pie in the crowd Ail enjoyed a "Hoo- | verized" lunch, consisting of home- ( made cracker-jack and apples. Time slipped by ail too quickly for the young folks who departed at a late 1 hour expressing the hope that more ' visits might be made while the sledling was good. Those to enjoy tire f 'veiling were the Misses Esther and , With Klefnknelght. Esther Kupright. .rdola Foley. Merle Plummer. Noria Tenly, Elisabeth Davison, and the a essrs. Orval and Willie Grimm,'at lar/os R'lpright. Jake Sowards. Har- gj

ry (larllet. Hansel Foley, Claud Kreigh, Gerald Johnson, and Donald Garten of Tocsin, and the Misses Marie Smith. Susie Dilling. Adelia and Amanda Miller. Edna Werling. Gertrude Kinzle. Emma Biebertch and Vera Wehling. and the Mesrs. Curl Smith. Otto Dilling. Ed Miller. Casper Dilling. Raymond Werling and ( Francis Grandstaft of Preble. Con . trlbuted. The Kekionga Camptire Girls had a, ceremonial meeting Friday evening at ■ the home of Miss Mildred Ix-onard. In a contest in which questions were answered with Hie names of books. Miss Helen Andrews won the prize. Refreshments of sandwiches, salad and coffee were appetizing. Ihe reading of jokes was a namusing feature of the entertainment. Mrs. Sherman Kunkel will entertain the Concord Ladies’ Aid Wednesday afternoon. The Three Link club will be entertained after the regular business meeting tomorrow'. The election of offi<ers will take place and everyone is requested to be present. I A merry bob-sled party from this I city enjoyed the ride to the country i home of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Nib- ! lick and daughter. Verena. southwest of this city, where the hospitable home was thrown open to them yesterday afternoon. They had a delicious supper and enjoyed general social amusements. Those in the party were Nr. and Mrs. L. A. Houlthouse. Mr. and Mrs. Felix Holthouse, Agnes Welier. and Charles Weber. Fred Schurger. Jesse Niblick. Ora Baker. Helen Storms, of New York: Agnes Meibers. Frances Rademaker. Genevieve Berling. Mathias Coffee and Martin Miller. The Concord Ladies' Aid will sew iM day Thursday at the home of Mrs. Winnie Weidier at Monmouth. The Concord Ladies’ Aid will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Sherman Kunkle. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Suntan and family of near Pleasant Mills were guests at the V. S. Drummond home yesterday. The meeting of the St. Vincent de Paul society, postponed from last week, will be Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Charles Christen. Everyone is urged to attend. Misses Marie and Naomi Gads spent the afternoon with Miss ■Clara Heck man at her home north of the city. Mrs. Arthur Ford went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to attend a music recital given this evening by Miss Luella Fiertag at the Elks’ hall. Miss Fiertag is an advanced pupil of Mrs. Monica Mast-Boggs. Dr. Fred Patterson went to Fort Wayne this morning to join the family reunion at the Bruce Patterson home. Others who were there over lhe week-end were Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sprang. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Patterson and Daughter, Marie; Mrs. Fred Patterson and James Westfeldt. Mrs. Leslie Baumgartner and sister. Wilhelmina Schnitz. went out on the ten o'clock car to spend the day with their cousin. Mrs. Clinton Hart near Monmouth. O ; The February term of the Adams circuit court opened today after a two weeks’ vacation. Real estate transfers: Peter W Kessler et al. to Albert Nelson, lot 87. Mon roe. sllsO. A marriage license was issued Saturday to Milton Girod, farmer, bora September 26, 1888. to Wed Emma Firks. born February 10. 1895, daughter of Albert Firks. Marfin Stuckey pleaded guilty to assault and battery as indicted by the grand jury and was fined live dollars and costs. L. L. Mason and L. D. Jacobs were appointed riding bailiffs for this term of court. The petit jurors are ordered to report for duty February 18. Citizens Bank of Portland vs. itachel Glendenning et al. Moran and ( Gilbert appear for Rachel Glenden- 1 ning. and Luther Summers and Pel terson & Moran for Robert and Alva Glendenning. ,| , I' John (’. Rl>e vs. Chicago & Erie railroad. Defendant ruled to an- i swer absolute in five days. ,1 Charles E. Knrt vs. Amos, Rensser ' et al. Answer in one paragraph by, Philip Zuber. L Christian Stauffer pleaded guilty to ’ grand jury indictment of ml was fined live dollars and costs: * iven a jail sentence of one day; and p

disfranchised and prohibited from holding an office of trust or profit for one year. I Lettie Death, et al vs. Elizabeth Harker, et al. Interragatories rth-d and defendant Kruckenberg. ad- ( ministralor to answer: same ordered answered by February II under oath, t | John W. Klein. Jr. vs. John W ■ Klein. Sr. Reply to defendants' sec*ond and third paragraph of answer. Verified motion by plaintiff’s attorney to prosecute action to final judgment. In the matter ot the John Mosure drain, final report of superintendent of construction was filed and approved. In the matter of the will of James O. Ball, election of the widow was filed. Application of widow to take estate at less than SSOO. In the guardianship of .John Neuhauser. report of sale of real estate was approved. Deed was ordered, reported and approved. In tile estate of Catherine Eiting. a petition by the heirs to turn all property of the estate over to Fred Geimer. as per written agreement, was sustained. WILL NOT CALL THE REICHSTAC (Continued from Page One) are impossible and that the war must go on. met witli general approval from the London morning newspapers today. The only criticism was in the News. The News declared the people should know the details of the enlarged powers of the council. It also criticised the council's lack of appeal to democracy and its failure to re state allied war aims. The Times attitude was typical of the remainder of the morning papers. "The council's statement tends to dispel the deceptive peace fog that has gathered artificially and thickened in many allied capitals during the drear months of the winter.” declared the Times. The Post said: ‘‘The supreme war council realized that only a military effort of the allies could change the temper of the enemy so as to justify the hope of real peace.” Amsterdam. Feb. 4—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The social demand for immediate advocation of the reieh stag to investigate the genera! strike, was reflected by the president of that body, according to dispatches received here today. The refusal was made on the ground that other parties would not agree to the meeting. RED CROSS WORKERS All officers, teachers and others connected with the working of the Red Cross are urged to be at the meeting of the war conference at the library at 1:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The chairman. O. L. Vance asks that each one consider himself or herself a member of the recption comraittee. and to meet the visitors and to explain the work to them. o— ■ LEO EHINGER FINE AND DANDY E. X. Ehinger received a telegram this morning from his son. Leo. at Camp Shelby, who had been reported to be seriously ill. saying he had an attack of tonsolitis but was able to be up again and feeling fine. ———————— o—' ■ • ————- The Democratic Editorial association will hold their annual meeting at Indianapolis February 21st and 22nd with a war program. The Rev. Mathias Wechsler, of Huntington, changed cars here on his way to the Winchester church near Monroe to conduct evangelistic services. The pool rownrs divided up today, two of them closing and two remaining open. Those which opened today will close tomorrow and vicn versa. The school children of central are again enjoying a vacation while the furnace is being repaired, following the bursting of a portion of rhe coil i Friday evening. The noble principles of justice and righteousness were imparted to a clergyman’s son. President Woodrow Wilson, because he was a faithful attendant of the church each Sunday. it dees seem as though there should be a sufficient supply of ice harvested this winter to keep fb.at product from becoming very expensive next sum nier, though there is talk even of that. G. A. Dugan, cashier of the First National bank, will leave tonight, over the G. R.'& I. for Florida where lie expects to get thawed out during the next few weeks. Miss Helen Dugan, the only member of the family at home, will visit with the D. W. Sprang family. o HERE fta rei.ieuy tiiaf «ni> cure JhoA all ik.n •Xi •calp trouble*. Eczema, Barber* Itch. Itch, Cuti ■nd Sores. Why waste time and money when B B. Ointment is an ointment of real merit? Four druggist. If not haudUd send 50 cenwto Cts I B. B. Ointment Co.. 2T7 Moarod )ecatur. Indiana.

1 FATAL STROKE Chauncey Brokaw, Aged I Resident of County, Dies at Parkersburg, W. Va. WAS ILL A WEEK Remains NN ill be Brought Here —Deceased Eightythree Years Old. B. F. Brokaw received a message this morning announcing the death of his father. Chauncey Brokaw, at the home of his sister. Mrs. Nancy Wallace. Parkersburg, W. Va., wheie he went two or three months ago to spend the winter. He was eightythree years old December 26th. last. I and was well known in this section. 1 where he had lived many years. Alxmt a week ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis and his death refulled. B. F. Brokaw had expected to leave this morning to be at the 1 bedside of his father, brtt both he and 1 hfs wife had been suffering from potmaine poisonmg for a few days and he was unable to go. Will Brokaw 1 of Cleveland. Ohio, another son, was with his father when death came. The remains will be brought here and “ placed in the vault at Maplewood until interment can lie made. Besides B. F. and Will the snrviv- ‘ ing children are Mrs. McKinley of > Cleveland. Ohio: Mrs. Ellen Robbins 1 of Florida and Mrs. Lillian Peeler of Portland. Ore. Mrs. Brokaw died jbout eight years ago. The family f lived at Portland a number ot years and were also residents of Cleveland > nul Indianpolis and this county. Mr. < Brokaw was a carpenter by trade. ’ OHIO RIVER CAUSES DAMAGE r , (United Fr®«s Service) Evansville. Ind.. Feb. 4—(Special to r Daily Democrat)—Thousands of <tol- , lars worth Os damage was done here , today to boat and river improvement by the flood and ice jam on the Ohio river. Many boats and barges were swept from their anchorage by the current. River men are hoping that 1 some may lie saved by catching them it Paducah, Ky. After spending five hour in a frail old hull, floating down t the river. Charles Suta was rescued 1 when he seized a rope droped to him i as he-passed under rhe Henderson i bridge. Captain William Crammond and five others on a ferry boat at Cam melton were saved after being similar ily threatened when their boat neared s shore at Newburgh. a , o BABE LIVED SHORT WHILE. Son Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bell is Dead. A boy baby born Saturday after 1 noon at fouwo’clock to Mr. and Mrs C. E. Bell, lived but five hours. "A 5 short funeral service, with a prayer by the Rev. J. G. Butler, of the Bap , ((st church. >as held yesterday and the casket was placed it. the vault i at the Decatur cemetery to await in t terment.

I — Hite & Andrews South End Grocery I ... — The flour situation has become so serious that the U. S. government finds that we must not use over one-half as much WHEAT FLOUR as we have 'Jr And they have compelled every dealer in flour to sell an equal amount of w Hr SUBSTITUTES with every sale of wheat flour. And in order to help ment all we can. we have stocked our store with a full line of WHEAT SI T I TES as fol lows:

■ ~ , — CORN MEAL Extra Fancy Kiln Dried Meal in 10 lb. cloth sacks 75c 2'/j tt>. sacks ~ 15c Fancy Quaker White Meal. box 15c : Self-raising Corn Meal, a bag 10c ROLLED OATS Fancy Bulk Oat Meal 7*/jc Fancy Balk Rolled Oats.. 1 Jb. pkg. Purity 10c I*4 lbs. Hoods Oats 12c 2’6 II). box Purity 25c 3’6 lb. box Quaker 30c

| Pearl Barley, ykg. 1,7 c Corn Starch, pkgl2c Kremo Rice, pkg ‘" Sort up the above any way to* like With yotfr purchase of flour and help do hit to help win the war. Remember that the government now has control of all eery stores. So don’t ask ws to do things that we are not allowed to do. B . ’ HITE & ANOREWS PHONES 204-308. OPPOSITE ERIE I>E 1 ’ 01,

WRECK ( (VnH*/ 1* r -(Spe. ial t 1 Clinton. > nd ” F * b n unhand Daily Democrat )-Onei»a ftVP were Injured north « » when the eng.n >' Xn -Broad -est cago A- E«* tern nurns> nrema.t. the track. - Hubert. Evansville was killed. , nsinepr . Evansville, may <»■__ t WILL HOLD A . D . Baker. on 1 Thomas Elzey farm- Hallgk quarters miles wes mrtt. Is advertising a ■ tor frifilt. nling goods and uve --x -3- , chinery and other article. . . essay contest t On “Seed Corn Testing Will be Conducted in Schools IN STATE OF INDIANA i' i Under the Auspices of the Indiana Corn Growers’ Association. Under the auspices of the Indiana j Corn Growers’ association, an essay 5 Icontest will be held on "Seed Corn f Testing” during February in Indiana 1 schools. Prof. G. I. Christie, associa- ’ tfon secretary, announced today. The 5 . contest will be open to all boys of 1 club age. 10 to 18 years, in Indiana ' and the winner will be awarded a valuable gold medal. About half of ifndiaiia’s counties already have started plans for the contest. According to provisions of the. contest. the schools in various r ’ ships will compete, the Wftnrer being e ! selected by a committee composed of 1 teachers and a farmer. Each paper 0 'will be graded fifty per cent on the information regarding seed corn teste ing and fifty per cent on composition I ‘and rhetoric. Papers of the township n winners then will be graded by a e committee composed of the county a superintendent and two others. M ind ners of the county contests will be n in the running for the fine gold medn al to be given by the corn growers, ■1 and their manuscripts will be sent 1- to Purdue university where a comr- mittee from the soils and crops and d from the English departments will select the best, the same rules regarding grades, being applied in all cases. Essays are limited to 1.000 II words. Prizes will be awarded in townships and counties as the counties decide, r- In many instances trustees have l made appropriations of from $5 to T~~sls sos tile W lmiris and in other com L munities local bankers, milters and >■ other business men are offering d prizes of various sorts as an incent tive to the boys. 1- p Democrat Wants Ads Pay

BUCK WHEAT 5 lbs. PtrrC Buckwheat, in doth bags 50c 1 lb. sack Old Dutch Mill.. .10c 1 lb. box McKinzie 10c I'4 lb. box Aunt Jemima’s 15c 2'6 ft- flack WTff Dtffch Mm 25c i HOMINY Extra Fan<v Flake HoThinV, Pound * joc Extra Fancy Whnh? Drain HbWiihy T’/jc - ' "■

COLD SNAP HERE Severe Break of Weather i Comes With Observance | of Heatless Monday. | EAST IS SUFFERING |l But Fuel Conditions Are Improved and Believed Closing Orders Will End. (United Press Service) , Washington, Feb. 4 —(Special to | Daily Democrat)—-A cold snap follow- | ing in the wake of 48 hours of warmer ! weather again swept the eastern I states today as the third —and prob- j ably last "heatless holiday”—went in- I to effect. | The most serious now | exist iff (he New England states, most other communities east of the Missis- I sippi affected by the recent fuel short- i age improved somewhat under the | closing and embargo orders of Fuel I Administrator Garfield and Director I General McAdoo. I Tomorrow Oarneld and Director ! General McAdoo Will coordinate a I plan for dispensing with the heatless I holiday. Announcement of the date I for general abandonment of the rest ! embargo is expected, it is probable j that heatless days will be stopped in I some sections of the country before it is stopped in others. Dr. Garfield believes no repetition of I the workless and heatless day order will be necessary. The. conservation already accomplished, the embargo on non-easential freight shipments and the approach of warm spring weather, he believes, will prevent it. - COMMUNITY CHORUS About one hundred attending the practice meeting of the Communi’/ Chants at the Baptist thwr yesterday afternoon, which is under the di- : reetion nf Dr Fred Paterson. The f chorus win sing tomorrow evening at the war conference and it is Hoped ‘ that two Or three hundred will be out to sing in the chorus. . i-—" ——— > IRVIN BUTLER IS HOME * Irvin Butler, son of Samuel Butle: and a member of battery A. 139th field , artillery, arrived here last evening on , a five day fuiough. Since the first o: the year he has been on special duty t at Peorftt, 111., where he has been tak i- ing tractor fnstructfon. He has coini pleted his work there and will go from 1 here to Camp Shelby where he will re- ‘ join his command. He is looking and 1 feeling fine and likes his work 0 — —o W. R. C. AT HALL. s All members of the W. R. ( " requested to be at the hall at seven e o’clock Tuesday evening.

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RYE FLOI R 25 lb. sack extra fancy Ry* Flour ‘ ’ 7 lb. bag b - — ■ —— ’ RICE i Fancy Rice, lb Extra FaWcy, "... Cream of Rice, pkg CORN FLAKES lOc Owaker Corn Flakes Kellogg’s Corn Flakes “ f targe Post Toasties