Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1918 — Page 1

Volume XVI. Number 61.

FRANCE BEGS FOB MORE MEN Urges U. S. to Speed Up on Soldiers to Meet Powerful Offensive. —* FARMERS PLEDGE AID Adopt Resolution to Help Liberty Loan—Von Luxburg Seen in Chili. /United Press Service) Washington, 1). C., Mar. 12— (Special to Daily Democrat) — France has made a new and earnest appeal to the United States for more speed in shipping fighting men across the Atlantic. | It was learned on high authority that as a result of the French appeal, decision has been reached to send abroad very soon some of the national army divisions—men called under the lucky service. The war department’s initial plan was to move the bulk of the national guard divisions before calling on the national army to supply troops for the firing line. But an inspection of the army forces, resulting from the new French plea, has impressed army authorities that many of the national army divisions are in better shape than the national guard. The first movement of drafted Sammies is the result of the demand for more reserves in anticipation of the great west front action expected this year. More American soldiers, men able to enter the trenches with but little more training is urgently sought. Neither France nor Great Britain, it is said, have enough troops to spare to meet a powerful offensive in the west, and at the same time guard against all danger of other quarters. Indianapolis. Ind., Mar. 12 —(Spe cial to Daily Democrat) —Resolutions pledging the farmers of Indiana to support the Third Liberty Loan were adopted at a meeting of representatives or agricultural societies and farmers' organizations here today. The resolutions pledged the individual fidelity and support of all the farmers of the state to President Wilson and Governor Goodrich in all measures necessary for prosecution of the war. They urged every farmer to bear his just burden of the Liberty Bond issue. New York, N.V? Mar. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A band of alleged women spies, operating with men confederatse. in the employ of Germany, was believed uncovered here today with the arrest of an American woman, said to come from 3 prominent family. It is believed the women have furnished valuable information to GerWill Korthaus, a German held for many. It was disclosed today that ♦♦♦+++++ + + + * + + + CALL FOR MEN. +— . i •J. Washington. D. C.. Mar. 12 * ♦ (Special to Daily Democrat)— + Ninety-five thousand more men + were ordered today by the wat + ♦ department to prepare for in- + duction into training camps. + ♦ This was the last increment + •> of the first draft. * <• The movement will include the ♦ mobilization of 28.000 southern + ,y negroes in northern camps. Because of the peculiar camp + situation, some districts that ♦ + have completed their quotas will + ♦ be asked to furnish more men ♦ ♦ and will be given credit under + ♦ the second draft. ♦ Several thousand of those to- + day ordered mobilized will be + ♦ used to fill up the ranks made + « vacant by deaths and other + ♦ withdrawals. Others will be for + + industrial calls of which fifty- ♦ ♦ six have already been made. + ♦ Deputy Provost Marshal General + ♦ Johnson stated. ♦ Indiana must furnish 2.977, + ♦ Ohio 6,955, Kentucky, 1.651. + The movement will start on + ♦ March 29 and continue five days + + The first contingent of indus + ♦ trial workers drafted recently ♦ + went to France, Johnson said. +

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internment, corresponded regularly with Germans in India, Portugal. Spain and Canada. I It was also reported that Korthaus | made trips to Boston where he is said I to have visited a woman, who, according to authorities, gave instruction to a number of German agents. Buenos Aires, March 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A sensation was created here today Ly the receipt of i news that Count Von Luxburg, former 'German ambassador to Argentina had: 1 been seen on a train in Chile. The police here admitted today that they lost track of Luxburg several days ago. The German naval attache also is missing. Luxburg was granted safe conduct to Germany by Great Britain a few days ago. BULLETIN Paris, March 12—(Social to Daily i Democrat)—Four German airplanes ) were brought down in last night’s raid over Paris. It ws- otliciallj announce today. No report was made regarding casualties or damage. BULLETIN | Ixmdon. March 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The unarmed Irish schooner Nanny Wignall was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine, it was announced today. The submarine shelled survivors who were picking up their comrades from the sea. 1 I By Carl D. Groat. United Press staff correspondent) I Washington, March 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —ln what is regarded ' as an eleventh hour effort to cheat the Germans and their aide, Lenine, of their shameless Russo-German peace, the United States today is 1 pledged to an enormous bargain— * to do its utmost to restore Russia’s place in the sun, minus German dom- " i ination. This is the pledge President Wilson has made in a message to the 1 Russian soviets, sitting today to rati- ' fy or reject the Ix-nine pact. Rio Do Janiero. March 12 —(Special 1 to Daily Democrat) —The Brazillian ; government has taken over the Santa Cathara railway built by German cani- i tai. it was officially announced today. < The government has received news of | the departure of the Brazilian charge d - affairs from Petrograd. Norway i will look after Brazil’s interests there. I Ixmdon. March 12 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Australian troops . made successful raids east and northeast of Messines last night, killing . number of German and taking a few prisoners. Field Marshal Haig reported today. The Australians casualties were light. There was mutual cannonading I southeast of Annentieres and east and northeast of Ypres. Paris. March 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Newton D. Baker, American secretary of war. came to France on a cruiser convoying 10,000 troops of which a portion were aboard i former German liner, it was learned today The voyage was enlivened in midocean by a submarine alarm, accord ing to farther information. There was ' considerable cannonading before it was discovered that t’he ’’periscope" was only a floating spar. Before the cruiser entered port Sunday morning, an alarm was wirelessed from the port that a submarine was lurking nearby. The French sent out a considerable convoy of hydroplanes and dirigibles. Baker was vividly impressed by the thoroughness of these precautions. After landing, the secretary returned the calls of French military and naval chiefs and walked about the town for 40 minutes before boarding a train for Paris. Arriving in Paris. Baker, accomp.tn--1 ied by General Pershing, began a ' round of formal calls, concluding with ' Ambassador Sharp, who will present ’ him formally to President Poincaire. ' Baker issued a statement, in which ’ he declared his intention of visiting ’ all the communication lines of the ’ army, after which he would confer ’ thoroughly with Pershing, in order to ’ support more effectively the Ameri- ’ can and allied armies. • n ————————— < FRANK SCHULTZ IS FINE *1 Under date of February 19th. Frank Schultz, member of the Rainbow diI, vision, serving in France, writes us a p line that he is fine and dandy but ), would like to hear from some of the !> boys here and in battery A. He says | they are not coming back until they |. have won. He also sends us a copy of j. The Howitzer, a paper published by j. the Rainbow boys, and a mighty inter- ¥ esting little tour page sheet. We are 4- always glad to hear from the boys ■F “over there "

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, March 12, 191 X.

DAUGHTER DEAD Sixteen Year Old Daughter of Mrs. Lillie Mann DIED AT LIBERAL KAS. Word Received by Aunt —Mrs. Congleton Robbins Dead. Pallas Irene, sixteen year old daughter of Mrs. Lillie Mann, widow of Burt Mann, former Decatur residents, died last evening at 8:45 o'clock at Liberal. Kas.. according to a telegram received this morning by Mrs. Mann’s sister. Mrs. Peter Gaffer, of North Ninth street. No details of the death are known here. In a letter received recently, no mention of illness was made. Mrs. Gaffer will be unable to go to attend the funeral. The Manns lived here until fifteen years ago. and the daughter was but a year old when they moved to Kansas. They resided there but a year when the death of Mr. Maun occurred, the body being brought here for burial. Mrs. Mann had two older children living, Leland aged twenty, and George, aged eighteen. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette says of the death of Mrs S. T. Robbins, formerly Mrs. N. G. Congleton, of this city: "Mrs. S. T. Robbins, mother of Mrs. John Jeffry, of Hoagland avenue, died Sunday morning in a Garrett hospital, death being due to pneumonia following an illness of three weeks. The decedent had resided in Decatur for years and was well known in Kott Wayne. Surviving relatives include besides the daughter in this city, another daughter, Mrs. Henry Tegtmeyer, of Decatur; one son. Clyde Congleton. of Hicksville, Ohio; her husband and several children.” —v — 0 HAD A PURPOSE Victims of Forgers Believe They Forged the Checks to GET OUT OF FIGHTING In the Army—May Make Them Have Long Prison Sentence. The Bluffton Banner says of the two Decatur hoys, taken up for forgery and sentenced in the Wells circuit court: "Believing that Earl and Frank Neuenschwander, aged 21 and 24 years respectively, sons of Pete Neuenschwander, forged checks to get a penitentiary sentence so that they would not have to fight in the United States army, victims of their forgeries today determined to file addition.il charges so that the two boys will spend some of their life in prison. “It is said that when Judge Eichhorn sentenced the two boys they smiled in content and apparently were greatly satisfied with the verdict. They got from two to fourteen years. “Attorneys for the merchants who were stung by the forgeries, state that the affidavits filed now under separate items, will, according to the confession of the two boys, keep them in prison the full fourteen years.” ROAD MAINTENANCE Jim A. Hendricks, county highway superintendent, has been advised bv F. W. Connell, secretary of the Indiana Crushed Stone Association that at a conference held in Washington with Mr. Price, secretary to William G. McAdoo. director general of the railroads and with Ixigan Waller Page, director of pubic roads, that the stone association was informed that road materI ials would be provided with cars for this year. Mr. Connell also stated that Mr. Page informed them that the officials at Washington would insist upon all roads being properly main ■ tained. in other words, the mainteni ance of all roads would be advanced over new construction.

I CLOVER LEAF KILLS WOMAN The castbound Clover Ixiaf pan sengor train, due here at 0:25 S;itur day evening killed "Grandma" Rader - aged seventy-five, at Roseburg, : small town west of Marlon. Gram Pyle, of this city, was a passenger on the train. Mr. Pyle said that Mrs. Rader was ground to pieces, literally and scattered along the track for onr hundred feet. The engineer said that she looked up and started right at him when the train was less than fifty ■ feet away and then deliberately steppen on the track. It Is supposed that she became confused about the distance. Mr. Pyle helped the train crew gather up the remains which were taken into Marion. Mrs. Rader lived with another family at Roseburg, in her own home. She was nearly alone in the world and had no near rela tives. It was feared the high wind and the fact that woman wore a shawl over her head probably prevented her hearing the engineer's warning.—Bluff ton Banner. PLANNINGFOR BIG BOND SALE Local Organization Held Another Meeting to Work Out Plans. ALL WERE PRESENT Publicity Committee Nam-ed-Various Events to be Held Over County. Every member of the advisory com mittee and several township workers attended the regular meeting of that body of the Third Liberty Loan asso elation at the offices of the telephone company last evening. Reports of the Chicago meeting were made by the local delegates who attended and then the plans were further completed for the big drive in this county. Each superintendent of township reported and in half the townships the organization is completed while in others it is well under way. Bynext Monday the organization will be completed down to every school dis trict and in the meantime plans will go on for the drive. The Publicity Committee. The chairman of the publicity com mittee has drafted the following to asist: C. F. Davisson, Decatur Herald; John Mayer, Monroe Reporter; Mr. Habegger and Mr. Sprunger. Berne Witness; Mr. Mattox, Geneva Herald, and French Quinn, Cal Pe terson, Fred Patterson, H. L. Center. J. W. Bosse, Henry Thomas, W. S Mills, E. S. Christen and Avon Burk. J. H. Heller is chairman and a meet ing will be held soon to plan for the proper advertising. Other Plans Made. The watch meetings to be held in every church and in as many homes as possible on the night of April sth was referred to the music committee. Dr. Fred Patterson, chairman. Plans were discussed for a meeting of the directors of every bank in the county. to be held in this city, some time next week, at which time they will be addressed by W. H. O’Brien, former auditor of state, of Lawrenceberg, and by other prominent bankers. The Decatur bankers will be hosts for the bankers from other ■ parts of the county. A committee i was named to handle the affair. Big Event on April 6th. i The commitee in charge of the ! celebration to be held in this city • April 6th reported progress. There ■ will be a big parade with floats, i bands, etc., and public speaking from the platform before the merchants’ gift distribution. Other Meetings in County. r Plans were also discussed for speeches over the county, in the various school houses and with special t events for each town. These wil be annuonced later. It was decided that 1 the committee meet each Monday evening and report as to progress. s Among those who attended last night r were Dr. McKean and Mr. Buckmas- ’’ ter of Hartford township. John W ’ Tyndall has been named chairman r for Washington township and will J complete his organization this week e The local committee will have charge t of Decatur. i- There was plenty of "pep” in last :- night’s meeting and it is safe to pre d diet now that the campaign will be a most successful one.

LIBERTY GUARDS ra Will be Organized in This „ City by R. C. Parrish and Hugh Hite at Once. y •• ' JOIN THE GUARDS n y • Hundred Men Wanted to Enlist in Company Similar to National Guard. (i 1 Decatur will have a Liberty Guard. These companies are now being orI ganized over the state and will take I the place of the militia or Indiana r guard which has now been made -i j part of the great army. The local company is now being organized by R. C. Parrish, who had throe months training in the officer’s school at Fort Harrison and Hugh i Hite who is especially fitted to aid in the work. 1 They will be assisted in the organization by John T. Myers and French Quinn who have the information at ' hand as to just how to proceed. Those who wish to join are asked to leave their name at the Vance & Hite store or hand it to R. C. Parrish at once. The company should have 100 members and there is no reason why they should not. Berne has a company with 100 members and are drilling now. Other towns and cities over the state have organized and Decatur is to have as good a company as any place. Boost for this company of Liberty Guards. Three cheers for the hoys who form it and who join. BIRTH OF SON A fine ten-pound boy was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Magley, of Root township. This is the third boy and fifth child. He has been named Calvin Peterson Magley. Tne mother was Miss Bernice Peterson of this city. TO HAVE A DEBATE ( Men’s Chorus Will Debate on Peace Question at M. E. CHURCH TONIGHT Good Speakers—A “Twopenny Supper Will < Follow. I An interesting debate and social , will be given this evening at 7:30 , o’clock at the Methodist church. The ( iebate will be given by the Men’s j chorus, on the question, "Does the Present War Prove that the Peace ( Organizations of the Past Have Been j a Failure?” On the affirmative side are Dan Er- ; win and Fred Hancher; on the negative. Burt Lenhart and Frank Downs. ( Music will be given by a quartet; , and also by the men’s chorus, led by W. F. Beery. The Junior Epworth Leaguers will , have a part in the social that follows . the debate and will provide a good luncheon in cafeteria style. This will be sold for two cents a helping, instead of the old “penny supper" style. Everybody is invited to come. — 0 AUTO GOES INTO DITCH r i Lloyd Baker had an inch and a half , gash, needing two stitches to close it, 1 cut above an eye, and “Mut” Niblick had the breath knocked out of him, when an automobile driven by Niblick went into a deep ditch between >’ Williams and Hoagland yesterday ’■ morning. They were out distributing 1 bills for the Schafer Hardware com' e pany. when the radius rod broke, sendI ing the machine into the ditch. The r ' two hoys were thrown out head fore- ’’ most, Baker going through the windII shield. Niblick struck the steering ’ rod. ' ■ —o n OFF FOR SERVICE '' A large number of the friends of e the six boys who left today for Cincinnati. 0., to enter military service, it assembled at the 1:05 train this after- -- noon to see them off. The boys were e Kenyon Walters, Philip Rash. Harland, |Heath, Leo Gillig. Tim and Dan Zeser.j

A BROTHER IS SAFE ’ A postal card arriving in Bluffton Saturday, addressed to Mrs. Charles It. Dunn, announced the safe arrival ’ in Fiance of Roland Carey, Mrs. Dunn’s brother, who is a bugler with a Michigan unit. Mr. Carey left about the same time as the contingent in the ill-fated Tuscania and it was feared by his relatives here that he mig'tl ; have been a passenger on the transport which fell ii prey to the Him Üboats. The message merely announe- ( eii ins ■ ate arrival and gave no le tails. NOT HOME TODAY C. J. Lutz is Improving at the hosplt. nl in Fort Wayne, but will not come home today as at first thought. His daughter. Jean Smith, called on him there today. —o SINS OFJ MSN Will They Always Find Him Out?—Evangelist Renn WILL DISCUSS THIS In a Sermon at the Baptist Church Tonight—The Revival. +++ + + + + TONIGHT’S PROGRAM. + + + + A short prayer service will be + + held at the home of the Rev. + + J. G. Butler. All believers in + •fr the power of prayer are invited + +to attend this meeting. At the + i Baptist church Evangelist Renn + < + will speak on “Will a Man’s Sins + ] + Always Find Him Out?” + j +++ + + An inspiring part of the meeting at li the Baptist church last night was the , < songs sung by the Co-Worker’s class ■ 5 of the Methodist church. The gap- 1 tists greatly appreciate the fine spirit , of cooperation which was manifested. 1 Prayer was offered by Rev. Marsh f of the Christian church. The subject of the sermon tonight, 1 will be "Will a Man’s Sins Always i ! Find His Out?” “The Second Coming of Christ” was ’ discussed by Evangelist Renn last 1 night. When Jesus was getting ready to 1 leave this world, he lead his disci] les J out past Gethsemane, where he had j 1 suffered so much, to Bethany. H re he told them he would leave them. | v When he had spoken a cloud received f him out of their sight. While the dis-] c ciples stood mystified and sorrowful, v two messengers sent from Heaven to '' comfort them said. “Ye men of Galilee. ! why stand ye gazing up into heaven: ! s This same Jesus, which is taken ' pi 1 from you into heaven, shall so come J' 1 in like manner as ye have seen him g i' into heaven." What a comforting message that' v must, have been to the disciples! So 11 it should be to us. Jesus came once to suffer, He sh ill 11 return to reign. He came once as a 8 Savior, He will return as a judge. He i came once as n child, but he will re - 1 turn as King of Kings and Lord of ■ 1 Lords This same Jesus, who raised ( Lazarus from the dead, who cleansed j the leper, who was condemned by Pon- 1 tius Pilate, who was crucified and > after three days rose again, who then 1 walked with his disciples forty days, < is coming back. Is there anything ' that can fill your heart with greater,' joy than this that Jesus is coining i' back again? The return of Christ is mentioned I' fifty-three times in the Gospels, three; hundred and eighty-five times in the, New Testament. Then why shouldn’t we give the thought some consideration? Many fanatical creeds and much mperstition has grown out of this ques-| tion. Miller and his followers believ-. ed the world would end in 1848. Theyj believed it so much that they planted | no grain and made no provisions for, the next year. Even in Paul's day, the| people of Thessolonica misunderstood : and were greatly troubled. Some ne-| glected their duty and refused to work. Paul was obliged to write them again saying “That if any would not : work neither should he eat." In 1812 a scientist of London pro-, . phesied that a comet should appear on a certain Friday morning and if it did i that Jesus would come the following; I week. When the comet appeared j (Continued on Page Two) 1

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J STRANGE TALE Os How Botulin Was Used by a German Agent in Poisoning HAS BEEN TOLD By Arthur Reeve, in Mystery Story in the Cosmopolitan. That hotulin, the toxin from the bacillus botulinus is well known io science as a virulent poison, and thyt it can be extracted in pure form and carried in vials and administered with murderous intent: and that it his been used, or that it is jKissible to he used by German spies, is evidenced from a mystery story in the Cosmopolitan magazine of last August. It < an be used more effectively ii\ murdering because it can be introduced with the effect of accidental food |»oisoning. According to the story hardly more than a ten-thousandth of a cubic < entitneter would kill a guinea-pig. The story in the August Cosmopolitan magazine, dealing with botulin used as the cause of death of a character was a mystery story. ’The Nitrate King," by Arthur B. Reeve, the well known author of mystery stories, the plots of which hinge upon scientific discoveries. This particular story is ' laid in South America where the “nitrate king" Senor Caliche, owns Large nitrate fields, and also a line of coasting steamers which carry the nitrate to the United Slates to be used by the government in the manufacture cf war necessities. Working in the office of Caliche is his son-in-law, Carlos Braun, a naturalized German, who has married Caliche's daughter. Zita. The blowing up of ships loaded with nitrates enroute to the United States caused the sending down of secret service men to find out what the wartime plots are —whether the ships Were blown up by a bomb, a submarine, or a raider. It develops that another Peruvian exporter of nitrates is known as Rinaldo Rascon, who finally turns out to be a German spy. or agent Reinaid Rask. He has hounded Carlos, who is finally obliged to choose between betraying the interests of the father of the wife he loves; or of being. as the German spy says, a traitor to his own country, and therefore suoject to death, treason’s punishment. Carlos chooses death. The mystery surrounding his death, which was afterwards found to be from botulin. is set out in Reeve’s ta- . count in his story as follows, and which seems to be somewhat a parallel. as far as the circumstances arising front the hotel dinner and the subsequent investigation is concerned, of the strange illness of seven and the deaths of four, who ate dinner at the Madison hotel in this city Friday, February 22, the day of the horse sale, when it was known many government horse buyers would be present: “Out at Vina del Mar. Carlos Bruun had been discovred by Zita unconscious, and now was dead! “We lost no time in getting there, and. as we expected, we found Zita in a terrible state of grief and the Caliche family wildly upset. “Huroki. observant, impassive, admitted us, and, no one seemed to think it strange that we were there. Kennedy and I did not intrude, but he managed to get aside witli the doctor who had been summoned when Carlos was discovered, his life flickering out. "As nearly as the doctor could describe it. his mouth seemed to be dry. He had suffered a quick prostration with loss of power as though there had been a paralysis of the eyes. Both pharynx and larnyx had been affected; there was respiratory paralysis, and ' the cranial nerves were involved. | “ 'lt was typically a condition due to some toxic substance which selec- : tively paralyzes and depresses," ho concluded. “I have here in this bottle some of the contents of the | stomach. Would you care to analyze it?" “This was precisely what Kennedy desired. At a convenient opportunity, he examined the body. " ’Was it a poison, do you think?" I asked hint, ■’’hen he had finished. “ 'I shall have to see later." be added, speaking aside to the doctor, who nodded. “A few nioments later we were conducted to the kitchen. There Ken(ContThued on Page Two)