Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1918 — Page 1

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BAKER TALKS TO RAINBOW HEROES Praises Their Bravery and Premises to Bring Message Home for Them. TROTSKY IN MOSCOW ■! ■ Will Defend City Against Germans—Report on Allied Shipping Losses. (Unttea Press Service) (By Fred S. Ferguson, United Pres* staff correspondent.) With the American Army in France, March 20—(Special to the Democrat) , —Secretary Baker today addressed member* of the Rainbow division who. have been on the firing line, promising to convey a message from them to the ■folk* at home.’ 1 He praised the Rainbow division for their work. Moscow. March 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —War Minister Trot-' •ky ha* arrived in Moscow from Petrograd to plan for defense of the city, in view of the apparent intention of the Germans to envelop it. Trotsky urged the Soviet congress to push the defense of Petrograd, pointing out that the action of the German* at Pskoff indicated they are prejaring for a sudden blow in case of necessity. London, March 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The total new loss of allied and neutral shipping from the beginning of the war to Dec. 31, | 1917, were only 8 per cent of the total tonnage, which was 33,000,000 tons. Sir Eric Geddes, first lord, of the admire alty declared in the house of commons tWay. Washington. March 20—(Special ty Daily Democrat) —Thirty-seven casualties in France announced by the war department this afternoon included 3 killed in action, 2 death* from wounds, 2 from accident. 8 from disease, 5 severely wounded and 171 slightly wounded. BULLETIN Pekin. March 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Chinese and Japanese ambassadors, accompanied by a member of the American diplomatic corps, have arrived in Manchbria. from Petrograd, under sate conduct ofthe Russian red guards, according to dispatches received here today. (By William Philip Simms. United Press staff correspendent) With the British Armies in France,] March. 30-(Special to Daily Dem<e ( crat)—The air war on the west front ia record breaking. One hundred and sixty-seven enemy ‘ airpttnes have been downed so far this month in daylight flying, includ-; ing 251 on St. Patrick's day. Os these, 182 were reduced to kindling wood.; while 65 were forced earthward beyond control. Night flying is unprecedented. There is much mutual bombing at, night. The British bombers seem xiMtively tireless. The night scenes at the airdromes, re most amazing. Huge airplanes ■ilenty roll from the sheds into the moonlight. Big bombs are loaded onto them. Hooded creatures climb up. Then they whirr away like giant moths toward their objectives behind the German lines. After an hour or so they return, guided by the flares of landing lights. The aviators assemble in them reading ♦ ♦♦♦♦ + + +♦♦♦♦♦* f MAKE CANVASS THURSDAY. ♦ ♦ * ♦ Literature explaining the War ♦ ♦ Camp ‘ Community Recreation + ♦ fund will be passed out today by + ♦ the high school students in this + ♦ city and on Thursday afternoon ♦ ♦ the boys and girls will make a * 4 canvass of the city for funds. ♦ ♦ Adams county must raise S4OO. ♦ ♦ of which SIBO is to be raised in + ♦ this city. When the high school 4 + boys and girls call at your home + ♦ or business house tomorrow be 4 ♦ ready with your dime or more. + ♦ The movement has the endorse- 4 ♦ ment of President Wilson. Sec 4 + retary of War Baker, and Secre- 4 ♦ tary of the Navy Daniels. The 4 ,♦ Fund Is to be used for the fur- 4 ♦ nlshlng of recreation for the sol- 4 ♦ diers outside of the camps. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<

DECATUR DAILY DEMOURAT

'4444444444+444 “OVER HERE.’’ ; 4 ( | 4 From every bank in Adams ■ k 4 county last night camo the <1 ’ 4 Ixmrds who control these great 4 4 institutions which have done so 4 4 much towards upbuilding and 4 I 4 which are now doing their full 4 4 share in carrying the burdens of 4 4 ear. They promised not only a 4 4 continuance but an increase in 4 4 effort. There was not a slacker 4 4 in the, bunch and they were men 4 r 4 who can and do accomplish, but 4 4 th<»y cannot do it alone. They 4 4 need your aid and your support 4 4 all the lime and if you give it we 4 ' 4 are sure to make a record of 4 4 which every citizen in the coun- 4 4 ty will be proud and which will 4 4 forever shut out the danger of a 4 4 war tax. Government bonds are 4 4 safe. They pay you interest anil 4 4 they teach to save. Every bank 4 ' 4 and every banker will do their 4 14 share. Will you? 4 j 4 44 4 4 44444444 4 rooms, gossiping and comparing notes. [then absorb a “nightcap” and climb I into their bunks. Washington. March 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The United States government holds firm to the belief that thero yet is hope of arousng Russia against the Teutons. It is a "small margin" high officials say, "but worth hanging onto.” And it may he assured that President Wilson will continue his efforts to drive home to the Russian. America’s friendship to the last. Confidence in official quarters here has been aroused slightly by the new tone adopted toward America by the Russian press since the president's message to the soviet congress. It appeared likely today that Presi--1 dent Wilson would delay his expected ■ statement on the war situation until 1 confused events, now in the process of development, had a chance to assume definite form. For the moment Japan’s proposed | expedition into Siberia is held up by ' conflict of opinion as to its necessity, in her own country and cabinet. Ixindon. March 20—(Special io Dally Democrat)— Portuguese troops repulsed an enemy raid in the neighborhood of Fauquissart last night, Field Marshal Haig reported today. On lioth sides of the passchendaele sector there was heavy artillery fire. BULLETIN (By Fred 8. Ferguson, United Press staff correspondent.) With the Americaii Army In France. I March 19—(Special to Democrat) . —Secretary Baker was in the front ■ line trenches under shell fire early today, scanning No Man's I«and from a listening post. "Now I’m at the frontier of free,dom.” he aiclaimed. Returning from the trenches a 105 , caliber shell burst within 40 yards of the secretary’s automobile. Baker saw many men from Ohio whom he knew, both officers and rankers. The secretary called on Captain Arehie Roosevelt at the hospital, stood at the young officer’s cot and chatted for some time, praising his gallantry. He also talked with other wound-d officers. The visit to the hospital followed an inspection of the Toul front. Baker and his party motored through sh.vt--1 tered villages to division headquarters A battalion drawn up by the roadside was formally reviewed. ■I One of the villages traversed enroute to the trenches housed American regimental officers. It was the I most utterly demolished of any visitI ed. The officers lived in stone skele.l tons that were once houses. Shells . I fall on the village with great fre- : quency. Every one of its inhabitants is constantly tin-hatted and gas-mask- ' ed. < The road to the village winds ► trough the open country, exposed ft ► enemy Are. I- While Baker was In the trenches, ► a nied airplanes wheeled overhead, de ► B pite heavy fire from boche anti-air h craft guns. 8 ARRANGEMENTS UNMADE Arrangements for the burial ol h Amos Avery were still unmade at time k of going to press. A daughter, Mrs t George Tucker, of Garrett, with whon R D. Myers, of the Gay, Zwlck Ai I Myers undertaking firm talked thii . morning, stated that she would bi f here this evening. There are threi other children, the greater number o . W hom live at Lima. One son, Zeke, I 4 deceased. Those living are Ton 4 Avery, Effie Hatfield, Eva Steiboli 4 and Lulu.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, March 2(1, 1918.

: WOMEN IN WAR 4 * Mrs. A. I). Artman, of Wo- * men’s Department of Defense Council. * * OF THE COUNTY 4 4 * Names Her Helpers—Four- * teen Minute Speakers 4 Organize. f, Mrs. A. D. Artman, chairman of the woman’s department of the Adams 8 county council of defense, announces 8 the following county chairmen of the 8 several departments, as listed to date; 8 Socks —Mrs. Emma Daniel. 8 Food Conservation Cards —Mrs. A. - D. Artman. 1. Service Cards - Mrs. Anna McConb nell and Mrs. C. D. Lewton. War Mother- Mrs. Anna McConnell. Liberty Loan Drive—Mrs. Faye u Smith Knapp. Child Welfare —Mrs. W. A. Lower. 1 Health and Recreation, Home and Foreign Relief —Dr. Elizabeth Burns. Publicity—Miss Jessie Magley. s Women in Industry—Miss Elizabeth I Paterson. Fourteen Minute Speakers a Mrs. Artman has also appointed her “fourteen minute speakers.” These will be ready to go over the county and give "fourteen minute” addresses ‘ on the various war activities in which women, who will help to win the war. ’ will take a part. They will carry to al| parts of the county more thorough knowledge of the conservation of * foods, liberty loan, war savings, ser- ' vice cards, etc. s The eleven appointed by Mrs. Artman. met last eveneing at the library and organized, with Mrs. F. W. Downs, ' chairman: Mrs. R. D. Myers, secretary Other members are: Mrs. Kanna Fris- ' toe. Mrs. Avon, Buck. Mrs. C. E. Hocker. Mrs. Mary Eley, Mrs. Faye Smith j Knapp. Mrs. Roy Runyon, Mrs. Ed , Christen, Mrs. O. H. Odell and Mrs. C. . F. Davison. DECEIT OF SIN Will be Theme of Evangelist Renn at the Baptist Church. t , HE WILL ILLUSTRATE With Magical Illustration —“Justification” Last Night. > 4444444 + + + + + ** 4 TONIGHT'S SERMON. 4 '4 — ♦ 1 4 Evangelist Renn will speak on 4 1 4 "Deceftfulness of Sin” tonight 4 4at the Baptist church. He will 4 ’ 4 use a magical illustration. 4 4444444 + + + + + + + 1 Evangelist Renn at the Baptist r church, last night preached a philo- ’ sophical sermon and illustrated it in B a pretty way with chemicals. A bottle 0 filled with a scaret fluid he let represent a sinner, whose sins are as scar- ' let. A bottle filled with a clear fluid '■ represented the purifying power of " Christ. When the clear fluid was pour- ’ ed into the scarlet fluid, the scarlet ’■ became clear and colorless. This he H likened unto Gie cleansing power of " Christ, an outpouring of whose spirit 8 must be received by the sinner in order that he become as pure and spotless “as snow" as the Christ. s Education alone cannot save the 1 sinner, as that only makes him a cultured sinner. Joining church will not save him. s- Putting a suit of cothes on him wont r ‘ save him. Baptism won’t cleanse him. These are external changes and sinners need internal changes. A change >f of heart. le He needs purifying power of Christ s. to come into his life and make him m a new creature. & Preceding this, however, was a is logical discourse on the subject of >e "Justification" in which he set out >e that grace, not works, save a sinner, of Every night the evangelist has read is I with the audience, the scripture les tn'sou from John 3. “For God so lov’d Id‘the world that He gave His only be(Continued on Page 5)

{+++++++++++++■ + TO THE CHILDREN OF 4 DECATUR. < 4 — <1 + Permission is hereby granted 4 +to you to skate with roller 4 4 skates on any of the streets of 4 4 the city of Decatur, except on 4 4 Second street, between the Mo- -I 4 ser gallery and the interurban 4 4 station, on Madison street, be- 4 ’ + tween First and Third, and on 4 4 Monroe between First and 4 + Third. You are not allowed to 4 . 4 skate in bunches, but must go 4 4 single and must give half of the 4 4 walk to any one you may met. 4 4 You are not allowed to skate 4 4 after 8:00 o’clock p. m., and must 4 + be off the streets at that time; 4 4 also not allowed to skate on the 4 4 Sabbath day. If you want to 4 4 skate be sure and follow these 4 4 instructions, which will be re 4 4 pealed It not lived up to. + 4 Yours very truly, 4 4 CHAS. W. YAGER, Mayor. 4 4 + 4 + 4+ 4 + 4 + 444 + IT STILL STANDS Councilman Helm Votes “No” on Passage of Ordinance Repealing One ON ROLLER SKATING Safety Gates Must be Placed at Railroad Crossings— Signs for Crossings. The present roller skating ordinance. forbidding the children to skate on the sidewalks within the city limits, the discussing of the drafting of an ordinance allowing the children to skate under certain restrictions or privileges, and the taking of seVeril votes on the repealing of the old ordinance were the main subjects of bu-«-ness before the city council last evening. The judicary committee to whom had been referred the matter of the drafting of a new ordinance or the repeal of the present one, reported through the chairman, L. ('. Helm, that the ordinance be not repealed. Mr. Helm was the only one signing the report. A motion was then made and seconded that the report be not accepted. It was then moved and seconded by the council that the ordinance be repealed and the city attorney be instructed to prepare an ordinance repealing the old one. Mr. DeVoss drew up the form at once, which was placed on its first reading. Upon the roll call L. C. Helm voted "No." The battle then ended as the "No” vote was all that was required to table the matter until the next meeting night. This morning Mayor Yager issued aa order allowing the children to ska'.e on all streets, except on Second street, and the two blocks west on Madison and Monroe streets. It is suffice to say that the children should honor this privilege. The streets and sewer committee reported that the prayer of the petitioners in the matter of the Chronister sewer be granted. Upon the recommendation of Fire Chief Henry Dellinger. William Keller was made a member of the Decatur Volunteer Firemen. The bonds and oaths of office «.f City Clerk R. D. Christen and City Treasurer D. J. McFarland were filed and approved and spread on record. The matter of the adoption of certain ordinances prepared by the stale council of defense was tabled until the next meeting night. Th'- clerk was authorized by ordin(Continued on Page Four) +++++++ + + ♦ + + + + > 4 OUR COUNTRY. + + + + Ernest W. Busche. born under ♦ + the German flag, and with two + brothers in the army of his na- + + tive land, declared last night + 4 "that a country which was good + 4 enough to live in was good + , 4 enough to fight for. and that he 4 + believed that if his brothers 4 , + thought that he was disloyal to 4 i + this country they would disown 4 ♦ him.” It was a wonderful state- 4 + ment that brought the deepest 4 1 4 respect and admiration from ev- 4 r + ery one who heard him. Ernest 4 * + Busche is a splendid citizen, a 4 4 real one, a man who does what 4 1 4 he believes is right, fearlessly, 4 1 + conscientiously and continuously. 4 3 ♦ From him many of us can learn 4 4 a lesson worth while. + ♦♦+++++ + + ♦♦ + +♦

: THE COUNTY MEET + * Adams County* Discussion Contest Will be Held + + Here 4 +ON FRIDAY EVENING + + + Decatur and Berne Con- + testants to Compete for Honors. J The Adams County Discussion Con- . test will be held in the assembly room of the central school building Friday I, evening March 22 at seven o'clock. The representative of Decatur will be Miss Anita Swearinger, and for Berne, I. Miss Helen Ruesser. The question -for discussion is that furnished by I the Indiana State University, "What i Shall be the Policy of the Unit ad ' States in Finam ng the Present War?" Each speaker will have a set speech of eight minutes and a rebuttal of ’ three minutes. The judges have not ( all been chosen but will be men from out side the county. ( The county discussion this year is under the direction of L. E. Keller of j the high school. Arrangements are t I being made to entertain a large audl- | ence with a good program. The pub- 1 lie speaking class of the high school < ' will furnish numbers of interpretive t readings. A full program will be an- i nounced later. The contest will begin promptly at 1 seven o’clock and will be over by 5 eight-fifteen in order to give the audi- 1 • ence a chance to attend the last num- ‘ her of the Masonic lecture course * • which has also been set for that even- ' 1 ing. ‘ 1 A small admission of ten cents will ’ be charged in order to defray the ex- ( I penses of the judges and other neces- ( ■ sary expenses of the contest. Tickets ( ■ are on sale now by the students of f ■ the high school. Every’ one come cut s 1 and support our contestant by his < ‘ presence. The small admission price ( | ■ should bar no one. —Contributed. — — LENROOT IN LEAD | e e Republican Candidates in t Wisconsin Senatorial Race Are Running 0 NECK AND NECK v h Thompson, Lafollette Candidate, Gets Vote—Nine ' Counties to Hear from. CTlnited Press Service) Milwaukee, Wis., Mar. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The count in the Lenroot-Thompson race for the - republican senatorial primary nomination this afternoon grew more tense with all but nine counties in t the state practically complete. Lenroot held a lead over Thompson of 2,915. The figures: Lenroot, 61,977; ® Thompson, 59,061. r Wilwaukee, March 20 —(Special to - Daily Democrat)—lrvine L. Lenroot t I and James Thompson were running • neck and neck in turns early today I for the republican senatorial nomina- t . tion, and the result apparently was as s ■ much in doubt as when the polls open- I ? ed for the primaries yesterday. 1 3 Joseph Daves has been nominated S for the senate by the democrats over - Dr. Charles McCarthy by a three to one majority. Victor Berger was ' - named by the socialists, polling a com- ► paratively heavy vote. ► Fairly complete returns from 60(1 ► precincts out of approximately 2.400 in the state, showed Lenroot leading *■ Thompson this morning by a vote of *■ 29 106 to 27,021. These precincts were scattered through every section of the *" state but included only 30 Milwaukee *" county precincts out of 183. " Lenroot and Davies backers took * satisfaction in pointing out that the * total pro-war vote of Ix-nroot and the two democratic candidates in the 600 I, precincts counted exceeded by apJ proximately 10,000 the combine! j, votes of Thompson and Berger in the 8 same precincts. 8 The pro-war vote, according to these 8 figures, was 47,293. while the vote of, 8 Berger and Thompson, which the Len--8 root leaders declared represented fa(r-| 8 ly well the anti-war sentiment, total ( 4 led 37,961. |

EIGHTY BANK DIRECTORS DISCUSS LIBERTY LOAN SPLENDID ADDRESSES BY MR. WORDEN AND MR. O'BRIEN-EVERY BANK PROMISES SUPPORT TO THE COMING CAMPAIGN.

Eighty men. the officers and directoors of each of the ten banks in Adams county, almost to a man, met at the Hotel Murray in this city last evening at seven o'clock, the bankers outside the city being the guests of the three banks of Decatur. It was a notable event, called for the purpose of a closer organization of the bankers who have already carried so great a part of Adams county’s share in financing the war and it was in every way a success. The supper was delicious and well served, the program was interesting and the bankers declared themselves more than pleased with the spirit manifested and the plans, ideas and inspirations resulting from the addresses and talks. C. L. Walters, a director of the People’s Loan & Trust company, presided as chairman. At she speakers’ table were seated with the chairman. Mr. Kirsch. Mr. Niblick and Mr. Dugan, members of the committee selected by the three banks which acted as hosts for the occasion. Mr. IT. Worden of the First and Hamilton bank of Fort Wayne; W. H. O'Brien, of Lawrenceburg. Indiana. ' former auditor of state, and head of the organization in Dearborn county.' the county which made the greatest' showing of any county in the United States in the second Liberty Loan drive. The guests ente~ed the dining room at seven o’clock and while standing sang “America.” Mrs. C. E. Bell presiding at the piano. During the supper Mr. Bockemeyer, the evangelistic singer, rendered three beautiful solos. Mrs. Bell accompanying him. Rev. Thornburg ' cf the Methodist church of Decatur I also sang several patriotic solos. | Mrs. Thornburg accompanying him on the piano. The musical program , was a dandy part of the evening and , helped as it always does to put the “pep" in the meeting. Mr. Walters in a fifteen-minute, talk stated the purpose of the meet-' ing, and in a very happy way indeed ' added to the pleasure and interest of ■

TODAY’S WORLD NEWS FLASHES (United Press Service) Washington, D. C., Mar. 20—Tax dodgers after April 1 will be placed in the class of draft slackers and just as vigorously prosecuted. In a staße-( ment today, Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of internal revenue, appealed again to "all good citizens to file their income tax returns and report the failures of those who do not make the returns." The bureau of internal revenue has completed a nation-wide dragnet. Every government official will have, a part in running down the fellow who attempts to “unload some of the war burden in taxes on his neighbor. San Francisco, Mar. 20—Three daring robbers who late yesterday held up the Yokohama bank and escaped with $23,000 in cash and checks, were sought by the police today. Driving up before the bank in a stolen automobile, the robbers entered the bank, calmly pulled down the shades, locked up five men in the office, and gathered all th money in sight. They overlooked $200,000 in currency inside the vault. Chicago, 111.. Mar. 20—Train schedules in the middle west will follow the daylight savings plan, officials of the large railroads here declared today. All plan to operate according to the new time. Trains on the road when the clocks are changed will be marked up one hour late. Washington, Mar. 20—Joseph Davies, successful candidate in the Wisconsin primaries for the democratic senatorship nomination, today resigned as a member of the federal trade commission. President Wilson in accepting the resignation, wrote a letter expressing his hope of Davis' successful fight at the polls April 2. New York, N. Y., Mar, 20—The New York, New Haven & Hartford rail, road, the New York Central, and the Pennsylvania lines will not change their schedules when the daylight savings law goes into effect. The hands of the clock will simply be turned ahead and trains will run as usual “by the clock." Chicago, 111., Mar. 20—The Chicago Dry Federation depended on thq courts today to compel the election commission to place the saloon question before the city's voters April 2. The commission yesterday held insufficient the signatures on the “dry” petition. The ballots were ordered printed without the saloon question. Federation attorneys today asked the supreme court . for an immediate hearing on their application for a mandamus writ. Ths court had set the hearing for next Monday. Wets said they would appeal to the supreme court of the United States should the mandamus be granted. If the appeal operates as a stay, the drys are believed defeated, as the supreme court meets April 3rd.

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- the affair, concluding my introducing 11 Mr. Worden. t: Charles 11. Worden is one of thn t big men of northeastern Indiana. Ho > is heart anil soul for his government f and he cannot help but permeate any audience whom he addresses with . that spirit of loyalty and sacrifice so , necessary during these hours. Mr. Worden's talk was a patriotic - and inspiring one. dwelling upon the I awful responsibility of those at home, i during these war times and the ne- , [ cessity of genuine co operation, in i i the great worts the banker must do, i and of the great privilege we have to ■ Isay to the boys on sea and land, on • I battle ship and in the trenches. "Boys, we're going to back you to the limit. Not a dollar will we stint, we're going to see to it that you are supplied with everything you want, all you need, to make you invincible in battle, sure of victory and to help you finish the job gloriously." Mr. Walters then introduced Mr. O'Brien, who has sent two sons and two sons-in law to the army and who by his wonderful organization in Dearborn county has made that little 'river commonwealth outshine all others in the United States in their ' work in support of the war. He told 'the bankers of Adams county how they put it over in his community and said if he could help them to make a | success of the campaign here in any way he would feel repaid for his trip. Dearborn county has a population of 21,396 and the per capita subsi ription to the second Liberty Loan was $50.00 plus, or a bond for every man. woman and child in the county. The total number of subscribers for the first loan was 1,047 and the subI scription $443,500. For the second it ' was 1,764 subscribers for a total of $1.069.3Q0. In the second loan they 1 had 340 farmers and 402 women to ' take bonds. He told of the wonder--1 tul work of the council of defense in I his county, how they have cared for tneir people this winter, sent Christ- ' mas boxes each containing 35 gifts to ! every soldier boy or sailor, placed a (Continued on Page 5.)