Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1918 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT' Published ■vary IvMlag lacspt ‘ luaday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER Resident I ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, SeereUry Subscription Rates Par Week, by carrier .10 cents i Per Tear, by carrier |5.00', Pm Mouth, by mall 25 cents ( Par Tear, by mall $3.00, BH<le Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce tn Decatur, Indiana, as second-class melter. The daylight time, begins the 31:... 1 under government orders. Move tho hands of the clock back one hour. . — Beacon lights should burn from every school house window. every church, every tower, every hill and | from the windows of as many homes as possible, on the nights of the stn and 6th of April It is a great point in American history and these times will lie talked about for centuries. Ik> your part to make the occasion as memorable as they should lie. Guard your words these days. Don't say something that enters your mind that you think might help politically or in a business way Remember that your x iiation is at war and that a remark which interferes with the sale of liberty bonds or with any of the war work, will be considered next to treason. , It., yyu can't boost, better keep quiet, for qvery word is carefully weighed these days Get the clock oiled up so you can move the hands back an hour next Sunday. On that date under orders from the government, the clocks are to be moved btek one In to, the idea being to save day light, so that working men and business men may have mor" time after the close of work shops, to devote to gardening. Railroads and every big business will operate under this time and to make it convenient everybody should do likewise. The following editorial from the BerneWitness expresses a splendid thought: "If the American people possess and put into effective force the same faith in Americanism that the Germans show for their kultur. the struggle between German kultur and American civiliaztion will be a short one and America's victory overwhelming. We may Ire a little slow, may have much inertia to overcome, but America, like the mills of the gods, may grind slowly but will grind exceeding 'mall " Jess Willard and Fred Fulton have signed to fight for the world's c hampionship July 4th and will split thmoney seventy-five to twenty-five. Such sport may have some rights during ordinary times but in these hours of stress it seems that the less attention given to this kind of a show, the better. If these men want to fight let them join the army. There is a demand for fighting men these days but not in a prize ring and these fellows have no right to fatten their own purses when their nation is tn trouble. Public opinion should and probably will prevent it. The third Liberty Bond campaign WAR TIMES demand conservation in clothes as well as food. Michaels Stern Clothes are the most for the money. 1. $20.00 to $30.00. f —■ \ THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY t

will he for three billion dollars uml 4 the over subscription. The bonds will ' pay I't per tent interest. The quota ' 'I tor Adams county will lie about flv< j 1 1 Jtoundted thousand (Hollars anil 4 cun raise it it we will. The plans con sidered are to allot a proper to each township ami corporation L Many who think they cannot buy i 4 bond know they can if they really J want to and if they could but realize L the imitortance of supporting the lap si. ' I* "over there" in this terrible struggle. < if they could realize what it means 1 to them in this fight for freedom. >fi I < they could realize what if means t > I' them individually and to this and ■ I I • very community in this land, tliev | would gladly make any little sacrifice I that is necessary Huy Liberty Bonds I Keep the glow in ol gl ry. It's tor you and yours, never safe ex ; * when a world democracy has been c a list! cd. ————— I SOGIE.TY i WEEKLY SOCIAL CALENDAR Tuesday. Tri Kappas—Mrs. Avon Burk. Thursday. Royal Neighbors' drill practice. I Eastern 9tar Chapter— Regular Meeting Evangelical Aid —Mrs. M. E. John l son. Friday. 5 Baptist Aid Mrs. S. E. Hite | * Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gehres, who ex- 1 1 pact to move in the near future to i North Dakota, were agreeably surpri-- .. m] last Thursday evening by their Sunday school teacher. 11. O .Davis, and class. The following membets were present: Mr and Mrs. H. O. 1 Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Case. Mr. t and Mrs. Brice McMillen. Mr. and Mrs. George Foor. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Green and son. Mr. and Mrs. Sam ■* Durbin. Mr. and Mrs. Giles Porter and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gehres r and children. Mrs. John Boner. Mis. . Harry Daniels. Mrs. Wm. Johnso?, Mrs. W. E Steele. Miss Bessie Dir bin. Mr. Henry Martz. The time was 1 spent in playing games and musis. Refreshments of apples, cracker jack i and candy were served after which every one present voted Mr and Mrs. Gehres rova] entainers and all wished them a safe journey and a happy, pros- » I perous new home—Contributed. 1 The Ben Hurs initiated the Misses Ercie Dull. Reba Ray, Winifred Mci1 riman and Mr. Ed Yaney After th" ' 1 regular lodge meeting the chief and ' , judge entertained, a good social time I being enjoyer by all. those present numliering fifty-two. Ice cream was served. 1 The Royal Neighbors will have drill practice at their hall Thursday ever- I ing All members are requested to ! be present. 1 Mrs. Margaret Wade, of LaGrang". ( district deputy of the Pythian Sisters ( left this morning after a visit since ( Sunday with Mrs. Al Burdg. Mrs. Earl Watermann and daughter. Barbera, of Fort Wayne, who 1 were guests of her sister, Mrs. Bull * Mangold, left this afternoon for Mon- 1 roe to visit with her parents, Mr. and 1 Mrs. C. M. Andrews. ' * Mrs. Al Burdg. district deputy of f the Pythian Sisters left, this afternoon t for Portland and from there will go j to Upland. Marion and Warren to in- : spect the temples. The attention of members of the | Eastern Star is called to the regular ( meeting which will be held Thursday t evening. , |6OO R T J Rea! estate transfers: Esther Miller et al., to Otto Bryan. 29 acres of 1 Hartford township. $1700; Benjamin 1 ’ , F. Aremine to Mae M. Sanders, lot 12.'' Decatur. $600; Cecil Kruge, et al., to 1 Rebecca Rabbit, lot 665. Decatur, quit . claim deed. $1; M. R. E. cemetery 1 trustee, to John Beiler, lot 191 M. R. 11. 1 cemetery. $12.50.

By lii« attorneys, Peterson am Moran. James Bain lias brought sin against Frank Sil; pich for ejectmem By the terms of a contract, the de fendant was to purchase the SO am farm of Mr. Bain in Hoot township ami pay therefore before March 1918. the sum of $6678. The payme it has failed to be met and Bain asks that Stfppieh be ejected from the property and that reasonable damages bn awarded. in the estate of Nancy A. Miller, the petition for sale of real estate was grunted. The sale is to be public for

+++♦++++++++++ ♦ WILL YOU, TOO? ♦ + Mr William Zimmerman, ol + + Kirkland township, who is well + + known over the county, said to + + day that he had taken a good + + bunch of Liberty Bonds the hist + + time anil that he proposed to 4- + take some more this time, that + ♦ he had also invested in thrift + ♦ stamps. He further said that + ♦ in his opinion the farmers of + ♦ this county ought to understand + + lhat the biggest burden of this + ♦ war is on the United States and + + that we ought to prepare accord- + + ingly. + + Mr Zimmerman was a hard + + worker in the Red Cross drives. + +++++++ + + + + + + + not less than two-thirds of the upjl,riusement. terms one-third cash; one-third in 9 and one-third in IS months. Finding is made that the Loan Association has a first lien of $1,658 and that there are also street liens. Additional bond was filed and approved A quiet title case filed by J. T. Merryman is entitled Jacob Heller vs. ■Jacob Cable, et al In the estate of Martin Hilgemann. retort of appraiser was filed ami May 22 was the date named for the hear ing. Notice was ordered. In the two cases of Charles .\. Christen, et al., and Charles N. Christen vs. United Engineering Companv, et al . api*earance by Merryman for th" National Mill A. Supply Company was withdrawn and appearance by Sutton A- Heller entered for the same. DRIVE BRITISH BACK OVER POZIERES RIDGE 'Continued fra® Page One) in their theater either to prevent further withdrawal of Austrian forces for use on the west front, or in the hope of compelling Hindenburg to use a portion of his reserves in Italy. Washington. March 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) — General Pershing through lhe war department today asked congress to authorize his troops to wear decorations bestowed on them by the allied governments and to gi,e him similar powers to reward allied heroes. Berne. March 26—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The fall of Nikolai Leni"e premier in Russia's bolsheviki government is imminent, according to the Frankfurter Zeitung, copies of which have been received here. The accession of socialists and those who repudited the recent peace treaty with Germany is considered inevitable the paper said. Washington. March 26—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Shocked by the impetus of the great Teuton smash. American officials today reacted with grim determination io throw all en rgy into the mobilization of supplies behind the fighters. The thrill of the battle and the confidence of the country is reflected in the launching of the new $3,000,00)000 liberty loan at only 4’* per cent, announced by Secretary McAdoo. "The great events now happening in France", said McAdoo, "must 111! the soul of every American with a new determination to furnish all the dol lars and all the material resources of America needed to put an end to th" execrable atrocities of German militarism. Defeat faces the kaiser. L“t us hasten it by asserting America’s might with Increased vigor in concert with our gallant comrades.” Paris. March 26—(Sjiecial to Daily Democrat ) Noyon was evacuated during the night, the French war office reported today The retirement wes made in excellent order. The French are holding soldidly on the left bank of the Oise. o . — FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON Funeral services for Henry Gunsett were held this afternoon at two o'clock from the home on North Seventh street, conducted by the Rev. A. W. Hinz, pastor of the Zion Luth- 1 eran church. The body was laid to rest in the Decatur cemetery. Mr. Gunsett was fifty-two years, five months and nineteen days of age. He was born September 4. 1865. in Van' Wert county. ().. being a son of Joseph and Hannah Gunsett. re- — o — - ————-—

LIBERTY GUARDS TO MEET | The se. ~'•(] meeting of the Liberty (Guards will be held in the rooms above the Democrat office tomorrow night. All members are requested to be present to sign the muster roll, is it is to be sent in some time this week? and the election of officers will also | take place. If there is any body that ■ the boys did not happen to see and arc desirous to join the organ ization. thev ( are requested to be present at tile 1 meeting tomorrow' night. i

WOMEN SPEAKERS : Will Talk on the Liberty'J Loan—Series of 4 Meetings 4 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED « 'i •> >| | 4 Mrs. L. A. Holthouse and h ■| . 4 Her Chorus Will Also 4 4 Sing. 4 < 4 Mrs Fay Smith Knapp and her asistants. in the woman's third liber.y r * 4 lean drive have arranged for a numher of meetings at which wonvii 1 speakers will talk about the coming'. cimpaign. A number of these meetIngs are held jointly with those of the 111 m. with whom they are working in 1 co-operation. Mrs. Mary Eley will speak at the 11 Monroe high school Wednesday after !' noon at the time of tjie domestic! science demonstration on war foods ■ held by Alma Garvin. '• Mrs. ('. V. Connell, organizer of Preble township, win go out to the joint meeting at Preble Wednesday .| evening, and with her will go Miss ■ Virginia Cravens who will speak, and 1 Mrs. L. A. Holthouse and her chorus ' of singers. I Mrs. S. D. Beavers will speak in behalf of the women at the joint meeting to be held Wednesday evening at the Fuelling school in Root township. Thursday evening is the time of the jcint meeting at the Mallonee school. The woman's speaker for this meet- | J ing has not yet been announced. • < . All the women of St. Mary's town- j ! ship are invited to the home of Mrs. ( Crownover near Pleasant Mills. Thuis-j, dry evening, when a woman's meeting ( ' will l>e held. Mrs. E. S. Moses, or-', I grnizer, will have Mrs. Kannie I'ris-j •|tce to speak bn that evening and ( ! music will be furnished by Mrs. L. A j • | Holthouse and her (horus of singers. I ( SPELLING MATCH J I Teams from the Six North Townships Hold Contest Here ■ I ON FRIDAY EVENING 1 To Select Team to Meet I Those from South Part of the County. * < I The schools of the Nix north townships will hold their spelling contest ' in the courthouse in this city Friday' II evening at 7:30 o'clock of this week.', Each school will have a team of seven', spellers to take part in the match 1 from which fourteen will bo chosen ' to meet the same number from the six s< uth townships at a contest in this I 1 city April 12. when the champion spell-1 er of the county will be determined.' At the one held here Friday of this ' week, the match will be finished to * determine the champion from the six north townships. An offering of five cents will be received from each one attending to pay the expenses of the contest and to put- ' chase the distionary which will be given to the winner. ‘ ' - ■■ - -■ 1 Q- ■ ... - -

LIBERTY LOAN SPEAKING Two Meetings in Root Township This Week. Fred Schurger. chairman for Root township for the third liberty 10-m | drive, announces that there will be a I meeting Weda°B”ay evening. March 27 1 at o o'clock 31 iae Fuelling school, and one Thursday evening at the same hour, March 28. at the Mallonee school house. Good speakers will be there. Everybody is urged to come. The I woman’s liberty loan drive will also have a representative speaker. On the evening of April 5 there will be a big community meeting at the Mon-

mouth schoolhouse, when all districts wiih be represented. There will be bon fires, speaking and good music. PROFICIENCY CERTIFICATES. Ralph ('rill. Iretn Beavers. Harry I Knapp and Beulah Kinney yesterday . morning received certificates for proficiency in a test given by the Remington Typewriter company about three weeks ago. This makes nine of the senior commercial class who have certificates. A few more will make the test in the near future. (

♦ + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦, + MERCHANTS' WEEK. + + + This week is patriotic mer 44- chants' week in Indiana Duiiug ♦ + this week the merchants of the + 4- state are lending their efforts in ♦ + the campaign for greater food + 4> prdouction. The movement is 44- under the direction of Myer Hel- + 4 lor. merchants' representative of + + the federal food administration + + The food administration has ♦ + asked the merchants to- how 4- + during the week attractive win- 44. dow displays suggestive of 44- home gardening All store, no 4> + matter what their business, are ♦ + expected to participate; seem ♦ ♦ Ing material where necessary ♦ <■ from other dealers. 4. The window- displays will con + + sist of garden tools, seeds and + + other articles used in gardening + 4- Dealers in garden implements + 4> se ds and supplies are expected + + to conduct special sales during + 4- the week ♦ ++++++.l. + + + + + + + BILL'S WISH BONE Johnny Corbett Promises It to Freddie Gall. WILL BRING IT BACK Enjoying Fine Weather in France —Not Much Below Zero.

Somewhere in France. March 4. 1918. Dear Friend Mrs. Call: 1 received your letter some few da vs ago and w-ant you to excuse me for not answering it before but I've been so busy I can hardly find time to write to anybody. But anyway 1 am enjoying the best of health and hope ycu and Fred and the rest of the fam ily are the same. 1 suppose Mr. Gall is busy at the sugar factory. Did they have a very lirtig campaign? 1 guess they did. How are Harry. Freddie. Laela and the baby?. I suppose they are all growing like little weeds. Harry must be about as big as Timmy and Freddie about Frances' size and Laela about a: big as Lucile was when 1 left That's the way I've got them all pk tured; hut they might all be as big as I before I get back home again, but 1 hope not. I suppose Decatur is the same as ever perhaps a little worse How are the Bacon boys getting al mg? I suppose they will be coming over here very soon. Did Sol Lord join Co. A too? Mamma sent me one of Lawrence's pictures the other day H->w did you like my pictures or did you see them? I will send you some as soon as 1 have some more taken hut I have none at present. 1 got a letter from Lucille the other day, she said it was about 32 degrees blow zero in Decatur. Gee. it must be some cold there. 1 wish you hid some of our weather over there. I don't believe it's been much over zero since I’ve been here. We are sure having fine weather. Well, tell Mrs. Lord I said hello aud tell Freddie I'll bring him the Kaiser's wish bone home for a souvenir. Give my best regards to all hte folks and. hoping to hear from you soon again, I will close. With love I remain. Always your friend. JOHN D. CORBETT Q. M. U. S. Army, P. O. 708, A. E. F., Somewhere in France. P. S—l got a letter from your mother the other day. I just answered it NEW CREAM STATION Martin-Klepper Company Opens One In New Haven.

A New Haven dispatch to the Fort Wayne News says: I "New Haven. Ind.. March 25 —New , Haven is now equipped with a new cream (testing station conducted under the Bagcock system, the new branch having recently befn opened Ly the Martin-Klepper company, in the Killworth-McDonald building. The recent addition to the town asI sures the farmers a correct test of their cream as well as honest weight and the hightest market price for their product.”

MEET AT G. A. R. HALL An important meeting of the Spanish American war veterans will be held at the G. A. R. hall Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. All members are requested to attend. 2t 1 | MERCHANTS MEET TONIGHT The Decatur Merchants’ Association will meet tills evening at the city ball at eight o'clock. All members pjea. ■■ lie present.

THEY’RE THRIFTY —— — War Savings Societies in the Public Schools Make A VERY BIG GAIN !■ —» In Past Three Weeks—Nine Societies Have Been Organized. The War Savings Societies organized in the Decatur public schools are going along nicely and making rapid gains. Nine thrift societies have already been organized, and are working under a charter issued by the treasury department. Guy Brown, to whom the reports of all the societies are made, states that the societies have made a net gain 01 $542.25 ia the past three weeks, which makes a total of $1186.50. represent ■ ! by these nine organization. The goal they expected to reach by this time was SI,OOO. They have exceeded their expectations by $168.50. Mere enthusiasm has been shown than in any former period. and 'Thrift" is manifest in capitals. The following is the report according to school divisions: North Ward—Previously reported. $252.50: gain. $285.75. High School—Previously reported. $66.75: gain. $177.25. Central Ward—Previously reported, $206.50; gain. s7l 00.

South Ward—Previously reported, $82.25; gain. $5.25. Riley School—Previously reported, $36.25: gain $3.00. Net gain. $542.25. Total, $1186.50. HAS IT TOUCHED YOU? Relative to the Home Service Sa ■ tion of the American Red Cross, th" following was issued: "How has the war touched you? "Have you a husband, a son, or a brother in the service? “And do you know what the Home Service Section of the American Red Cross is doing to assist the families of men in the United States army or navy? "This Home Service Section furnishes full information about the War Risk Life Insurance which the government issues at a very small premium; it tells you all about the allowances made by the federal government and the allotments which dependents are entitled to receive from the pay of men in the service: it has a corps of able lawyers to advise you on pressing legal matters; it has a staff <:f experienced physicians on call-in short, the Home Service Section seeks to met any mergency that may confront the families of soldiers. Does this interest you? — o— WAS NOT SUICIDE The Fort Wayne Journal Gazei»e says relative to the death of Miss Matilda Sorg: The fact that the body of MatiMa Mary Sorg. who was found dead near her home on the Decatur road Sunday afternoon, was not lying in the pool of water nearby does not substantiate the first theory of suicide. Miss Sorg has for several years been subject to attacks of complete nervous and mc-aial collapse, and it was when she was in such condition that she wandered from her home and suddenly fell dead, possibly from exhaustion or sudden heart failure. The coroner's verdict in the case also explodes the theory of suicide. Death from exposure is the cause given." — O——DELPHOS CROWD ANGRY A crowd of 400 men and 50 women last night made 5 Delphos men k ss and salute the American flag, threat, ening to hang them to telegraph poles or throw them in the canal. They did it in a brilliantly lighted street. Among the men were Harney Linderman. a well known shoe dealer who has visited here: Carl Jettinger. editor of the Delphos Herald. Jacob Marx Henry Schwartzenbraber and John Kohler. They have announced they will give five others similar treatment tonight. IS VERY - LOMfc ' Mrs. Vashti Fonner Hoffman P ort Wayne, niece of W. A . Fonner of X wh ' ,m she <>»- h . very low at the St. Jose ), hospital. Fort Wayne, of atnemla No hope ia extended for her recovery Bhe tea been at the hospital nine Children Should not be “dosed” FM totems apply “e x . ft ternally"-

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