Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1918 — Page 1

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Volume XVI. Number 79.

GERMANS BEING SLOWLY FORCED BACK

FIUR AMERICAN WOMEN AMONG PARIS VICTIMS ON GOOD FRIDAY—A RESOLUTION OFFERED DECLARING WAR AGAINST BULGARIA AND TURKEY-GERMAN LOSS IS 525,000, (By William Philip Simms, United Press Staff Correspondent) With the British Armies in France, April 2—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Small fiuhting; south of Hamguard has consolidated British positions. Southwest of Albert British forces drove off German patrols which attempted surprise attacks. The Germans heavily bombarded St. Emilie, near Lens, with gas shells last night. From the Scarpe to Souchez there was German cannonading which was heavier toward the north. In Flanders, there was unusually heavy long range bombardment of the British rear area. Paris, April 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Four American women were killed in the German bombardment of a Paris church on Good Friday, it was announced today. They were: Miss Mary G. Landon. of New York; Mrs. Lucy Landon Speed; her daughter; Miss Ruth Landon, another daughter; Miss Marie Grinnel. of New York. Washington. D. ('., April 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Senator King today offered a resolution in the senate calling for a declaration of war on Turkey and Bulgaria, Rome, April 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A neutral report places Germany! losses in the present battle at 525.000 Rome, April 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Newton D. Baker, American secretary of war, and Thomas Nelson Page, American ambassador to Italy, are visiting the Italian front.

Washington, April 2—(Special to I Daily Democrat) —Bermand M. Bar- 1 uch, chairman of the War Industry! Board, has established a "requirement division"—a supreme coordinating 1 board—to eliminate competition between govermnet departments and ex- j tablished priorities. i It stands as his concrete step n detailing delays through Ved tape and arguing over supplies. The divis- I ion will represent the war and navy I department, shipping, rail, fuel and food administration, the allied purcharing commission and the American Red Cross. Alexander Legge has been named I chairman of the high division and t James Inglish, secretary. In addition to representatives of the governmental department, other members of the divisions are: Judge A. B. Parker, 1 priorities: George M. Peek, finished products, and J. L. Replogle, steel. I Washington, April 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Declaring a shioment of 200,500 out of 500,000 American gas masks were found to have been tampered with and were made, defective by German factory workers, in this country. Senator Thomas of| Colorado, started a fight against those interfering with war work. The masks, Thomas said, were ruined “by men and women working in the factories—Americans who a.e willing to sell their birthright for a consideration offered by German agencies are enemies of our work, and not all are enemies who are opposed to us in the battle line.” Thomas maintained that the various strikes in the country were due to German propaganda. London, April 2— (Special to Daily Democrat)—"Fifty prisoners and 13 machine guns were taken in yesti.r day’s fighting between the Avre and the Luce (Moreuil region)” Field Marshal Haig reported today. "Between the Avre and the Luce a number of German dead were found Two enemy counter-attacks ,ater were broken off with heavy losses by our irtillery. A German battery was successfully engaged at short range and silenced by machine guns. On the remainder of the front, successful raids were made in the neighborhood of Acheville and Hollebeke. where several prisoners were taken and a number of the enemy killed. (Acheville is four miles southeast of

Lens. Hellebeke is three miles southeast of Ypres, in Belgium.) "In the neighborhool of Hebuturne (8 miles north of Albert) a local enterprise resulted in the capture of ”3 enemy prisoners and three machine guns. Many Germans were killed. A hostile counter-attack was completely repulsed.” Paris, April 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The bombardment of Paris started again this morning. Paris, April 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The pope has protested to Berlin against the bombardment of Paris, a dispatch from Rome said today. Paris, April 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Arras and St. Pol have been under the heaviest bombardment since Thursday it was officially announced today. Several civilians have been killed. Arras is less than three miles from the battle line while St. Pol is 21 miles i west and north of Arras, three miles I beyond the farthest German advance at that point in 1914. I With the American Army In France, April 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) All that America has offered to the allies is in motion. The roads in this region are clogged for the third successive day. Men, guns and horses are moving in all directions. In some places there are double lines, with men and horses on one side cf the road and miles of trucks hurrying in the same direction alongside. The men are in the highest spirits despite the mud, the rain and the heavy packs. A private in one company, carrying a mandolin, periodically struck up a march tune. This is typical of the spirit of the army. The Germans are jumpy on the Tout front, apparently! expecting trouble. 1 They turned on a heavy five-hour bombardment with shells of all calibres 'and quantities of gas last night and 5 early this morning, sweeping roads, \ villages and trenches. The damage was trifling. 1 Washington, 2-<Speclal to . Daily Democrat)— The United States i and her allies are striving to make the great west offensive a last enormous f battle of the war. I

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, April 2, 1918.

WATCH MEETING;! hka,< ™fmtoni<;ht. Sergt. Van of the Belgian army and Sergt. McKay of i Throe Great Speakers Se- the British army. Just home 1 after two and a half years of | cured for Occasion—Pro- service in the great war, will . , , , tell you all about it at the gram is ( ompleted. court house at 7:30 this evening. ru> hvvpo riAMtv/i These men are recognized , DR. JAYNES COMING as speakers on the war who will electrify you with their l 4 , . ... story. It is only because of Also r rank Dunten and Mrs. an accidental open date that Hodges—At Court House Friday Night at Nine. free and you are ur(wl to attend. Dr. Patterson will Plans for tho bite union Watch Meet- burnish the music. Hear the i„«, i,„ h„n . . ~ . story bv these men who have mg to ho hohl at tho oourt house Frtseen it. •lay evening of this week, hoginning at nine o'clock are going forward, in - ■■■ ■— — - charge of l)r. Fred Patterson for the Tljr\/inr Oil If RIO committee and ltevs. Ilanna. Stoltc | |jjl" T KF If I Mil and Itutler. All churches of tho city will participate and everybody s ' cordially invited North Ward p up jl s Have rhe speakers for the occasion will lie Mrs. Curtis Hodges, one of the Joined War Savings ; noted women of tho slate; Frank Society Jaynes, the silver tongued lecturer of Wabash and Frank Dunton of LaGrange. a recognized speaker in the DAY E MANY MEMBERS state, whose home is at IjaGrange. __ — I)r .Patterson has planned for splen- „ .. .. . .. did music in which the crowd will par- Contributing to the tlcipate and it will be a great event. “Thrift Movement of marking the opening of the Third Liberty I/ian dpmpaign. 'rhe first the Nation. bond will probably be sold at this meeting and from that time on until o n March the second, the pupils of we have gone over the top we do not the north word school, formed an orintend to stop a minute. ganization known as the North Ward The night meeting is to close with School War Saving's Society” for the a nig bonfire and the crowd singing purpose of rendering national service, patriotic songs as the first uuniver- The dub has been recognized by the sary of our entrance into the war at- National War Saving’s Committee at rives. T.ot rmrr 'fWribtYsrn out for Washington and a formal certificate once. has been sent to the club, which has Beacon lights are to bunt from been frampd and hung in the hall of every home, school, public building the north ward school. Each member and church. Put a lantern, an oil has also received a W. S. S. button, light, an electric bulb in the window, jt j s an honor to wear these buttons. Help watch. They mean ‘‘patriotism represented bv MFN iwppji unoTQ The w ° rk ° f t,ie s ° riet y ver >' ' m - IIILII ntnc lIUV I O portant. It is a part of the govern mental machinery designed to perform particular and vital service *n Evangelical Men Enter- winning the war. The members pledge _ , - ~ . , themselves: 1, to systematic saving; tamed the .Ladies Last 2, to refrain from unnecessary ex Evening at a penditures; 3, to lend earnest efforts “ to encourage thrift and economy in the community; 4, to secure other VERY CLEVER SOCIAL members for this society; 5, to invest in United States War Saving’s Stamps and Thrift Stamps and to encourage /Number of Songs, Exer- others to do so. The north ward means business it) cises and Dialogues— everything they undertake and are c C a proud to exhibit the following reports bupper Ser\ efl. ot this society taken every two weeks: First report $ 193.00 The men of the Evangelical church Second report 252.50 entertained the ladies last evening at Third report 538 -’ 5 a business and social meeting at the Fourth report 1005.50 church, when the ' budget system” for The following children are the memthe next year was made out. bers of the War Saving’s society: HarAbout two hundred fifty were ry Dailey, Naomi Stolte, Loyd Kienzle ent and to say that all had a good Josephine Archbold, Frederick Gall, time is needier- Hower, Richard Cause. ThurA good program was given after the man Elzey, Josephine Jaberg, Russell devotional® and business periods. Jaberg, Marietta Dailey, Gretchen There were several chorus anil march- Schafer, Martha Sellemeyer, Helen l„g songs by the men, carrying and Kirsch, Mildred Wortl.man, George waving flags; Rev. W. S. Mills gave Kienzle, Arthur Ford, Betty Erwin, a flag address; Eugene Runyon. Rob- Donald Eee, Geraldine Hower, Margarert Garard and L. L. Baumgartner ite Hodgins, Wenda Elzey, Herbert gave recitations being the original Schafer, Anna Schafer, Tlmra Archand parodies on "Mary Had a Little bold, Frederick Schafer, Daniel SchafLatnb"; Christian Macy recited; “My er, Elizabeth Lee Weaver, Mary MaxTuesdays are Meatless”; Thetas and ine Brown, Junior Hoffman, Carroll Charles Hocker and Byford Macy re- Cole, Jeanette Steele, L\le l ee, Her--1 cited; and there was a recitation on bert Fuhrman, Gretchen Kocher, Mar“Tlte Ladies’ Aid Social,” which the garet Kremers, Helen Dorwin, U>yd ; men considered a clever little jokelet ‘ t Continued on Page Two) — (the recitation, of course). This ~ ' was given by Charles McConnehey. +++ +** ***** **? A clever guessing contest was put + LA 1 + ‘onby a bevy of men each holding a * Wome ~^~l iherty Lo an + i ,eUer ’ Th ° Se JU ™ ble '’ , <l t he ‘t + committee for Saturday, April * ters. of course) and when l>«t togeth- Wh )]as a rest room + . er r^htl y- B P e, ‘ e,, I ' a,ließ Alrt Aml ' * for women on the first floor of + ,'ers." The men and their letters were: + th@ Hbrary Every woman p, * I R - Bill Meyers; A, Henry Adler; 1, tbe coun ty is most heartily wel- + Ollie Heller; S, Frank Butler; I, Etui + come Mrs Anna MpC onnell will * [ Butler; E, Harve Butler; S, Emerson + have a boot h in this room and + ' Bennett; A, Leonard Merryman; R. + wanths every mother and father + ',Tom Cook: E, Ed Whitright; D. Roy * having a son in the army to reg- + J Baker; L, L. A. Jackson; D, Charles 4. (ster here, before the parade, + s Knodle: I. Leslie Baumgartner; A, 4. B nd receive a handsome badge. + a Tom Kern. Id* MRS. CHARLES DTTGAN, ♦ s 1 The refreshments were in three'•> Chairman of Committee. ♦ 1 (Continued oh Pan T*s) '♦ + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦*

TO FORT HAMILm Seventeen Men from Adani« County Will Entrain at 11:35 A. M. Wednesday. THE COUNTY’S QUOTA Mill be Escorted to Train by Band—Lunch Boxes for the Boys. The seventeen Auams county boys will entrain at 11:20 a. m. Wednesday at the Toledo, ot. Louis & Western railroad station, the (Clover Leaf) for . Fort Hamilton, N. Y„ they comprising the county quota of the remaining thirty-five per cent of the first draft. ' The seventeen men and substitutes will report at four o'clock this afternoon to the local military board at the I city hall where they will be instructed as to transportation details and a “captain” for the squad selected. Board and room will Ire furnished to those men who cannot return to their homes this evening and be back in time for entrainment tomorrow. >2 the morning the boys will be escorted from the city hall to the station b ythe city band and a delegation by the city hand and a delegareport at the city hall between nine and nine-thirty o'clock. Every man will be furnished with a white ribbon designating his selection as one of tire county quota before he leaves and boxes of lunch prepared l>y an organ, zation of patriotic women In this ciiv will be handed to the hoys as they get on the train. The board has been advised that two of the men in the quota are patients in the hospital and that it would be impossible for them to leave tomorrow. Substitutes will therefore be required to take their place in the ranks. Be at the train tomorrow morning and say good-bye to the bovs. THESECOND DAY County Commissioners Award Contracts for Infirmary Supplies. TO GO TO PURDUE Ellis Christen and Earl Ripley Appointed to Purdue Scholarship. The second day of the April session of the board of county commissioners was a busy one. The board met early this morning at the auditor’s office and the following business transacted: Reports Filed. The monthly report of County Treas urer Geotge E. Kinzle, of receipts and expenditures was filed and approved. The quarterly reports, ending with March 31st of County Recorder A. ('. Augsburger, Clerk Will Hammell, ' Sheriff Ed Green and Auditor John Mosure were filed and approved. Contracts Awarded. Contracts for the furnishing of supplies at the county infirmary were awarded to the following: 1 Groceries, Fisher & Harris, $74.7”; clothing, Myers-Dailey C-0., $53.90; dry goods, I. Bernstein, $27.63; shoes, i. | Bernstein, $24.80; tobacco, Fisher <SL Harris, $!9.65; potatoes, Fisher AHarris, $28.80; Twine, Schafer Hard- [ ware Company, $66.25; drugs, Smitn, Yager & Falk, $30.15. Cause Continued. H The petition of Charles N. Martin, Dan Neuenschwander and William t Frietag for the renewal of the retail liquor license were filed and the cause continued. |, Appointment to Purdue. {. Ellis Christen and Earl Ripley were f. appointed to the Purdue scholarship, L Purdue University for the academic (. year, beginning in September, 1918. (. | Sell the Cows. (■ | Tho superintendent of the county In (• firmary was instructed to sell six cows (• now owned by the county.

4 LIBERTY DAY PROGRAM HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED ' PEOPLE OF ADAMS COONTY INVITED TO • ATTEND THE GREATEST PATRIOTIC EVENT EVER HELD IN THIS OLD COM- : MONWEALTH. I

Liberty Day in Decatur is to be a great event. It comes next Saturday, April (>th. marking the first anniversary of the entrance of this nation in the world’s war anti the opening of the Third Liberty Loan campaign. Adams county is invited to gather here for the event which follows closely upon the Watch Meetings of the night before. At day break Paul Reveres of 1918 are to ride through the various townships on horseback shouting the slogan for the day and early in the morning it is expected the crowd will start coming. The program starts with a monster parade at ten o’clock, in which will be seen thirty or more wonderful floats, picturing the events ol' the day. At one o’clock a program will he given from the Merchants’ stand at the corner of Second and Madison streets, the program lor which is as follows: Hon. John W. Tyndall, Chairman. Selection Decatur City Band Prayer Rev. J. C. Hanna The “Star Spangled Banner” Dr. Fred Patterson's Chorus Raising of the Service Flag. Recitation, “The Little Flag in the Window’’ Miss Alta Teeple 'ntroduction by the Chairman. Address Mrs. Curtis Hodges, of Indianapolis Song Dr. Patterson's Chorus Address Hon. Archibold Hall, of Indianapolis Closing Song, “America” Chorus and Audience Selection Geneva Band

4.4.4>4 , 4 , 4 - + 4 , 4.4.4‘4 , 4.4. * BEACON LIGHTS. 4- + + 4> It is the earnest wish of the 44> committee on illumination that 44. every church, schol house, resi- 4. dence, office lodge room, 44 1 business room, display a red. + 4* white and blue light on Friday 44* night, April sth. For the benefit 44* of our farmer friends you can 4" 4. take your lantern and put a rt d 4•F clot!) around the bottom of globe. 4* 4 1 a blue cloth around the top, and + 4> thereby with a little trouble make 44> a very creditable beacon light to 4" 4* hang in your window or on your 4porch, and where electric cur- 4* j 4* rent is available you can procure 4. 4 1 the lamps from the Schafer 44* hardware store, or take one of 4* 4 1 your lamps and have them dip- 4•F ped. Let the slogan be, “Have -F 4> Your Beacon Lights Burning!" 44* M. J. MYLOTT, 4- j 4- Chr. County Illumination Com. 4- I 'F4.4.4*4.*F4*4*4 , 4“4*4.4*4. LARGE CLOTHING DONATION The room at the rear of the Bowersrealty office, the use of which was donated by French Quinn, is heaped high with a large amount of clothing for the Belgian relief commission, the campaign for which was held some time ago. o —• AT UNCLE’S FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs. Aaron DeVinney attended the funeral of his uncle, Aaron Ewing at Fort Wayne yesterday.

TO OUR WAR MOTHERS. | 8 Dear War Mothers of Adams County:— » We are addressing this open letter to you through the ji | paper, with the earnest hope that it will reach every one of $ | you personally, and that you will feel that we are really ad- g B dressing each one of you individually. ft We are going to honor your sons April fith. We are g H going to raise a beautiful service flag in Decatur on that B n day, a flag 10 feet wide and 20 feet long, with .‘5.>2 stars on y ■ it. A star for each one of your boys. Cod bless them. § We are honoring these boys with our hearts full of « love and gratitude—our dear lads who are today in the a ! | hours of our nation's peril, standing ready and anxious to g $ do their full duty. , , H We want to honor them especially on April fith. and g vou, his mother, also. B * We want you to come to Decatur, we have prepared 8 g quarters for your entertainment and comfort. We have « prepared badges of distinction for you. We want you to f| register. We want the people to meet you and we want to g r meet each other. We expect you. Will you come? H Yours for patriotism, B anna e. McConnell. 3 Chiarman War Mothers’ Committee. 8 cum:::::::::n: :m;«: kkupw: “

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Features for Parade. , Uncle Sam —Ben Hoagland. Decatur City Band. ' “Over the Top"—Moose. ’ Columbia —Mrs. Davison, j Spirit of ’76—Dr. J. Q. Neptune. Liberty Bell —Knights of Columbus. Liberty Loan—Boy Scouts. Joan of Arc, leading Paul Reveres from over county. 1 Women of '6l—W. R. C. Spirit of ’6l—G. A. R. 1 Women of 1918 —Marie Connell. Red Cross —By the Chapter. Soldiers and Sailors — Catholic Church. • Hattie of Manila Bay—Spanish War . Veterans I Spirit of 1918 —Woodmen. Boost the Bond Sale —I. <). O. F. Indians—Red Men. Damon and Pythias—K. of P. Royal Neighbors—Not Announced. Pocahontas and John Smith —PoeaIhontas. Ben Hur, Elks, Masons —Unannounced, The Tent—Camp Fire Girls. Presbyterian, Evangelical and Methodist Churches—-Unannounced. Fire Wagon. Geneva Band, leading delegations from Union, Root, Preble, Kirkland. Washington, St. Mary’s, Blue Creek, Monroe, French, Hartford, Wabash and JelTerson townships. The Line of March. Parade form on East Adams street, facing west. West on Adams to Seventh street. North on Seventh to Monroe. 'Pout!mien on Page Two'