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

DAILY DEMOCRAT'S Published Every Evening Except | Sunday by • The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE. Secretary Subscription Rates C Per Week, by i arrier 10 Cents w Per Year, by carrier.... <SOO J’er Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year by mall $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered ai tbe postoffice in l)ecatur. Indiana, as seconds lass matter. ffllLsa- J WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO: — The greatest battle of ail times is ’ now going on. Millions of men are en- 1 S gaged. The loss of life and the nuin- , her of wounded is perfectly frightful. Hlndenburg commenced this drive j with a fixed determination to sacrifice one million of his men to make ii successful. He has sacrificed now nearly one half that amount. He is prepared to sacrifice so the limit. Why? The German nation demands a decision Hindenburg has promised it. Tiie German people are going to demand an accounting of tbe hideous butchery in this campaign. Htndenburg knows that the only credit the' German people will consider against the debit of the awful bloodshed is a decisive victory. The allies know that and they are bringing into play every ounce of their strength. The crisis has not yet been reached. The allies are suffering terribly. The alln--have had to give ground continually and to call in all their reserves and to fall back oil its supports. Batteries must fce fought until there are no horses left and no means of bringing the batteries to places of safety, so they are lost and the supporting men also. Machine guns and trench mortars must be abandoned red hot where they stand, after they have done exe cotton to the last moment. Though the loss of life with the allies has been less than that with the enemy, the losses Yiave been frightful. The allies are not concealing the seriousness of the situation nor underestimating the enemy hut are fully assured that they ■will stem the tide. The Americans are on the way. They are needed. Pray God for their success. What are we going to do in Adams county to help? Are we going to hack up our soldiers? Buy Liberty Bonds. The candidates for office must file notice of their candidacy with the county clerk this week. Saturday being the last day under the law. This includes candidates for all county offices. township offices, committeemen, petitions as candidates for delegates. These notices must he filed or your name cannot appear on the ticket. Candidates are urged to file at once. See that capable men are named Car committeemen and for delegates to the state convention. These are important matters even during war times. Two duties that you should remember this week —Decorate your home and shop for Friday evening and Sa;urday and get your Beacon lights ready'. We will celebrate Liberty Day. A Delayed Shipment of Michaels-Stern snappy young mens clothes has arrived and placed on sale here at $22.50 to $30.00 <* , THE MYERS D/ULEy COMPANY f

M: :n::: n:: i: 388$S0l!BS8BRMmaMma ■ {SOCIETY | Tuesday. r. L. of I'.- K. or 0. hall. Reformed Missionary —Mrs. Louis Gehrig. Liberty Loan Workers -Mrs. C. C. Schafer. Wednesday. St. Vincent l>e Paul—Mrs. Dalits Heed and Mrs. M. Fullenkamp. Thursday. Live Wire Class —George Cramer. Zion Lutheran Aid Scboolhouse. Friday. Christian Pastoral Helpers—Mrs. W Ptsul Marsh. The Battie Cry of Feed 'Em Yes. we'll rally round farm, boys, We'll rally once again. Shouting the battle cry of i \ i m We’ve got the ships and money And the best of lighting men. Shouting the battle cry of Feed ’Em The onion forever, file beans and tie corn. Down with the tater —it’s up the nex mom— While we rally round the plow, boys. Aml take the hoe again. Shouting the battle cry of Feed ‘Em. —Froit Emerson Brooks (“Patriotic Toasts.”) To he trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.—George MacDonald. The John A. Morris Company. 1,. cor|K>rated. is holding its first annual convention in Bluffton today. Tie meeting opened with the attendance ol the eighteen managers of the different stores and the officers of tlie co n lany at a banquet at the Bliss Hotel These meetings will lie annual affairs i during whic h the policies of the company will he discussed by all the com 1 pany's managers. Ail insight to tne 1 wholesale end of the business will he : given to all local managers and d" i fined policies will he worked out !<’ systemize the business and stand ardize the entire policy in conducting the business. The following manager ' attended: Russell Stevens. Bluffton; L B. Comstock. Columbia City: Wal ter Tapseott. Newcastle; Frank Schoenburger, El wood: Earl Sc-hoen-ieln. Portland: Howard Young. Hills dale: William Page. Decatur: Harry ; Clark. Hartford City: William Morris, Greensburg; Frank Maiey, Plymouth; . ('has. Mills. XoUesvilie: Earl Rogers. Franklin: Frank Kunkel. North Manchester: Clarence Eastman. Bent m Harbor; Ralph Swoverland, Bryan. O.; Ray Meredith. Vincennes; E. J. Densmore, Goshen; Austin Overdeer. Defiance; Fred Bell. George Morris, John A. Morris. Harry MeFarren. Ray Brown, Festus Rhoten, Cliff Larrimev. Bluffton Banner. George Cramer will be host to the Live Wire class of tiie Evangelical Sunday school at the home of his parents, Mi. ami Mrs. IT.l T . E Cramer Thursday evening. The presence of every member is requested. The Catholic Ladies of Columbus will meet this evening at the K. of ('. hall. At a meeting at the home of Miss Margaret Smith last evening, tiie Delta Theta Tau sorority subscribed for fifty dollars worth of war savaings stamps. Miss Frances Deininger will entertain in two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. I. Bernstein had as their guests over Sunday, her brothers. J. O. Flox. of Columbia City, and Louis Flox. of Plymouth. The latter will leave Wednesday for Fort Hamilton. N. Y., for the national army training camp. Alma and Esther Bowers and Edna Smith motored to Elkhart Sunday where they were guests of the Fisher family. Mrs. Dallas Reed and Mrs. M. Fill lenkamp will entertain the St Vincent de Paul society at their home . ii Adams street Wednesday afternoon. As many as possible should attend as important questions will he disc-used at this time. Miss Frances Dugan, of Omaha. Neb., is here for the week. A part of her Easter vacation was spent wii’t her sister, Mrs. A. R. Morton, in Cfil-c-hago before c oming hero. The Pythian Sist>-rs will have their regular meeting Thursday afternoon ut 2:3ouit the. K. of P. ha!!. »!Wwn»sms:usaamß»nnemmaß ICOO R T | The raße of the State vs. Marie AB-j spaw. provoke, has reached the elr-j rut* court on appeal from the- court of Justice Charles Laintninucti. of Monroe town -hip, where she was found

r ' —i guilty and fined fifty cents and costsmaking #18.50 in all. It is alleged that 1 by words, signs and gestures she projjvoked Nora Bixlershrdetuc ntfwypAß : and battery on her. It Is said tiie trouble arose In Berne where both are employed in the Berne Overall Factory it is said that Tom Brandyborry Bix , ler asked Miss Allspaw if her brothers hadn't claimed exemption from was service and she said she thought not, but she would ask them and let Tora know She asked and found out s not and so informed Tora. whereupon the trouble arose and Tora Is said to have slapped Marie, breaking Marie's glasses. Tora was charged with assault and batery and pleaded guilty and was fined and thereupon had Marie arrested for provoking her to it. C. L. Walters is attorney for Mi-s Allspaw who appealed the ease The case of land Schaffer vs. Perry C. Walters, et ul„ was dismissed and costs paid. Agreement by the parties that there he no liability on the land. Mary Grace Walters et al vs. Levi Sc haffer. Case dismissed and costs 1 paid. , C. L. Walters for the Decatur Luifi-I tier Company filed a case against Hen- ; rv Stevens, et al. to foreclose mechanics’ lien, demand $126. Deliberating from 9:45 this morning, the jury this afternoon at 2:30 o'c lock 1 returned a verdict for the plaintiff. 1 -Theodore Woeste. against Daniel McKenzie for $1370; and against the James Rupel estate for S4OO, and for the defendants Everett C. and Orval Arnold. This was a suit in which Woeste asked $4.u00 in an alleged fraudulent land and note deal. '* Real estate transfers: Leonard Baumgartner to Levi A. Sprunger. lot ,f 450 Berne. 1225; Elmer J. Cook et a! r to Milton Edgell. 60.20 acres of St. '■ Marys township. $4500: Eliza Hofstet- ’• ter to Moras Baumgartner, lot 1. Borne '• $2500. 1- ■ O " ■" ! LIBERTY DAY PROGRAM HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED O , (Continued from Page One! " East on Monroe to Fifth. North on Fifth to point. South on Second to Adams. !- _ K During the day there will be a *■ number of features, including songs, by Dr. Paterson's chorus, quartets, and the crowd. Decorate, sing. yell, get in the ; game, help celebrate Liberty Day. 5, O MEN WERE HOSTS n — (Continued from Page One) '• courses and were very appetizing, es- ; pecially the first course of linxburger y cheese sandwiches; baked beaus, potato salad, wiener sandwiches, soup beans, pickles and coffee were the seeond course; ice cream, cake and of I course an April fool jokelet hidden somewhere. This was in the “April ~ Fool" candy. THEY’RE SAVING” (Continued from Page One) Ahr. Dorothy Baker. Ha'ry Gall. Elsie s Blackman. Marion Blackman. Dorothy a Hodgins. Roland Gause. Maliel Staley. , Ruth Archbold, Albert Earhart. Bc--s nice Fike Blenn Fee. Frederick Jaebj J kor. Eloise Lewton. Lee Anna Vance, Deane Dorwin. Helen Koeher, Stanley Callow. Gordon Buhler, Beatrice * Bacon. Mildred Elzey. Margaret Bell ■ Atz, Dorothy Enos, Naomi Lord. Don--1 aid Grove. Harriett Myers, Josephine r Buttles, Geraldine Fike, Miriam Par- - rish. Ronald Parrish, Catherine Sellc- • meyer, Mary Macklin. Richard Macklin, Ruth Macklin, Rolland Reppert. Francis Koeher. Esther Koeher, Mildred Butler, Richard Coffee, Erwin / Steele, Milton Swearinger.—Contrilmtr ed. CHANGE OF SHIFTS The moving of August Griesinger to 1 Wapakoneta. 0.. has caused a new shift in intei'urban employees, lid SI , Lewton takes his place as motorman, with 1). H. Hunsicker on the- second shift out of the city, in the morning. ,- while C. L. Meibers, motorman, and I Owen Davis, conductor, lake the first . morning run. li. E. Brown, motorman. j has been transferred from the freight | run to the afternoon and night ruff, oa ’ the passenger, with Doris Staffer. ro:i---1 due-tor. Charles Brodbeck and Jason Archhold are the freight crew. { MEETING POSTPONED [ The meeting of tiie Liberty Guards j scheduled for tonighl will he postponI eel till Wednesday night, this giving ■ everybody an opportunity to attend j (he speaking at the court house. A vorv important meeting will take place tomorrow night, and all members are requested to attend. j

o\ i:k HERB.” (To tiie tune of "Over There." Cut this out and paste it on the card with the others. You will want to sing It during the next two or three weeks. Won't you buy a bond. Liberty bond, good as gold? They must all be sold, all be sold, all be sold, To the people, You and Ms, Ev'-ry Son of Liberty. Hur-ry right a-way, where they’ll be found, they’re sound Best in-vest-ment on the earth— Help to build the Kai-scr’s hearse. CHORUS O-ver Here. O-ver Here, buy a bond, buy a bond o-ver here Show our cash is back-ing. our cash is back-ing The Blue and Kha-ki ev’-ry where— So prepare! Save your Spare! Send the word, send the word, we are THERE We are buy-ing, We all are buy-ing, And we all will buy till it's over O-ver There. Won't you buy bond, hear the call, good and clear— Int'-rest twice a year, nev-er sea Hoist the flag and let her fly, We. at home must buy and buy, Do your lit-tle bit, show your grit, save a bit— You should buy a bond, buy a bond, buy a bond, Make all oth-ers proud of you, And the old Red, White and Blue.— CHORUS

WHEATLESS DAYS Siate Food Director Asks usi to do Without Wheat Until After Harvest. QUESTION OF LOYALTY You Are Asked to Use as Little Wheat as Possible, and None if You Will. ■ , You are asked to use no wheat from nc w until after harvest. It is not a cc miliar, I, it is not an order, but a re , quest. During the days of the civil wtr our people lived on corn for months, we are just as loyal, just as , patriotic, just as willing to sacrifice. ' The groceries have on hands a supply of wheat and wheat products. These of course will be sold and used but you should get along with just as little as possible for it is likely that they ct nnot secure more. Food Director Hite has received the following letter from the state food director: Indianapolis. Inti Samuel Hite. Federal Food Admr., Decatur Indiana Give fullest publicity to following: it represents the administration and is in no sense an exaggeration of -the vital seriousness of the situation Quote. “I am today asking the people of Indiana to go on a strictly wheatless diet. 1 ask them to refrain from the use of wheat flour and other wheat products until Ihe next harvest. I ask this because 1 know we have lived in corn and can do so again. 1 know that our wheat situation is even more portc ntious than Hindcnburg's army in piacary. I know as Hoover points out this is the most critical hour in our national history since Gettysburg. Indiana patriots do not need a command they have arisen to every patriotic request made of them to this hour, they will comply with the request. Their devotion to the cause of the world freedom will be equal to-the test.” H. E. BARNARD. F’ederal -Food Admr, for Indiana. o MAY BE SMALLPOX Miss Bereneta Reynolds, daughter

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of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Reynolds, employed as a stenographer, is at home I waiting to see whether a breaking out un the palms of her hands, is small J fox or not. She is able to be up. but the breaking-out is rather iieculiar She has been vaccinated and it "took" very well, and it Ls a puzzle just now. at this early stage, as to whether it is small-pox or not. However, she is taking the precaution of home-staying that she may not expose others. MELTING POTS READY The "Melting Pots" are being placed in the stores and are ready to receive their deposits of old jewelry. Pleas remember three things whn you come to town Saturday: That it will be Liberty I>ian day; gift day; and “Melting Pot” day. Tbe jewelry wit be sent to the refiners and the brass gold and silver separated and given tc the Red Cross. There are four pot and they will be placed in different ■ stores at different times. Placards ii the windows will tell you where the> are. You can put in your old jewelry any time. o DENTAL OrFICES TO CLOSE The dental offices will resume theii Wednesday afternoon dosing thff week, and continue closed on Wedne.day afternoons until November, oi further notice: Dr. J. Q. Neptune. Dr. Roy Arch bo Id. Dr. Fred Patterson. Dr. Burt Mangold. j ; w _ , CUNTEN AT GENEVA Hon. Frank Dunten of LaUrango one of the state speakers for the Third ! Liberty Ixian, will address a patriotic meeting at Geneva Friday evening al eight o’clock. letter he will return tc ! this city and address the watch meet ii.g at the court house. He will bring . a message worth hearing. i ° " AUTOS TO ATLANTA, GA. Twenty Oldsmobilc automobiles passed througli tliis city today noon, they 1 making an overland trip from the Olds mobile factory at Sturgis, Mich., to • Atlanta, Ga. The twenty automobiles wore one of the divisions of fifty-six 1 making the trip Atlanta. MEETING AT HONDURAS. A Liberty Loan meeting of (he workers wil be held at the Zion church at Honduras on Friday evening. March sth. C. -t. Walters will deliver a talk.

J They’re Stylish; They j I Fit; They Last j 11 \KT, SCHAFFNER & MARX Clothes do the | I economizing for you. | You want long service in clothes. j} v«., want smart styles and good lit. You get ji I those things at this store in HART, SCHAFFNER & jj 8 MARX Clothes. 3 They’re made of all-wool fabrics; they keep | shape; they fit and are stylish. $20.00 to $35.00. | Other makes $12.50 to $20.00. : Holthouse-Schulte & Co. i I GOOD CLOTHES SELLERS FOR MEN AND BOYS 1 ga rest: acusasar.:r: as :«:-4:;7masiasxai3sxtaas«a: :u: j ————j—i 11—————————————i

BAPTIST CHURCH NOTICE -s There will be baptisms at the dose * of prayer meeting at the Baptist 8 church Wednesday evening at ,:3fi0 — Democrat Wants Ads Fay j 1 m " 1

\ For Sale, Rent Or Lease As I have taken the position of Sales Manager in Indiana for the Pact-O-C.raph, it will be impossiIble for me to devote my time to my business. I. therefore, otter my pool and billiard hall for sale, V % rent or lease. If interested see me at once. RALPH MILLER ir Home Hilliard Hall. W. Madison St., Opp. Court House ill’ i rumii \\rm%\mmmmwßmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm TONIGHT 3 “A DOUBLE HAUL” (I A three-part sensational drama, starring Edwin August c ‘‘A MAN OF PARTS” t- A comedy that is a comedy. P> EVERYBODY FIVE CENTS. THE RE.X THEATRE WHY THE ANKER HOLTH SEPARATOR SATISFIES THE USER 1 surinv^^ 6 ‘ S ,^ e most sanitary separator made, injuring a cream of great purity. / unsJdf'in S< se Ji*®*bng features do away with the f(>ul * HmeHin K oil cups, as no oil can csarLtor th * r Cream ° r mi,k in an Anker-Holth Sep'orrii kas no lead or solder on the inside in order to efiect a balance of the bowl. A demonstration will convince you of these facts. WE SAVE YOU MONEY. £b yTJLXTE 'VOXSt JMCQ&TE2IZ

REALTY DEALS Fred Mutschler has sold his seven acres tract of land and residence nortn of the city to Ed Zimmerman. Tl:e latter's,son will live there.