Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1918 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT* ’’******MM ll f" '** " ’S.TXC .. - ■ ..*■ PubllthMi Evary Evening Except Sunday by I The Decatur Democrat Company 1 JOHN H. HELLER preaidant ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary, Subacriptlon Rate. Per Week, by carrier 10 Cents Tar Tear, by carrier 15 00 Per Month, by mail 25 cents 1 Per Year, by mail >3 00; Single Copies 2 cents t Advertising rates made known on: application. Entered at the postoffice in Deca-, tun Indiana, as aecond-clasa matter. I _ , , ~ = Just a tew reminders: Build silos!; Economize! Buy your coal for next* winter! Invest in war stamps! Un- 1 til next harvest, forget there is such a thing as wheat flour! Write to the soldier boys! Think and talk victory! Keep a stiff upper lip. Reverses always come in war. The outcome is sure to be favorable but it will take months, perhaps years of patient an l sacrificial duty. If we act as one man, the United States can win the war.

Do your part. This week the Red Cross is making a drive in Indiana to enroll nurses and get students for the nurses' training schools.. The public is asked to get along with as few trained nurses as possible these days, because the Red Cross needs them and needs them badly. )( , , ( > i• • ' — BOYS IF VOfJ HAVE PASSED YOUR TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY SINCE JUNE sth LAST. YOU MUST THIS WEEK. DON'T PUT IT OFF. THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY DAY DUTY AND THOSE WHO FAIL TO REGISTER WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS DESERTERS COME TO DECATUR ON THAT DAY AND REGISTER. IT IS A GOVERNMENT ORDER. So many "drives” and campaigns these days .sometimes we can't keep track of all of them. For instance, dii you know that this week, from June 3rd to June Sth. has been designated as Coal Week? You are reminded that if you have to look into an empty coal-bin next winter, possibly it will be because you did not camp on the trail of your dealer until you got your supply carefully snugged away for the cold weather. Every citizen of Adams countv should at this time feel it his first duty to help every movement which will aid the government. In a few sections and only a few in Adams county we are still short on Red Cross and Thrift Stamp funds. The opportunity is at hand for every man to show just where he stands by leaving his own work, important as it is and doing a few hours real canvassing for his government. We must win the war. To do that every one must fight either at home or in the trenches. Your work is just as important as is that of the boy in the front line. Unless you support him. his work cannot avail the desired results. Wake up today and get busy. Before you can win the war in France you must put every idler in

k NEW SPIT does not have the desired effect unless topped out with a nice new hat. It is now straw time and we have theta in a variety of shapes. 4 v \ ft if $2.00 to $6.00. v ’ m . k v THE MYFJK-DAILfY COMPANY ]

t ’ America to work. War is the world 1 I 'cure for idleless. There is a war work jready and waiting now for every| girl, lounge lizard, tango queen, poolroom hobo, doll and hedoll. perfect lady and Imperfect gentleman in the country—jobs that I range from scrubbing to ditching., from clerking to haying, but all good i jobs at useful work- jobs that will release better men and women to fill 'places for which their training qualifies them, laistly. before vou win th“ . war in France you must get right I with yourself. » We all have some .taint of these things that are holding | back America. We are. perhaps. halfhearted. pussy-footed, hoping that be ifore our hour for sacrifice strikes the necessity tor sacrifice will be over. I But our lime is nor. V.'e must be i I tired with the old American pioneer I spirit, each shouldering his sh "e of the burdens of the long trail. There j can be no vicarious sacrifice. We must go to it with one big boss, one j big people and one big punch. Then j—YOU WILL WIN THE WAR.—Sat 1 I . urday Evening Post.

SOCIETY | acacacafiac ii WEEKLY SOCIAL CALENDAR T uesday Three Link Club —At I. O. O. F. hall Tri Kappas—Ruth Patterson. Wednesday. Mt. Pleasant Community Sewing Society—Mrs. Will Evans (All day.) The Mt. Pleasant Community Sewing society will meet with Mrs. Will Evans all day on Wednesday for work. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ashbaucher were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Myers at Middletown over Sunday. Arthur Chase who is working for the Dayton Wright Aeroplane Co., of Dayton. 0.. motored to Decatur Saturday afternoon and spent Sunday

with his parents. Mr anti Mrs. H. S. Chase anti family, at their country home Several of his friends met and took dinner with him. the party including. Mrs. Henry White and sons. Noel and Niles, of Preble: Mr. Don' Sheets and Charles Keller of Decatur: Misses Gladys Suman and Florence. Sheets. Decatur; Miss Nellie Losch of Fort Recovery. O. Mr. Chase static 1 on his return trip to Dayton at 5 y nt. Sunday evening.—Contributed. Jesse Niblick and Dan Falk; Rose Center and Agnes Meibers spent Sunday in Indianapolis. They made the trip there by railroad but returned in the Niblick two National cars which they went to drive home. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mougey are the guests of their son. Will Mougey and wife in Toledo, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Sim Burk. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen heard the rendition of “Creation" at the. Mennonite church at Berne last, evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Smith. D. C„ entertained Dr and Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Tompson and Mr. and Mrs. Ryan and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Kinney over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Page and son. motored to Bluffton. Sunday and were joined there by his brother. Burt Page and family in a trip to their boyhood home at Warren where they visited with old friends. Mr and Mrs. Clayton Schafer an* daughter. Doris, of Swayzee, motored through here Sunday and stopped for a visit with the Misses Mary and Amelia Niblick. Mr. and Mrs. Schafer went on to Honduras where they were guests of her father, Thomas Deen and family at. dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Pifer. of St. Louis, Mo., stopped here this morning for a couple of hours’ visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Myers. They are enroute to Boston and New York.

The Presbyterian Missionary society will meet with Mrs. Jesse Sutton tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Fred Patterson will have the program, her subject being "Chinese. Japanese and Corean in the United States.” The Rebekahs ask that a large crowd be out Tuesday evening whep drill practice will be taken up. It is necessary that their be “intensive training" for this as the local team must put on the initiatory work for the district meeting to be held here soon. The Three Link club will also meet. Mrs. Homer Battenberg, of Spartansburg. S. C who is visiting with her husband's paretns. Mr. and Mrs.) ('iiatlen Battenberg, opelit the Say hi Pert Wayne. I The V. B. Sunday school class’

taught by Mrs. Frank Fisher will met Tuesday with Miss Florence Oakley The Mt Pleasant Mite society will meet with Mrs. S. J. Spangler all day Thursday for Red Cross sewing ' Mr. ami Mrs. Ed Moses and fatm'v had as their guests at a recent sip'per party. Dr. and Mrs. C Cowan, of jDixon. O.; Miss Fanny Cowan, of St. I Paris. ().; Mr. ami Mrs Brice McMillen, of Pleasant Mills; Miss Velma Pfeil, of Fort Wayne The telephone girls had a e good time recently, the same being a treat from several of their patrons. Th Conter factory contributed lee cream, and the Moltz produce house, two fine spring chickens; while the Holthoti " Drug Company loaned them a Victrola for the evening Then they repaired to the Freck Hower home where they had supper at 9:30 o’clock and spent the evening in dancing and social pleasure, topping off with ice cream and cake again Those present were I Florence and Agnes Myers. Inez Bia k Ada Stevens. Eola Gentls. Lily Buhler. Lily Vents. Mildred Coffee. Inez land Marie Leßrun. Frank. Ertie Hower. Anola Frank The regular meeting of the C. L of C. ladies has been postponed until Wednesday evening on account of the St. Joseph's school commencement being held at the K of C. hall on Tuesday evening. All members please be present on Wednesday.

[COURT, The county board of review met this morning and organized for a tweu ysix days' session. County Assses.jr Wllliatp Frazier is chairman: and Auditor John Mosure secretary. With Treasurer Kinzle and the appointive, members, Marcellus Hutton and Jacob Schindler, the board is complete. The trial of Curdes vs. Altenau u h resumed this morning in the circuit court. Oliver Snellon has filed suit for divorce from Alice Snellon. The pap< rs which were filed Saturday afternoon, were removed from the files by the attorney. Summons was ordered issued to the sheriff of Elkhart countv for service. Frank Si»ade. administrator of the estate of Ralph R. Spade, was authcrized to sell personal property at pri-l vate sale for cash without notice. Report of sale of personal property! in the Charles E. Bolinger estate was aproved. The administrator of the William. Fleetwood estate was authorized to! buy a tombstone at not to exceed; JIM. This is the closing week of the April term of court, after which will’ come the summer vacation. Real estate transfers: Jesse O. Sell-, meyer to August H. Sellemeyer. real estate in Blue Creek township. $6250; U. S. Patent deed to D. A. Hamilton. 80 acres of Wabash township; Robert A. Hall to Ellen Holmes, lots 498 and 500. Decatur, SBOO.

A marriage license was issued to Ernest Zeigler, born October 31. 1891. son of Aaron Zeigler, to wed Inez En-, gle. born January 7. 1891, daughter of J. A. Engle. COMMISSIONER’S SESSION The county commissioners and board of review met this morning in June session at the county auditor's office for the purpose of transacting business for the month. The monthly report ending May 31 of County Treasurer George Kinzle was tiled and approved. Martin Laughlin, superintendent of the county infirmary, filed his quarterly report ending May 31. showing that he had turned over to the treasurer the sum of $577.71 for supplies sold. The county superintend ent's requisition for the subsequent three months was filed and the auditor instructed to publish notice that the board would receive bids for the furnishing of dry goods, suppies, eet., for the infirmary. The board of review adjourned at noon in continued session until Tuesday moaning at which time they will complete their docket. The commissioners allowed bills this afternoon. IN MILITARY SERVICE” Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Pifor stopped here for a short lime at the home of her parents. Mr and Mrs. W. J. M"ers. leaving at 8:30 this morning for Springfield. Mass. Thoir home is in Si. Louis. Mo., but Mr. Piter who has.' been in Y. M. C. A. work for a loiig time, is general secretary of Y. M ('. A. at Fort Sill. Oklahoma He goes no wto attend the national < onveutioji of secretaries of Y. M C. A. from ail of the eamps. Hi« wife sceempHnied' bitp there and their stop here ■>■«« J pleasant surprise to her parents who'i did not know of her Intended trip. 11

AMERICANS WILE FIGHT ON MARNE BATTLE FRONT (Continued From Page Onel ua offensive being successful and thus crowning his gory efforts on the land. That he may prevail eventually was the view of some here today The statement of Rear Admiral Cleaves in New York hist night that Britain had actually been advised a few days ago that the German ships were coming out. drew much discussion here early today. That American ships would get a place of honor tn warding off such a blow, as ho claimed. is certain. With the possibility of an important set action ahead, military men today took stocks of the general situation with a somewhat more optimistic spirit than they have had for several days past. The resistance to the Huns west ward smash is stiffening as evidenced by over night reports of successful counter-attacks: and the fact that the Germans over Sunday failed to make any considerable advances

London. June 3 —(Special to’Daily Democrat)—One hundred and ninetythree prisoners were taken in a local operation in Flanders last night, which slightly advanced the British line. Field Marshal Haig reported today. Tn the neighborhood of Vieux-Ber-quin, successful local operations last night advanced our lines slightly." the statement said. “One hundred and ninety-three prisoners were taken together with a number of machine guns and trench mortars. Our casualties were light. "Successful raids southeast of Arras. northwest of Lens and west of Mervillers resulted in 20 prisoners, three machine guns and a trench mortar being captured.” BULLETIN Paris. June 3 —(Spceial to Daily Democrat) —French counter-attacks yesterday evening drove the Germans back between the Oureq and the Marne, where the enemy is making its greatest efforts to advance toward Peris, the French war office announced today. A violent • German alack astride the Main highway from ChaXeau-The-irry to Paris paralleling the north bank of the Marne, broke down under French fire. The German losses were heavy, and hundreds of prisoners were taken. Amsterdam, June 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) — German military writers believe that Hindenburg plans to halt at the Marne and carry out a concentric movement westward, over the Carlepont plateau, toward Paris. General Ardenne writes that theory

of battle is the same as penetrating armor plate—many pits, close together. tending to weaken the power of resistance. Major Schreibershofen. in the Ham burger Nachrichten. declares that developments will he influenced by the French reserve force which Foch has brought up from great distances and which he hesitates to throw Into the battle. Geneva. June 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Swiss troops on the eastern frontier report a constantly increasing movement of Austrian infantry and artillery from Bozen and Trent, southward toward the Italian front. At St. Elvia pass, where the Austrian. Italian and Swiss frontiers meet. the Austrian garrison has lieen greatly strengi hened. Emperor Karl is going to the Ital ian front this week, according to a dispatch from Vienna. Madrid. June 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The mysterious plague, which resembles influenza, has spread to Monaco, according to a dispatch received here today. The Spanish garrison there has become affected. Saturday's deaths in Spain totalled 111. In the last, ten days plague victims have numbered more than 700.

I Ottawa, Ont., June 3—(Special to t Daily Democrat) —The following Amer ft leans are mentioned in today's Canadian casualty lists: Missing: L. H. Dobias. Kennedy, I Minn. I Wounded; Clayton Bnolle, E’ort r Wayne. Ind.; H. Jenson. Baker, Minn; I B. J. Ilobertson; Minneapolis. (By Henry Wood, United Press staff correspondent.) With the French Armies on the I Marne. June 3—(Special to Daily Demi ocrat) The Germans’ progress hav- ■ ing been checked to the eastward and • southward, they are now concentrating their efforts southwestward on (he : front between Noyon and Chateau- : Thierry seeking to advance along the three great valleys of the Oise, Ourcj and Marne. But along every one of these routes,' ( now that the intentions of Hie German cogunand. are revealed the ,eßistauee is increasing hourly, a- a re-' suit the enemy's progress is propur- 1 'tionately decreasing. j

MRS. A. D ARTMAty Mrs. Artman left this morning .'or Crawfordsville where she wilt represent the Firt Ben Hur district of seventeen counties at the national Ben H it congress. Mrs. Artmait Is scribe of I — 111111 ' -- 1 1 I / Jk

the local Ben Hur court, and has hed offices of prominence on state committees. She is also secretary of the Adams County Council of Defense and is active in many fields of work. in the battles on the extreme left of the new front the Germans' efforts to reach the Oise are barred by an immense chain of high forest-covered hills, including the forest of Laigue. Compiegne and Villers-Cotter’s, whivh constitute a natural fortress. The Rheims defenses are barring German progress on the extreme right. London, June 3 —(Special to Daffy Democrat) —Wide spread plots to over throw the bolshevik government had been discovered in Petrograd and Moscow, according to a wireless ’-c---port from the latter city. Moscow has been declared in a state of siege. TURN IN KNITTED GOODS Knitted goods, whether finished ot unfinished, should be turned in this week, according to request made by Mrs. W. E. Smith of the Red Cross knitting (department., Some yarntaken out in 1917 have not yet been reported on and she asks that these be turned in whether the knitted articles are finished or not. COUNTY COMMENCEMENT The annuel commencement of th Adams county comon schools will be held Wednesday morning. June 12. in

this city. If the weather permits, the commencement will be held on the central . school campus. Dr. W. W. Martin, of Fort Wayne, district Meth odist superintendent, will give the ad dress. ——— —— n ■ » MR. FAIRBANKS IS DYING (United Press Service) Indianapolis, June 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Charles Warren Fairbanks was rapidly sinking today. All hope for his recovery has be»n given up. He has been growing weaker for the last 48 hours and was reported in a very critical condition early today. His condition is consider ably worse than at any time since he suffered the attack of Bright’s disease. MEETING AT LIBRARY The members of the committees and all those interested in child's welfare are requested to meet at the IJbrary at 7:30 o'clock this evening. DR. JONES SAFE Miss Mary Moses, received a card this morning announcing the safe arrival of Dr. Harry Jones, of Berne, overseas. CHILD LABOR LAW INVALID < United Press Service) Washington. June 3—(Special to tin Daily Democrat)—The National Child laibor Law is unconstitutional and in valid, the supreme court decided today.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the superintendent of* the County Infirmary of Adams County, Indiana, has filed with the. Auditor of said county an estimate of supplies of groceries, meat 'iry-goods, houHe furnishings and other supplies for the sustenances of the inmates and the maintenance of said Asylum needed to be purchased for said asylum for the subsequent three months. Notice is further hereby given that said estimate is now ou nt,. j u sa i fl Auditor's office, and that blds for the win? 11 f( ”' furnishing said supplies *9l" bt! received Monday. July 8, All bids must state separate price for furnishing each article hid upon and must be made subject to the cond tion that the Board of Commissioneis or said Superintendent shall have the right to purchase any article so bid upon at any of the State Institutions which uiay manufacture such article. >'°ard reserve the right to reWds ' “ ° F aUy P “ rt 01 sai,l | John Mosure. Auditor. William Reppert David J. Dilling Robert Schwartz Board of Commissioners

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TO BEN HUR CONVENTION Mrs. A. D. Artman left this morning for Crawfordsville where she will represent the first Ben Hur district <f seventeen counties at the national

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