Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1918 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT/ - PubitohMl Every Evening Except Sunday by /' ""— ’ "" “ c The Decatur Democrat Company 1 „ JOHN H. HELLER Presldtnt'n ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary/ 1 =====— - —=-- JI Subscription Rates t Par Week, by carrierlo Cents a Per Year by carriers6.oo t Per Month, by mail 26 cents I a Per Year, by mails3.ool Single Copies 2 cents/ —— ——— » Advertising rates made Known on application. Entered at the poetoffiee iu Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. ' — —— sxssssaas ( Women <>C alien birth must register as such this week. This is compul- I sory, in fact a law and anyone wh > I neglects or refuses will be subject to j a heavy tine and imprisonment. Look after this most important duty ami if you are supposed to register do so at once. Although the Austrians have launched a terrific drive against the Italians on the eastern front and Hindenburg is using his reserves and j every conceivable means to break through the American and allied line on the western battle front and along the Marne, the events of the last few days are not at ail encouraging to the enemy, especially if they consider the loss of their men. The lines are holding and with the extra strength givhu the allips. by the constant stream of • American soldiers, the time will come when our armies will b’dgin to push Hindenburg and his army towards the Rhine. The enemy must prepare sooner or later for a little of the American “push." After their refusal to fight, because they claimed to have a distant relative in the countries of Austria and Germany and to fulfill their oath ct allegiance as an American citizen twelve of the so-called conscientious objectors at two of our training camps were given court-martial sent cnees ranging from eighteen months to twenty years in prison. y of War Baker has passed his approval on the action and states that the sentences should be executed. He also recommends that after the war it would be advisable from the point of view on the part of the United States ' to devise some process by which these undesirable citizens could be returned to the country of their pre ferance. Men who have enjoyed the liberties and freedom of America and then refuse to tight for or protect the country in time of need cannot be dealt with too sternly and as Mr. Baker says they should be returned to the countries where the thought of personal lilrerty is merely a dream in the minds of the people. President Wilson, in his statement calling upon every man. woman and child to pledge themselves on or before June 28 to save constantly and to buy regularly the War Savings Stamps of the government, says, “May there be none unenlisted on that day!” As the president points out, “This war is one of nations —not of armies—ami all of our 100,000,000 people must be economically and industrially adjusted to war conditions If this nation is to play its full part in the conflict.” Our nation, not our army and navy only, is at war. And that means that all of us not actually

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lighting must do our part. That joirl’t consists in giving the army and the < navy all the support of which we arc 1 capable. To do thut. each one of us' 1 I < must first of all 1).- a producer to our ; maximum übilitj and a consumer of 1 , necessities only, tor every bit of maujt power and every particle of material is necessary for the use of the army 1 I and navy and tor the making of the', things essential to our citizens. As a maximum poducer and as a consumer of necessities only, each one of us will in- an accumulator of savings. And these savings can be invested in War Savings Stamps with benefit both to the government and our pelves. Pledge yourself today. I SOCIETY § WEEKLY SOCIAL CALENUaR Tuesday Knitting Club—Hedwig and Marie Bleeke. Y. P. A —l* L. Baumgartner home. Wednesday. Phoebe Bible Class—Mrs. Elgin I King. I Mt. Pleasant. Community R“I Cross Mrs. Ben Butler. Thursday. Walther League—at School House. Christian Pastoral Helper Social —Mrs. J. E. Anderson. : Mt. Pleasant Mite—Mrs. Ernest f Tutnbleson. 5 Silent Workers Class —Mrs. Rosa , Hays. Baptist Missionary — Mrs. Jacob Buhler. Friday. 1 Philathea Class—Mrs. Martin Goff. Joy is like restless day. but Peace v divine L- Like quiet night. Lead me. O laird, till perfect day shall shine. Through Peace to Light, p Adalaide A. Proctor t- . q A number of social affairs are be,f ing planned as a surprise for Hono r |H. Knodle. rural mail carrier of tin1 Icity, whose wedding to Miss Trevi 3 Foreman, daughter of Mr. and Mr; g Frank C. Foreman, of Berne, took l- place Saturday. May 4. at Jackson. Mich The bride is bookkeeper for the Berne Overall Company. She is a cousin of Mi's Henry Gerke of thi ' city. p— a- - Genevieve Bremerkamp. *' and Mayme Harting were initiated it by the Delta Theta Tau sorority las’ if evening at the home of Miss Agnes s Kohne. The national convention a:h rangeiuents were also discussed. e Attend the C. L. of C. ice cream social on the St. Joseph school lawn this evening. e d Mr and Mrs. \V. A Ixiwer. Mr. and e Mrs. C. E. Bell and son. Billy, visited In Bluffton. e The John H St hug and E. I). Eng(l ler families enjoyed a visit Sunday in Bluffton with Mrs. Engler’s mother it u The Tri Kappas will meet this evening and initiate a number of new members. t The social committee of the ChrisI tian Pastoral Helpers will give a social for the public Thursday after n on at the home of Mrs. J E. Antler-. a son. s — The Young People s Alliance of the '' Evangelical church will meet this 1 evening in their regular monthly bits! a ness and social meeting at the home t of Mr. and Mrs. 1.. L. Baumgartner q on Line street. All members urge ! to attend. is The Walther League will have its t regular meeting at the choolhouse Thursday evening. r (I Mrs. Al Torenga and two children v accompanied her sister. Helen Bals ma. to the Balsma home here for a week's visit. Mr. Torrnga will join | them here for a Sunday visit. k Mr. ami Mrs. A. M. Anker gave a I dinner pally for Mr. and Mrs. Henry; Hunaicker. Mrs. Martha Waring. :>f ■ Bluffton: Mr. and Mrs. Burt Huu- ■ sicker and children. ■ Au authoritative statement from of-, fic.ial Washington again impresses 1 upon the women of America the fact that “they have never been call?d ( 5 upon to hear so gn at t- burden as the coming mouths will imjiose upon ’ their courage and their constancy.’, it is interesting to note that though . j women's part tn all the war activities is emphasized, first, place is given to the matter of food production and food conservation and women'./ share in it. The message reads iu' part: "The women of America must r see to it that the nation's producing , power is not enfeebled by the ura'.t made upon it to strengthen the fighting power. They must produce toed , by working gardens, by raising chick-

ens. by doing farm service where they] can or bv helping and em-ouraging i those who do it. They must aid m the kitchen, conserving food by wi-m economies. canning, drying- preseiv ing. pickling and preparing food iff! accordance with the food adiubdriration's program. They must purchase where they see the food administration's emblem watch their local deniers, buy local produce in preference to shipped goods and resist the temptation to hoard. America is today rationing the world Without our food supplies the allies could not fight for us. They are suffering privations. The fond that we same for them is not a saving of money. It is a saving of life. It is worth more than its weight in gold. " The Knitting club will meet this evening with Hedwig and Marie Bleeke. Mrs Joseph Minch returned to Portland this afternoon after a visit at the H H. Bremerkamp home over Sunday. Her daughter. Mrs. Ray Bremerkamp and daughter. Gretchen of Fort Wayne, are also guests it the Bremerkamp home Mrs. Oren Smith, of Indianapolis and Miss Bess Schrock, of Walia Hi will be guests of the J. C. Patterson family at dinner this evening. Mrs. F E. France has isued invitations for an informal afternoon party Thursdav from four to six for Mrs. Oren Smith, of Indianapolis, and Miss Bess Schrock, of Wabash A party of young people gave a surprise call on Corporal Edgar Mills and Miss Margaret Mills at the Evangelical parsonage last evening. , They took their supper with them and this was spread at six o'clock on tables on the lawn. Guests were Gladys Grnham. Cecil and Celia Andrews. Morris and Douglas Haney and John Baumgartner. o — | COURT | A marriage license was issued to Christian D. Voran farmer, of Basil. Kans., born May 24. 1892. son of A ('. Voran. to wed Hellegonda Cornelia Van der Smissen. born Match 26. 1894. governess, of Berne, daughter of Carl C. Van der Smissen. Sheriff Ed Green is at 4t:-hmi nd today, having gone to return William Jackson to Easthaven hospital from which he escaped Heal estate transfers: Philip L. Andrews et al to Charles N. Case et al., west half of lot 160. Decatur. $990. Tlie auditor has received word - from the state that his semi-annual settlement sheet, showing distribj- , ti< n of taxes, has been approved. FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON Details of the sudden death of 1 the brother of Mrs. George Wemhofi'. 1 mention of which was made in yes terday’s paper, are given as follows in the Van Wert Daily Times this t morning: "Death came most unexpectedly Sunday afternoon and called to • eternal rest an aged and well-known ■ citizen of the city iu the person of Philip France. Mr. France was sitting on the porch of his South Shannon street horn when he was taken with an attack of heart failure which ended his life. The deceased was 74 years of age ami had spent the greater part of his life in this city » He was identified with public work ; in the street department and eni joyed the acquaintance of a will" >■ circle of friends who all hear testi r mony to his sterling worth and u > I right character. Mr. France was a member of the Baptist church and the local lodge of Red Men. Funeral ’ services will bo conducted at the home this at'teruoou at 2 o'clock with burial at Woodland. The dek , ceased is survived by his wife, two sons. Marion and Maynard, both of s Toledo. and ,one daughter. Mr.-, i Bessie Howell, at home.” WAS ARRANGED TODAY (United Tress Servlee'i New York. June 18—(Special to Daily Democrat.) —Jeremiah O'Leary. 1 charged with treason, was arranged before Judge Hand shortly after hi; arrival from Portland. Ore., in the . custody of an agent of the del art- , ment of justice. He pleaded not , guilty and was committed to jail to I await trial When asked by Judge .' Hand if he had any request to make. O'Leary replied that lie might with ■ the court to aid him in securing conncil. He said he realized thut attorn eys were re-elected now to defend . men charged with such a serious oftense. „ ALIEN WOMEN REGISTERING l. I - n | Up to time of press this afternoon. ;jbut three German alien women had t registered with Pcwimaater J. W. •, Bosse. One registered yesterijay and [ tuo this morning. The tinis fur doing same ends Wednesday, June 26.

TWO SPECIAL CALLS. Two special call* for men were received this afternon by the local mH!-, tary board. Call number 733 wo* for one man to he cent to Richmond Ind., for a *hort cour*e in mechanic* and call number 760 was for four men to be sent to Valparaiso unlveralty, whsre they also w'H be given a mechanical training and later sent oversea*. Registrants must have at least an eighth grade education and some knowledge of mechanics. Volunteers are wanted tor the service and the’ offer is open until June 21. See Clerk E. B. Adams if you wish to enlist. SISTER-IN-LAW VERY ILL Mrs. C. M. Smith, wife of the chirop:actor, left for Fori Wayne on the 2:‘10 car on account of the serious illness of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Maude McNeal, whose wedding took place here a few weeks ago nt the Smith home, being performed by the Rev. J. G. Butler. Mrs. McNeal was seized a short time ago with vomiting o! blood, the cause being unknown. An operation will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon. .. — — With The Americans (Continued from Page One) t<'ii; dead from wounds, two; dead as a result of airplane accident, one; dead from disease, one; dead from accident or other cause, one; severely wounded, thirty-three; slightly wounded, one. London. June 18—(Special to Dail' Democrat) —Chancellor Bonar Law in ini reducing a vote of credit for $2.I 500,000.000 in the house of commons ■ this afternoon, declared that the govs ernment’s daily expenditures for the ■ current year is $34,280,000. > The chancellor read extracts from the minutes on the supreme inter-al-lied war council in which it was stat i ed that, thanks to the prompt co-op- | eration of America, it is impossible J for the enemy to win by wearing • dewn the allied reserves, before exhausting their own. o London. June 18 —(Special to Daily f Democrat) — Andrew Bonar Law. . chancellor of the exchequer, wall scheduled today to move a war credit i- of 500.000.000 pounds ($2,500,000.000) He also was to make a general state ment on the war situation. 1 a London, June 11 —(Special to Dailj n Democrat)— "British naval aviatie s dropped 24 tons of bombs on Zeebrugge. Ostend and Bruges, with good re suits," between June 13 and 16. the admiralty announced today. One British plane failed to return. ' Ixmdon. June 18 —(Special to Daily il 1 Democrat (—“British troops conduced successful raids southwest of Allert and in the neighborhood of Movenneville." Field Marshal Haig reported today. "Patrol encounters east of the Nieppe forest resulted iu capture of prisoners and machine guns. “Hostile artillery was active in the Ancre valley, south of Albert and west of Serre.” “Southeast of Villers-Betonneux. a hostile raiding party was repulsed f last night. A few prisoners were taken.” :■ With the American Army in Lora raine. June 18—(Special to Daily !i Democrat) — German patrols which s raided American positions northeast “ of lAineville yesterday nioniing were driven off after a brief encounter, k Several Americans are missing. Austrian Offensive — fConttnued from Page One) ' complete lite occupation of II Mon- ' tello. the crest that protects the junction of the, river and the mounk tain lines. A strong effort also is be- “ ing made to debouch from the cross- ” ings already effected on the middle f and lower Piave. All these are being effectively opposed according to the Italian war office, just as the British. French and Italians are preventing the Austrians r) from descending the slopes of the Asiago plateau and Mount Grappa f l onto the veneian plains. , The Italians claim 4,620 prisoners. e while the Austrians claim 12.000. In the mountain region the Italian i and Anglo-French forces gained par-' 0 tial successes at several points in p a cininter-offensive. , Along the Piave the Austrians con-' tinned io exert powerful pressure to . complete their occupation of Mon- ! tello and advance onto the plains. thus turning the northern wing of J the river line. I Ihe British war office announced there was little change on the British portion of the Italian front. | ! " Hie enemy is reorganising after I ■ his severe defeat.” the statement 1 said. || Raiding and artillery was reported I I on the west front by the British and I ■ German war office. il I Between the Mozelle and the I

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Meuse we inflicted losses on Ameri-j cans by an advance on both sides ofj Xivray and destroyed portions of ( their positions." Berlin declared.) “Reconnoitering detachments brought back prisoners from the French and American trenches in the Vosges." BULLETIN Amsterdam. June 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) — German troous are participating in the Italian offensive, acording to a dispatch received from Vienna today. . The same dispatch said Emperor Karl is on the Italian front. Rome. June 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —"Annihilation of the It’d- ■ is n people is preferable to a dishou- : orable peace." Premier Orlando de- • dared in addressing the chamber ofi deputies yesterday. “The govern-J ment will neglect no opportunity cL concluding a just and honorablepeace, but not a single possibility of such a peace has ever yet shown itself.” Geneva. June 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Vienna newspapers deny that Berlin ordered the Italian offensive. They deciare that the Austrian staff displayed great foresight in Its preparations for the drive and should have the entire credit. The newspapers revealed that Austrian headquarters is located just north of Asiago plateau. Rome. June 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Austria's entrie cffecti'e military strength already has been thrown into th Italian drive, according to a semi-official statement today. Os Austria's total of 92 divisions

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I (1.104.000 men) 71 divisions (892.000 men) already have been idntified on .the Italian front. So far as quality lis concerned, these constitute the i whole of the enemy's really effect!-e t roops. The Austrians also have at least 7.500 guns of all calibres, and their entire aviation forces in use, together with an abundance of war material Yet they have only progressed at two points, where their gains are very slight compared with the objectives assigned to them. From captured documents and the statements of prisoners, there is no doubt the enemy command sent its troops into the offensive with the promise of booty Cannon and trench mortars were ■furnished the Austians in large numj tiers by the Germans. In return, according to prisoners, the Austrians i have permitted a German “Fequisi tion" battalion to operate on the Italian front. In order to secure a portion of the anticipated loot. RECRUITING FOR TANK MEN Indianapolis. June 18 — Recruitiagl for the lank service, abandoned tem-| porarily two weeks ago. will be resumed in Indiana today by Lieut. G. G. Garland laeut. Garland will spend one day in each of six industrial centers in an effort to interest and enlist men between 18 and 40 in ihis attractive service. His itinerary follows: Kokomo, today. Chamber of Commerce. J. R. Mclntosh, agent. South Bend. Wednesday. June 1!). No. 421 J. M. S. Bldg . Hugh H. Duinahoo. agent. Fort Wayne, Thursday. June 20,'

124 West Jefferson street, Reig-] Building. M. 8. Mahurin. agent. Terre Haute. Friday. June Ji. Chamber of Commerce Bldg. F F || Winslow, agent. Bl Evansville. Saturday. June 22. Co>i- Bl seum Bldg.. (City Library) Mi s Ethel McKay, agent. II New Albany, Monday. June 24. Els- II by Bldg.. Chamber of Commerce. I s George Stevens, agent. K| Recruits for tank service must pass a very rigid examination both I j as to their physical and mental qual- 13 ifieations. Only men of a very high 1 type of efficiency are accepted. They ■ are promised immediate assignment to a course of intensive instruction followed by transfer to active duty in fl France. The development of tank |a fighting and the improvements of the IS American tanks, have combined to make this service as fascinating, fi r many, as aviation. I Ivan Baker, of Newport News, is a’ I home for a visit with his mother. ! Mrs. Tom Baker.

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