Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1918 — Page 1

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ITALIANS DRIVING ON START NEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST MED AUSTRUNS WHO RESIST BUT FAIL TO STOP THEMI PARIS IS IN ARMY ZONE—DRAR ABES ARE DISCUSSED.

(TTnltrj rr«>«<> Service) London. June 25—(Special I to Daily Democrat) —The Italfians have started a counteroflensive in the mountain region. it was learned this afternoon. The Austrians are makinga strong resistence. but the £ Italians have gained. Warhington. June 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—ltalian forces are preparing for a great drive against B the Austrians in the Trentino, official F cables from Rome declared today. The Italians are cautiously pursuI Ing the battered Austrian armies because the advance of the Italians leaves their left flank open to an attack by the Austro-German reserves in the hills of the upper Piave.. Officials stated that the Italians will be able to strongly fortify themselves on the east bank of the Piave. Dispatches announced the co-oper-•ation of the Italian'navy in the count-er-offensive that precipe the Austrian retreat. Paris, June 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —An official order today placed Paris in the army zone. Public life will not be changed. Washington. June 25—(Soeciai to Daily Democrat)—Taking up the ques tion of changing the draft the senate today plunged at once into the fate on the wisdom of lowering the age from twenty-one. Genera! ap- / proval of raising the age above thirE ty-one was expressed but the reduc■ftion below twenty-one was generally opposed. Washington. D. C„ June 25—(SpeL cial to Daily Democrat)— Germany is | about to undertake two new offen- | gives—one a renewal of her drive on I the west line, the second a further I U-boat smash against American shipping. • Amsterdam. June 25—(Special to | Daily Democrat)—Foreign Minister I von Kuehlmann declared in the I reichstag that Germany cannot bind I herself to pledges regarding Bel- | gium, according to advices received | heer today. I (By Lowell Mellett. United Press staff correspondent.) i With the Americans on the Marne, I June 24—(Night)—(Special to Daily I Democrat)—The fight in which the! Americans completed their conquest I of Belleau wood was one of the strung I est of the war. Gorman machine guns, cunningly E hidden in trees and on pulleys be-' s tween trees, were tired from different I points. Most of these enemy weanI ons were esconced behind rocks, how- | ever, from where they spat coutiuuously. The Americans crawled and wrlgglI ed forward, dropping with the aid m K roots and branches down into declivi ities where they would lie motionless I for a moment. Then they would re- | Nunw their stealthy progrpss. Eventually, they swarmed over I many emplacements, only to find that I the hoches had tied with their guns. | leaving the ammunition behind a serI ies of evacuations resulted in an ad- | vance in the American lines. London, June 25-(S|>eciai to Daily I Democrat)—The political and econt oirnic agitation in the dual monarchy t has spread Into Germany and Hun ' gary, according to reports reading here today. A dispatch from The +++++++ + + + + + + * 4. THE DRAFT LOTTERY. + ■ I I + Washington. D. C, June 25- 4 + I Special to Daily Democrat)-* + The draft lottery for newly reg- « + istered twenty-one year-old men « * win H* conducted at the senate •4 office building at 9 o’clock < + Thursday morning. Secretary of 4 ♦ War Baker announced today. 4

Hague declared that 20.000 munition I workers went on strike in Millheim . last Thursday "on account of reduction of the bread ration.” (No previous mention of any actual recent reduction in the bread rationing has been made, although official announcement has been made that it was contemplated.) A general strike has been called in Budapest, according to a Geneva dispatch and the railway, postal and telegraph services throughout Hungary are crippled. The Austrian newspapers are unanimous that the political situation is extremely grave, a Zurich dispat h said. There are rumors in political circles that Count Czernin. former Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, will he returned to office. Hungarian finance minister Fopo.-ic has announced that unless war expenses are reduced, great quantities of paper money must be issued. Eugene Andler. the Hungarian socialist leader, has been arrested in Budapest. London, June 25 —(Special to Dailv 'Democrat)—ltalian officials here totday expressed the belief that the I mention of "45.000 prisoners" constained in the wireless message to the ’.ltalian embassy, possibly was an er- ’ ror. - - | They said the dispatch probably should have read four or five thousand instead as last night's press message from the front and the Italian war office statement did not mention more than 5.000 prisoners. | London. June 25 to Daily Democrat) —Successful raiding operations in various sectors of the Picardy and Elanders fronts were reported by Field Marshal Haig today. ' "Canadian troops raided enemy trenches at Neuvflle-Vitasse last night taking 22 prisoners and six machine * guns,” the statement said. , “A few prisoners and a machine ■ gun were taken in successful raids south of the Searpe. “Hostile artillery was active last night, between Villers-Bretonneaux and Morlancourt, also south of Avion and west of Merville. gas shells being freely employed.” '(By Frank J. Taylor, United Press staff correspondent.) ' With the American Armies 'n France, June 25—(Special to Daily ; Democrat) — American troops are holding a mountainous sector southeast of St. Die, where the battle line 'crosses from Ijorraine into German territory, it is now pennissable to announce. ■| Our men have lieen in the trenches • here since the first of*June, but no mention of their presence was allow- ■ ed until the Germans had made the > discovgry themselves. This occurred - Sunday when an enemy raid on this * sector resulted in two Americans be- ■ ing captured. Another boche raid Inear Baccarat, between St, Die and r Luneville, resulted in the capture of t other American prisoners. . I German artillery was quite active !north of Toul last night, probably in retaliation for the shelling our gunners gave their rear areas a few hours Wore. ' I An air battle occurred over ThiaI court (behind the German lines on ' 'the Toul front) without losses by ’ either side. K e With the Italian Armiea in the = Field (Night)—The Austrian retreat ► The importance and 4 scope of the Italian success grows 4 hourly. 4 . It ii> now reported that the troops 4 of Archduke Joseph and General von 4 V. urui must surrender or be anni- ♦ hilated + Tilt Piave is choked with enemy 4> dead and the debris of their equip- + nient. Tbe attempt of the Austrian •4 war office to represent the retire- ♦ ment as voluatnry is false. Tn only

Decatur, Indiana,Tuesday Evening, June 25, 1918.

A BIG COAL PIT * Northern Indiana Traction , Company Will Brins to Decatur an EMERGENCY SUPPLY Os Coal from the Southern Mines—Storing in the Old Quarry. The Fori Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Company, under whore management the Fort Wayne-Decatur line is. is going to be prepared against any fuel shortage that might othetwise arise. A force of railway men Is employed now ujion pumping out and cleaning the stone quarry belonging to the company located at the west side of the traction line near the north St. Marys river brigde. This pit. when cleaned, will be used as a storage place for a large emergency supply of coal which the company will bring from its own mines in southern Indiana. The great difficulty in storing coal has been the danger of its igniting and burning. With the pit. which will fill again with water, keeping the coal wet. tills danger will be averted, yet the traction line will have a veritable coal mine at its very doors, subject to transportation on its own line, to meet any shortage that might arise this winter, as it did last. The water in the pit at the deepest place, when the pumping began, was about twenty-seven feet in depth. a few scattered places could the river be forded, and these were under constant pounding by the airmen. A handful of bridges also was pelted whh shells and air bombs. It is positively established that the enemy's losses''are even greater in the retreat than as a direct result cf th« Italian counter-offensive. Allied air forces were particularly active in harassing the Austrian retreat across the river at Falze, after the enemy had been swept from played a prominent role in this work. Thousands of Austrians have been captured. Other thousands have been wiped out by artillery, machine gun and rifle fire, by air bombs, and by drowning. Italian cavalry is pursuing the enemy far beyond the Piave. The horsemen are pushing forward toward the line between Conegliano and Gderzo. The infantry has followed the cavalry across and is operating on the east bank at three points on the twenty-mile front between Montello and Pont Di Piave. General Diaz has made no announcement as to the extent the Italians will follow the retreating enemy. It is known that the greater part of the Austrian reserves are concentrated in the mountain area to the north, which has now become the Italian flank. A considerable British force penetrates the Austrian lines on the Asingo plateau and returned with a number of prisoners who may furiosi: valuable information regarding the enemy’s intentions in this region Just what effect the Piave retirement may have on the expected Austrian drive southward from the n ountains cannot yet be determined. London, June 25—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Unconfirmed reports from Petrograd were in circulation here today that the former czar had been killed at Ekaterinberg by the bolshevik!. Dispatches from Petrograd declare that the mensheviki and social-revo-lutionaries of the right are expected to control the coming soviet elections despite the professional politics being , played by the bolsheviki. A Moscow report said M. Rodil visk, bolsheviki commissioner a! t press affairs was shot dead on thl t street in Petrograd Friday. I , (By Joseph Shaplen. United Pres; staff correspondent.) s Stockholm. June 25—(Special ti a Daily Democrat) — Three tbousam i- German troops, accompanied by cruiser, two destroyers and a subws y rine. have landed at Porti, ueu >- Batum, it was learned today. n "’hey probably seek to effect com >-' pieie occupation of the Caucasus v] (Continued *on Page Two)

r] HELP WOMEN DURING HARVEST Indianapolis, June 25- Plans for assisting the wives of farmers (luring the burden of the harvest, have boon 1 proposed by the woman's section of the Indiana State Council of Defense, to the chairmen of the Home Economics committees of the several county councils of the state. The suggestion is that the initrlotic wor men and girls in towns organize a club of volunteers who will help prepare the food necessary for the increased number of workmen necessitated by the heavier crops: and cooperate in the conserving of the large quantities of fruits and vegetables that might otherwise be lost. It Is recommended that the opportunity exists in every county to accomplish a vast saving, without great effort. “ through proper organization. It is apparent, the bulletin says, that much of the food stuff will be lost except that extra efforts are made io save it. SOUNDSWARNING Users of Sugar Warned That Prosecutions Will Follow THE USE OF SUGAR Not Secured on the Food Administrator’s Certificates. A warning to the users of sugar that prosecutions will follow the use of any sugar not secured on' the food administration's certificates as required by the president's proclamation of the effectiveness of the section authorizing such control, was Issued for today by J. E. Larger, sugar distributor for Indiana, in the office of Dr. Harry E. Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana. Although not required under the official regulations so to do, Mr, Larger has made a special and persistent apeal to all sugar users and particularly the manufacturers of confections, soft drinks, beverages, syrups, soda water and other products of a similar nature, that .they tile a statement of their 1917 consumption and 1918 requirements prior to June lOtli. Many of them did so. Those who failed will risk the penalty of the law. which is 2 years in prison to which may be added a fine up to $5,000. This is in accordance with sections fl and 7 of the Lever law, and is not to he confused with the penalties the food administration has collected for the Red Cross or other war charities, for minor infractions of the food regulations, covering other staples. Mr. Larger announces that an investigation will be made of all possible sources of sugar consumption and where violation of the regulations is ascertained —the unwarranted use of sugar or its use without pur chase through the certificates —the ' sugar will be confiscated and the offender turned over to the federal authorities for prosecution. TO GIVE TALKS ’ Along the Line of Food Conservation at the Meeting k THURSDAY EVENING i ——— ‘ At the Reformed Church —New Food Clubs e Organized. >- _____ ti s A meeting in the interest of the food clubs which are Iteing organized will be held at the Reformed church I Thursday evening at eight o’clock, lt when the following program will be ie Si ven: Song, America. Prayer—Rev. Stolte. ts Introduction —Chairman. Talk, “Organization of Food Clubs” to —Mrs. James Fristoe. id Piano Solo—Mrs. Thornburg, a Talk, "Conservation"—Mrs. C. J. a- Lutz. ir A Hoover Reading—Veronica Anker Duet—Mrs. Sellemeyer and Mrs. n- Neptune. s, Talk—Rev. Stolte. “ Song, “Star Spanged Banner.”

r PLAN FOR FOURTH 5 1 f People of This County Arc Invited to Celebrate the Day of Independence IN CITY OF DECATUR Ladies in Charge Promise a Pleasing and Unique Progrom of Entertainment. The ladies are in charge of the ceie bration to be held in Decatur on the Fourth of July and they are rapidlycompleting plans that will surprise and please those who participate in the celebration of the day of independence in this city. The refershment stands will be in charge of the Red Cross and every penny earned is to go to the local chapter. This work is being assigned to various societies who will turn the money into the Red Cross treasury. The work of building the platform and arranging the seats for 3,000 people on the east side of the court house will he in charge of Mr. F. E. France who has demonstrated his ability along that line several times during the past few months. Second street will be roped off and every effort made that as many people as possible can witness the tableaus and pantomimes and can hear the speeches. The complete program is being made up now and will he announced within a few days. In the meantime get ready to enjoy the day here and help the ladies make it the biggest and best celebration ever known in the county. This is a great year for it. THROAT CAOCHT In Telephone Wires—A Clover Leaf Conductor Brings Suit FOR $2,500 DAMAGES From Willshire Telephone Company—M as Caught While on Train. Quinn Heaton, a conductor on a Clover Leaf train, has brought suit against the Willshire Telephone Co> ipany for $2500 damages. The case was tiled in the Adams circuit court by Heaton's attorney. R. C. Parrish. Heaton sets out that on last April 15, while walking on the top of bis train, from the caboose to the engine, in the jterformance of his duties as conductor, he was caught in the telephone wires of this company, at a point where the railroad crosses the Pleasant Mills, Willshire highway, in St. Marys township. The shock threw him to the roof of the car and dragged him thereon a distance of thirty feet. During this time his throat and neck were bunted and lacerated and his hotly bruised and crushed. Inflicting painful Injuries upon him. He charges that the wires were strung less than twenty-five feet above the railway; that the poles were set at a distance of more than 100 feet apart; that they were improperly tamped and guyed, and the wires carelessly strung. SEINING ST. MARYS RIVER I It is reported that, an unusual amount of seining and trapping of fish is going on along the St. Marys river just now and those engaging in this pastime should remember that e it is a violation of the law. One man il reports counting eight different parh ties working yesterday afternoon and h one of these had 110 croppies or talie co bass. The matter has been report ed to the state officials and it is more than likely that some action w'll soon be taken towards stopping illegal fishing. A MERITED REBUKE A seventeen and a half year old boy writes the following to his sister who worried lest the draft age be r lowered: “What are you worrying i. about me having to go to tbe army for? If all the parents went ‘dippy’ like you over such things, what would this world be coming to?”

I THE RULE ON FOOD SALES. I Indianapolis .Ind.. June 25—With a view to permitting certain by-prod-ucts of mil! feed to seek their natural 0 price level, the United States rood administration. In a telegram received today by Dr. Hurry E. Barnard, federal food administrator, directed that Rule 23, which forbids combination sales of foodstuffs be enforced in regard to all sales of wheat feed v in combination with other feed stuffs, whether by ntanufatturers to wholesalers or jobbers or by the lat 1 ter to retailers, is not to he interpret i ed to prevent a dealer otv consumer from purchasing an assorted car of feed. Notice to this effect has been sent to county food administrators by Dr. Barnard, and the feedings ,» stuff section of the federal food ad- ,, ministration is giving special notice to the trade. ; DIED AT MIDLAND A Former Decatur Lady, Mrs. Frank Davis, is Dead MOVED FROM HERE To Michigan About Five Years Ago—Mas Well Known Here. John Rumple, of Jefferson township, has received word of the death of his sister, Mary, wife of Frank Davis, formerly of this city. Death occurred at their home at Midland. Mich., where they moved about five yotirs atso, following the death of thier son. Lloyd. His death resulted iiom accidental shotting while he was climbing a fence preparatory to going hunting. At that time, the family lived west of this city. T’r'or to that time they lived In the Durkin property on Mercer avenue. while Mr. Davis was local agent for the Acme Medicine com-, pany. Mrs. Davis spent her early life in Jefferson township. Her mother is still living and makes her home there. The family also lived at Pleasant Mlils for a while. Mrs. Davis was about sixty years of age. They have but one child living, Miss Stella Davis, at home. Three of their children are interred in the family lot in the Decatur < eraetery, but relatives had not received word as to the funeral ariar.f iip.ents for Mrs. Davis. The telegram of the death came Sunday morning. ■ ' —O SON IS BORN Relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lewton of Fort Wayne have received announcement of the birth of a son. Lloyd. June 18. at the new Methodist hospital in Ft. Wayne. This is their first child. Mrs. Lewton was Miss Geraldine Cross. The boy baby born last Tuesday night to Mr. and Mrs. George Munnna of Thirteenth street, has been named George Calvin. This is the third child in the family. CARES FOR WAR BABIES Mrs. W. S. Porter and two chili dren. of Dayton. 0.. are. guests of hsr parents. Mr. and Mrs. Rolla Calder- . wood in Blue Creek township. Mrs. ■■ Porter was formerly Miss Susie Ca’di erwood. She is doing her part in war - work by taking care of war babies > during the day while their mothers are away from home working. One little boy whom she brought here with her, that his mother might devote her I time to work, is the son of a soldier r who is now in France. —o—s FRANKUIN FRANTZ IS CAPTAIN It t Last evening at the meeting of the n ward captains and members of the ■ War Savings Stamp soliciting comd mitteea held at the library. Franklin i- Frantz accepted the chairmanship t- for the organizing of the second ward e “A” teams. His committee will solicII it the business houses and homes in t- this ward in the interest of the sale of War Savings Stamps. A LITTLE EARLY il Tbe kind old gentleman met his r friend, little Willie, one very hot dry. e. “Hallo. Willie!" be exclaimed, "And g bow is your dear old Grandpa stands', Ing the heat?” f’| “Ain't beard yet," said William. rl “He's only been dead a week." —Injdianapolis Star.

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PALMER'S NOTICE Issued Today Says Those M ho Conceal Alien Property Must Sutler. NEW YORK CONCERNS Charged W ith Transferrins Property to Corporation Must Dig Up. MB fUnlteq Service) Washington, June 25 —(Special tn Daily Democrat) —Germans or Americans attempting to conceal alien property will suffer the full consequences of their act. Alien property custodian, A. Mitchell Palmer issued this notice officially today following discovery of a German plot whereby millions of dollars of enemy assets were concealed by transferring them to American corporations. , Already $3,500,000 worth of such property has been recovered. Three New York concerns, DieckerI hoff. Raffloer & Co., notions, 5u i Broadway: Raffloer Erbsloh & Co., cordage, same address, and the American Storage company. Havana, il i? alleged, transferred their holdings t.> a corporation and swore it was not to evade the alien property law. but ic--1 cording to Palmer this later proved : to be a plain case of evasion. The hunt for other similar cas-s is proceeding. Some American cl' izens are under the shadow of suspicion. MARRIED TODAY Earl O. Hendricks Claims Miss Ethel Custard as Bride.WERE MARRIED HERE At the Methodist Parsonage—To Live at Huntington. Earl (>. Hendricks, former Decatur boy. and Miss Ethel Custard, daughter of William Custard of south of this city, were married here this morning at 10:30 o’clock by the Rev. F. F. Thornburg at the Methodist nar sonage. The couple was unattended. Mr. Hendricks is a brakeman employed on the Chicago & Erie railroad. They will make their home in Huntington. to which place they will go after a tew days' visit here. The groont is a son of the late B. D. Hendricks. His mother. Mrs. William Riffle, now resides in this city on North Seventh street. The bride who is a eooks has been employed at Huntington for the past two month;. FUNERALOF CIRCUS PEOPLE. (United Trees Service) Hammond. Ind.. June 25—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Practically ail of the fifty-eight bodies of victims of the wreck of a Hagenbeck-Wallace train here Saturday will be taken to Chicago tomorrow to be buried. The unidentified bodies will be laid in a ’ huge grave in “Showmen's League * Rest." a portion of Woodlawn cente- ’ tery owned by the Showmen's 1 League of America. Identified dead r will be buried in individual graves r in the same plot. Monuments will be erected in the cemetery and on the scene of the wreck by Edward Ballard, an owner of the circus. Ene gineer Alonzo Sargent of the trara e that crashed into the circus special i- was expectejl to testify whqn tho a coroner’s Insuest was resumed hero p today. ”VYHLL LEAVE JULY Ist ii Frank Ineichen of Wabash towne ship, the man who was selected by the local military board to go to Richmond to take the training course in mechanics will leave at 1:05 over the s G. R. & I. road for that city on July ’. lat. The entHJtuttent orders for the •j four men who will bo sent to Vai-I-'paraiso university have not beep received. The contingent of sixteen men will leave Wednesday at 12:45 over the G. R. & I. for Camp Sherman jChillicothe. Ohio.