Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1918 — Page 2

■r.""” . .. ■ DAILY DEMOCRAT) Publtehcd ffvtry Evening Except Sunday by — .... ... — .... v The Decatur Democrat Company ( JOHN H. HELLER President ~ ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary ' ==================================== t Subscription Rates t Per Week, by carrier 10 Cents ’ Per Year, by carrier 16.00 v Per Mouth, by mail 26 cents t Per Tear, by mail 18 001 Single Copies 2 cents) Advertising rates made known oni application. I :l * 1 "-- a | j. Entered at the postoffice in Deca-| tur, Indiana, as second-class matter.; A* 1 " " ll ' t""’ l ' —j The Fourth of July in Decatur will . be observed in a unique manner and . we are sure you will be delighted 1 ( with the program of the day. Lett, your patriotism and enthusiasm have' ( full sway on that day. help make it', a real day in honor of our independ- 1 i 1 once. Plan now to spend the Fourth 1 in Decatur. |, The war savings stamp campaign in Decatur is moving along nicely and will be a success. We believe it will be just as successfu 1 over the county and that within the week the quota for this county will have been completed. Our people are loyal and ( willing to give to the last cent in sup-, port of their country. With the work I in the hands of the classified men. each willing and glad to do his part of tlie canvassing, the campaign is sure to be a winner. - Though you may not realize or ad-1 init it.! if you will think seriously.’ you will know or can easily find out. l that the men who are urging you to buy War Savings Stamps are doing you n favor. These stamps are the best secured of anything you can buy. they pay 4 per cent interest, compounded if left run five years, if you need your money in the meantime you can withdraw it with 3 per cent Interest by giving ten days’ notice. you don’t have to pay taxes on the money thus invested and besides and greater than all. you are helping your government and providing for the boys who are fighting to protect your property, it ought to be easy to secure the pledges for Adams county. The Witness has started a cam paign to secure net ter lire protection for Berne which will probably result in a water plant. The town should have had the improvement years ago. It is the best town of its size in the state of Indiana and it is hard to understand how they could content themselves this long without adequate fire protection. When we feel we have a fireproof building and don’t ueed protection along comes a blaze that wipes out any such thought quickly and effectively. Berne has for years had a splendid fire company but they have had no equipment with which to light a blaze and they perhaps do not realize how lucky they have been to escape the losses of severe and costly tires. The disaster of last Sunday may result in a betterment of the town and the Witness deserves credit and support in their efforts. The war outlook is distinctly encouraging. says Henry Clews. New ork banker. On the western front

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the enemy has been firmly held incheck, while in Italy lhe Austrian attack proved a positive failure . Mean while American troops are pouring into the war zone it a rate exceeding all earlier expectations; and Germany will soon awake to the tolly of con tinuing a hopeless struggle. Perhaps the most significant indications are the criticisms of the Kaiser by such of the German newspapers as have the courage to speak their minds. The ’’Frankfurter Zeitung.’’ for example. one of the most conservative and influential journals in Germany, recently charged the Emperor with ’’continuing the war for the sole purpose of enforcing German supremacy on the world;” that on August 4. 1914, ’’they did not tell the German people they were yoing to n. ar in order to put down Anglo-Sa ~m supremacy.' that if they had. "the Corn, in tian would not have been unanimous on this point.” and that the unity which the Kaiser sought, “would have been broken from the very first day." These are portentous words, ant other journals are speaking in similar tones. Evidently some of the German people are at last realizing the deception practised upon them and the ruin which has been brought upon the whole German empire by -i cruel, selfish and unscrupulous milii tary despotism, insanely plotting to 1 rule or ruin the civilized world. There is no longer any probability of German success; and though danger F •by no means past, the allies are ,evijdently able to hold the lines un i! 'America breaks in as we soou shall. and turn the tide to victory, pea e I and democracy. ITu>sianism is rutting into certain self-destruction. g :•«:nr:;:r. ox rsr sc sc toaa x r I SOCIETY { WEEKLY SOCIAL CALENDAR T uesday. Rebekah Degree Staff —At Hall. Delta Theta Tau— Frances Mousey Wednesday. 1 C. U. B I.—Florence Bremerkamp. St Vincent de Paul —Mrs. Tom Dowling. Shakespeare Club —Library nail at 4 o’clock. Thursday. Ever Ready Class —Mrs. Fred Handier. Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid — Mrs. Earl Coverdale. Evangelical Ladis' Aid —Church. Baptist Aid—Mrs. David Stolen Christian Pastoral Helpers— Mrs. V. C. Knepper. Friday. Methodist Mite—Mrs. A D. Suttles. Saturday. Queen Esther Stand— Courthouse corner. If the weather doesn’t happen to be good for my work today, it’s good for some other man’s , and will come round to me tomorrow.— Dickens. For a dreamer lives forever. And a thinker dies in a day. —John B. O’Reilly. An important meeting of the Presbyterian Indies’ Aid society will 1 e Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Earl Corerdale. This will lie the last meeting until September and it is imperative that every member attend at this time. The young ladles of Curryville have the right idea and are doing their bit to win the affections of the IJberty Guards, if not win the war On next drill night. Tuesday. June 25, the aforesaid young ladies are going ’o furnish ice cream for the home soldiers, and have invited the surrounding country in to see the fellows eat it. No doubt ail members of the guards of Curryville will he out for drill Tuesday night —Bluffton Banner. Miss lami.se Fietemeyer. of Lafayette. is the guest of Miss Catherine Christen. The girls were classmates at Purdue university and are also members of the same sorority. Mrs. James Artman. of Plymoutn. and Mias Mary Erwm were guests with the Ruth Circle of Miss Esth'-rl Enos last evening Owing to the ait-l sence of the president. Miss Floren. e! Lichtensteiger. on account of illness, no business came up. A purely social good time was enjoyed. Mr. and .Mrs. Leo Milter and chil- ! dren and Miss Fjances Nix. of Hun'-' ington, were here Sunday and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Nichols at uluiier oau sup-per. The Delta Theta Tau sorority met. with Miss Frances Mougey last even-

ing The arrangements for the national convention to be held here July ft, 10. and 11 are still the chief topic of discussion. Miss Olenya Mangold will entertain next Mondav evening The Methodist Mite society will mee' Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with Mrs. A. D. Suttles of South Fifth street. Miss Zelna Stevens has returned from Marion where she attended lhe state Christian Endeavor convention. . representing the C. E. society of the local United Brethren church. More than a thousand delegates attended from over the entire state and heard ■ the splendid program given during ■ the convention which opened Thurs- ■ day evening and closed Sunday evening. O. F. Gilliom. of Berne, was reelected state president. The 1919 convention wHI be held iu Ft. \\ ayne ‘ Miss Stevens chile there visited the normal where she attended school test year, and also visited with a friend. Mrs. John Case who moved there some time ago from here. i i The fourth annual reunion of the Henry Worthmann family was held at the home of Mrs. Henry Worthmann 1 Wednesday evening, June 19th. at which all members were present in- ■ eluding other guests. The delightful , event opened with a delicious supper , prepared by Mrs. Worthmann and daughter. Mrs. Fred Goldner. After 1 the repast a short time was spent in 1 conversation and pittying games till the president called the meeting to , order The program was opened by a prelude after which came the election of new officers for the ensuing year. This was followed by recitations anti addresses, patriotic songs - were sung, the meeting adjourned , with -in-ring God Be With You Till , We Meet Again ” > The wedding of Rev Rudolph i Worthmann and Miss Hulda Reppert l took place Thursday afternoon at the 1 Magley Reformed church after which 1 the brothers and sisters of the bride ’ and groom went to the bride’s home for a splendid supper. The two young people are well known and liked by 1 all people and all wish them succe-- ’ ir. life The groom has taken charge | of the Reformed - hurch at New Breman. Ohio, and will assume his duties after returning from a trip to Indianapolis. The Pythian Sisters’ Needle Club . will give a reception Tuesday afteinoon of next week, the reception com . mittee being Mesdames Ed A hr. Frank Carroll. Charles Burdg DellaHunsicker. The affair will tie a I unique one. a new variety of program and amusement features having been arranged for the same. A noted speaker will he here and a number of surprises are said to be included i;i the entertainment calendar. EreryPythian Sister is invited. Mrs. E. Eisenhut and daughter. Evelyn. of Fort Wayne were guests of Mrs. David Gerlier today The C. U B I. girls will hold th -ir regular business meeting Wednesday evening with Miss Florence Bremerkamp. The Queen Esther Circle will conduct a stand next Saturday—gift day —on the courhouse corner and will appreciate the patronage of the public. The Ever Ready Sunday school class taught by Mrs. Wash Gilpin will meet Thursday evening with Mrs. Fred Hancher. 208 South Second street, instead of with Mrs. Riley Chrisman. AH are asked to come prepared to pay the dues on the Liberty bond at this time. iCOO R T | Real estate transfers; Albert Kindle to Albert F. Moser. 120 acres. French tp.. $25,000; F. Neal Ninde 1 et al. to Charles A. North, south half ( of lot 387. Geneva. $500; Charles A. ' North to F. Earl Ninde. south half ’ of tot 387. Geneva. ssoo. Tomorrow will bethe last day for fitting bills with the auditor for allowance by the county commission- 1 ers at the Julv session. t A marriage license was issued to 'Earl 0. Hendricks, brakeman, bcm ' June 12. 1891. -on of B. D. Hendrick . and Eth l ! H. Custard, born August C-, \ 1'1897, cook, daughter of William H. ( - Custard. stud to be a resident of this R f county. The groom was divorced n from a former wife in 1914. n Martin Mooschbergcr qualified as administrator of the estates of Peter 1 and Rachel Moeschberger, giving $lO9 and s2ot' bond in each re-spec- 0 lively. . — - • n i , QUESTIONNAIRES MAILED, e (United 1 ie»s Service > ’’ Indianapolis. Ind. uJue 25—(Special to DaUy Democrat)—Question tl Mires were being mailed out to ci i

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men who registered last June 5. by local draft boards in Indiana, today. The questionnaires will be mailed over a period of four days, one-fourth going out each day. The, registrants are required to have the blanks filled out. affidavits made and the questionnaires returned within seven days. kalians Driving On Start New Offensive (Continued rrom Page One) thus threatening the British in Persia and Mesopotamia. It is believed they will extend their occupation to the provinces of Kuban and Kutais. Paris. June 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —French troops who advanced slightly northeast of Le Port yesterday, maintained their new positions despite a violent German at ta£k. the war office announced today. Successful raids were conducted in Lorraine and the Woevve. "North of the Aisne. after violet'.*, shelling and grenade lighting in the works taken by us yesterday northeast of Le Pert (six miles west of Soissonst the French were integrally maintained, the communique said. "There was fairly active artillery fighting in the Faverolles and Corey regions. ■Twenty prisoners were taken in three raids in the Woevre and Lor raine.” TROOPS ARE ARRIVING. (United Pres? Service) Camp Sherman. Ohio. Juno 25 — (Special to Daily Democrat»—Ohio and Indiana's first contingent of the June 24 S. S. quota arrived in camp today on trains from Toledo, Lima. Dayton. Martin's Ferry and Zanesville, Ohio, and Elkhart and Lafayette. Ind. The men were taken to the depot brigade, innoculated and uniformed. There will be movements of the S. S. men from the two states every day until Friday. IS IMPROVING The rumor that D. Schmidtt is seriously ill at the sanitarium at Rome City is false. He went there -two weeks ago for a rest and is said to be getting along fine. MERCHANT'S ASSOCIATION MEET The Merchant's Association will meet tonight at the city hall at eight o'clock. All members are requested to be *■ ’esent. TWO HUNDREO~p"tRCENT PROFIT God in His infinite wisdom has pro-1 vidcd man not only with mental, spirit ital and physical capacities, but He also made provision for ‘lie development of each and all of these attai.iments. Muns physical body is a perfect typn of an automatic machine. The l)uman iuachine'’is seif-propclling. self I tilling, self-feeding. self-regulating, i self-adjusting and self-repairing. Our t body centaius within itself a fully L'quipimd lalatratory »<> I( ' uj |v ( pairing if properly cared for. L Poisons were never intended forjt he human body and yet fully tm per tl .ent or more of the medicine given o t * •

today contains poison. Giving poison to a man is like whipping a tired horse to make him go faster or knocking him unconscious to relieve his sutlert ing. In either case you have obtained the desired result for the time being but eventually he is in worse condition than before. That is why osteopathic treatments ire a two-fold benefit to the human body, for you to receive 200 per cent profit from the treatment You do i not only save the stomach, teeth, liver, kidneys, nerves and blood from taking care of a destructive foreign element but an osteopathic treatment is of direct benefit to the circulatory I and nervous systems which are the vitalize™ of thq body. An osteopathic treatment will do for the human system what opening a blocked drain from a stagnant spring will do for the disease laden spring; it will clear it ' of all filth and impurities. Natures way is always the simplest and most sensible. * DR. C. R. WEAVER, over Peoples ( Loan and Trust Co. The price of medicine has increas- , ed from 100 to 150 per cent but the . price of osteopathic treatments remains the same. ad . t JOHN GOWDY IS DEAD (United Frew Service) Rushville. Ind. June 25— (Special . to Daily Democrat)—John Gowdy, for many years a leader in the Indiana , republican party and at one time U. r S. council general to Paris, died here today following a long illness. He was elected chairman of the Indiana republican state committee in 1890 and served until he was appointed council general to Paris by McKin- > ley. He served at the Paris coast . post for eight years when he resigned > and returned to Rushville with his family. While abroad Gowdy received many ■ honors from the French government. —— —— — -— _ ENGINEER WAS ASLEEP. (United Hammond. Ind.. June 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Testifying before a coroner's jury Conductor Lewis Johnson of the Michigan Genual train that ran into the Hage"' 'ck-Wallace circus train at Ivanhoe Saturday, dtoay swore that Engineer Lon Sargent told him he was dozing when the wreck occurred sargent was brought here today and held under a charge of manslaughter. He refused to testify today and claimed right to refuse to testify on the ground that he was facing trial nt.d his testimony might be used against him. to lafayette. IndT June 24—The value of the hot water method in the treatment ot wheat seed to prevent gram smut was never better shown than in a field in Shelby county which w-1 visited by G. N. goffer of the tau,,. ical division of Purdue University. Sixty-two farmers troin the .- sin* locality and cunnty agent. Hu.w|l J East were with him. all in-pel-ting th* ' tract. * * t 1 ■ J m a field which was sown wfei, < freated seed, the 62 farmers, county -j agent and Mr. Hoffer found only ] three hcaijs of wheat which Were as- | fileted with smut in the other-field f anly an eighth of a mile away which

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—— — ~i 1 o ! was sown with untreated seed from |} the same bin. there was 22 percent B smut, or 22 heads out of every 100 ( drying up to a powder and blowing v away. p This seed was treated by being left i. in water in a temperature of 130 de--9 grees for 10 minutes. ii Mr. Hoffer showed that the farme ers of Shelby county could have re--1 ceived $150,000 more for their wheat t this year if all had treated their seed last fall. This year that county has s 52,400 acres of wheat. The average yield tor these is upwards of 20 bushels, but figuring it at only’ ’5 B bushels, the total yield for the county would be 786.000 bushels, which is t worth $1,572,000 at $2 a bushel. If the loss from smut is 10 per cent, it means a loss of 78,000 bushels, which sends the total in dollars above 1 $150,000. r The points were brought out so i clearly that 18 of the men agreed at once to support a central seed trea' - ing station next fall and have at least part of their seed treated so that next year s crop or part of it will t be free from disease, and they can - supply many other farmers in their - county with clean seed wheat. This t one demonstration apparently will re--1 suit in a widespread movement in . Shelby county and throughout the state for better seed.

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