Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1918 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT]' 4- wxiasr-r-- = x=a= t PuOUthMI ffv«ry Ivanina Kacapt •unPay by The Decatur Democrat Company > JOHN H. HELLER Praaldant i ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUBE, SacraUry " ■I. J Subscription Ratal I Par Week, by carrier 16 Cants 1 Per Tear, by carrier , *5.00 t Per Month, by mall >6 cents ( Per Tear, by mall *3.00 Single Copies 3 cents 1 Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the pottofile* in Deca- ' tur, Indiana, aa eecond-clMa matter. ' ~ ~ L —- *■ i i The saving stamp campaign pro- j grosses, perhaps a little slowly, hut ever forward. Every township must | make thelf quota and the sooner it is dene, the sooner we< can quit urging, i The union services held each Sunday evening In this city will produce great good if the people enter into the spirit of the great purpose In every line of work just now there is a united effort ami the results are manifest on every hand. Why not in the churches? Attend the meeting Sunday night and see if you don’t enjoy and don't find therein the opportunity to help your fellow man and t,o aid the great cause of humanity. £ i Everjl successful merchant and busines# man know s the value of advertising. If he doesn’t he is not a business man. Just put that down as a basis. If he is not alive to the cj;jxjrt unity given him to reach the people of Adams county with a daily message through th<- Democrat, he is missing his best opportunity to serve the people and to secure the best trade in die world. A good advertiser is always a good buyer and a safe man to deal with. The attention of the young men called to service from Adams county is directed to the fact that before leaving they should call at the vouij imuse and register. Every 1 man will be given an opportunity to vote, no difference in what camp he is quartered and he should save a lot of trouble by registering before leaving. You may not think now that you will care to vote but you may change your mind and the thing to do is to safe guard your rights by qualifying Be sure to register before you leave. The wise man who expects to subscribe for bonds next fall will prepate for it by betting a few Treasury Certificates as he goes along. The banks of Adams county are offering these certificates, or short time notes signed by the government, and they bear 4' 2 per cent interest. They are payable in 90 days to four months ami are sold in lots of slb(i and up. Many men are buying these SIOO or more at a time, so that when the next issue of bonds come they will be prepared io purchase. That is real preparedness

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and it applies to individuals as well as' nations. • ! H • I Subscribers of newspapers should r member that the new rule governing the giving away of papers under any circumstance*, goes into effe.'t Monday It is a war order and must be enfortcd No sample or promotion copies, no exchanges, can be given away. We ask your co-operation at this time, as you have given it in the past, that we may continue to furnish you the news, obey these orders, meet the demands of increased expense ai l in return we promise you our very l>est efforts to give you a modern news paper containing the items of greatest Interest to you. s ■. tn-.ttUTO'.ar.rn! itrrn: trutu: x n j SOCIETY J Club Calendar Friday. C. E. Meeting—V. B. Parsonage. Christian Pastoral Helpers Mrs Henry Loyal Daughter’s Class Hilda Kern Saturday. Home Guards —Naomi Stults. We should deal with children as God deals with us: we are-hap-piest under the influence of innocent delusions. —Goethe. Mr. and Mrs. George Shosenherg and child. Miss Mary Nye, of Will- ! shire. O : and Mrs George Simmers • and sons, motored to Fort Wayne yes t terday where they were guests at dinner of Mr. ami Mrs Fred Nye and at- ; tended the Barnum A- Bailey circus ir - the afternoon. The United Brethren Ladies’ Aid ’.met with Mrs. George Munima yes | terday afternoon where they worked jon their quilt blocks a«d attended »< 1 1 business matters. A meeting will be • held at the parsonage next Friday ;•! > whi< h time, the quilt blocks will joined. At that time also members arrequested to bring old magazines and papers to the church basement. Thes-> 1 1 will be sold ami the proceeds given ’ to the aid fund. Miss Margaret Theader. of Elwood 3 a delicate to the Delta Theta Tau con vention. who was the guest of Mist 1 Agnes Kohne, returned to her home ? yeaterda y. Misses Frances Hvms. Miss Cot Voisinet and Miss Unga Morgan. <1 1 Union City., who were guests of • Misses Glennys Mangold and Frances I Deininger while attending the Belts ! Theta Tau sororitv convention her - r i (returned this morning to their homes Miss Vera Reinhart remained for the week-end with Miss Glennys Mangol 1 Another pleasant social affair, giv jen last evening with Dr. and Mrs. ’ S. P. Hoffman as the honored guests. ■ in farewell to the doctor who leaves . within a day or two for Fort Ogle thorite. Ga». to become a member of*the medical corps of the United 1 States army, was that at the home s of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stewart on > South Third street by the members of the Birthday club. It had been » I planned to have a picnic supper at I some comfortable spot in the coun t try. but the weather man upset the ,* plans, and the picnic was carried out lat the Stewart home. A "weirer > t roast” was the feature of the lunch 1 eon. after which a drive was made ■ over the city and then the members of the party again returned to the Stewart home, where music and a general good time made the hour of 'midnight roll around altogether too quickly. Dr. and Mrs. Hoffman have been members of the Birthday club since its organization and the doctor will be missed from its social sessions. but the members wish for him all the success possible in his efforts to serve Uncle Sam in caring for the nation's soldiers. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman drove to Berne at midnight, from which place he will leave to as sume his duties. Dr. and Mrs. Hoffman were also guests of Oscar Lankenau at the Madison House at dinner Thursday noon. Miss Agnes Gillfg. who is working on the Wabash Plain Dealer is expected here for a visit Sunday with relatives and friends. Miss Naomi Stults will hostess to the Hom,- Guards Saturday afternoon at her home on North Third street. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith and children. Grace. Allen and Dale, of Huntington. were here and spent Thursday with the Peter Conrad family on M-r---eer Avenue. Mossr.-. Conrad and' Smith wqre inspectors together for the! railway before the Courads came to-i ‘gether. Mr and Mrs. John < sharp and ■ist r. Mi-s Grate Reynolds, of Blair I town, N. J - and their aieter-in-law,

Mrs. C. O, Reynolds, of Elizabeth. N fj., will arrive by auto today and be guests of Mrs V S. Hill and F. \ 'Mills and family for three days. Mis, Mary Reynolds Sharp and Miss Grate Reynolds are sisters of the Rev. C G. Reynolds, and their father, the Rev. Reynolds whs a former pastor of the l>ecatur Presbyterian church Prof Sharp is superintendent of the boys’ and girls’ school at Blairstown, N. J. The Methodist Missionary societywith Mrs. John Niblick. leader, had a fine study and other interesting program features at the meeting at the home of Mrs. T. W Holaapple yesterday afternoon Arrangements are being made for the ’’guest day Thursday evening. August 1 at the home >f Mrs. Robert Case. The husbands wPI be invited and a splendid program is being arranged tor Mrs. Fred Bacon has as her guests. ! Mrs. Anna Buck ami two daughters. J Mrs. May Neilsen and Miss Ruth Buck ! of Charlotte. Mich Misses Mary MoEses and Vivian Burk have received announcement of the marriage of Miss Catherine Carey, daughter of Mrs. David Carey, of Hattiesburg. Miss., formerly of this city Her marriage took place June 29 to Captain Plummer Bond, of Camp Sh Iby. Mrs. Will Buller and daughter. Monai have returned from a three weeks' visit with relatives in Michigan and Ohio. At Lansing. Mich she visited with her daughter. Mrs. H 0. Dibble: at Ashtabula. O. with a son. C. A. Amspaugh: and at Toledo. (>.. with her sister. Mrs. John Cloud. At Ashtabula, 0.. she witnessed the launching of a new war ship. The k -Nick club knit and spent la -t evening at the home of Miss Joseph ne Lang. They also played bunco and prizes were won by Anola Frank and Germaine Coffee. Misses Tena and Agnes ('outer and Mrs. Claude Coffee were guests besides the club member-. 0 I 6 O (J RT I County Clerk Will Hammell issu 'd , two permits today under the late a< one to Callow & Kohne and the other to The Hoiihouse Drug Company, allowing them to receive and i>ossess pure grain alcohol. Real estate transfers; Wilhelnn:.a Bohnke to John H. Hall, et al.. 42.” I acres of Root township. $4221: United States patent deed to James Meyer, 4n acres of St. Marys township. — Cupid seems to be a slacker these days as only three licenses have been issued this month. CITY OE BERAT HAS BEEN TAKEN (Continued from Page One) today by naval officials here. Two sailors who occupied the basket during daylight hours hud descended I BULLETIN • lamdon. July 12—(Special to Daily i Democrat i—Another British raid tn 1 Constantinople was announced by the 1 air ministry today. “An air force on July 7 attacked ■ Constantinople, dropping half a ton of bombs.” (he statement said. t Washington. July 12 —(Special tn Daily Democrat)—Approximately *2.- ! 500,000 will be expended by the rail- ’ road administration in the establish- ' ment of a system of branch lines on 1 the inland waterways provided by the f Mississippi and Black Warrior rivers. ’ it was learned officially today. > Ixmdon July 12—(Special to Daily ■ Denjoerat »—Hundreds of persons arc ■ dying daily of cholera in Petrograd, i a wireless dispatch from (hat city flei dared loday. It is impossible to check i the epidemic which is said to he the • result of the grave food, shortage. The • bread ration averages less than a quarter of a pound a person. Izxidon. July 12—(Special to Da.ly Democrat • —More (han 120 prisoners and ten machine guns were captured in minor action south of Morris on the Flanders front. Field Marshal Haig reported today. Successful raids were, conducted elsewhere on the Flanders front and in Picardy. Rome. July 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) Austria’s defeat in Albania is proportionately an overwhelming a reverse as the Have rout, battle front dispatches received declared. By Tuesday's advance of from 20 to 25 miles the ItnlUtnu and their allies ‘■wept forward irresistibly, occupying the southern bank of the Sement. recording to a message from Valonn. I' Italian troops have almost entirely | enveloped «b*' city of Bcntt. Its surrender is expected ui«xuentarilv I Fierce fighting todlr pia,.-,. on tbl . Aastrian right wing, where strong re-

alstance was offered to the incessant attacks of the Italians, dispatches said. 1 After a three day tight, the enemy > stubborn defense wa- smashed and Italian cavalry pierced the right wing, sweeping into Fieri. ( The Italian cavalry was so rapid the f Austrians were forced to flee precip- < itately from the town abandoning their airdrome and several airplanes whi- h ( fell undamaged into the hands ot the , attackers. ( British monitors and airplanes assisted in throwing the enemy into confusion. Airmen demolished six _ bridges over the Semini with bom's. ’ dropped with remarkable accuracy. London. July 12—(Special to Daily | Democrat I— Germany's leaders, mill- t tary as well as political, are ready to t consider "sincere peace proposals. , Chancellor von Hertling declared in a , speech before the main committee of the reichstag yesterday, according to I dispatches received here today. “The recent speeches of President Wilson and Foreign Secretary Bal lour, plainly indicate our enemies will to destroy her. force Germany to continue the struggle." von Hertling saig. "The closest unity, however, exists among Germany's political and military leaders regarding readiness To receive sincere peace prtftwsals.” Hertling said the change in foreign ministers was not due to any real differences in operation, but because ! personal discussion had revealed mat ters which should not have been pul>lished. Washington. D. C.. July 12 —(Spe- • cial to Daily Democrat I—Turkish I regulars were responsible for the out--1 rages against American property at Tabriz, according to information furnished the state department by the ' Spanish government. This tends to aggravate the situa- ' tion between the U. S. and Turkey. ' and if corroborated by the response ' expected from the latter nation, it ’ probably will prove a casus belli. Copenhagen. July 12—(Special to t Daily Democrat i —One of the assas I sins of Ambassador Mirbach has been I arrested, according to a Moscow dis I patch to the Frankfurter Zietung. Indianapolis. Ind.. July 12 —(SpeI cial to Daily Democ rat I —lndiana has • sent 88.300 men to the army and r navy, according to figures procured i- from various state departments. Thl.< s inc ludes volunteers and drafted men in the national army, national guard, regular army and marines. I New York. July 12—(Special to • Daily Democrat) — Julius Pirnitze.'. . former president of the trans-Atlantic trust company of this city is under arrest. together with three other enemy aliens believed to have had some con1 nection with the dissemination of Ge: man propaganda in this country. The others are Andrew Gornary, who was private secretary of Pirnitzer; Guido (von Steer, said to have been a secretary in the cabinet of the late Emperor Franz Joseph, and Dr. Isidore Soz< kely. advertising manager of the . trust company. ’ Pirnitzer it was recalled by government agents, predicted in June. 1916, that a cargo submarine would visit the United States end the Deutschland , arrived shortly thereafter. Simultaneously with (he arrest. It was disclosed that the trans-Atlantic Trust company ha.- been In the bands I of A Mitchell Palmer, federal aliea ( enemy property custodian for several days, and that he re-organ’zed the directors, forcing Pirnitzer out. WOMEN TO MEET IN CHICAGO Indiana polls. July 12—For the pur- • pose of mapping out the organization 1 plans tor the Fourth Lil.crty loan campaign. women leaders from all sec - tions of the country will assemble in ( hicago on July 15 fo*r a .-cries of ■ meetings to take up the problems f ' the next war loan drive, which Is , scheduled to start in October or No- ■ vember. These women leaders will c include the twelve members of the na- 1 ! tional lil'.rty loan committee, head'd ■by Mrs. William G. McAdoo: the ) twelve federal reserve? rhalrmen and tb<* forty-eight state chairmen. includ-| Ing those from Alaska and the District l of Columbia. The sessions will be I I held at the Blackstone hotel. Mrs J ’ Alice Foster McCulloch, of Fort Wayne woman’s chairman is expected to at- 1 tend the conference. I REPORT ‘IS FALSE. Tom Kohn Not Injured Says Fort Wayne Friends. Mrs. Tom Kohn, wife of the pro- ’ prietor of the Murray House, went jto Fort Wayne this afternoon, having received wo-d that Mr. Kohn had been injured there. A call to the ' Baltes hotel this afternoon from this office brought, word that he had figurjcd in a minor accident last evening. The automobile in which he had been riding skidded into it ditch and a wheel came off and minor damages sustained. Nobody was Injured, and according to the word from the Baltes hotel, the report was a much-garbled one. the report that lie had been in-

jured being false. Mr. Kohn will return home this evening. RATS AND HUNS BOTH! (United Press Service) Washingu n. July I:' A nation wide offen-e against the American rat. house, barn, corn-bin. water-front ami other varieties, is under way. it's not so much a personal matter; but that he is destroying some *200,000.600 annually in foodstuffs and property, not to mention the labor lost In replae! fg the wastage. Already. Mississippi. West Virginia. Georgia, Maryland. Minnesota and Alabama, backed by n |<| Os United States government experts. are aligned in the fight; and pressure is under way to make the move national as a war measure. An ti-rat literature may be had free from the agriculture department.

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Per Cent Liberty Loan Anticipation U. S. CERTIFICATION OF INDEBTEDNESS DATED JUNE 25, 1918 DUE OCTOBER 24, 1918 The Banks of this country have been calM * upon by the Treasury Department of the V. S.Gov. ernment to purchase Certificates of Indebtedness in ‘ anticipation of the Fourth Liberty Loan. Tki Bank, believing it to be its patriotic duty to respond to this call, will take its full quota of these Certifi- | cates from time to time as the Treasury Department 1 needs funds to finance the War. To the people of this community, who have responded so loyally in purchasing past issues of Liberty Bonds and who except to take bonds of ih ( Fourth Loan, and to those who may desire a short time Government investment, we recommend the | purchase of these Certificates, w hich we will supply j in denominations of SSOO, SI,OOO and upward ’ without profit to this Bank. ■FiRSTNMIONALBW FjySKi D E C A T U R. , I N D i A. M A PLOWING DEMONSTRATION . ■ — ’ We will give a plowing demonstration with a New Type D 4 Cycle Universal Tractor on the Ben Eiting farm TUESDAY, JULY 16. Wewillplo»| from 2 to 4 p. m. and from 8 to 9:30 in the evening. I Come and see the tractor with a self starter and electric lights. ARRANGE TO BE THERE. There is something ahead for each one (l ' lls Largely we are now determining w hat it is. Start a savings account here, add to it regular l ? and watch it grow plus its interest earnings. that means nothing but SUCCESS, PROSPERITY and HAPPINESS ahead for you. — YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO DELAY