Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1918 — Page 2

DA IL Y DBM OCR AT| FlttllM Ivery Bvmlm Bio.pt Sunday by | The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER Prwld.nt ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUBE, taaraUry Bub»criptlon Rataa Per Week, by carder 10 Cant* J Per Tear, by carrier 15.00 Per Month, by mall 15 cents Per Tear, by mall 13.00 Blngle Copies 1 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana as second-class matter. President Wilson has issued a pro- 1 clamation against lynchings and other lawless acts, begging again tor the protection of the weak whether they be right or wrong. His words ring with a Christian, loving and forceful wisdom that will draw the people ot this and every land, closer to him. In this day when every man should make every lick count, the government is asking that no man change his job without consulting the employment service department of the U. S. A. It is proper that each man should try to improve his condition but there is always a certain loss when you change jobs, that is it takes a required length of time for you to settle down and get used to your new surroundings so that you can give the very best you have to your country. To take care of this the U. S. employment service ha< been inaugerated and if you contemplate changing your work, if you are going to leave the farm, the shop or the store, take the matter up with the nearest representative, whose address you may secure by inquiry at the postoffice, newspaper or by writing to the employment service department at Washington. Hold your head, work harder, keep on hoping and praying, keep the heme- 4i was -burning.—do alt~yutr~can all the time to produce and to help the government. Some of these days the kaiser is going to get the punch that will make him listen to reason. Within the past few days he has had the incalcuble nerve to offer peace terms, insolent, arrogant and as unreasonable to the civilized world as previous similar documents have been. He does not seem even now to understand that when the peace terms are dictated they will not come from Berlin. He seems to forget if he ever knew the great strength of this nation which is just beginning to fight. He has not yet admitted that we can go on for years, increasing our speed, but that is the truth and if his army can be driven back by the allies as they are now being pushed from the Marne, there is no doubt as to the result when the Americans are reinforced by numbers ten times that now on the front line. That's what he must know within the next few months. Miss Bertha Heller who has been enjoying a two weeks' vacation with her mother here, will return to Indianapolis Sunday evening.

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— 1 SOGIE.TY 1 i 1 u&imutimKurantnKmanattuixnxa > Club Calendar Monday. I Delta Theta Tau -Leona Bosse. i Tuesday. Knitting club—Mary and Huldah ; Haugk Friday. Ic-Ntck Postponed. Christian Pastoral Helpers—Mrs. Joe Cloud. Saturday. Queen Esthers’ Stand —Courthouse Yard. Home Guards—Harriet Myers. Kings' Messengers—Gerald O. Clifton. “Worrying over yes. rday profiteth little, but what we do today meaneth much.” Miss Anna Miller, of Monticello, is the guest of Mrs. C. V. Connell for several days. The Delta Theta Tau sorority will meet with Miss Leona Bosse Mondiy evening. The last meeting of the Loyal Workers of the Evangelical church until after August was held at the home of Mrs. U. S. Cress, with Mrs., Charles Peterson, assistant hostess, yesterday afternoon. Besides the nine members, there, were present i the following guests: Mrs. Ben Emetine, Mrs. Frank Peterson. Mrs. Clifford Lee. Mrs. Minnie Teeple and Miss Addie Freidlein. A candy mot- ' to-heart hunt was an entertaining sea--1 ture and Mrs. Frank Butler won the > greatest number. The class will . have no meetings during August, but arrangd for a picnic for an afternoon in the last week in August. This will be at Waterworks park and the mem- ! bers will invite their husbands. The Ic-Nick club which was to have 1 met this evening with Miss Anola ? Frank, will lie entertained by her next Thursday evening ipstead. The , postponment is due to the illtiess of her mother. The Royal Neighbors of America ' held their second Thrift and War ' j Savings Stamp meeting. The amount » sold at these two meetings was $18.86 I -The-program was as follows: Solo. , Opal Glancy, accompanied by Alice Lenhart: speech. Vivian Bernice ’ Closs; reading, Miss Uhl: solo. Vivian 1 Bernice Closs: speech. Nedra Glancy - instrumental solo. Mrs. (’loss; solo. > Charles Mills; speech. Miss Worden; solo, Charles Mills; reading, Miss Uhl; instrumental solo. Opal Robinson; reading. Mrs. Kinna; instrument ' al solo, Goldie Closs; reading, Dolores s Burkhead. * About twenty girls found the sph- ■ cicus lawn of the William Parent . home on Mercer Avenue a cool and . enjoyable plast last evening when Miss Dreda Parent celebrated her 1 birthday anniversary. Japanese lant- ! erns and colored electric lights made > the lawn an unusually pretty place , Games were played and refreshments , were served. Miss Parent was th-j recipient of many beautiful gifts, together w’ith good wishes from her friends. The Ed Ahr family and their guests. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harden and L children, of Nottawa. Oklahoma, we’re guests yesterday of Mr. and Mrs. ’ Ross Harden of east of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harden and children. of Nottawa. Oklahoma, who are i guests of their cousin, Mrs. Ed Ahr i and family, will go to Bluffton ’his • evening to visit with his mother, Mrs. Lew Harden. Miss Mudge Hite and her guest, Miss Zoe Miller, of Fort Wayne, visited in that city this afternoon. The Queen Esthers will conduct a refreshment stand on the courthouse lawn Saturday afternoon and evening. All Queen Esthers are expected to tie present. Miss Harriet Myers will be hostess to the Home Guards Saturday afternoon. ’ Miss Opal Glancy has gone to Berne to be the guest of her uncle, Henry Myers and family for a week. , Iwrs E. K Gass has returned from a three Weeks visit in Culver. Incll- ! ana,: Waukegan. 111.; and Racine, Wis. in company with her niece. Mits Beatrice Weismantle. es Waukegan. Dolores and Dorothea Weismantle 1 who have been here three weeks at . the home of their uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gass, returned to their 1 home at Waukegan It was a delightful lawn party en- , joyed by the men of the Christian , Brotherhood, with a number of other j I guests auu their wives at Hie country i home of Frank Kern east of »he ci’y i last evening. C E tVilson the Del- j I colight man arranged the lights for < the lawn. With its pretty natural J

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• ' T setting, and the fact that. If there were any cool breezes at all. they ’ were to be found straying here, the;lawn was an especially agreeable 1 plat e for the games and guessing con tests. Punch and wafers were > 00l- 1 ing refreshments provided cafeteria 1 style in the house. The August meeting will be with the Rev. W. Paul 1 Marsh, who Is chairman of the program committee which also includes John Schultz and J. W. Rahbitt. The ladies from this city present were , Mesdames Osgood. Wilson. Marsh. , Burk. Weaver. Mangold ami Knepper. "In time of warm weather, prepare for the cold" is the motto of the Help ing Hand society of the Reformed church, accordingly at the meeting yesterday afternoon at the chuth two fine comforts were made for th-Mr sales orders. Mrs. Fred Sellemeyer was hostess. The collection was 12.25. Miss Margaret Mylott celebrat'd her fifteenth birthday anniversarylast evening at her home on South Fifth street by entertaining a party of friends, who enjoyed the bunco and many other games arranged for their entertainment, and the lemming luncheon provided Prizes were awarded to Dolores Weismantle, of Waukegan, 111., and David Baker of this city. A tennis racket and holder were given to the celebrant for remembrances. The following were guests: Helen Gass. Irene Holthouse, Dolores Weismantle. Germaine Christen. Florence Harris, Charlotte Niblick, Ixsuise Meyer. Boh Mey -r, Buddie Smith. Gerald Kohne, David Baker, Joe Schmitt. Bernard Clark, Paul Philips. Yesterday a crowd of girls and boys gave a picnic in honor of Margaret and Othmar Smith, for their fifteenth birthday anniversaries. The picnic dinner and supper in the woods, with Sonora music, picture-taking and many games made the event highly enjoyable—in fact, a more delightful time could not have been planned. Miss Naomi Gass chaperoned the party. _o_ | G O L) R T | Judge D. E. Smith who has been it Rome fior sevefaT"weeks is at home on business. His family remained at Rome Chy. Miss Rose Voglewede. deputy- in the county clerk's office, left today for Rome City to spend her vacation which will extend to August 4 Real estate transfers: Laura Chrisman. et al to Stella Steed, et al. lot 5, Geneva, quit claim deed. $150; Frederick Schwartz to Daniel O. Speicher, et al., lot 215 Berne. $1800; Charles A. Burdg. et al. to Charles A Schafer, lot 958, $lB5. — o ALLIES HAVE TAKEN MAIN-DE-MASSIGES (Continued from Page One) Pershing submitted to General Foch a plan to meet the coming attack. On July 13, Foch approved it. At 11:40 the night of July 14—20 minutes before the attack—a defensive artillery fire began harassing the waiting German reserves. Counteroffensive forces were ready to move the first day ot the battle, but. were withheld until the crown prince's forces reached a previously determined line of resistance and were so deeply involved they could not alter their plans and meet the unexpected onslaught on their west flank. With the American Armies in France, July 26 —(Special to DailyDemocrat)—General Pershing received the following cablegram from Secretary- McAdoo: “America glories in the achieve- ( ment of your gallant army and your French comrades. "The country is thrilled with the valorous deeds of our heroic soldiers.” Pershing replied: “In the name of the American expeditionary- force. I thank you for ‘ your cordial message. Our officers ' and men are filled with the national spirit of determination to win. They are superb soldiers.” (By Lowell Mellett. United Press Staff Correspondent) With the French Annias in the Field. July 25 —(Night) “If all the American army has the same temper. the German cause Is lost.” a German officer prisoner told his captors today. ’.j The officer said a German attack planned late in June in the region of 1 the Ourcq was called off because of.' I the manner in which the Americans there previously had fought lj Further evidence that the crown' s prince's offensive was held out to the 1 Germans as a "peace offensive’’ Was** found on a placard in an evacuated a

trench, addressed to the French , troops and signed by a German col , onel. It declared that England is I using France to protect herself, while , America, fearing Japan, fought to ; earn England's support. But the ] chief argument that the Germans' ad , vance is Irresistible, that Paris would t soon be taken and that Frame should ] not delay peace by continuing to , fight. j' Paris, July 26 (12:30 p. m.) —Cap- ( ture of Oulchy-le-Chateau. the princi . pal German resistance center on the _ west side of the salient was officially announced by the French war office today. ' i Announcement was also made cl the capture of Villemontoire, midway , between Soissons and Oulchy-le-l bateau. Hundreds of additional prison . ers were taken. I<ondon. July 26 —(Special to Daily, Democrat)-The British air ministtyi today reported destruction of sixteen I German airplanes, with the probable, loss of three others, which are de- : dared to have been sent down out control. Only three British machines, are missing. Rome, July 26 —(Special to Daily' Democrat) —General Ludendorff told 1 the kaiser before the recent German ' drive that he was prepared to sacri-' fice half a million, men. according t" a dispatch from Berne today. The | kaiser approved. Ixmdon. July 26 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Japan has decided to ac J cept the American proposal to assist the Czechs in Siberia, an agency dispatch said today. I BULLETIN Washington. July 26—(Special to I Daily Democrat)—Capture of part of 1 Forest-de-Fere by American forces I Thursday was reported today by General Pershing. “Between the Ourcq and the Marne our troops continued to press the enemy.” the communique said. "In the advance eastward they have taa-' en the southern half of Forest-de- ■ Fere.” BULLETIN Washington. July 26 —(Special to | Daily Democrat)—Thirteen members 1 of the house naval committee have arrived in Europe on an inspection tour. They will visit naval bases, hospitals, aviation sites and inter make a trip to the front. Zurich, July 26—(Special to Daily i Democrat) —A hundred persons were killed and a number injured Wednes-1 day when a German munitions sac-; tory blew up, copies of the Plauen Neue Vogtlandische Zeitung. received here today stated. The factory and several houses in the vicinity were de | stroyed. (By Frank J. Taylor, United Press Staff Correspondent) With the American Armies in France. July 25—(Night)—Americans ' continue to set the pace in the fighting northeast of Chateau-Thierry. One Yankee outfit advanced several kilometers through villages, wood and grain fields, changing from street fighting to open battling or the Indian warfare of the forests without any change in efficiency. German resistence is stiffening as the enemy exerts every effort to protect the removal of his supplies and guns. Villages, chateaus and crops are shattered as attack and counterattack rages back and forth across the countryside. I rode past fields pitted with shell Sholes, up-torn trees and congested dug-up roads into Epieds this afternoon where five hand to hand fights had resulted in the Americans holding the town. It was lost twice but the allied artillery raked the buildings and streets alternately, after which machine gunners and infantry charged and took the place. Epieds lies in a secluded valley. Its cathedral is on a hillside. Its tower and medieval Norman architecture are pierced with shell-holes helmets, guns and equipment, scattered about in profusion, testify to the losses suffered by the enemyin attempting to delay the Americans, though the moppers-up have already buried the bodies. One big mineweifer attracts attention on the main street, where it was 'hastily deserted by the fleeing boches. I Every building testifies to war’s presence. with battered down walls and caved-in roofs. (By Fred S. Ferguson. United Press Staff Correspondent) With the Americans in France. July 26 —8:30 a. m.) —Under pressure from the Franco-American forces driving upon the Fere. en-Tardenois the Germans now face withdrawal across the Ourcq in the same costly , circumstances that marked their’re-j tirement across the Marne. The al- ' lied advance, despite temporary setIfitVks at some points, is generally i steady along (he three highways lead- 1 ing to Fere-en-Tardenois from the j south and southwest. Particularly I hard fighting is under way in Fere for- | est. but, the Americans and French j are systematically cleaning the en- t «

emy machine gun nests out of these woods. While practically all the interior of the salient is under fire from allied artillery and airmen, specially heavy bombardments are being directed on Fere-en-Tardenois. where the Germans’ elaborate railway and highway system has been practically wiped out. The boche losses in this region are staggering. The tightening of the pocket about the crown prince is increasing. While French, British and Italians ate driving at the wings in the Soissons and Rheims region. French and Americans are jamming in te sides, rendering the avenue of withdrawal narrower, the transport confusion greater and placing an additional expanse ot roads and railroads under artillery fire. o NEW SUGAR ORDER (United Press Service) Washington, July 26 —(Special io Daily Democrat)—Short sugar crops and needs of increased exixirtation today caused tlie food administration ■to call upon the American people to Induce the consumption from three to [two pounds per person per month from August first to January first. .This is to include all sugar used on . the table and in cooking. I — o WESTERN UNION INDICTED (United Press Service) New York. July 26—(Special to Dail yDemocrat)— Charging violation 'of the federal law which prevents pri- , vate firms or persons from entering into competition with the U. S. post- ' al serveie, the federal grand jury here j today indicted the Western Union Telegraph Co. The indictment grew I out of investigation which has been | carried on since 1917. —o HOBO HOTEL IS CLOSED. (United Press Service) Chicago. 111., July 26—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Chicago’s hobo Ho- . tel de Luxe —the Rufus Dawes — j.closed its doors today. Grimy visit- . ors In search of accommodations at I the price of a dime per day turned to ■ the old time flop joints. The Rufus j Dawes will re open August 1 for sail- , ors and soldiers exclusively. Lieut. Col. Charles G. Dawes caused the change. In four years the hotel had sheltered 700.000. AMERICAN PRIEST HONORED. (United Press Service) Rome, July 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) —First steps were taken ■ Thursday at the Vatican for canonI izing of Father Felice de Andreis, an ' American priest and first superior cf a Catholic mission in America. LOST—Some people lose money by i not sending their suits and overl coats here for dry cleaning and pressing. We make them look like new at a small cost. We guarantee our work to be the best in the city. Goods , called for and delivered.—Decatur Dry Cleaners, Monroe St. 175tf

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