Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1918 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT PtlMlelWd «*«ry Bvealnt Kacapt ' •unU»y by — ( The Decatur Democrat Company , JOHN H. HELLER PrMldvnt , ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUBE, IbCrbUry '■i - * — - — ■ I —— < Subscription R«t«a , Per Week, by carrier 10 Cents Per Year, by carrier >6 00 , Per Month, by mall »6 cents ( Per Year, by mall $3.00 Single Copies 1 cents “-■ ■“" ■ —~~ ~~ I Advertising rates made known on application. 1 Entered at the postofflce in Deca- ' tur, Indiana, as second-class matter, i We want to urge again that every j man in Adams county entitled to a vote next November should register. , To do this you must call at the court house There is a certain something lacking in the man who has not the interest to help select the officers who will conduct the affairs of liis county, state ami nation. Every person should qualify that they may vote Don't put it oft The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette' today became an eight column paper,' this being in line with other of the large city dailies, an effort to save* print paper. The popular northern Indiana morning daily looks fine 1 decked out in the new style drpss and will prove even more popular than ever. It s a great paper, printing the news of the world up to the minute and arrives in time to be enjoyed for breakfast. The big battle, peace offensive of the Germans, may slow up as evety battle necessarily must, after two weeks of such terrific lighting it may be but a temporary lull or ,t may be a month's rest. It should be remembered that this was a long planned enemy drive which resulted in the loss of strategic territory. On the 4th. of July it is claimed the kaiser viewed the German troops at chat-teau-Thieriy. Now if he should happen within .ijroud m;.'iy miles.i.tf lha.L city, he would see a considerable change. The initiative has passed from his hands and he will most prob ably never recover it The estimated casualty list of 25,000 Americans may seem large to many, and it is a list of tine boys, the best on earth, but it should not be a surprise. A half million of our boys are fighting the enemy, have been i.r nearly two weeks under the constant fire of machine guns, artillery, bombs and rifles, subjected to gas attacks and all the other forms of dealing death and injury. They have faced this curtain of tire fearlessly and bravely, taking town after town, idvancing their lines against a German offensive, making the first real dent in the Hun advance and to do this without heavy loss would be utterly impossible The hope is that the list of casualties is as forecasted largely composed of those suffering from minor injuries from which they will soon recover. Tomorrow is Sunday, a day to be

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devoted to worship and prayer, and every church in Adams county should be tilled. ea< h person breathing a prayer for our brave lads who are fighting for our beloved land. Many of these soldier boys have mude the supreme sacrifice this week, falling on the battle field. Others have been gassed or Injured and hundreds of thousands are facing the enemy guns today The union service tomorrow evening should be one in which the prayers should be forth. help of God that our fair land may continue to prosper, that His teachings may grow, that we forget selfish purposes and devote more time to a higher cause than earthly affairs, that our lads may he protected and sheltered, wherever they may 1 It's time for serious thought. The munition workers of England are not adding anything to their poi uarity in this country by the strike which is reaching huge proportions and which threatens to endanger tin .success of the allies at the mos: I critical hour of the great Conflict I The problem should be quickly and efficiently ironed out for this is not a .time for dilly-dallying methods, and (they should proceed with their duties | it seems to the average citizen here .their work being just as necessary a I that of the man in the Soisso.i '.Rheims sector Without the one tin I other is useless and his fate assured When the great test comes the sid< which has the most men and muni tions in reserve will win. No couti try. no man can afford to in any way fail in doing a full part to make thi; possible for the allies | SOCIETY I Club Calendar i Monday. Delta Theta Tail Leona Bosse. T uesday. Tri Kappas—Miss Vivian Burk Knitting Club —Mary and Huldai t Haugk Thursday. M. E. Missionary Open MeetingRobe* Case Home. r Saturday. Queen Esthers’ Stand—Courthouse Yard. ( . Home Guards—Harriet Myers. Kings' Messengers—Gerald O. Clif J ton. Religious service is to be entirely with rejoicing— . " only brightness of heart can >' please the gods.—Ruskin. ' With Miss Leone Peterson and Dick Butler leading. twenty-fin ’ couples took part in the grand mar-1 ’ that opened the dame given by thr ' Sororis Bunch at the Masonic hall ' last evening. Programs were •>) green and white and offered a series i of numbers for which Bertha Kohne t and Ed, Coffee played. At the end o' . the grand march favors were distrin uted, being a pink rose buttoniere foi the gentlemen and colonial nosegays 1 for the ladies. A cooling punch was ; dispensed by Miss Glendora Iman. o. ! Marion. Those from out of town I were Marguerite Piers, of Louisville Ky.; Messrs. Lindemuth and Ko -p pel. of Fort Wayne; Olga Harrod. Vera Eady. Anita Swearipger. Fort 3 Wayne: Glendora Iman. Marion. Mr ’ and Mr- Albert Sellemeyer and Mi and Mrs. Avon Burk were chaperons The Methodist Woman's Home Mis sionary society will have an open meeting Thursday evening? at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Case on North Fifth street. There will be a special program prepared and light I refreshments will be served The public is very cordially invited "o spend the evening with the society. Mrs Mary Reinking, of Ft. Wayne. ’ and her daughter.* Mrs. Funkhausen and sons. Paul and Harold, of Napoleon. 0.. who visited since-yesterday with the former's sister. Mrs. Wil- ! Ham Schamerloh of Monroe street. returned to Fort Wayne today. Mr and Mrs. Frank McConnell had as their guests at dinner Thursday, Mrs. Rev. J. M. Dawson and daughter. Frances, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Frank Kizer and son. Junior, of Bancroft. Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Acker and daughter. Mildred. Nut every county in our state needs an Americanization committee, but those who do are being urged by the Washington authorities to push the good work on The latest bulletin suggests again the < ampaign to make English the language of the state; to secure the noon day opportunity for

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speakers to address the foreign born in factories in order to arouse their patriotism to America; to secure the teaching of English in factories at the noon hour, and to the promotion in these foreign factory workers of an understanding of citizenship A splendid attendance and interest characterized the meeting of the Evangelical latdies’ Aid society it i the homo of Mrs. L. A. Jackson on Tenth street Thursday afternoon The July section reported the making of ssil.ns for the year A good pro--1 gram of special interest to mothers. > with talks on the care of childr n ii. r their amusements, etc., was given, different members ontributing to the "round table " r The Christian Pastoral Helpers had the inspiration and interest that comes from a large attendance when 1 Mrs. Joe Cloud was hostess yeste' day afternoon. About twenty attended the gathering. Mrs C. R. Weav--1 er brought Red Cross sewing and what could not be finished at this time, was taken home by the mem bers to work on Chairs and long tables from the United Brethren church were ranged on the lawn at Waterwor 1 s park last evening for the picnic suutier given by the ladies ot the Silent i Workers' and Do Your Best Class's. ■ 'o which their husbands had been in cited’ also. Eighty-lour partook 'he delicious spread which was pro vided "self-service" style An impromptu program was very entertain ing after the feast. Miss Vivian Burk will entertain the Tri Kappas at her home on First street Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs. Fred Bouse, of Gr ind Rapids, Mich., who have been at the . lake at Hamilton. Indiana, will motor here, arriving here tomorrow afternoon, for a visit with Mr. and M. . al Peterson, Mrs. Bouse was Mis: Myrtle Watts. J Mrs. James Archbold and daught?) 5 Jennie, had as their guests at dinner last evening, the Rev and Mrs J G Butler and son. Harry who leave Monday morning for a visit in Kentucky before going to their new home at Forest. Clinton county. o • 3 G O L F? T : ...’ -I In the partition case of Rebecca Babbitt vs Cecil Kruge, et al . final ■eport and vouchers were filed. A motion for a new trial has be?n made in the case of Arnold G. W. Guides vs. Charles E. Altenau. Two new cases have been received here on change of venue from the Allen Superior court. One is the case of Harmon Sheets, doing business under the name of The Inde pendent Loan Company vs. William I A. Pio. for foreclosure of chatel mortgage. demand SSOO. The o'her is the ease of Lena Johnell vs William Tohnell. in which she asks for a lif vorce. the custody of the minor child, i and also for an injunction against he Ft. Wayne Engineering Company, also a defendant, asking that the company be enjoined from paying ' Johnell's wages to him. i It is costing Harlow W. Mann cf t Root township, fifteen days in jail and a five dollar firn- and costs for diss obeying the order of court in whi. h he was enjoined from interfering t with the surveyor in laying out the boundaries of the land in which he • and his three, brothers have an int ■ - . est. He was brought into court this t morning at a special session in which Judge D. E. Smith presided, who found Mann guilty. This morning Judge D. E. Smith entered a finding that Mrs. Rosiua 1 Yoder is of sound mind and dlscharge ed her from custody. Mrs. Yoder 1 was adjudged insane some time ago 3 and was held in jail here until July t 2, when the court placed her in the 8 temporary custody of a nurse, Mia. 3 Anna Lepper, of Fort Wayne, who cared for her at the Yoder home. The change was made on hearing of a ( habeas corpus case in which Mrs. Yoder declared she was of sound f mind and asked for her release. The finding this morning is the result. A marriage license was Issued a. noon today to Raymond Becher, farmj er of Mercer county, 0.. born July 20. 1897, son of Jacob Becher, to wed Clara Catherine Pogle. born August 12, 1899, daughter of L. J. Fogle. Real estate transfers: Belinda A. 1 Dorwin to Ada D.- Walters, part; of lot 3, Decatur. $1; Benjamin F.'Butler to Earl A. Countryman, realty in . Washington township. $14,875. A LITTLE WANT AD NOW AND THEN, WILL ALWAYS HELP THE MOST PROSPEROUS OF ■ MEN.

TIP OF POCKET LESS THAN FIVE MILES — (Continued from Page One) .iibjectmg The entire Soissons Rheims salient, within which 400,000 Ger- , mans are concentrated, to the most terrific bombardment of the war. Hundreds of thousands of shells of all calibres are being hurled upon . troop concentrations, ammunition and supply depots, ami lines of com munication from the battle front to th< rearmost areas. This deluge of fire and steel is being directed particularly at Fere-en-Tardenois. the important German concentration center which is almost within the grasp of the FrancoFran< o-Ameriean troops. Missy-Sar-Aisne. five miles east of Soissons. also is tinder heavy bom bardment. rendering practically use less the big Aisne river bridge there, which the Germans have been using for north and south traffic. The crown prince's order, com manding his army to stand and light, which was reported Wednesday to the United Press has <hanged the Soissons Rheims battle front from a German retreat to one of the most bitterly contested engagements of the war—and one with more farleaching possibilities than could I have existed under an enemy retire i ment. Retirement of the Germans to the Ourcq line, or .even to the Vesle not only would have had a most depresing effect on German morale, but would have been practically void of strategic results other than shoving the enemy farther from Paris. The determination of the bodies to fight it out. however, subjects the flower of their southern army to the danger of a great disaster, which becomes more and more menacing as the allies carve away at the east and west sides of the salient, while the Franco Americans drive northward on the southern end. London. July 27 —(Special to Daily 1 Democrat) —Hindenburg is making Ludendorff accept blame for failure of the last German offensive, according to a Rome dispatch today, quoting Zurich advices, it was reported that Hindenburg strongly disapprov- ' ed the offensive plan and when it I collapsed he insisted that Ludendorff > sign the official communique on the ; German defeat. T London, July 27—(Special to Daily i Democrat) —Munition.- strikers began j returning to work today. The ba-.-k---bone of the strike seems broken as the result of the government's threat ) to enforce conscription and put the idle into the army unless all were back at their jobs by Monday. I Zurich. July 27—(Special to DailyDemocrat )—Serious disorders have - broken out in Prague, as the result , of famine, the Arbeiter Zeitung de- . dared. There has been no bread ! since July 7th. London. July 27 (Special to DailyDemocrat)—British airmen brought 1 down thirty-one German airplanes and an observation balloon July 25. • while antiaircraft guns shot down 1 another hostile plane, the air minis- ■ try announced today. Fifteen Brit- ? ish machines were lost. Extensive 4 bombing operations were carried out. — o— CHARLES DOWNING DEAD f . (United Press Service) Indianapolis. July- 27 -(Special to Daily Democrat)—Charles Downing. 1 for eighteen years secretary of the ? State Board of Agriculture, and well known throughout Indiana, died at his home here today alter an extend ■ ed illness. , MOONEY GETS A REPRIEVE > H nited Press Service) Los Angeles, Cal., July 27—(Special (o Daily Democrat I-Gov Spechj ness today reprieved Thomas J. Moont ey. sentenced to be hanged for murd- _ er in connection with the prepare i p ness parade bomb outrage in San 5 Francisco in July. 1916. A slay of execution until December ; 13, was granted. ARRIVED OVER SEAS ) > Mrs. (. M. Myers has received i word that Paul V. Myers has arrived safely over seas.

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++ +++++ + + + + + + + + FACING THE CASUALTY LIST. + (By Rev W. Paul -Marsh) + We are now facing the great + + casualty lists from the battle + ■j. field, and to whom shall we go + . gtff ■ No amount ol pa- + + triotie speaking or martial inus- + -y i, will help us face these lists ♦ like God and His church. No + •> human being can console a moth + 4 father, sister or w ife and ♦ ,j. n ♦ Our ♦ + faith must be in God and His « + power to help us in this our + ■F great hour of need. God is just, + * .. , and men iful, and will give ♦ lo all who seek it. strength to + i'. help them pass through these + < ,I,'rk and trying hours, and see * Ami under + v stand that "all things work to- + i gether for good to them that + love God." * + Ours is a burden to bear, but + 4< not too grevious to be borne, be + <• i ausi out of this terrible trial + 4 and death gripping struggle + there shall rise a new democ- + + racy—bathed in the tears of * + mothers wives and little children + + stained with the blood of our + F boys. It is a long, long rugged + r. ad to this ideal but it shall be + reached at last and the light of + | love that was born in the + "beauty of the lillies" shall not <■ 6- :. rish from the earth, but be- + ♦ come brighter until all men shall + •b sing. "Our Father's God to + •b thee. Author of Liberty." + 4. 4. 4. + 4. ,b -b -b -b + +

MECHANICS UP TO AGE 58 (United Press Service) Indianapolis, July 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A special navy recruiting party of five sailors, headed by Chief Machinists Mate A. R. Nixon. arrived here today, to open a four . days' drive so" carpenters, painters, draughtsmen, firemen, shipwright.-, machinists and other workers. Mt n up to the age of 58. with trades, will be accepted and will relieve younger men who will be released for ships er foreign service. Experienced men who show proficiency will be rated as petty officers. Heretofore the navy age limit has been 35 years. MADE A GREAT SHOWING. , (United Press Service) Washington. D. C„ July Spe-. . “ "ciaTToTSailyTSi mocrat)- Seven hun- • died and sixty-two hits out of a pos--11 sible 771 were made by Corporals J Burnett Brown and Carl M. Forman, and Privates L. Childress and R. J. J Rork, at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg. .'Miss., in a recent test of the 1917 1 model rifle. This is giving excellent | results. I o CARD OF THAftKS 1 We wish to extend our most sinjcere thanks to all, relatives, friends i'and neighbors, .who, in so many ways . helped to lighten our burden of .-orrow during the sickness and at the death of our beloved wife and mother : —James Ross and sons. Merland ami > Gerald.

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I THE CRYSTAL THEATRE I Showing Only High Class Clean Photoplays TODAY | “SHE NEEDED A DOCTOR.’’ A two-reel Keystone-Tri-j- angle comedy with a whole crew of real comedians. Don’t miss this comedy if you want to laugh. Guaranteed to be a sure cure for the blues, | “ALL FOR THE LADIES.” A one-reel Happy Hooligan comic cartoon. I I “HEARST PATHE NEWS." A general review of the world. You may see your brother or your sweetheart among the boys shown over there. 'i. iinwwriwJtw iiimi Lamp Lit Hours Good light makes the evening hours more comfortable—more cheerful. And good light is cheap light because you will get from National MAZDA lamps three times the light of older types of bulbs. We carry all sizes of MAZDA lamps and a complete stock of other electrical appliances. SCHAFER HARDWARE CO. A FAIR DEAL FOR EVERYOsF I he fuel Administration is strongly urging the peopie to lay in their supply of coal as early as possible and to fill up their bins while the filling is good, as they may not be able to buy coal when winter comes. The coal dealers are also urged to stock up their yards with coal during the summer months. In the winter months the railroads will be crowded with rushing troops, coal and foodstuff to tide-water muntion plants, and our a- - and the government is giving us due warning of these tacts now. I he retail dealers are compelled to pay spot cash foi the coal they buy, also freight, expense of delivery, labor and every item that goes to carry on their business in cash, n e nnd that there are a number of persons w hose real bills tor 1917 and prior have not yet been paid. Such perIsons can arrange with the dealer to whom their account is due a satisfactory arrangement to obtain their suppl.' of coal tor 1918. But this office does hereby order that no coal dealer shall deliver to anv person his coal until such persons knowing themselves to be indebted for coal shad first see the parties to whom they are indebted before ordering their winter supply from some one of the othei dealers. ~ ' va nt every one to have coal but let us be lair with g the dealers who worked unceasingly last winter to keep us 8 from freezing. ‘ y C. E. B E L L. Fuel Administrator for Adams fount'. i