Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1918 — Page 1

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\ XVI. Number 179.

ALLIES DRIVING WEDGE IN THE POCKET

FIERCEST FIGHTING ON SOISSONS-RHEIMS LINE RAINBOW DIVISION AT FERE-EN-TAR-DENOIS—PERSHING TO SEND COMPLETE LIST OF CASUALTIES—VON HINDENBURG ADMITS DEFEAT. (United Press Service) Washington. D. C„ July 31—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Doth sides having changed their original objective in the battling in the bloody Soissons-Rheims salient, the allies and Germans are now bent solely upon trying to destroy each other. Chief of Staff March declared today that the one objective remaining now is to kill as many as possible. With the hope of bagging the German army, owing to its re-! sistance in the Soissons and Rheims sections, the two ends of the allied pincers, the Rainbow division is now helping to hold the line near Fere-en-Tardenois, General March announced. This division which in the early days of the German drive around Rheims helped withstand the enemy atacks, arrived at its new post within two days to reinforce other Americans there. The third division. March said, is now at Cierges, another point of violent fighting. General March stated that a cable had been sent to General Pershing, instructing him to send casualties as they occur, without any attempt to separate them according to engagements. The casualties will be given out as soon as received, it was stated.

Washington, D. C., July 31 — (Spe-is cial to Daily Democrat) —All the lied diplomats at Voogda have appar-.tl ently left that city, according to ad-, . ce to the state department today. li These said that the diplomats, who t included the American Ambassador Francis, on July 21. had been given | the alternative of going to Moscow or north to the Murman coast. The Rus- j sian wireless press said the allied , council would remain at Moscow. | London, July 31 —(Special to Daliy| £ Democrat) —No enemy government has approached the allies on the sub-, ject of peace, Fireign Secretary Bal- ( 1 four declared in the house of com-, mons today. ; It was recently reported that Ger-,' man peace agents were working in ' Spain to approach the allies. Washington, D. C., July 31 (Spe- > clal to Daily Democrat) —The German I I general staff has been forced to offi- I cially admit that the German drive, I on Paris was a failure, but has prom- r ised the people "a decisive blow willj be delivered immediately against the t Anglo-French front." '1 Hindenburg's statement announced that it was necessary to postpone the final blow. While making preparation for this blow, the confession said - that the Germans had been forced to 1 retire to the northern end of the ■ Marne front. It was claimed a retreat of six miles would be sufficient, i i BULLETIN Amsterdam, July 31 (—Special to ] Daily Democrat) —Field Marshal von . Eichhorn, German dictator in Ukrain- , ia has been assassinated according to official word from Kieff, received here today. Adjutant Captain von Dressier was also killed. BULLETIN Amsteram. July 31—(Social to Dally Democrat) — Political storm clouds are gathering around the Ukrainian government, according to a. dispatch from Hamburg to the Nieuws Rotterdamsche Courant today The message said that wholesale arrests had been made, one of those seized being Gyzicki. first state secretary in the hetman government. Rome. July 31—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Two hundred thousand French war widows, represented by members of the old French nobility, today addresser the pope, asking his help and a benediction in behalf of their fatherless children. Among the leaders who came here were the Duchess of Derohad. the Princess of Clremont and Tonneferre. the Princess de Pollchac, and the Princess Murat. London, July 31—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Strife among the Central Powers appears to be increasing. Rigidly censored German dispatches and comment heard through neutral

sources show that Austria and Germany find it impossible to agree on the Polish question. This is extremely interesting, following as it does recent reports that the Turks and Germans had severed delations. The Turku and the Bul®rl3tfts"*ate still deadlocked 3vtw fEe Bobrudja situation and it is rumored Without confirmation that Turkish Jn,t Bulgarian soldiers have already lished on the Imrders. Feeling is reported running high in tfia and Constantinople. The Berlih Lokal Anziger, foreseeing a possilL danger of strife developing, urges al to halt their dissensions. Otherwfce the newspaper says "What we hie so far managed to gain probably w|l be lost.” Paris, July 31—(Special to Dally Dfnocrat)— The newspaper Echo le PFis said today that a semi-official nqe emanating from Hindenburg and Ltlendorff declared the German comm|td had been compelled to postptie for some time the decisive blow agjinst the French and British, owinito the new situation. I July 31—(Special to Daily —Details of Former Czar execution by the bolshevik! ared in the Berlin Lokal dispatches here today said, ig to this account, the form r was awakened at 5 o’clock rning and informed that he killed in tour hours. He reIm. conferred with a priest letters, but at 9 a. m. the md him collapsed in a chair to the place of execution the ground and when he arte spot where he was to die lable to stand. ed weakly against a post, taper reported, and raised as if about to speak, but hots drowned his voice and ad, lam, July 31 —(Special to nocrat) — Further excuses erman defeat on the Marne ring in German papers reach The Frankfurter Zeitung 11 withdrawal was necessary >e useful.” tieinish Westfalich Zeitung b allies have gained the iniDinting out that the withom the Marne was made so .Id front might be presented, ag Member Traub chides uraged Germans declaring: rick the great appeared toould say: ‘You are suffering I feet and should be ashamare losing courage as though uffered a big defeat. Let's act liklinen" s Amsfctam. July 31—(Special to 1 (intiuued on Page Two)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, July 31, 1918.

GIRLS TO ENLIST t Those Who Really Want 1 to Help Their Country 1 M 1 May do so. THE NURSES’ RESERVE 1 Campaign is Now on—ls You’re Not Eligible, Find Some One Else. Mrs. Albeit Rabb, chairman publicity committee of the woman's section of the state council of defense, sends to the publicity chairman of the woman’s section of the Adams county council the folowing: The campaign to fill the United States student nurse reserve is. for the next two weeks, the all-engross- , ing topic for all members of the woI men’s section. The national council jof defense has put it up to the woman’s committee, and, thus, to every woman in the country, for. they say. if you are not of the proper age, or cannot fill the requirements, you can certainly find some one who can. Surgeon General Gorges stated that matter strongly enough in his statement published July 29. “If 1 were a young woman and wanted to do my country the greatest service in my power. I should go at once to the nearest recruiting station.” Let us hope that the young women who have been declaring so loudly their desire to "do something real patriotic” are not like the woman one of onr conn ty women described in a letter as very anxious to do some patriotic work unrii rhe work Was presenteif to her. Then, she has always some excuse ready for not dijing it. AN OPEN MEETING Woman’s Home Missionary Society of M. E. Church Announces Program FOR THURSDAY NIGHT Social Will be at the Home of Mrs. Robert Case— Fine Program. The Woman’s Home Missionary society of the Methodist will give the following interesting program on Thursday evening, August 1. at the home of Mrs. Robert Case. This is an open meeting and everybody is invited: Devotional—Mrs. Dick Myers. Selection —Orchestra. Vocal Solo —Miss Ruth Deputy. Piano Solo —Miss Cecelia Andrews. Via no and Vocal Duet —Mrs. F. F. Thornburg and Mr. Ralph Moser. Playlet, entitled “The How and Why of the Home Missionary Work.” To be given by the Queen Esthers. Vocal Solo—Miss Ruth Deputy. Selection —Orchestra. Closing—Singing of “America” by Audience. Miss Deputy is a talented and accomplished singer and the public is invited to hear her. She will be the guest of Mrs. Thornburg during the week. o MISSION FESTIVAL AT FRIEDHEIM The Lutheran congregation at Friedheini will celebrate its annual mission festival on Sunday, August 4th in Zion church. Services will be held at 10:00 a. ra. and 2:30 p. m. The Rev. L. W. Dornseif. of Root township, Adams county, will preach in the morning and the Rev. Walter Klaustng of Columbia City, Ind., in ' the afternoon. All friends of mis- ' sion work are invited to attend these 1 services. C. A. PREUSS, Pastor. o , REPORTS AT HUNTINGTON. Mrs. Joe Hower and sou, Frank, ) will go to Huntington this evening, i where Frank will report to the military board as requested. He was placed in the class for limited serv- ) ice there, and will probably be sent ‘' some place.

rA CALL FOR ONE MAN A special call lor one limited service man was received this morning by the local military board, he to be sent Io Syracuse, N. Y. on August 5. The local board will make the selection today or tomorrow. Two limited service men left Monday for Syracuse where they will be assigned Io guard duty. , o J CARD OF THANKS. Mrs. K. Burdg and daughters extend their thanks to all the friends and neighbors for their kindnesses during the illness and at the time of the death of their husband and faLEWIS IN CHARGE Os Wire Communications of United States After Midnight—Few Changes, OFFICERS ARE BUSY Conferences Being Held Today Between Government Men and Western Union. (United Press Service) Washington, July 31—(Speiial to Daily Democrat) —At midnight tonight the wire communication system of the country will pass quietly under control of the government. For the immediate present, officials say, there will be a few changes in the method of operation. Administration will be through the same channels as before and by the same -executive —officers. —Any rhange~Tire government undertakes wMI be with their assistance. The postmaster general and David J. Lewis who is to be dire tly in charge of the wires under him are proceeding slowly in mapping out the alterations they plan. They are studying the policies of the companies and their motheds of operation. A series of conferences have been held with representatives of the com panies concerned. Today officers of the Western Union are meeting Postmaster General Burleson and his advisers. Steps are to he taken within a short time to consolidate competing com- , panies but in this the government will proceed slowly. Officials said to day a mass of details remain to be worked out before action can be taken. LOSE THIS TIME Adams County Turns Over v I a Congressional School 1 Fund Sum * TO WELLS COUNTY The Bi-ennial Readjustment is Based on the School Census. Because of a falling off in the number of school children in the townships adjoining Wells county, Adams county, in the bi-ennial readjustment of congressional school funds, loses $24.33 from these funds to Wells county. A check for this amount has been made out by Deputy Auditor Martin Jaberg and will be forwarded ! to Wells county. In the prior readjustment, two years ago. is was ’ Wells county's turn to give over a big ■ amount to this county. L In this section, the townships of * Wells, which include Jefferson, Lanr caster. Harrison and Nottingham. 1 ajoin the townships in Adams coun- ’’ ties—Preble, Kirkland. French and 0 Hartford. Kirkland is the only town ship here, which had gained in school children, and on this one, in this adjustment. Wells owes this county $26.86. However, tn the others, there . were losses. wjiich made the sum total a losing proposition. Preble 3 lost to Wells county in the sum of . $32.25; French lost in the sum of t eiglity-three cents; and Hartford lost in the amount of $20.11.

SALARY BOOSTS K For All Rural Carriers of , Mail in E fleet—First Vouchers for Advance WERE SENT TODAY City Carriers Also Get Raise I of S2OO per Year Which Will Help Some. The ton rural carriers from this city, as well as the others from this county, today made out their vouchers under the increase recently allowed them by congress. They smiled as they did so. for it means a comfortable boost in their monthly pay check at this time when a dollar doesn’t go as far as it did a few years ago. The increase for the Decatur carriers runs from $26.00 to $34.00 per month, and it will help some, the (toys say. The new law provides for i a permanent increase of $24.00 per mile a month for each mile over the standard route of twenty-four miles and during the next year they are in addition to this given a twenty per cent increase of salary. It is expected that at the end of that time this increase will have also been 1 made permanent. The law became effective July Ist and the vouchers for the month were sent in today. t This will give the average carrier an 1 income of about $1,600 a year, by no means too much when they must c keep up their own conveyance. r The four city carriers also come J Tri for an increase this month, their t pay having increased a straight S2OO s per year by the new law. J— . f

IS NOW AT CALAIS Fred K. Bollman, Former Decatur Boy, With Red Cross Base Hospital DESCRIBES HOSPITAL Sister, Miss Frances, Takes Government Postion at Washington, I). C. The Marion Chronicle says of Fred Bollman, and of his sisler, Frances, former Decatur residents, children of a former recorder of this county: “Fred K. Bollman, a Marion boy, now in a Red Cross base hospital, near Calais. France, writes in a recent letter to his sister, Miss Frances Bollman, 708 South Adams street, that the hospital is full to capacity of American, French and British soldiers and that the officers are kept busy day and night to handle the rush of patients. “He says in the letter that on Easter they received their Christmas presents. and it was a happy bunch that opened the packages and saw what mother, dad, sister and brother had sent. “The quarters are not tents but shacks and are furnished with plank doors, glass windows and electric lights. From the interior, he says, you would not know that they were army quarters with the. rocking chairs table lamps, etc. “Bollman enlisted while in his senior year at Northwestern university, with a base hospital unit out of Chicago. It will be remembered that his ship, “The Mongolia." had an explosion of some old shells and returned to port before making the trip "over there.” the explosion causing the death of two nurses on the ship. Sister in Washington. “Miss Frances Bollman of South Adams street and a teacher in* the city schools, left this afternoon for Washington. D. C.. accompanied by Miss Lois Foust also a teacher, where she will take a position in the government, as a clerk. Miss Bollman took a civil service examination late In the spring, but only heard recently of her appointment. Miss Foust ex--1 pects to take a position, too, but has

I not accepted anything at present, tlshe will take a holiday in Washington before assuming any duties.” Miss Bollman is a graduate of the • Decatur high school. n - AT CRYSTAL TONIGHT. “The Rainbow Division of Indiana,” a picture out of the ordinary, featuring a number of boys from every county in Indiana, will be shown at the Crystal theater tonight. It will be remembered that Adams county has ten members of Company A in the Rainbow division, and some of them are appearing in this great picture. Don't miss it tonight. Attend the show and see some of your friends. DRIVE TO FISMES Is Plan of American Army Now, Dividing Army in Double Pockets. FOCH IS COMMANDING Would Form a “W” With Soissons, Fismes and Rheims as Three Tops. (United Press Service) (By J. W. T. Mason. United Press War Expert) New York. N. Y., July 31 — (Special to Daily Democrat)—ln reply to von Hindenburg's counter-attacks north of the Ourcq, American troops are now engaged in an advance along the mail railway leading to Fismes which threatens to divide the Aisne-Ourcq salient into two narrow pockets. Fismes is about midway between Soissons and Rheims. If the Ameri-

can advance to Fismes is unchecked and if von Hindeifburg delays his retreat east and west of the American drive too long, he will yet meet with disaster. The possibility that a large bag of German prisoners may be taken has naw returned through the operation of the Americans along the Fismes railway. General Foch’s strategy is still directed toward narrowing von Hindenburg’s maneuver group so that the Germans may be caught in a trap. The east and west sides of the AisneOurcq salient are so strongly held by the Germans as to make the work of pushing inward very difficult. General Foch is therefore trying to push northward through the middle of the southern base of the salient. This is the operation in which the Americans along lhe Fismes railway are now engaged. If the maneuver succeeds, the Aisne-Ourcq salient would become in shape like a W, the three tops being represented from left to right by Soissons. Fismes and Rheims. The Germans would be caught in the two V-shaped wedges, with the allies on the east, west and south and also in the middle, within the inverted V. The Germans would thus be caught in two traps. To avoid this development. von Hindenburg must order a retirement along his entire southern front, if the Americans continue to move toward Fismes. Counter-offen-sives by von Hindenburg at this time are useless, unless they are concentrated against the American apex along the Fismes railway. This is why von Hindenburg is thrusting savagely at the American divisions It ■ is the Americans who are driving ' him at bay. i o — FOUR WILL LEAVE TOMORROW. Arthur Zehr. Berne; Claire Shoe- • maker, Geneva; Morris Butcher and ’ Earl Blackburn. Decatur, will leave 3 tomorrow afternon at 3:22 over the ’ Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad for 1 Valparaiso university, where they r enter military training, taking up a 5 special mechanics course at the school. Messrs. Butcher and Blackburn are of the 1918 class of regisi trants, they having volunteered for > the service. The next contingent • to leave this city will be on August ' 7th. when five men go to Fort Thoms as. Ky. MR. FLANDERS SINKING. I > David Flanders, one of the best ' known men of the city, is rapidly, ■ sinking and no hope for his recovery i is entertained.

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BOY IS MISSING Frank Brentlinger, Enroute Home for a Week-end Visit Here t i FAILED TO COME y 1 f Cannot he Located —Pari ents Are Much ConcernI* ed Over Absence. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brentlingcr, of North Thirteenth street, are much worried over their son. Frank, aged ; fourteen, whose whereabouts have been unknown, since Sunday morning at nine o’clock Since then they have been unable to get any trace of him, although Mr. Brentlinger has gone , gone out and visited the vicinity ' where he was last seen and has made continuous inquiry by telephone The boy had been working for six weeks in the country, being four weeks at the George Ehrtnan home west of- Peterson; and later at the Will Ehrtnan farm; and for two days prior to his last known wherealxmts. had been working at the Peter Fulk home west of this city. His mother had sent word for him to come home for over last Sunday. ' I His father, who has been working in i the Goodyear Tire plant at Akron. 0., where he is government inspector of tires sent to France, was to be at home Sunday for a visit, the first in eight weeks but Mrs. Brentlinger, in sending word to her son to come home for a visit had reserved i his fact for a pleasant surprise. Wh -a he did hot come, inquiry was made by the family and the last trace they have of him, was that Sunday morning about nine o'clock he had stopped at the Philip Carper home, a mile and half from Peterson. There he toid them he was on his way home. He also mentioned to one of the boys that he hoped he could work next year in the rubber mill, that he did not want to go to school. He left there, supposedly for his home here, but nothing more has been heard of him While it is likely that he had stopped somewhere else along the way and had been succssful in securing farm work, as his mother had told him to work wherever he could, there are other possibilities. He may have gone other places. He had no money with him, as far as is known, as his employer had called at his home here Saturday and had left the boy's money here or him. He has always been very enthusiastic over joining the army, hut it is believed improbable that he would try this on account of his extreme youth. Mr. Brentlinger has spent several days going over the country making inquiry for the boy and telephoned probable places, hut no clue can be gotten. GOES TO FORT WAYNE. Niagara Falls. N. Y„ July 31 —The Rev Ira L. Parvin, pastor of the Church of Christ in this city, preached his farewell sermon here tonight. He lias accepted the pastorate of the Church of Christ in Fort Wayne, and will leave Niagara Falls Wednesday evening to assume his new duties in that city.—Fort Wayne Journal-Ga-zette. b-. This is the church that had extended a call to the Rev. W. Paul Marsh, pastor of the Decatur Christian church, he refusing to accept. CARS TO THE PICNIC. Men who wish to go to the Jones grove tomorrow noon to attend the , Presbyterian picnic are asked to meet at the Pumphrey jewelry store at 12 o’clock and cars will be there . to take you to the grounds and bring you back immediately afterward. SUBSTITUTE CARRIER With the regular substitute. Jesse Swartz, taking the place of W. 11. Dorwin. city mail carrier, during his illness. Roy Baker is learning the various routes that he may serve as substitute carrier during the vacation * period for the regular carriers.