Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1918 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT. 1 W wie r i ■—umi— ~ - 1 w Published Every Evening Except Sunday by w The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President e ' st ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary, I — I Subscription Rates Par Week, by carrier 10 Cents Per Year by carrier $5.00 Per Mouth. by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mail 13.00 ‘ 1 Single Copies 2 cents N Advertising rates made known on pl application. I L< Entered at the postoffiee in Deca- >'• tur, Indiana, as second-class matter, a- " ~ l et The results of the last week on the di whole western battle front are very! ihi encouraging the allies making con ) I c< siderable headway between the Oise' si an<l Somme rivers, the theater wheie. t'V the big drive is now being made. With 1 i hundreds of thousands of Americans . h going to the front every month t looks as it our armies would keep the I* enemv "on the run' during the wintIti er. and within the next year force Germauv to make a permanent peace. • a —l I If you buy a SIOO bond of the,’ Fourth Liberty Loan you are lending 1 the United States government money to feed a soldier in France ;. little more than seven mpnths. Or ‘ you have furnished enough money to .' give him a complete puttji of winter, 1 and summer clothing, including shoes ’ and stockings, and slicker and over- ( coat and blankets, wi/h enough left j over to'ann him with a good revolver : Ydu'Jhave done, that much to beat back j the enemy' Mt<t*kes $35 more to arm J him with a rifle with a bayonet on it. | and if you buy a second SIOO bond you ; furnish him this rifle and 1.000 cat- 1 for. it?- and there will still Le enough of your money left to purchase* a good sized bomb to throw in a dugout, or demolish a machine gun together with the Huns operating : Arrange now to "buy until it helps " ‘ Lend while they are fighting Judge W H Eichhorn, of Blufftoi. one of Indiana's leading jurists, dem ocratie candidate for congress from this district will deliver the opening speech of bis campaign at a big meet Ing to be held in Portland on Wednesday evening. He will tell the v iters and those interested in the winning of the war as soon as possible exactly where he stands on the grer.'J i and vital questions of the day and the 1 public knows and has the assurance from the judge's own record that >ie . will stand solidly behind Presidetit , Wilson and support the administra- < lion's war policies when elected to that law-making body Hon Fred Van Muys, democratic state chairman able and talented speaker will also ' address the meeting and the candi- <

THE LAST WEEK This last week of August we want to close out every Straw and Felt hat. We have to make room for our new Fall stock. Sailor hats that were $2.00 and $3.00. now ...,98c All Panama and Leghorn hats at One-Fourth Oil. w FELT HATS That were $3.00 now $2.25 That were $2.50 now $1.90 That were $2.00 now $1.50 SUITS ONE-FOURTH OFF Do not miss this opportunity to save money. RPTO ■ THE MVERS-DAILEY COMPANY fc

ates for the various state offices i rill attend Eighth district voters ill want to hear Judge Eichhorn. Every voter in the Eight district, very citizen who believes we should land solidly behind President Wilson nd do all in our power to help win he war in the shortest time possiblo, hould not fail to lie in Portland next Vednesday and hear the speech of udge W. W. Eichhorn, of Bluffton. ,'ot only is Judge Eli iihorn a talent<l and scholarly public speaker, but le Is regarded as one of the best lawers and thinkers in Indiana and is a judge of the court he is coneedid to be tn the very front rank of luliana jurists. This year Judge Elentorn is the democa L candidate for •ongress from this district and his speech in this city next V. edm sday will mark the opening of his cam(>aign. He will tell you exactly where he stands on the great questions con fronting the nation in this crisis and when he goes to congress you will find him voting right EVERY TIME He will stand by President Wilson and the government's war policies ts they have not been stood by for the past two years because he is in full sympathy with the views of the com-mander-in-chief of our army and navy and will not lie forced to play politicthat may hamper speedy winning of war just to satisfy the whims of some of his partisan constituents back home who are not tn full sympath' [with President Wilson— Portland i Sun. | SO6IE.TY I SaxnxH'.-tn:itrcr.isxaxaxs:mxsx » Club Calendar Monday. Ruth Circle — Florence Leichtensteiger. Delta Theta Tau—Margaret Smith. Tuesday. Tri Kappas—lreta Butler Wednesday. St. Vincent de Paul Parcel Post apd ice cream social —Su Joseph Si hool grounds Willing Helpers—. Mrs Oscar Fritzinger. Thursday. Mt. Pleasant Mite Society—Mrs Harve Butler. Baptist Aid—Mrs John Chronister Red Cross Shop Open in Evening. A Paris dispatch says: A well-to-do Brussels woman writes in a letter: 'I have a cloak made out of the hood of my husband s service cape, a waist made of his football tunic and a dress made out of a sheet: mamma has managed a dress out of the dining room table cloth: my sisters have cloaks made out of woolen blankets. This is funny until you think how bad ly off the people are ' ” To meet theirs son and his bride. Mr. and Mrs Bert christen- of Toledo. 0.. together with other members cf their family from a distance who were at home at this time remaining for the week-end. after attending the Magley reunion. Mr. and Mrs. John Christen pleasantlv entertained Saturday evening at their home on North Second street, the party including their nieces and nephews, cousins of the guests of honor The large lawn and the spacious porch, together with the rooms of the home thrown open for the occasion, were thronged wi’h fifty or more, who enjoyed the pleasure of reunion, the music and the conversation, and the delicious watermelon provided for refreshment. Other children of Mr. and Mrs. Christen. at home at this time were Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Christen, of Louisville. Ky.. the Rev. and Mrs. B. B. I'hl and family, of Toledo- O. Among the guests from a distance, were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Meyers and two children, Harold and Lucile: Mr. and Mrs. fjtwrence Magley and son. Donal 1. Toledo. O : Lieutenant Lloyd K Magley. ( amp Shelby. Miss.: John Jay. of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs Homer Ruhl and children. and his parents Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ruhl motored to their home of their sister and daughter Mrs. Oscar FaJilsmg. west of Fort Wayne, where they spent Sunday afternoon. Their son and brother. James E. Runl and family, of .North Webster were also guests there. Among the social affairs given by Miss Ireta E’rwiu for her houseguests. Mrs. Gladys Erwin Smith and daughter. Mary Louise, of West Virginia; ajid Miss Eva Erwin, of Fort Wayne. were a picnic supped and dinner party. The seventh annua: reunion of the Somers or Summers family will be held Saturday. September 7. at Bwin-‘

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My Park, Fort Wayne. The dedication of a service flag will lie a part of the service Names of all young men in the army or navy should be aent to Mrs. D. A Staffer. Ossian, who has charge of the program Mrs Charles N Christen will give a luncheon this evening at six o'clock in compliment to Mrs Burt Lynch, of Jonesboro. Ark.: and Mrs Julius Spies, of Cleveland. O. Mrs. Clem Vogle.wevle will entertain Tuesday ait ernoon in their honor. Mr. and Mrs P. J. Hyland enter tained at the Murray House Sunday for Mr and Mrs Julius Spies and daughter. Helen, of Cleveland. O.: Mrs. Burt Lynch, of Jonesboro. Ark : William Beard, of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kuebler. The Baptist Aid society will meet with Mrs. John Chronister Thursday afternoon A large attendance is de- , sired. Henceforth the Red Cross shop will I lie open Thursday evening instead of Wednesday evening, each week. Miss Katherine Hyland gave a picnic party in the grove Friday evening in compliment to Kathleen and Hel’n I Haefling. of Fort Wayne; Helen Spies of Cleveland. O. Other guests were Margaret and charlotte Niblick. Mildred Keller. Rose Marie Smith. Jeanette Clark, Helen Gass. Margaret Mylott and Germaine Christen. j Mr and Mrs L. A Thomas, and 1 family. Mr and Mrs Chris Boese ' motored to the home of Mr. and Mrs Ed Boese near Huntington where they spent Sunday. Mrs Oscar Fritzinger has invited < the Willing Helpers’ Sunday school i class to be her guests all day Wednesday at her home near Monmouth Mr and Mrs. Paul C. Reinking and daughter. Margaret, of Ft. Wayne, guests of the Peter Kirsch family on Sunday Misses Ireta and Betty Erwin. Mrs Dan Myers. Mrs. Florence Erwin motored to Monroeville where they spent the week-end with the Will Erwin family. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Erwin and sou Keith, of Butler, were also gue ts there. Mrs Veronica Smith and daughters entertained at dinner yesterday for Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Ebinger. of Huntington. Mrs Margaret Meib-re and Mrs Elizabeth Ehinger Mr and Mrs. Charles Lang gave a dinner today for them Miss Helen Kinzle who has been in Cleveland. O . this summer at Lake side hospital, taking a war course at the Western Reserve university, is at home for three weeks Miss Olive Collier, of Cleveland accompanied her here and they are guests of Miss Kinzle's paretns. Mr and Mrs George Kinzle Helen will enter Lakeside Hospital Nurses' training school on September 16 Invitations have been received in this city for the third annual Giessler and Keipper family reunion to be held in the City Park, at IJma. Ohio on Monday. September 2nd, ISIS. The picture of Miss Lois Peterson daughter of Mr and Mrs. John S. Peterson appears in Ft. Wayne papers today, as one of the candidates in the popularity contest for Robinson Park's romp day Wednesday, August 28. The families of Ferd Bleeke. Gus Bteeke. Herman Heuer. Chris Kirchner. Rev. Krotka. Mrs. John Heuer and Miss Lydia Krueckeberg were guests at supper last evening of the Will Bleeke family in Union township. The Tri Kappas will meet with Miss Ireta Butler Tuesday evening at her home on West Monroe street. Charles and William Bricker, of Fostoria. 0.. motored here and spent . Sunday with the G. Nesswald family. Mr. and Mrs. B. F Farr have a number of friends as guests at a house party for a week They are: Mr. and Mrs D. H. Pulley and son. Ned. Mr. and Mrs Robert Watson and • daughter. Louise Jean, of Marion. Mr. ' and Mrs. Carl Schwab, and children. 1 Helen and Robert, of Wabash. Miss Frances Cole has returned from Rome City where she spent a , week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will . Bowers at the cottage there Other members of the party were Ruth Bowers and Kenneth Huffine, of LaI fayette. The Mt. Pleasant Mite Society will meet ail day Thursday with Mrs. . Harve Butler for Red Cross sewing A short period in the afternoon will ! be devoted to the business of th/ order. The fourth annual reunion of the Fuhrman family will be held Saturday in the grove at St John's. There will tie au ice cream social and parcels post sale given Wednesday evening at the St. Joseph school

grounds by the St. Vincent de Paul society. The panels poet sale will begin at eight o’clock. Everybody la urged to ocme Mr and Mrs Harry Magner returned last night from their wedding trjp to Chicago. Milwaukee, and other cities. Mrs. Magner was Miss Okla Harrod, of Fort Wayne. Mrs Ruth Fisher and daughter. < Betty entertained at dinner Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Smith. Mr. : and Mrs. Clayton Billings, of Marion Mrs Billings who has been here visiting returned home with the party who came by automobile oritative rports received here said I i The Misses Mabel Inhoff. and Na oini Myers of Fort Wayne and Gret- ( then Clouser of Bluffton were the , week end guests of Miss Esther But- ( ler. | g: rmar ns :ny;n:«::aixn:tn:«nc«xs g ( COURTJ A fishing license was issued to Jacob AU. I BRITISH ADVANCE IN A NEW ATTACK (Continued from Page One) guards were killed. Twenty persons, the newspapers say. have been executed in Petrograd. Amsterdam. Aug 26 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Following a recent reiiort that older men would be called to the colors, mobs of the poorer districts of Berlin pitched portraits Mt the kaiser and the leading officials fn m cases into the streets and trampled them under foot. Il took an hour for street sweepers to clean up the tatters. BULLETIN London. Aug 26 —(Special to Dally Democrat l — The Bnti.-h extended their drive farther northward into the] Arras sector by suddenly attackin* along the Scarp* river at o'clo » ! this morning Field Marshal Haig reported. Good Prepress The Scarpe flows through the northern outskirts of Arras i v'aptsre of Frarrenil (twi mil-t---north and ea-t of Bapau&ie) was announced. Th* British line has been advanced further on both sides of the Somme and additional progress has bezn made toward Maricourt (four miles southwest of ( ombles.) (By Fred S Fergusonn. United Pre s staff correspondent.) With the American Armies in France. Aug. 25—(Night)— Americ.u troops advanced their line 550 meters (a third of a mile) on a iront of two kilo-meters <a mile and a quarterl immediately lost of Fismes today driving the Germans from the railroad and capturing what had teen an advantageous position A.- this is cabled, 'harp infantry fighting is keeping the whole Vesle front stirred up. but the boche counter-attacks are fruitless. The Americans in the last few days have begun a systematic clean-up of objectionable positions. The tannery was first taken. Then an attack on a more pretentious scale was launched this morning The boche had dug in along the railroad skirting the south bank of the V esie and had established numeroa - machine nests. The American! were in a ditch south of the main Soissons way. They had to advance across open country toward the railway A stiff barrage was put down on the t railway at 5 a m. the infantry sta’t ■ ing their advance simultaneous.y. Quickly they topped the railway and f charged acitoss the open spate in the t face of a terrific machine gun fire. The attack was so impetuous it sent the boche a running. A heavy enemy 1 barrage was put down on the railway i but the Amricans held on. Only seven : prisoners were taken One of them, a :. banker and restaurant keeper of the 1 higher dss was forced to serve. He had been in the army a year He said • that al! able-bodied men are now compelled to work in war factories 2 or go to the front. He said that sol 9 fliers everywhere now realize their el I horts are merely a sacrifice. One de r serter who entered the American line j revealed the straits to which the Ger . man high commands had been reduced regarding man power. The de serter had been previously woundtd ' bet was taken from the hospital and returned to the front before he was fully recovered. "MIDGETS OF MESOPOTAMIA'' Entertainmint io be given by Loya l > Daughters' Class. If you want an evening of good healthy fun. ceme to the Evangelical church parlors on nex’ M'odaesdUy evening at 8 o'clock. The Loyal Daughters Class, taught by Mrs. W.

S Mills will give a very unique entenainment. It will consist of two parts: Part one will present the Midgets of Mesopotamia” in full costume. Part two will be a "Scene in the Union Station at Henpeck " The class solicits a generous freewill offering, which will be given to Red Cross work. At the close of the entertainment, ice cream and pop corn will be on sale Everybody invited. You will surely have an evening of good wholesome fun. FOUR THOUSAND REGISTERED (t’ntted Press Service) Indianapolis. August 26 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —About four thousand men who have become 21 since June 5 were registered in Indiana last Saturday, aecnxiing to Major Robert C Baltzell. state conacription officer. Complete figures however, have not yet been receied. cloveV leaFfireman killed] Ohio City. August 26— An engine and caboose, running west on the Clover Leaf, jumped the track about two miles east of Ohio City Sunday evening about four o’clock. The engine turned over and the fireman was killed, being crushed under the •engine The body was taken to Delphos. Ohio. — o— - — MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA Class number forty, ot the M. E. Sunday school, taught by Mr§. O. H. Odell, will give a social Thursdayevening for the purpose of raising money to buy music for the Sundayschool orchestra. The orchestra is doing excellent work- and is highly at predated in Its work for the Sunday- school and other departments. \V. F. Beery is director. o THE BIRTH REPORT A fine boy baby was born to Mr. and Mrs Brice McMillen This is th: second child, but first boy. A nine-and-a-half pound boy was born this morning at eleven o’clock |to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reinking of • Union township. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Marbaugh. of Union township , Mrs. Marbaugh was Miss Viola Grote. < (j CARD OF THANKS I Ray Eagy and Mrs. James Watts '(express their sincere thanks to the . many neighbors and friends for kindnc ses shown at the time of the death L of their brother. Owen Patrick. BEE MA°N HERE ’ i Dr. A. G. Baldwin, of the United ' States Department of Agriculture. ~ met with bee-keepers of this county at the farm of Jacob Schwartz, in Monroe township, today. o ij JOE COFFEE ACROSS ’ Mrs. John Coffee received a card > • that her son. Joe. who left August . ■ 6. arrived safe across seas.

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