Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 217, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1918 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT. MW* rr- .—— —ln Published Every Evening Except Sunday by ■' 11 w The Decatur Democrat Company h JOHN H. HELLER President w ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary “ Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 Cents n Per Year, by carrier 15.00 Per Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mail $3.00 1 Single Copies 2 cents t< Advertising rites made known on 1 application. < Entered at the postoffice in Deca- * tur, Indiana, as second-class matter, t a But think of the rest the old tires art getting over these gasolineless 1 Sundays while yen are helping I'nc.e t Sant save a sufficient supply of gas to keep the tanks ambulances, uirt planes and other machines going at < the front. The Americans took the St. Mihiel : salient in twenty-seven hours, alvancing thirteen miles on a twenty two mile front, the most wonderful achievement since the war started. The people of this great nation, tightinp only for the establishment of treaties that are not mere scraps of paper and for the democracy of the world, have the right to rejoice in the victory, and to feel proud indeed iff their sons who accomplished it. There are more coming and soon. The stars and jftripes will live. AtUnis county men and women are going ah'fead with great enthusiasm in their plans to make the Fourth Liberty Loan drive a success. The men and women forces combined are effectively and well organized attd the bfg volunteer subscription drive ■will be a great event in this splendid old county where we never fall down The Banker's Trust company of New York has issued a tabulation suggesting "proportions of subscriptions ox> ected. The person having an income of SI,OOO or less annually is expected to take a $50.00 or SIOO. bond, tin income of $3,000 should be good for $350 to $550: SSOOO for $750 to $950: SIO,OOO for $2,500; $35,000 for SII,OOO and so on. You know best what you can buy and your rule should be to take all you can afford and more. It's a good place to put your money and you can turn it easily. Buy bonds, help sell them, be a booster for the Fourth drive. I In his clearcut and emphatic letter to the striking machinists at Bridgeport, Conn., the president informed them that thej’ would either have to go back to work or go into the army. The administration has been very considerate toward labor, 1 and has gone far to protect its rights 1 i and interests. But it can not justify ( oi uphold contract breaking, nor can , it penult interruption of war work, it is disheartening to think that there . should be men at such a time' as this : • —we believe that there are not many 1 of them—willing to exalt their per- 1 sonal interests at the expense of the welfare of the nation. Genera) Pershing has just said to tiie American people that we can win the war

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in 1919 if we semi him quickly all the nen. munitions and supplies we can ommand. Any one who interferes with the movement of these resouries by a strike virtually ays that the war shall not be won in 1919. Indimat oils News. Austria wants peace and has made the first effort in the expected off< naive towards that end. A better way perhaps to get it would be to surrender fur that's just what will have to happen before peace talk becomes very popular. Austria and Germany have lost their opportunity to make peace except on the terms as fixed by President Wilson when this government entered the struggle Peace now which In: -r the tight would be a German victory rml mean but a truce which would p . the military nations to prepare for another effort to control the world. We were told when we could operate on: ships and how but we hive not followed instructions and we are not now going to accept terms from the nation which gave us those orders. This is not a time to talk peace nut the effort by Austria may be the beginning of the end of the terrible struggle. It begins to look as though within another year the enemy will l.e glad to accept terms from those who believe in a democracy and not in autotxacy. | SOCIETY j 8® 35:35) -45) at: 3:::®:®:® 3t: 35:35X u Club Calendar Wednesday. Reformed Aid —Mrs. L. W. Stole. Shakespeare—Red Cross Shop and Mrs. D. D. Heller's Home. Thursday. Silent Workers —Mrs. Lillie Burkhead. FRIEND O'MINE Friend o’ mine. I blindly reach, Till again I touch your hand— Thoughts we cannot put in speech Come to me. You understand! Friend o' mine. 1 till the cup To the past of you and me: Pledge it. ere we drink it up To the days that used to be. —Wilbur 1). Nesbit. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Davis gave a supper last evening for Mr. and MrBurt Httnsicker and children. Donald and Leona. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brodbeck and son. Richard; Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Httnsicker. and their niece Miss Mildred Roebuck, of Belle Center. O. On account of bad weather heretofore the Shakespeare club did not hold the opening meeting of the season. as announced. Hence, on next Wednesday afternoon, after the period from two to four at the Red Cross shop, the members will go to the home of t-he president. Mrs. D. D. Heller where they will have a Easiness meeting. All members are urged io come and be prepared to pay their dues. Misses Irene and Margaret Zwickj and Gladys Goldner were guests of i Miss Lyda Gunsett at dinner Sunday.: the occasion being her sixteenth I birthday anniversary. A number of the women liberty loan workers will go to Fort Way.utomorrow to attend the conference, relative to which the Indianapolis News in a Fort Wayne dispatch says: "Kitchen conferences of the women of Indiana are to IrA. included in the plans advocated by the woman's liberty loan committee al the conference of county chairmen which has been called for next Tuesday at Fort Wayne by Mrs. Alice Foster McCulloch. state chairman, to prepare for the opening of the fourth liberty loan drive Septemlter 28. The county chairmen probably will be asked to appoint precinct chairmen who will take general charge of these local meetings and obtain the names of women who will hold conferences i,t their kitchens.” Mrs. Charles Lamlitt had as a r guests at dinner yesterday) Mrs. Minerva Wilkinson. Misses Bernice Berger and Melvena Smith. Mrs. Lavina King. Mrs. Kate I. Nichols, well known state Reb-kah official, returned this. afternoon to her home at Elkhart. She was a guest of the L. C. Helm family. The Silent Workers of the U. B. church, taught by Mrs Ball will meet Thursday evening with Mrs. Lillie Burkhead on XJtii street. The Ladies' Aid of Zion lleforiuetl •hureh will meet' Wednesday aftertoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. L. W.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1918.

Stolte ut the parsonage. Mrs Jacob Weidler, Mrs. Henry Knapp ami Mrs Reuben Brelner will be assistant ■ hostesses. I -I Mr. and Mrs. George Kolmeyer who Ihave been the guests ot Mr. and Mrs W. H. Dawkins, returned to their home in Fort Wayne. o————— st ytxtifiL ztr tttxuEnxttxxEtxtxnxt! j C O L Ft T I 1 The grand jury convened this morning after an adjournment since I last Wednesday. A judgment for S7O and costs was ' rendered for the Portland Equity Ext change vs. Hubert French. This is > ordered paid out of the assets of the t estate. i A divorce was granted Susan \\ it- . hans from Paul Withaus. Her former name. Susan Magner, was restored. • In the case of the State ex Red Marvel Mills vs. Gregory Oliver, L. C. DeVoss entered appearance for the relatrix. In the matter of C. S. Niblick, trustee for the estate of May Mc- ' Mahon, suggestion of the death < f Mrs. McMahon was made and a peti- > tion filed for order for distribution ! which was sustained. Current report was filed and approved and final report ordered. J. P. Lehman. guardian of M. Jennie Miller, filed final report which was approved and th cause was ordered left oft the docket. I ! C. S. Niblick, trustee of the estate i of Jesse O. Ruckman, filed petition I to purchase home for Ruckman. 1 Joseph Wolfe, administrator! with the will annexed) of the estate of Washington Simon Wolfe, tiled petition for approval of contract with Joset h Wolfe and Eliza Hal tman and to compromise claims, which w->.s sustained and so ordered. The final report of Herman Franz, adminisstrator of the estate of Ernst Franz «a- approved and he was di-- < harged from further liability. Ralph Moser- administrator of the James E. Moser estate, appeared for himself in the matter of the petition of sale of property The sale w.c ordered, to be private for not loss than appraisement, terms to be onethird cash, one-third in nine and one third in eighteen months. Addition al bond of $13,000 was ordered. o CARDINAL FARLEY IS WORSt (United Press Service) Mamaroneck. N. Y.. Sept. 16—-(Spe-cial to Daily Democrat) —Cardinal Farley, archbishop of the Catholic diocese of New York was in a critical condition today at his summer . home here following a relapse suffered yesterday when it was believed h--was recovering from an attack c.f pneumonia. His condition early today was unchanged from last night, when Monsignor Carroll, secretary t , . the cardinal, reported it very critical. TO ROTARY 7 MEETING W. A. Klepi er. president of thDecatur Rotary club will leave to- ; morrow for ludianapblis where m I will attend the Governor's Day celej bration held at the Claypool Hotel. John Napier Dyer, Rotary governor in the Indiana district will be the geest of honor Representatives from . nineteen cities in this district will attend the meeting. A big program is being arranged. ——n ROTARY AT A. D. SUTTLES A. I). Suttles will be the host to . members of the Decatur Rotary club . on Thursday evening, September 19th ; at his home on South Fifth sueet. l He is planning on showing the boys I . a good time after the regular affairs! • of the club are taken care of and i every member is requested to be r present. j I o I BOYS ARRIVE SAFELY 1 i ij Mrs. William Murtaugh of Win-' Chester street who has four sons in ■ : the service received i- card today j from th-- government notifying her 'that her sou. William Murtaugh, had' arrived safely overseas. Mrs. Mary Miller al-o received a card notifying ,her of the safe arrival of her son. True Miller. COMMITTEEMEN MEETING ■ A.meeting of the democratic committeemen will be hold this: evening at seven-thirty o'clock at headquarters above this office. Members requested to be present. BIG COUNTRY**"HIGH SCHOOL j W. F. Beery, principal of the Kirk- ' land township high school, says the .school started oft thi- morning with a big enrollment of forty-five, which is considered very excellent. |

French Troops Capture Vailly L (Continued from J’aga QMJ /machine guns. Field Marshal Htt.g' reported today. With the Americans on the Metz Front, Sept. 16—(Special to Daily . Democrat I -Both American wings ar I reported to be straightening out and coordinating *their positions across . tha late St. Mihiel salient. Our pa- | trols now control the area between 1 the American lines and the Hinden- J burg reserve defenses. The Germans are digging in far Io the rear, rather than attempting to dispute the Ameri lean gains effectively. London. Sept 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)— The Gormans apparently are withdrawing along the whole 3;;-mile front between Abeauscourt' and the Moselle, in an effort to iin- ’ prove the protection of communica-.i tions in the vicinity of Metz. Tho Americans advanced from two' to three miles on this front and mj seme places their patrols pushed for-; word an additional two miles. Six German divisions, totalling, about 60.000 men. were operating litj the St." Mihiel salient when the Americans began their attack, it has ( been learned. Os these fully a fourth were taken prisoner. The British have captured Mais ' semy (four and a half miles northwest of St. Quntin.) thus wiping out a small salient which had its apex at Vermand. j In their recent local operations. l the French have taken 2500 prison-' ers. Metz is under long range bombarcinent it is learned here today. (Metz is about ten miles from the nearest' known point of the Americans.) With the Americans on the M»tZj Front. Sept. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The extremities of the ntw line, paralleling Hindenburg' , are experiencing the bulk of the present activity. To the left of the Moselle, the boche attempted a raid Saturday night as a result of which th? Americans took six prisoner?.’ 1-ate yesterday the enemy made a counter-attack in the same region j They were seen massing for the, effort. The American artillery open-' ed on them. They were cut to pieces ; before they could start. The boche is doing considerable work in the rear of the Hindenburg line. Paris. Sept. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Several enemy airplanes ai proached Paris last night, it was officially announced today. There were some casualties and material damage. I London. Sept 16—(Special to Daily . Democrat)-» Secretary Baker arrived . in London today following his tour of . the® American front in France. He is expected to remain a. few days be- . fore returning to the United States. ' London Sept 16 - (Special to Daily, Democrat) —One houndred and fifty ■ four persons are missing today fol-, ’ lowing the torpedoing of the British steamship Galway Castle, which was enroute to South Africa. Os this num ber 34 are members of the crew. The ship was struck at 7 a. m,' while stormy seas were running. | Women and children victims were lost. The submarine was not seen. Berne. Sept. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The two American avia- • tors, forced to descend, near Fahy. . are being held by the Swiss, it was officially announced here today. London. Sept 16 —dSpecial to Daily ’ Democrat)—The condition of Premier Lloyd George who has been ill several days was reported satisfactory today in an official bulletin. 1 The bulletin said he had a refresh',ing sleep. His temperature has fallen and there has been a general improvement. — J Amsterdam Sept. 16 —(S)eciai ,o Daily Democrat) —Smarkije Listy, of- . ficial newspaper of the Czechs d.e- --| cal res that the former Russian czarina and her four daughters have been I murdered at Ekaterinburg. The ex- | ecution. the newspaper declares, was !carried out contrary to the wishes ut the soviets.

a min!■! i 1 1 i l l in min i L THE CRYSTAL THEATRE Showing Only High Class Clean Photoplays TOO A V “HEIRESS FOR A DAY.” A five-red Trangle production, featuring the famous screen beauty. Olive Thomas, in I a play out of the ordinary. >’ A story of a young manicurist at a fashionable hotel who I inherits a fortune and endeavors to overawe the so- I ciety with her extravagance. The next day it is dis- I covered that Iter fortune is a fraud and she is de- J nhunced. What would you do in a case like that? Be | sure and see your answer tonight.

RESCINDS ORDER Limitation of Sugar Purchases is Done Away With —Purchasers PUT ON THEIR HONOR Ration of Two Pounds Per Person Per Month is Still Retained. Further confidence in the patriotism of the householder is indicated in a modified regulation which went to federal food administrators in Indiana from the office ot Dr. Harry E. Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana, to the effect that the limitation of purchases to two pounds or sugar for city dwellers and five pounds for rural families has been rescinded. The substitute order permits the sale of a week's supply in either case, retaining the ration of two pounds per person per month. I Indiana's sugar allotment for the ' month of October as announced in a ' telegram received from Washington today is 8.798.000 pounds. This is a very small margin over the individ- : ual ration limit, and provision is ! made for additional sugar for can- , ning purposes, based upon applications made in regular form. September allotments will be com- . pleted by September 20th and the ap , portionment to the five classes, for , October then prepared for distribu- | tion. Industries in Classes A and B ' which include less essentials —bot- ' tiers, food manufacturers, etc., will be permitted one-third of the total to which they were entitled during July. August and September, instead of a new statement covering last year's usage, which heretofore has been the basis Jf the apportionment. Q — PEACE NOTE ON WAY ' WILL BE REJECTED i (Continued from Page One) 1 benefit Belgium or to satisfy the allies, but to provide propaganda for ; the defeatists.” o ‘ FRANCHISE LEAGUE NOTES A splendid meeting was held in the Methodist church at Monroe Friday night, the ladies of Monroe already have several hundred names on their I petition, and Monroe will be a hun- ' drad per cent in a few days. Berne is sending in splendid reports Adams county will prove to the people she is as progressive and up ,o ■ the minute as any county in the state I if the ?e thing that seems to have asiu ~.ued the men voters, aside ' from the victories that have piled up for suffrage in the past year, it is the .way in which the women have approached their new responsibilities as citizens. We have always contended that women would approach j their new citizenship with serious thought and would make it their busiI ness to be well informed. Today it is the intelligence with which the women voted in the recent Texas primary. The Texas press attributes this in the main to one thing—the women studied the issues, the women knew the candidates that stood for certain issues. A man in Texas whose wife supports him by the wash-tub. leaned sadly cigamst the village post office and spat toward a hitching post am! remarked. "Them lher suffragetts talk as if they were as good as us men, they do akcherly."—Contributed. o FIREMEN ON STRIKE (United Press Service) Lafayette. Sept. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat)—More than half of the city firemen of Lafayette w at. on a strike this morning when their request for an increase in wages from SBO to SIOO a month was refused by the city council. Nineteen firmen are out. Only nine are on the job to answer in case of a blaze.

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