Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1918 — Page 1

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Volume XVI. Numher 231.

CAMERA! BELIEVED TO HAVE FALLEN

THE HIUBURG LINE IS NOW ONLY A MEMORY INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT IS PREDICTED—DAMASCUS OCCUPIED BY BRITISH-FRENCH ADD 2,000 TO THEIR LIST OF PRISONERS. (United Press Service) London, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Cambrai was partially occupied this morning, it was stated in battle front dispatches this afternoon. The city is now believed to have fallen. With the capture of St. Quentin an enemy retirement on a very large scale is being contemplated, according to the dispatches. Military authorities hint that an “interesting development” is about to happen. The German line through Bauevoir and Consomme, northcast of St. Quentin has been broken. This threatens the enemy’s line of retreat from the Oise valley if he is forced to withdraw in that region. Between the Vesle and the Aisne, where the French are push-' ing northward in the encircling movement against the St. Gobain massif, 2.000 additional German prisoners were taken. The battle in the Argonne region is fluctuating- The Americans are said to have been ejected from Exermont. London, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Damascus was occupied by the British forces at 6 o’clock yesterday morning. it was officially announced in the Palestine communique received today. The Turkish commander at Damascus had previously asked for terms of surrender. Dispatches received yesterday staled that British cavalry was on three sides of the city. (By Lowell Mellett. United Press Staff Correspondent) With the British Army in France. Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The supporting trench system behind the Hindenhurg defenses known as the Bauevoir line has been broken. The British ninth corps operating in connection with Australian j troops have captured the village of Bauevoir, forming the northern end of the defense, as well as Braneourt, eight miles northeast of St. Quentin. The French advance has thus been enabled to push eastward above St. Quentin, cutting the latter off. and compelling its evacuation. The breaking up of Germany’s sixth defensive seems to he in sight. The Hmdennurg system nas become a sieve, and seems to be a memory. Open warfare, on a scale similar to the days w hen the Germans first reached France, has been made possible, i London, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Bad weather and vigorous enemy counter-attacks are slowing up the AngloBelgian advance in Flanders, according to advices received here this afternoon. ... A further advance of five to ten miles is likely to cause the Germans to evacuate the Belgian coastLondon, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The British flag has been hoisted in Ebetaff harbor, in the Spitzbergen island, and German houses and a wireless station there have been destroyed, according to a delayed dispatch from Copenhagen. Washington. D. C.. Oct. 2— (Special to Daily Democrat)— Serbia and Greece today announced their peace demands on Bulgaria.. They are: . . , , L Reparation for all damages in occupied territory. 2! Abandonment of all plans for domination of the Balkans. 3’ Guarantee that Greeks living in Bulgarian territory shall tot be exterminated.

(United Press Service) | London, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily, Democrat) —Serbian troops entertd. Kumanovo, 12 miles northeast of Us-I kub, Monday evening, it was announced in the Serbian war office statement received here today. Paris, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Violent fighting is continuing north and south of St. Quentin, battle front dispatches reported this afternoon. French troops have passed above the canal tunnel at Letrenquoy and are progressing eastward. An atta~k is developing upon Omissy. a mile and a half northeast of St. Quentin. Paris, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Bulgaria has already started fulfillment of the conditions under which she was granted an armistice. It was learned from authoritative sources today that the Bulgarian army is being disbanded. Arms and munitions are being handed over to the allies Entente troops are taking charge of the railways. Paris, Oct. 2— (Special to Daily Democrat)—the city of Lille is being evacuated by its civilian population, according to avdices received here today. Lille, one of the chief cities of

j northern France, and one of the GerI man strongholds, is seriously menacied by the British advance at Cambrai j and the Belgian gains in Flanders, which are putting it in a pocket. Paris. Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat) —German troops set fire to St. Quentin as the French entered it, Premier Clemenceau today informed Marcel Hutin, military critic of the Echo de Paris. London, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)—British troops, smashing forward on a 20-mile front between Cambrai and St. Quentin, tore the German defenses to shreds in some portions of the line yesterday anil penetrated a maximum depth of about two miles, it was indicated by Field : Marshal Haig’s report today. The communique said that Ihe • Beaurevolr-Ronsomme line (well to • the eastward of both Cambrai and St. t Quentin) has been breached. Washington, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Formation of a mid-European federation to consist ' of a chain of small states extending J from the Baltic to the Black Sea is ’ under way here, it was learned today, e Amsterdam, Oct. 2—(Special to Daily Democrat)—“At the request of f. ii'uiuhiiMCl’uu Cage Four)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, October 2, 1918.

ITHIRTY-TWO MORE f Over Half of Tuesday’s Classifications Are Sent to THE DISTRICT BOARD Fifty-one More Are Classified—Eight Placed in Class One. Fifty-one more were classified by the local board yesterday. Over half of this number, thirty-two in all, were sent to the district board on account of the registrants claiming a deferred class on agricultural or occupational ’ pursuit. Nine of the men classified jby tlie local hoard were placed in c lass one Those classified and placed in class four by the local hoard are: Ottis E. Mosson, Berne; Otto 1,. Klrsch, Decatur; Ira E. Whitright, Decatur; Manasse Lehman. Monroe; I Adam Diehl, Decatur; Harry H. Fuhrman, Decatur; William S. Thompson, Berne; Frank Morroeal. j Geneva; Jesse O. Campbell, Geneva; Wm. VV. Butcher. Bryant. Those placed in class one are: Harry Green, Geneva; Chas. A. Brewster, Geneva; Edgar A. Schug. Geneva; Tilman Affolder, Berne; Homer M. Egly, Monroe; Wm. C. Klenk. Decatur; Sherman C. Lichtenberger. Decatur; Albert D. Johnson. Decatur. Byron G. Smith. Linn Grove, was placed in class live, he being a minister. The following class one men were sent to t lie (ly-ud. Wm. G. Bierrie, Berne; Clinton (Contfnuea on Page 6.J ORDINANCE HOLDS Parking Ordinance is Not Repealed, Although the Board of Safets FAVORS SUCH ACTION Mayor’s Report Approved Short Time Warrants Sold to Three Banks. The. board of public safety to whom had been referred the matter of investigating the merits of the vehicle ordinance now in force in this city, reported at the regular meeting of the council last evening that they were in favor of the repeal of section three, in which a time limit was placed on tlie parking of automobiles or other vehicles on Second street. A motion by Councilman Linn that the report he not accepted failed to pass for the want of a second. The report was approved by a vote of three to five, hut no further action taken in the matter. In order to repeal this ordinance another ordinance must he passed to that effect. Upon the filing of the proof of publication giving notice to bidders that tlie council would receive sealed bids for the sale of SO,OOO worth of short time warrants, they running from Oct. Ist to January Ist, 1919, the bids of the First National, and Old Adams County banks and that of the Peoples Loan and Trust company in this city were filed and opened. Each hank agreed to take $2,000 each of the warrants at. par. The warrants bear 6 per cent interest from date. The mayor’s quarterly report was ’ filed and spread on record. * The petition of Leo and L. P. Yag- ■ er that the council order the Fort Wayne and Decatur Traction com- ( pany to remove a pole in front of J their residence was referred to (he ( , board of safety. J The street and sewer committee ■ was instructed to eater into a contract with the property owners who are relaying the brick sidewalk along i St. Marys street. fj A communication from L. S. How- ' er, addressed to the street and sewer

■ committee, relative, to tin* oomlttiu ■ of the sidewalk in front of the l)r. C. “ S. Clark home on North Second street jwas placed on file and referred to the committee for investigation. I The following bills were allowed .and the meeting adjourned: | D. F. Teeple, $27.79: Waterworks pay roll, $29.50; F. <’. Summers. $1.75 I T. <’. Kelley a Co. $71X.33; General Electric Co., $1,113.75; Clyde H. llovt ) Co., $740.76; Dick itoch, $37.50; Tho.t. Itowling. $32.50; 1). F. Teeple, $.72; Street commissioner's pay roll. slll.- - 02; Police pay roll, $117.50; City fire- 1 ! men, $72.50; A. C. Foos pay rollj | $317.00; M. J. M.vlott pay roll, $154.00 IH. W. Johns-Mansville Co., $37.91: j T. St. U ti W. Rv. Co.. $360.02; Evans I Coal Co., $79.42; G. It. & 1. Ry. Co., , $154.19; National Meter Co., $46.50; f Mathias Coffee, $113.02; L. A. Itoop, , $105.04. : EXHIBIT TRAIN i NEXT SATURDAY Will be at Clover Leaf at 8 O’clock and Will Remain Here Until 9:30. THREE HEROESCOMING Men Who Have Seen Actual Service Coming—Captain Marcel Wounded Often. Tho next big patriotic event for this county is the arrival in this city , next Saturday morning of the War Exhibit train, which will tie ready for the public at the Clover Leaf station at eight o’clock and can he visited for an hour and a half. The train carries hundreds of interesting trophies from the war front including various kinds of guns, shells, uniforms and aircraft. Dixon Williams will travel with the train as Liberty Loan streaker and in addition to this there will be several men who lifve seen service at the eluding the following: Captain Marcel Levie. belongs to the 110th Regiment of Infantry, First French Army Corps, which is composed mostly of men from the northern part of France in the invaded district. He enlisted as a private a 1 the beginning of the war and lias fought, in Belgium and the Rattle of the Mons, Verdun, the Battle of the Somme, and in practically all the great battles of France. He has received eleven wounds at six different times and each time instead of taking one or two months' rest to which he w'as entitled, lie voi- , unteered to go hack into the fighting line. His last wound was the most serious and was received at Verdun where he was struck on the helmet , by a hand grenade and left on the battlefield as blind. He was captured by the Germans and taken into Germany where he remained three months, after which time he was exchanged and sent t>ack to France. He was then totally blind hut went through a surgical operation and recovered l-25th or the sight of one eye. The other eye was entirely lost and lie wears a glass eye. He has been decorated with the Legion of Honor in January, 1915, ' after the Battle of the Champagne. ; He also has the Croix de Guerre with ■ four citations and the British Mili-1 l Lary Cross. t He was the youngest French officer i to receive the French legion of Hont or at the age of 19. i Joseph A. Fleming, Co. I* 105th - Infantry, (the old 69th New York) went to France October, 1917. and s was gassed on the Lorraine front — Toni Sector. :- Martin J. O'Donnell, Co. G. 101th t Infantry, enlisted at Woburn. Mass, i- Burnt by gas while on the Soissmis f front. p ■'■ " "■** — -■ ■■ O" ' - " GOES TO WASHINGTON, D. C. e Miss Nola Snyder, late high school .- graduate, now employed in the office o at Bowser's, Fort Wayne, expects to % leave soon for Washington, D. C.. to take a position as government steno-j - grapher. She is a daughter of Mr. ( r and Mrs. Frank Snyder of this city

PRETTY WEDDING 1 » - j.Miss Naomi Peoples, Former Adams County Girl, i . Married Recently il IN NORTH DAKOTA Visited Here Recently With I Aunt, Mrs. S. E. Brown, and Others. Announcements have been received by friends, of the marriage of Miss Naomi Peoples, formerly of tills county, and daughter of S. it. Peoples of Absaraka, North Dakota, to Mr. Wilford C. McKay, of Van Hook. N. I)., on Sept. 25, in the presence of a few immediate friends of the family. I The parlor was beautifully dec irlated with autumn leaves, and pink and white festoning draped to one corner of the room from which hung a white wedding bell. At 3:30 o'clock with Mrs. Lloyd Leggett, of Wheatland. presiding at the piano. Mias Esther Peoples, a sister of tlie bride, sang “O Promise Me." after whi -h the bridal party entered the room to the strains of the wedding march, taking their places under the canopy. The ceremony was very impressively read by the Rev. Book of the 5!. E. church of Erie. The bride was attired in white embroidered net over white satin. While her attendent. Miss Mabel Shultz, a school chum, of Casselton. wore pink crepe de chine. Each carried a bouquet of roses. , The bridegroom wore black and was attended hv Uov Book, of Erie. After ’ Y'i-'ivfrFntulations a three course dinner was served, after which (Continued on Page 6.) o ; WED IN DETROIT Claude Snyder and Miss 1 Lucile Wilson of Pontiac, Mich. j MARRIED RECENTLY I Bridegroom Leaves for Valparaiso to Enter the Students’ Army Corps. i Friends of Claude Snyder, son „f 1 Mr. and .Mrs. Frank Snyder will be < pleased to hear of his marriage which ] took place September 17 to M‘ss I Lucile Wilson, daughter of Mr. and 1 Mrs. Frank Wilson, of Pontiac, Midi. | The marriage was solemnized at the Central Methodist Episcopal church, Detroit, Mich., by the Rev. Mr. Hawthorne. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder came here fir a short visit with his parents, before he left today for Valparaiso to enter the Students’ Army Training Corps. Mrs. Snyder will return to her home at Pontiac. Both Mr. and Mrs. Snyder were employed in the office of the Oakland Motor Car Company at Pontiac, where they became acquainted. Mr. Snyder is a graduate of the Decatur high school, being one of the popular young boys of the city. He' jwas a member of the city hand. ESSAYS ARE" COMING IN. Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, chairman of tlie ladies organization for the Fourth Liberty Loan, has received several of the essays from high school and grade children who were asked to write from 100 to 300 words upon subjects assigned and pertain--1 ing to the Fourth Liberty Loan. These must be in by Saturday, Oeto--1 her sth. Medals and diplomas will be given to those selected as best and a number of the essays will he printed in this paper. 'mRsThURSt" IMPROVING. r Mrs. James Hurst continues to iuti prvoe at the Lutheran hospital. Fort i Wayne, where she was operated upon 'last Saturday. This is very eucour- ' aging news to her many friends here.

: RETURNS ARE CHECKED TOTALS CLIMB SLOWLY - VOLUNTEER EFFORTS RESULT IK 80 PER CENT OF AMOUNT BEING RAISED—FEDERAL OFFICERS TAKING EVIDENCE TODAY. THE TOTALS GROW SLIGHTLY The books at Liberty Loan headquarters at noon today showed the following totals, a slight increase in most instances over that of yesterday: Quota Subscribed Union $ 10,700 .'{0.850 Root KUiOO 40,050 Preble 45,300 18,000 Kirkland 41,600 24,700 Washington 00,500 49,150 St. Mary’s 39,000 19,500 Glue Creek 39,200 25,500 Monroe 07,000 29,000 French 43,000 23,500 Hartford 47,300 23,300 Wabash 57.000 18.900 Jefferson 38,300 21,930 Decatur 105.000 195,350 Monroe Corp 7,000 7.000 Herne 38,400 38,300 Geneva 19,100 21,756 Total $750,000 $584,000

A. L. THIBME ADMITS STATEMENTS A representative of the department of justice of the l nited States, accompanied by several from this city, this afternoon went to the home of A. L. Thieme. better known as Bin Fred Thieme, in I'nion township, and secured front him a voluntary statement that he had made the assertion that “He! thought Liberty Bonds no good ' and that in five years they would ; not be worth anv more than. Ward Fence stock or Packing l house stock, which companies; he knew were defunct, as he; had stock in both." He said he| was sorry he had made the statement and made affidavit to the truth thereof* The statement along with other evidence has been sent to the district attorney’s office where it will be acted upon. Mr. Thieme is charged with violation of the espionage law, his remarks tending to interfere with the sale of bonds. o — — NAPOLEON POINTS WAV FOR BOCH E-CHASE RS.j (United Press Service) With the American Army in France Aug. 20—(By Mail)—ln a tiny village that is hardly a village any more since shells almost removed it from the earth, one building has a tower standing untouched. A platform tops this tower, and a miniature figure of Napoleon stands there facing and pointing toward the positions held by the Germans. Thousands of shells have whizzed and exploded by this tower, but none has touched the tower or the figure of Napoleon pointing northward. Thousands of Americans, thousands of trucks, quantities of guns and ammunition and supplies have rolled over the main street by this figure pointing the way to the Boche during the past few weeks Everyone lias marveled that the tower with the miniature Napoleon withstood all bombardment, and many an American passing the statue among the ruins has remarked how appropriate is this defiant figure pointing the way. o WILL JOIN HUSBAND Mrs. E. G. ('•overdale will store her honsehod goods next week and vacate the residence they have occupied here, with the expectation of joining her husband, Captain Earl G. Coverdale at Ft. Oglethorpe. Ga . by October 18, providing that he is not transferred before then.

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; The above table shows the results 'of the volunteer campaign as recorded or. the hooks at headquarters up to one o'clock this afternoon, with the exception of St. Marys which is es'imated and the town of Monroe which is the exact amount of their quota and which workers there say has been secured. The other figures are just as they are shown oil the books. Tins will be slightly increased today hill until the township canvass is made ! i the total will not grow rapidly. j iunt vv iin l plan. Win ne ileomeu upuu .is not known hut will probably be j agreed to by the advisory committee (tonight. It is likely that each memj her of the committee will he asked lo report hack to liis township workers (the names of those who have not suoscribed their quota in part or at till and these townships will be given a lew' days in which to meet their quota. If they tail the shock teams will lie started to work. The results of the volunteer effort are most gratifying excepting in a few precincts where for .some reason or other the people did not seem to catch the spirit of the great occasion. Every one is agreed however, that the loan will be met. wittvn the next few days and that Adams county will meet the demand for $750,000. Federal officers are in the county today securing eidence against parties who have made remarks and otherwise interfered with the success of the campaign. Just what action will he taken is not known and the officers of course have made no puh--1 lie statement but it is quite possible that arrests may follow on the ser--1 ions charge as provided for in the espionage law. t o RESIDENCE CHANGES Herman Sellemeyer has purchased ' one of the Dan Erwin houses on North First street, and after November 1. after holding a sale of his farm ’ goods, will occupy the residence, with his daughters. Wal Wemhoff and wife, who have resided there, have moved to the A. H. Sellemeyer residence on North Filth street. Mr. and Mrs. A. 11. Sellemeyer will move 1 to Fort Wavne Tom Vail and wife : who occupied another of (he Dan Erwin residences on North First street ' have moved to the Colchin house on Oak street, and the Erwin house, which they vacate, will be occupied by the Wesley Hoffman family. • ' a NATIONAL CONVENTION The national convention of the ■ Churches of Christ will he held at St Louis, Mo. October 0-18. Several important business matters will come up then, including the proposed con sol (da l ion of missionary societies.