Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1918 — Page 1

Volume XVI. Number 239.

NEARLY TWO MILLION MEN IN FRANCE

IS WONDERFUL RECORD MADE DY THIS NATION ALLIES CONTINUE PROGRESS—GERMANY'S ANSWER TOMORROW— U-BOATS SINK THREE SHIPS—ONE SUBMARINE IS DESTROYED. (United Press Service) Washington. D. C.. Oct. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) — America has now reached nearly two million men in troop shipments from her shores. General March announced today. More than 1.900.000 men are now in and enroute to Europe, March said, and shipments are continuing. “This is no time to act on the idea that the war is over.” March said. “The thing to do is to back the government with men and money until victory is certain.” “It was his appeal for support for the Liberty Loan. March announced the first courier has reached here from Pershing, bringing a list of about 16,000 names as “slight casualties," and running back for months. As soon as this list can be checked it will be made public. London, Oct. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Allied patrols have entered the Grandpre, according to battle front dispatches received here today. The enemy is holding the height to the northward. The Germans are reported to be evacuating the Chemin des Dames region. Paris, Oct. 11—(3:55 p. m.) —French and American troops have made additional important gains in the Champagne and Argonne districts. The Americans are reported to be north of the Grandpre pass and advancing north in that region. North of the Argonne forest the French are about two miles from VouzieresIn Picardy, British and American troops have penetrated the Ardiny forest. (By Fred S. Ferguson, United Press Staffff Correspondent) With the American First Army, Oct. 11—(1:00 p. m.)—Hard fighting is continuing in the Argonne region. The Germans are being pushed completely off the heights north of the hend in the Airre river east of Grandpre. The enemv is constantly throwing in fresh divisions to stop the advance. Latest information indicated the Germans have only about six fresh divisions left, the others being only slightly rested. Total prisoners since Tuesday have reached 7.000 and are increasing. . , x x I All German lines of communication are under constant bombardment from airplanes and artillery. Washington. D. C„ Oct. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Capture of Cote-Dame-Marie by the American forces on the left of the Meuse, taking more than 1.000 prisoners and continued advance on the right hank of that river. Thursday, was reported today by General Pershing. london Oct. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Writing in the London Daily News. General Frederic Maurice declared that since the second battle of the Marne the Germans have lost 200.000 in prisoners and have suffered casualties totalling a million menAn Atlantic Port. Oct. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A Brazilian steamship destroyed a submarine a few miles ofl the Atlantic coast, yesterday, according to the crew ot the ship, which arrived here today. , . The sub was sunk after two shots had been fired, the second making a direct hit on the deck of the U-boat The explosion of the shell was followed by a giant spout of water which shot 100 feet into the air, according to the crew. <By Frank Taylor, United Press —The American and French are seiz staff correspondent.) i"8 the last portions of the Kremhilde With the American First Army, line on a wide front from the Meuse (Special to Daily Democrat) (Continued on Paffe Two)

BOND TOTAL STILL CLIMBING. Adams countv has a good chance to go over the top this week We are but $28,000 short today. Every unit must meet its quota, as nothing short of that will be fair and just. If they do we will far exceed the county quota. Let every citizen do his part and all of it. The figures: Subscribed l)nion $ 40,700 $ 42.050 ,”b|e 45,300 26,900 Ek and 41,600 35,550 X a W n :::::::: 39,000 22.550 Blue Crwk 39,200 31,650 MoJroe 67 ’ 000 34<20 ° J r 0 " r p °h 43,000 30,700 JXX 1 38,300 32,700 Monro, Corp Total ...$750,000 $722,900 A

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, October 11, 1918.

MR. MYERS DEAD I 'Robert Myers, Former Decatur Druggist, Died at Columbus, Ohio At 8:30 O’CLOCK TODAY Was Husband of Emma Jackson .Myers, Former Decatur Lady. Mrs. Oliver Jackson received a telegram today of the death of her brother-in-law, Robert Myers, a druggist of Columbus, Ohio, husband as Emma Jackson Myers, former Deca- ■ fur lady. He had been at the point of * death for several weeks from diaI betes and gangrene, and the message J did not bring unexpected news. Death occurred this morning at S:JO , o’clock. I The deceased was well known here having at one time been employed at the Nachtrieb drug store. Since Uheir marriage they have lived at Columbus, O. He was a maai of middle age. The body will be brought here for burial in the plot where the only child and daughter, Helen, who died a number of years ago at the age of two years, is interred. o LAND SALE TOMORROW Frederick Krueckeberg, commissioner for the sale of 20 acres of land in Union township, involved in the Death-Harker partition case, offered the same for sale this morning at the ■east rfoor»*~rtr>' rwrT hmise, bnt there were no bidders, so the sale will be conducted tomorrow at the same hour between 10 and 11 o’clock. NAVY YOUTH DEAD Clarence Clark Passes at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. SON OF JOHN CLARK Was Victim of Pneumonia —Enlisted May 27— Was 21 Years Old.

Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, of St. ; Marys township, were in the city this morning on the sad mission of arranging for the funeral of their son, Clarence, aged twenty-one, a member of the United States navy, wiiose death occurred yesterday afternoon at 12:10 o’clock, according to word received by them last evening. Death resulted from pneumonia, following Spanish influenza, he having been ill about four weeks. He had partially recovered from the influenza attack, when seized with pneumonia. Death occurred at the Great Lakes Naval Training Stattion, Chicago, 111., where he had been since leaving here May 27. The young man was twenty-one years of age last. December 9. He was bom in St. Marys township, being a son of John and Capitola Ix>r<l Clark. He was a grandson of the late Frank Lord, and with a cousin, spent three years on the large farm of his grandfather near Sanford, Canada. The parents and one brother, Varlando. survive. Varlando is a member of the aero-photographers’ department of the United States army, and is now four days out at sea, having set. sail the first of the week. The body will be brought here as soon as possible and a short prayer service will be conducted at the home followed by a service at the grave in J the Decatur cemetery. 1 ‘brick-layers at work I I Brick-layers are at work on JackI sou street, north of the interurban .’station, between Second and Third ) streets.

SIEBOLD FUNERAL SATURDAY Funeral services for Elmer Siehold, son of George Siehold. of Hamlet, will bo hi Id Saturday afternoon in Fort. Wayne. The body will’ arrive there over the Pennsylvania railway from Hamlet and will be taken to the Melching undertaking parlors. The funeral will be held either at the chapel there, or at the Grace Reformed church, preferably at the church if arrangements as planned now can be carried out. as the fath- r was a former member of Grti-n church. The deceased was a grandson of Clark Brothers and a nephew of Dr. Elizabeth Burns of this city, with whom he spent the summer, leaving here about three weeks ago. Clark Brothers and Dr. Burns will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow to attend the funeral. Miss Mabel Burns, Mrs. | Laura Stewart and Mrs. H. M. Broth-■ ers went to Hamlet today to be with the family. NINETEEN PASS

Twenty-three Men Were Examined Today—Four Rejected. THE DISTRICT BOARD Grants Deferred Classes to 19 Registrants — Fourteen in Class One. Twenty-three men were examined this morning by Medical Examiner Dr. J. S. Coverdale and members of the advisory board. Nineteen qualified for general military service, while four were rejected. With the exception of tomorrow, Saturday, from fifteen to twenty men have been summoned to appear for their examinations every day next week. Those qualified for general military service today are: Carlton H. Sales. Geneva; Clarence 11. Okeley, Pleasant. Mills; Boyd H. Booher, Geneva; Arlie E. Dudgeon, Willshire; Jacob Keipfer, Decatur: James E. Leidy, Geneva; Pat Murphy Geneva; Edgar M. LaFountain. Geneva; John Murphy. Geneva; Vane W. Thompson, Decatur; Floyd I-.. Brandyberry. Monroe; Rufus A. Stucky. Decatur; Elzey E. Kleinknecht, Decatur; Edward A. Wisewell. Geneva; Martin A, BrunnegrafT, Decatur; William V. Buckmaster, Celina; Angelo T. Buckmaster, Geneva; Ernst E. Smith. Decatur; Clifford G.

Essex, Monroe. The four men who were rejected are: George R. Steele, Decatur; Wm. H. Bittner, DecattUr; ,|esse M-. Nelson. Geneva; Archie C. Charleston. Geneva. From District Board The district board returned another bunch of thirty-three qustionnaires this morning, they granting fifteen class two, two class three and one class tour. Fourteen of the registrants were left in class one by the district board, their claims not entitling them to one of the deferred classes. Those granted class two are: John L. King. Pleasant Mills; Casper J. Miller. Decatur; Enos Haggard Monroe; Martin A. Decatur; Peter Loshe, Decatur; John a. Loshe, Decatur; John C. Summers, Magley; Reuben T. Mettler, Geneva; Orval E. Buckingham, Geneva; Elmer F. Dubach, Geneva; Nolan D. Riley, Monroe; Harry' M. Michaels, Monroe; Austin B. Hackman, Decatur; Alfred C. Bleeke, Decatur; Paul C. Krueckeberg, Decatur; Chas. J. Fisher, Decatur. The following were granted class three: Harry L. Murphy, Monroe; Lewis T. Habegger. Berne. John C. Baltzell, Decatur, who is now doing extensive farming with his ' brother in Canada was the only man 1 to be granted class four on agricultural grounds. The following were left in class one by the district board: Edward B. Kohne, Decatur; Joseph ■ Musser, Berne; Arthur W. Wolfe, Decatur; Samuel L. Hamrick, Pleasant 'Mills; Clarence F. Busick, Decatur; ' (Continued on Page Two)

FUNERAL SUNDAY 1 Last Services for Mrs. Charles Kiess Will be Performed at the FRIEDHEIM CHURCH Her Death Occurred Yesterday from Cancer of the Stomach. Funeral services for Margaret Bieberich Kiess. wife of Charles Kiess. 1 I prominent farmer of Preble townjship. will be held Sunday afternoon 1 at 1:30 o'clock from the Freidheim Lutheran church in Preble township, conducted by the Rev. Preuss. Tlie death of Mrs. Kiess occurred Thursday morning at nine o’clock, at the home in Preble township, ‘nit I ■escaped mention in yesterday's paper through some oversight in reporting from the morgue.

Mrs. Kiess had been in failing health for a long time, but it was known only in the last, three months that she was suffering from cancer of the stomach. She was fifty-four years of age, having been born in Preble township. January 5, 1564, being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bieberich. Her parents are deceased but she is survived by the husband and three children— Henry Kiess. of Fort Wanye, Martha and Martin Kiess at home. There are also three brothers and three sisters: Chris, John and Charles Bieberich. of Preble townhip; Sophia Nuerge, Louise Ehlerding Mina Bieberich. of Preble township. Mrs. Kiess has spent all of her life in Preble township where she is very highly regarded. .—_ -0 — SOUNDEST TAPS For Private Charles Murtaugh as Body is Laid to Rest in ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY Honor Accorded Decatur’s First Departed Soldier in Present War.

Though the effort, to save countless others' lives by suspension of public gatherings made it necesary to hold a private funeral for Charles Murtaugh, Decatur's first departed soldier in the present war, this morning and made it necessary to dispense with much outward manifestation in his honor, that would otherwise have been accorded, hundreds of hearts over the entire city and county remembered him in private anti join- 1 -! in the service in spirit, if not in actual presence. The service was conducted at the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Murtaugh, on Mercer avenue by the Rev. J. A. Seimetz. of the St. Marys Catholic church, after whi h the body was laid away with religious ami military ceremony in St. Joseph cemetery, as the “last taps” were sounded by Bugler Sellemeyer. Pall hearers were members of the Liberty Guard, who also served as a guard at the home while the body lay in state there. Pall bearers were: Dick Durkins. Arthur Hyland, Hugh Hite. Frank Carroll. Oscar Lankenau and Brice Thomas, all being in uniform. Three of his brothers are in military service, one being across seas; another on his way over; while, the third, Harry, at Camp Mead. Md„ w is able to be present, arriving here at 7:03 this morning for the funeral. A touching thing was the attendance of seventy-five or a hundred employees of the Chicago & Erie railroad. Mr. Murtaugh being the division superintendent They were ut | the home, and from there marched in I a long double file after the service.

I SPANISH INFLUENZA I Red Cross Sends Out Pamphlets About This Disease . O. L. Vance, chairman of the Adams county Red Cross chapter has received a number of pamphlets tn at ing of the nature and treatment ot ’’Spanish influenza" sent out by Surgeon General Rupert Blue, of the United Slates Public Health Service. I He has a number of these pamphlets which will he given out on application to him. TO LIFT GASOLINE BAN (United Press Service) Washington. Oct. 11 -(Special to Daily Democrat.)- —The ban on the u-.e of gasoline on Sundays will be removed after Oct. 13. if sufficient gasoline is reported in stock at that time according to announcement of the fuel administration. A QUIET WEDDING George N. Ruckman and Miss Sarah Elizabeth Johnson Married AT M. E. PARSONAGE By the Rev. F. F. Thorn-

burg Last Evening— Well Known Couple. George N. Ruckman and Saraii Elizabeth Johnson were married last evening at eight o’clock at the Methodist parsonage by the pastor of the church, the Rev. F. F. Thornburg. The wedding was very quiet, the only witnesses being the bride's brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson who accompanied them. The bride was very tastefully attired in a dark brown tailored suit, with a hat to harmonize. They will make their home on North Second street, where the bride, with her father, Joseph T. Johnson, has resided for a number of years, after coming to this city from south of Decatur. The groom was a former resilient of' Root township, but has made his home in this city for a number i.f yearg. Both are excellent people deserving of all the good wishes given them at this time. PRESIDENT GOES VISITING (United Press Service) Washington, Oct. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—President Wilson left this morning for New York where he will spend the week-end. Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, Admiral Gravson and Secretary Tumulty, the pres-, ident. will rest for several days, anticipating a week of diplomatic and other problems, just ahead

:tr.:ax:tx::xnxxx«x::xux«x::xtnax APPEAL BY MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION. •? i Believing in the absolute sincerity of the State Board L :: of Health in its recent action forbidding any public gather- y ings, of whatsoever character, and desiring to conform to H y said orders, we. the Ministerial association of Decatur, do •? x hereby declare that there will not be any religious services fc" X held in any of our churches, nor will we bold anv other y H public gatherings until the epidemic of influenza is past, y and permission is given us by the proper authorities to re- x :: open our churches. y Since this order effectually puts a stop to public wor- H H ship, we would most earnestly request all Christian people H x of Decatur and vicinity io spend the hours usually given to 8 public worship in acts of private devotion in their homes. ;; H praying and reading God's word. H Let special prayer be made for the following purposes. x ~ viz: 1. That God's hand may intervene to check the spread •? ;> of the awful epidemic among the soldier camps, as well as :: X in civilian also. :: n 2. That the comfort of God's infinite grace may be y H given to the stricken friends who are mourning the loss of x H loved ones. y 3. That the armies of the allies may be speedily vic- H y torious. and the menace to peace and liberty be forever « X removed. :: 4. That the hands of those in authority in our own y ? nation, especially of President Wilson, be strengthened, jc | that we may be in position to meet any proposition of terms g |of peace when conditions may afford us the opportunity. ?? 5. That our loyalty to every measure put forth for :: ’ the interest of the winning of the war. be as earnest and H 1 sincere as our loyalty to God. ~ Bv order of the Ministerial association. W. S. MILLS. Pres. W. PAUL MARSH Sec y.

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THE INHUENZA IS INCREASING Doubling Daily in Indiana—--6.000 New Cases. Half of Them in Marion County. OHIO CLOSES SHOP As a Preventative—4o,ooo Cases There—Samp Sherman Improves. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Oct. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) The number of inluenza cases in Indiana is almost doubling daily, according to reports received by state health authorities today. On orders from the. state board of health, local health officials in Indi- ; na will place quarantine sings on all houses where there is a ease of influenza, starting today. An asbolute quarantine will not qe established but the warning sign will Im 1 posted for the precaution of those who might otherwise enter the house According to estimates there ire

about 6.000 cases of influenza in the state. Thirty-two counties, not including Marion, reported 2.536 with thirteen deaths. There are about ::.000 cases in Marion county, including those at Fort Benjamin Harrison Columbus, 0.. Oct. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) Orders closing theatres. movie shows. schools, < hurches and prohibiting public a- - yemhlages of all kinds will be issued through the mails today by the sta'e hoard of health. The order will be < ffectlve in all Ohio communities where the influenza epidemic exists. Whether or not the National Dairy Show will be. affected by the closing order rests with city health Officer Kahn. Saloons will not be ordered closed. Loitering, however, in cases, cigar lands, pool rooms and public places < f all kinds has been placed under the I an. Health authorities point out that the closing ord<-r does not indicate that the situation is alarming in Ohio Rather they declare the action taken is precautionary. Approximately 10.000 cases in the state have been t eported to Dr. E. . Schwartz, director of the division of communicable i is eases. Camp Sherman. O„ Oct. 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat)--The Span■sh influenza situation here was believed to be well in hand today. MilRar work will be resumed as soon is new cases of pneumonia cease to de(Continued on Page Two)