Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1918 — Page 2

LUIL V DEM PC R AT, Publilhed Every Evening Except ' Sunday by 1 The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates By Government Order, Cush in Advance. One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier >5.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents Three Mouths, by mail SI.OO Six Months, by mail $1.75 One Year, by mail $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofllce in Deca tur, Indiana, as second-class matter Senator Lodge is not to speak in Indiana, the women of the state filing such a protest with the republican state chairman that he has changed the program. This is by no means the first lime the women have made men change their minds. Think, have you bought your limit? There are those who have not even bought their share of Fourth Liberty bonds, if you can and don't you're a slacker and there is no way to dodge it that we know of. Think before it’s too late. Mak'v your record now that you are going to stand on. Those seven or eight hundred boys in the army are coming home one of these days. Are you backing them so you can join in the jubilee or wilj you have to sneak away and go fishing w hen others are cheering the brave lads who have helped to make the World safe for democracy? The' demfM'fnts of the eighth con gresslonal district are proud of their candidate for congress. Judge W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton. He is in every way qualified for this important place and he is deserving of your support. If you send him to congress you will hae a real representative that will bring credit to thia great distri. -t. who will stand for the people and wl.o is an expert on the great questions that will come as a part of the reconstruction following the war. He should be given the largest vote ever given any man for that position in this district. Adams county has iong been recognized as a democratic stronghold and it is because the people of this county believe in democracy. They have not changed their minds this year and the splendid ticket representing that party will lie elected by handsome majorities, whether there is a strenous campaign or not. Each man is qualified, each is a good citizen, each merits your support. This is a year when there has been and will lie but little time for politics but you should think it over yourself. When you do you will support the men on the democratc ticket who will serve you well as public servants. Adams county has a chance to

IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF A SUIT OR OVERCOAT do not wait until the selection is depleted and then expect a good selection. You will find a dandv assortment of Men’s and Younjr Men’s Clothing in our store, made by MICHAELS-STERN & CO. SOCIETY BRAND ft ; $20.00 to $35.00 4 -—JI ji the MYERS-DAILEY) COMPANY r

meet her Fourth Liberty Izian quota of noo by Saturday night if everyone who should will aid the caus». Chairman Schirmeyer has given a month of his time to the big light, has worked day and night and has been ably assisted by a number of workers. They don't get a penny for their efforts, they spend their own money, give up their business and

it's no more their war than it s yours Why should you sit back comfortably t lid watch them carry the load? If you will give the next three or four days to the cause, you will aid materially in making a record for Ad ams county that will stand out the more because many counties are going to fail. Won't you? I 1,, ■— Nearly five thousand n'<n have qualified to vote on Nover I r sth 4.916 having registered to be exact. Os this number perhaps fifty naim • will Im found to be duplicated or will be taken off for one reason or another It is hoped that each of these men votes. It's a privilege you ought to appreciate and we know the average tierson does. Make yourself an interested citizen and take your part i.i the election this y-ear. more important than ever because of the fact that we as a nation are taking a more important part than ever before in world events. You are a part of this nation only when you take advantage of those rights given you as a citizen. Prepare to vote and to do your duty as a good American citizen ■ 1 The Liberty Loan situation is serious. This splendid and prosperous country, reeking in wealth, with her ! soldiers winning at every turn, surely

will not. refuse to produce the six billion dollars asked by the government to meet the enormous bills necessarv to conduct rhe war. With but little more than a week in which to finish, we are two-thirds short. In Adams county we are nearing the goal but to make it safe and to allow .’or -hrinkage, we must raise $800,900. We can do it if every township meets her quota, otherwise we fail. Will you sit idle while such an appeal i.’ lieing made? Men and women of Adams county won't you awaken to the importance of the hour? Every business man can. afford to close bis doors, every farmer leave his plot'.. every manufacturer stop the wheels, every clerk quit work for a few days to make the Fourth Liberty Loan a success. The people of those townships not over should stop everything right now and put the loan over. V<*u can't afford to fail, the record will stand for years. You must do it before the 19th. that’s a week from tomorrow. or you fail. What’s the answer? I SOCIETY | 8 Bsnxs: •»: usonaixoKm: wmxu k c

+ + + + + + + •»••!• + + + + + + + MEETINGS CANCELLED. + + + ♦ Notices heretofore made re- + + garding meetings of a social or + + public nature, for this week, have ♦ + been cancelled on account of the ♦ + general order prohibiting such, ♦ + to check the spread of Spanish + + influenza. + ++++++++ + + + + ♦ + + May It Be Ever Thus No North, no South, no East, no West But one great nation Heaven blest. —Charles B. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garard celebrated their first wedding anniver-j sary Wednesday by giving a dinner' for the following: Mr. and Mrs. John! A. Muiiinta. Mrs. Ixmise Garard. Mrs.) M. H. Fee and children. Lyle, Don-I aid and Blenn; Misses Minnie Haines and Helen Wilhelm, and John it. Aber. [ A Berne girl won the state prize in the essay contest of the Temperance division of the State W. C. T. U. Word was recoiled here by Mrs. E. M. Hay, local contest chairman, that Arvilla Sprunger. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sprunger. had won the state prize, as a result of an essay she 1 had written and submitted in the contest last year. The contest is held annually and quite a number of the I local grade pupils wrote essays for the contest. Miss Sprunger happen-[ ed to win the local prize which was a 1 book, valued at $1.50 and her essay was then submitted to Ihe state eon- ! lost where she won a ss.fit) prize, t die prize-winning essay will be pub- 1

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lixiied In The Message, the state W. (' T. ft. organ, and also in the Witness sometime in the future. Each year the pupils of the grades are given an opportunity to write essays for the contest. Miss Sprunger'a subject was. "The 1-iducn tor’s Opinion of Alcohol.'' Herne Witness. The Red Cross shop will be open Saturday all day to receive the shower of "Huetts for hospitals in France" which will be the contribution from the women of this community. AH these linens may be turned in any time until next Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Magley. of Jersey (Tty. N. J who are visiting <t their former home in Columbia City, motored here this afternoon and were guests of their cousins, the John Christen family and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Babbitt entertained ai a chicken fry yesterday noon for Mrs. Babbitt’s birthday anniversary. Guests were the Re.', am! Mrs. W Paul Marsh ami daughter, Madeleine: Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Steele and daughters. Jeanette and Virginia. j C O 0 fl T

Contity Clerk Will H.immo| loft on the 1:05 train for Indianapolis to get the "absent voters' ballots." A week later he will return for the regular state Irallots. Charles Lowden vs. John D. Lamb. Answer in two paragraphs. Rule to reply to second. Interrogatories number 1 to 15 filed. The plaintiff i» ruled to answer same within ten days. The replevin case, of Shaner vs. Teeters and Shaner will go to the jury about three o'clock this afternoon. A marriage license was issued to George N Ruckman. carpenter, bom January 10. 1855. son of John Ruckman. to wed Sarah E. Johnson, born November 1. 1871, daughter of J. T. Johnson. The first marriage of the. groom was dissolved by death in 1916 and that of the bride by divorce in 1915. Somers A- Kennerk are attorneys for Joseph Hertzstam in a suit against Louis A. Holthouse, on account. demand $70(1.. NINETEEN PASS (Continued from Page One) Albert Jones. Decatur; Ernest C. Thieme, Decatur; Crarence H. Dersch Decatur; Hugo J. Berger. Decatur; Theodore F. Reinking. Ossian; Farrest Boice. Geneva; Gregg R. Knittie. Decatur: Raymond F. Eicher. Geneva; Geo. C. Lautzenhizer, Decatur. The local board classified sixty more registrants yesterday, sending thirty-five of the questionaires to the district board for classification, on account of the registrant claiming a deferred class aside from his depend-

ency right. The board is now preparing the list of forty-ofie men who will leave on October 21st for Camp Wadsworth Spartansburg. S. ('. A number of the men included in the first list volunteered for the special training course to be given at the Warsaw Chamber Commerce and at the Interlaken School. Rolling Prairie, Indiana, therefore making it necessary to select others to fill these vacancies. The board had also been informed that the eighteen year old boys cannot enlist or volunteer for any service, the ranks being closed to them for the present. The Classifications The local board placed the following in class four on their dependency claims: Jesse C. Everett, Pleasant Mills? Moses E. Myers. Berne; Harvey L. Kessler. Decatur. Thurman A. Gottschalk. Berne; Frederick P. Hancher. Decatur; Harvey M. Smith. Decatur; * Harvey E. Elzey. Decatur: David R. | Hitter. Decatur: Earl K. Shalley, I Berne; Henry Winteregg. Berne; Ijawrence b. Yager. Bente; Grover iC. Lidy. Berne; Glen D. Glnncy. Monroe; Riley L. Chrisman. Marion; Raleigh C. Parrish. Decatur. 'Hie majority of the men placed in i lass one waived all claim tor a deferred class. They are: ‘ Clyde M. Elzey. Preble: Eli Stucky Berne: Ora P Townsend. Berne: Richard C. Ehinger. Decatur: Martin Ehlerding. Magley; Clinton Hahegger. Monroe: Edwin Nussbaum ] Berne. 1 Wm. H. Ehr am. Bobo, was granted class three and Jacob S. HabeggeJ Monroe, was placed in class five. I The following class one men were sent to the district board: | Willis® Take. Matfley; Erwin Banman, Berne: Amos lxhma.n. Monroe; Forrest R. Mann, Geneva: Peter >J Bollinger. Monroe: Arlie D. Bulling- 1 er. Monroe: Silven Strahm. Decatur; Edwin Fuhrman, Decatur; Tim :

Spragm- Decatur; Vernon L. Rile . Monroe; Joel N. Baumgartner. Bluff ton; David H Hall. Geneva; David H. Zuerchc. - . Berne: Milo R. Vptegraft Berne; Wm. c. Knave), Monroe villa; Herbert W. Ijoslie, Decatur; Amos D Myer. Monroe. Tlie following class four men wete sent to the district board: Gradia A. Light. Decatur; Prank N. Banter, Buffton; Jacob H. Habegger. Monroe: Samuel Yoder. Berne; Rolla C. laingenberger, Monroe; Wm. A. Bellinger. Monroe: Urbein K. Hawk. Geneva: Jacob P. Neuenschwander, Berne; Ixirien B. Carr. Geneva; Hen ry Englehart. Berne; Rudolph Bauman. Hemo; Daniel S. Stepler. Pleasant Mills; Enos O. Osterman. Monroe; Roltert L. Sprunger. Monroe; | Ben F. Shell. Bobo; Alliert J. .Neu C ha user. Berne: Leonard F. Sprung r. Berne. Paul L. See. engllth. class two. w is sent to the distret lioard THE INFLUENZA* IS INCREASING (Continued from Page One> velop. This, jt j 8 hoped, will lie the case in a few days. There were 35 deaths in the 24' hours preceding this morning, rats-1 ing the total to Sl3. There are now 1.000 cases of pneumonia in the base hospital as com-' pared with 1.450 four days ago. Chicago. Oct. 11 —(Special to Daily j Democrat!—lxuiren J. Drake, preu-| dent of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, is dead at his home here, today after ati attack of influenza ' and pneumonia. He had been ill but j a few days. o . NEARLY TWO MILLION MEN IN FRANCE

(Continued front Page One) to west of the Argonne forest. Additional advances of three miles at some points have closed the western entrance to the Grandpre pass and given them control of the eastern entrance. In the two days the Americans have taken more than 4.000 prisoners at this front. American aircraft batteries, it was anourced today, shot down 32 German airplanes in the St. Mihiel and Argonne battles. Paris. Oct. 11—(*11:20 a. m.) —The Germans are retreating precipitately northeastward from Cambrai in the general direction of Denain and Valenciennes. East of Cambrai the allies are beyond Solesmes. and Le Cateau. East of St. Quentin, the French have reach ed the Oise at Hauteville. and are nearing the Grand valley and Guise region. The enemy has set fire to Vouziers. the important railway town on the western edge of the Argonne forest. Farther to the east, between the Argonne and the Meuse, the FrancoAmerican advance is continuing. London, Oct. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Germany's reply to President Wilson, acording to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Express today, quoting "authoritative sources." will be as follows: will evacuate Gelgium and France providing peace negotiations start in a neutral country before the evacuation is complete!, and providing the allies will give their assurance that German territory, including Alsace-Lorraine and Polish Prussia will not be demanded. “During the peace negotiations German troops are to remain in Russia and Rumania.” Amsterdam, Oct. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The kaiser has summoned to Berlin three sovereigns of the German federal states, for a crown council to be held tomorrow before dispatching Germany's reply to America's note, according to a Cologne dispatch received here today. Unofficial reports state that the German reply already has been drafted at a conference of Chancellor Maximilian. Vice Chancellor von Paper, and the German ministers and artillery representatives

Ar. Irish Pon. Oct. 11 -(Spo. ial to Daily Democrat) —Four hundred and eight persons are betievec to have been lost when.ihe Irish mail steamship Leinster wqh torpedoed and sunk oft the Irish coast Thursday. The I ship was torpedoed and disappeared I within a short time. I The Ijeinster was proceeding from I Dublin to Holyhad. | The Eeinstcrn was a packet, ihe .property of the Dublin Steam Basket [ company and was registered at Dublin. She was of 2,646 gross tons. An Atlantic Port. Oct. 11 (Special to Doily Democrat)—Two hundred and forty-tbree men including Ain iean army men detailed to cure fer| horses, are believed to have been, slain, mainly by shell lire when the;

T. S. Ticonderoga, formerly the German ship Camilla Rlckmers was torpedoed and shelled 1,700 miles off the Atlantic coast. The story of her destruction. brought to this port by seventeen men who were rescued from an open boat, is a tale of relentless murder by the commander of (he Vboat. Washington.” (’.. Oct. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) That Bulgarian troops will join the allies in attacking Constantinople and hasten the elimination of Turkey from the war was believed likely in diplomatic quarters here today. Stockholm, Oct. 11—(Special to Daily DeinoehH) Prime Frederick Charles, of Hesse has been elected king of Finland by the Finish landt:v:. dispatches received here today s; id. An English Port. Oct. 11 — (Special to Daily Democrat)--Tales of atrocities rivalling the most piratical deeds of German «’tbmartnes were told here today as the story of the sinking of the Japanese ship Hirano Marti was pieced out from the pitifully small number of passengers and crew who were saved.

Nearly 300 are missing. The attack of the submarine was without warning. Not a boat could be swung over the side of the stricken vessel in time to allow any one to get ahorad. Only the swift response of an American destroyer to the calls for aid. flashed in the brief moments hit to the wireless made it possible for twenty-nine persons to be taken from the cold water. The submarine remained in the vicinity and fired two torpedoes at the destroyer which ignored the pirate until they picked up the struggling victims. Then she returned shots and dropped depth bombs. Attacked, the Üboat lied. Survivors declared they were fast becoming exhausted when the destroyer appeared. The sight of | bodies of passengers and crew who failed to escape were losing their powers of resistance. Five Japanese women, two nurses and three children were among those drowned ■ , 4.916 HAVE REGISTERED The clerks of the registration board report today that the total number of voters to register in. Adams coun’y was 4.916. It is estimated that not more than fifty of these will be taken off. because of duplications or Because the voter has died. The total vote will be near 4.900. if 100 per cent a splendid showing indeed for an off year and with more than ' 500 voters out of the count on account of the war o FOR SALE —Rhode Island Red S. C. Cockerels. Mrs. J. F. Stonerook. : telephone 615. 238-t3

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U. B. LADIES PATRIOTIC. A part of the V. B. Ladies’ Aid. consisting of the following persons: Mrs. Melvin Welker. Mrs. Frank Fisher. Mrs. Thomas Fisher. Mrs. Dick Hill, Mrs. Blanch Elzey, Mrs. C. J. Miner, the pastor. Clarence Baughman and Glen Hill did corn husking yesterday, with also a good time; also four children who had a splendid time tumbling and sliding off the straw stack, etc. The work was done on the farm of Mr. James Steel, father of Mrs. Melvin Welker.

I BANKS TO CLOSE SATURDAY| : ■' — « Saturday is (kilunibus Day—a national lioli « ; day—requiring that banks be closed. Those having H pax’ rolls Io meet should attend to it tomorrow. B Please remember that the banks will be closed all 3 day Saturdav and that no business can be transact- - ; ed on that day. OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK. FIRST NATIONAL BANK. H PEOPLES LOAN & TRUST CO. H u :u: •4r.Kr,sc:u:;n:

The dinner time was much enjoyed, the dinner being spread upon the lawn. Milk and hot coffee was furnished by Mrs. Steele, which added much to the enjoyment of the dinner. The crowd of nine again resumed their work-after dinner. The pursued * their work faithfully until evening and closed the- day with one hundred shocks even, drew their check of fifteen dollars, and started happily on their way home. Some of the ladies are wanting to try the same act over. Let the good work go on, and the kaiser growl.—Contributed.