Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1918 — Page 1

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GERMANS DRIVEN BACK ACROSS THE HETOURNE RETIRING IN CHAMPAGNE AND GRANDPRE SECTORS---TURKEY AND AUSTRIA WANTPEACE-KAISER GIVES REPLY TO SWISS MINISTER. (United Press Service) s Paris, Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The French are crossing the Retourne river in great force and pursuing the Germans toward Rethel, the important enemy base on the Aisne. Cavalry and fast automomiles carrying machine guns, are hurrying the Germans, who are not expected to show much resistance until they are on the opposite side of the Aisne bend. London. Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Germans continue their rapid retirement in Champagne, and the French have taken additional prisiners and gained from three to four miles at that point, according to battle front dispatches this afternoon. The British are shoving the Germans across the Sensee canal south of Douai and except to reach the outskirts of that city by' tomorrow.

(By Frank T. Taylor, United Press Staff Correspondent) With the American First Army, Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The most stubborn fighting is under way along the Aire river at Grandpre and St. Jubin, where the Germans are counter-attacking in great force. To the eastward the American center is progressing better. The Germans are putting up a strong machine gun resistance. The enemy in their desperate struggle to hold back the Americans have thrown their divisions into the fighting without any regard to order, and few of them can be identified. Amsterdam, Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Some German papers assert the reply to President Wilson accedes fully to his demands. Others declare that only far-reaching advances are made. Paris, Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Continuing their progress on the whole Champagne front. French troops this morning entered the important town of Vouziers, on the western edge of the Argonne forest, the war office announced. (Last night’s communique reported them within a mile and three-quarters of Vouziers.) Basle, Oct. 12 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The national Zietung announces that Germany’s reply to President Wilson was presented to the Swiss minister at Berlin this morning. London, Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The British, continuing their encircling movement of the great coal center of Douai, have approached to within less than a mile of the city from the west, Field Marshal Haig announced today. Douai is practically surrounded. British troops, the statement said, now occupies Cuincy, Brebieres and Hamel. (Quincy is 'ess tnan a mile west of

ADAMS COUNTY’S RECORD BY UNITS Though the following shows slightly less than the $750,000 quota, it was anounced last night that additional amounts from several of the townships assured the fact that we are easily over the quota. Let’s make it SBOO,OOO just for good measure. The figures. Quota **"' 1 Subscribed I Inion $ <7OO $ 42,050 R " ot 61.600 64,250 Preble777.7 45,300 34.650 Kirkland 41,600 ri’lnn Washington 60,500 61.700 St Marv’s 39.000 22.550 Blue Creek 39.200 32,350 Monroe 67,000 41,750 French 43,000 30.900 Hartford' 7.7 47,300 37,200 Wabash 57,000 41,500 Jefferson 38,300 34,950 Decatur 105,000 203,950 Monroe Corp 7,000 Berne 38,400 40,550 Geneva 19,100 24,850 Total v 5750,000 $716,150

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! Douai. This represents an additional advance of about four miles, from . west of Beaumont. Brebieres is two miles and a half southwest of Douai, ■ on the road from Vitry-en-Artois. Hamel is a mile west of Arleux.) The French now hold the general line of the Retourne river, and the road from Pauvres (four miles north of Machauit) to Vouizers. (By Robert J. Bender. United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, D. C„ Oct. 12—(SpeI cial to Daily Democrat) —President Wilson’s diplomatic flanking movement at Germany’s rear is accenuating the difficulty of the kaiser, now i struggling to save himself from the i 1 teace trap he tried to spring on the : allies. Reported unqualified acceptance by I Austria and Turkey of the president's fourteen principles tor peace, leaves I Germany in an extremely delicate position. She must either yield to her ’ vassals' demand, or lose them, in the ' opinion of experts here. 1 Today Prince Max is expected to ' appear before the reichstag and discuss Germany’s reply to President : Wilson’s inquiries. With the German 1 armies retreating steadily under the f constant blow of Foch in the west and with Germany’s vassals in the , east crying for peace, the position of . Max is the most interesting of any . of the long line of chancellors that . have passed like phantoms over the . reichstag rostrum since the war ' broke out. Interior conditions are worse than f at any time in the history of GerI many. According to reports to this s government, the indications increase - that “Germany is a crumbling edit lice.” Austria, too, is hard-pressed—even i more so. In addition to the constant uprisings of the oppressed national- , ities within her borders the people of I Hungary are now demanding a sep- | arate government and officials here f (Continued on Page Two)

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening. October 12, 1918.

HAD CLOSE CALL Miss Fanchon Magley Accidentally Asphyxiated and Rendered Unconscious IS OUT OF DANGER

Fortunate Return of Father Perhaps Saves Life of the Young Lady. Miss Panchon Magley, daughter of Jacob Magley. of West. Monroe street and sister of Miss Jessie of this i.flice, has practically recovered today front accidental gas asphyxiation, after a very close call. Miss Fanchon was at home alone anil had baked an apple pie in the gas oven of the combination coal and gas range. She had taken the pie out and sat down in a rocker chair in the kitchen 'o read a while before starting supper. The stove has a shut off valve at .he base but this was not used as Miss Fanchon expected to use the stove again soon. There are, eleven burners and it is probable that she failed to shut one of these off where the blaze had flickered out due to the draft caused by closing the door, letter it was found, too, that there was a slight leak where the rubber tube connects with the range pipe. It was about 2:30 when Miss Fanchon sat down and at four o’clock her father returning from work, found her unconscious, groaning and eyes staring. A physician and assistance was summoned and after an hour or two she regained consciousness and

this morning was believed to be out of danger. The fortunate return of Mr. Magley iw* saved her life for it is believed that she would have been beyond help in a very short time. It is believed she really inhaled but a very small amount of the gas which has perhaps been escaping for several weeks but owing to the fact that the windows were kept open was not discovered. Her very excellent physical condition also aided her to combat the gas and to make h r recovery without injury possible. o DEFERRED CLASS District Board Grants Fifteen Men Class Two and Six Class Three. SEVEN CLASS ONE Local Board Classifies Fiftytwo More Men—Eight Waive Claims. The district board returned twentyeight more questionnaires today, granting the claims of twenty-one registrants for a deferred class and

leaving seven In class one. Fifteen of the men were granted class two and six class three. The rulings and recommendations of the local board were upheld in every case. The fifteen men who were granted class two hy the district board are: Gideon Weaver, Geneva; John Iniler, Monroeville; Earl Farlow. Berne: Dewey Brown, Decatur; Jacob Cook, Geneva; John H. Teeple, Decatur; Erwin Diehl, Decatur; John Flemming. Decatur; Anthony Lammert, Decatur; Forest Durr, Pleasant Mills Paul Clendened, Geneva; Edward Bucher, Decatur; Theodore Kline, Decatur; Simeon Lehman, DecaJu."; Christian Zercher, Monroe. The following w'ere placed in class three by the district board on their agricultural claims: Robert R. Adams, Decatur; Everett 'C. Arnold, Geneva; Elven M. Grace, Geneva; Eli Habegger, Geneva; John B. Anderson, Magley; Edwin A. 1 Speicher, Geneva. | The following were left in class one '‘A": i Daniel W. Durben, Geneva; Clarence D. Elzey, Decatur; Elmer E. Imler, Monroeville; Gustax H. Kline,

Decatur; Wm. D. Zimmerman. Magley; Noah Brunner, Geneva: I’ttul Bieberich. Magley. By The Local 80..."2 The local board classified fifty-two men yesterday, sending thirty-three of the questionnaires to the district Itoard because the regisrant claimed a deferred class on agricultural or occupational grounds, sixteen of whom were class four men and seventeen class one men. The local hoard classifications consisted of eleven class four men and eight class one men. The class four men who were sent to the district board are: Otto Lehman, Berne; Charles H t-v---baker, Geneva: Jacob Hoffman. Morroe; Sherman Watson. Geneva: Rufus Meschberger, Berne; Clay Green, Pleasant Mills;, Albert S. Zurcher Berne; Alltert Burk. Pleasant Mills; David Mozelin. Monroe; Melvin 13. Babcock. Monroe: Fred Ja.ebker. De(Continued on Page Three) CONTINGENT WILL LEAVE THE 23RD Forty-one Men Selected to Go to Camp Wadsworth, S. C., on October 23. ON SPECIAL TRAIN At 1:35 P. M. Over G. R. & I.—Twenty-six Hour Trip in Store for Boys.

The Adams county contingent of forty-one men wito go to Camp Wadsworth. Spartansburg. S. C., will leave this city at 1:35 p. m., October 2.3. via special train over the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad, according to the official entrainment orders received this morning by the local board. A twenty-six hour trip is in store for the boys as they will not arrive at Camp Wadsworth until 3:30 p. m.. the next day. that Is if the train runs on schedule time. Contingents from the northern part of Indiana, including Allen county, as well as those of the southern part of the state as far as Winchester will entrain on the special with the Adams county boys, the schedule showing that 558 men will be aboard it. The men comprising this contingent as selected this morning by the local boon! are: Ralph S. Krill, Decatur; Carter C. Woodruff, Geneva; Ransome E. Barkley, Decatur; Charles Hendershatt, Decatur; Arthur C. Meyer. Decatur: Harold E. Kirsch. Decatur;. Ferdinand H. Eggerding. Decatur; Clyde W. Ray, Geneva; William Luttman, Decatur; August F. Macke. Decatur;; Harrison N. Sudduth, Decatur; Jonathan D. Steffen. Bluffton; Samuel E. Haggard. Monroe; James Nelson, Geneva; Harry Essex, Monroe; Otto Kreutzman, Decatur; Clarence Meyer, Monroe; Martin Ostermeyer, Decatur; Raymond C. Keller, Decatur; Albert R. W. Yeoman, Decatur; Marion W. Biggs, Decatur; Martin F. Sprunger, Berne; Peter Hilty, Berne; Jesse W. Welch, Decatur; Rufus Nussbaum, Berne; Francis Schmitt, Decatur; Amos Thieme. Decatur; Luster R. Erhart, Monroe; Christ E. Drayer, Grover Hill, Ohio; Peter E. Eicher. Berne; Floyd Barrone, Deca tur; Raymond Becker. Geneva; Martin Gilliom, Berne; Walter J. Krick, Decatur; Oscar E. Price, Geneva; T. Alwin Van der Smissen. Berne; Paul Butcher. Rockford; Everett Otto Rich, Monroe; Walter Merica, Monroeville; Edwin Moser. Berne; Raymond W. Yoder, Geneva. Substitutes. Edward Bieberstine. Berne; Clarence H. Sprunger. Berne; Sylvan T. Tonner. Monroe; Obed H. Schwartz. Bluffton: Walter M. Bleeke. Decatur; William H. Neadstine, Decatur. Will Leave Tuesday. The sixteen men who volunteered for the mechanical training courses to be given at the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce and at the Interlaken school, Rolling Prairie, Ind., will leave at 8:06 a. m. Tuesday morning over the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad for the two training points, nine men going to Warsaw and sev-; en to the Interlaken school.

BERNE ANSWERS Declare Workers of That Community Have Been Wronged by Decatur. WERE NOT TO BLAME Headquarters Destroyed by Fire and None Other Were Provided.

The Berne Witness today says; ‘ Berne Red Cross workers are very indignant over an article that appeared in the Decatur Democrat last Monday in which the Berne branch was mercilessly scored as having failed to do its duty and Decatur called in to “save the honor of the. county.” "Not content with wrongfully flaying Berne in the Democrat the story was sent on to the Fort Wayne News and the affair given another airing, thus emphasizing Decatur's magnanimity in saving the day and Benn s terrible crime in thrusting it on Decatur. “The Herne workers feel that since there are two sides to the story, the public, is entitled to the other side also. “Last June, in the big fire, the R. d Cross room and its equipment were burned. This left the Red Cross without a work room. Efforts were made to secure another, but it seems the head of the local organization did not secure any. "Not a member of the local branch, except perhaps the chairman, knew that there were any gaments sent to Berne to be made. There were any number of the workers who would gladly worked on them, had they known about the garments. Not one thing did the workers know until the other evening Decatur called up and wanted to know why the quota from Berne had not been shipped. Then they began to investigate and found that, the chairman had failed to issue a call or secure a room. “Now this was not the fault of the Berne workers. They were perfectly (Continued on Page Three) PRESIDENT AIDS

In Sale of Bonds in New York City Today—Led Fifth Avenue Parade. POLICE STOP MEN Mho Tried to Reach Him —Executive Lead Subscribers at Opera. (United Press Service) New York. Oct. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)- —President Wilson American troops, and heroes of all other nations engaged in whipping Germany, combined today to boost the Liberty Loan in New York. They helped by engaging in a great parade down Fifth Avenue, the president marching in the middle of the parade. The crowd was given some excitement as the parade passed 51st street A man rushed toward the president, and was snatched back by a policeman. The crowd started a demonstration and attempted to get the prisoner, but the policeman beat them off. The man later said ho was an Englishman naturalized in this country and merely wanted to shake hands with the president. He was unarmed but. was held for investigation. New York, Oct. 12—President Wilson. here for the weekend, expected to visit his daughter. Mrs. Francis Sayre, early today, and later to review the liberty day parade. Tonight he is to attend a meeting in the Metropolitan opera house. His visit here already has been productive of $750,000 subscriptions in liberty bonds, made at the New Amsterdam theater last uight between the I second and third acts of a play, after the president had made a modest sub(Cbntlnued~6h Page Two)

ADAMS COUNTY AGAIN MAKESGREAT RECORD WENT OVER THE TOP LAST NIGHT EUR FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN-ONE WEEK LEFT IN WHICH TO SECURE HONOR FLAG FOR EACH UNIT *+++++4 , 4 , ++++4 , +4' + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Indianapolis. Ind.. Oct. 12. 191 R. + + F. M. Schirmeyer, Chairman Fourth Liberty Loan, Deca- + * tur, Ind.: + + We heartily congratulate Adams county on exceeding * * its quota for the Fourth l.igerty Loan- Your splendid Lib- + * erty Loan organization, your bankers and citizens, as well + * as yourself, have done nobly, and Indiana is proud of your * * record. WADE. + (• + + + + + + + + + + + + , I , +F'L , '! , + j ' + + 4'* + +

TODAY’S WAR SUMMARY. (By United Press) Germany's reply to President Wilson's armistice note is reported to have been delivered to the Swiss minister in Berlin this morning. Some German newspapers declare the reply accedes to Wilson’s demands—which included complete evacuation of occupied territory and a statement as to which German faction was represented in the proposal, before an armistice could be considered. Others say that only farreachiog concessions are contained in the reply. “The most definite reports concerning the German answer were received in unofficial dispatches to the United Press yesterday. These stated that Germany would agree to evacuation of France and Belgium, providing peace negotiations began in a neutral country before the withdrawal was completed, but that AustroGerman troops would remain in occupied portions of Russia and Rumania until peace was signed. The reply is said to have been drawn up under supervision of Prince Max, the German chancellor, but to have required confirmation at a conference of the kaiser with his military and civil chiefs, and the rulers of the various German states. At the same time, Austria-Hungary and Turkey are reported to have notified Germany that they will accept Wilson's terms for an armistice. An Amsterdam dispatch said that official announcement of this was expected at once. Turkey also is reported to have undertaken separate negotiations for an immediate peace, through Wilson. In the meantime, the allies contin(Continued ou Page Two)

PUBLIC FUNERALS NOT PERMITTED i To J. C. GrandstafT, Sec’y Adams County Board of Health: This pandemic of influenza is very serious. Reports show Indiana is grievously smitten. We have already had several thousand cases and several hundred deaths. If there are no cases in your district so much the better- Lock the door before the horse is stolen. Don’t wait for cases and deaths, for that is foolish. The infection is transmitted by oral and nasal secreitions. The spitter, rougher and sneezer are dangerous. Violation of order punished by line of live to fifty dollars. See health law. “Public Gatherings" means all meetings open to the 5 public. The term does not include essential war activities : as Red Cross working units, and conferences of Liberty j Loan Workers, etc. Public library reading rooms must he 7 closed. Books may be loaned as usual. Public stock sales ; may be permitted if held in the open air without indoor ? dinners. Juvenile base ball, foot ball, tennis, etc., permit--1 ted and encouraged. $ Public funerals not permitted. Only relatives and J warm friends admitted, and ALL PERSONS with colds e\5 chided. Keep the people from coming in dose contact. The * more contact the more epidemic influenzaAll persons with colds must stay at home and take : i care of themselves. It must be assumed that they are in- - : fluenza carriers. To date 3,800 cases with 109 influenza deaths in Indi- ; : anapolis. I Ask judges not to permit crowds in their court rooms, j Bv order of the Indiana State Board of Health. Attest: J. N. HURTY. | State Health Commissioner.

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a message to merit, that’s the kind we have hoped could be received. Adams county passed the $750,000 mark last night and we are going in. The table as printed today shows a total of $746,150. Besides this tlv'e is now in the hands of the chairman, but not yet placed upon the books, a total of at least SIO,OOO. placing the county safely over the top a glorious I’eeord. But we must not stop uu il every unit in the county and every inividual as nearly as possible, iias made the same-record. It is the desire of those in charge 'to reach or exceed the SSoiioOu mark and this will be easily accomplish'd if the proper effort is made in those few townships where a thorough canvass has not been made. Those who have met their quota should see that their neighbors do likewise. Nothing else is fair to you or them. So far Union. Root and Washington townships have gone over. Hartford will do so today and it is possible that St. Marys. Preble, Kirkland, Blue Creek and Jefferson will be over by ihe first of the week. French has a chance and Monroe and Wabash have passed the half way point and are on the home stretch. Don't let anything stop you. It would be great indeed if very one of the sixteen units can secure an honor flag. Monroe. Geneva. Berne and Dw.ttur each went over early and the only trouble lias been in some of the rural districts. We are going good and should complete the record. Any way we are over the top. Hurrah for Old Adams. We have just one week in which to close it up and make a real record that will stand any test.

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