Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 260, Decatur, Adams County, 5 November 1918 — Page 2

THE WONDERFUL WORK REV. MASTER, BACK FROM FRANCE, GRAPHICALLY PICTURED WHAT THE WAR WORK ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING FOR THE BOYS—MR. YARNELLE AND RABBI WEINSTEIN WERE x SPEAKERS

Fresh from the field of France, tne Rev. H B. Masters, pastor of the' Presbyterian church. Fort Wayne, who spent eight months in Y. M. C. A. work in France, in khaki uniform.: spoke to a large audience at he court house and also at an overflow meeting at the Presbyterian chur.-h last evening and told how your money that you have given, and that you will give, in the United Wai Work drive next week takes cate < t the soldier boys in camp. He told how everything that can possibly he done to minister not only to the spiritual and moral welfare, but also to the physical comfort upon which the spiritual and moral welfare also rests is done for the soldiers, not only by the Young Men’s Christian Association; but also by the Knights of Columbus, the Young Women's Chri-t---ian Association, the Jewish Welfare Board, the Salvation Army. the American Library Association and the War Camp Community Servi These seven great religious organisations take .are of the recreational life of the soldiers in .-amp and provjdp the hqme-touch and home-spot in camp life. To raise the budget necessary tor their maintenance a union for the drive for funds has been effected, known as the United War Workers' Campaign and Adams county will raise at least $30,000 in the drive beginning November 11. to help make up the sum of $170.500.000 required in the next period to help the boys. While the audience was gathering at. the court house, the AV. F. Beery orchestra played na tional airs, and later in the program Miss Cecil Andrews sang, while Mrs. F. F. Thornburg played her accompaniment. Dan Erwin, chairman ..f the speaker's bureau, introduced '.tie district cha.it man. E. F. Yarnelle. who made a short talk, and later. C. J. Lutz, chairman of the Adams County United War Workers’ Committee. took charge of the meeting is presiding offire” The Hon. C. N. Neizer, of Fort Wayne, representing the Catholic Council, was to have spoken, but is in Alabama and was unable to gel home in time. Hon. Fred Hogan, who was to have taken his place, was prevented by some automobile troub! ■ but Rabbi Weinstein, of Fort Wayne, representing the Jewish Welfare Board gave an excellent address At the overflow meeting at the Presbterian church, the Hon. C. L. ■Walters presided ami Rabbi Weinstein opened the evening's address program. A chorus of singers included Mrs. Dan Tnydall. Mrs. J. O. Neptuuc. Mrs. J. (). Sellemeyer. Mrs. C.*E Bell and Miss Agnes Kohne,

LET'S GO THE LIMIT FOR THOSE BOYS. H A Word to the People:— 8 The influenza quarantine has been a big handicap to i § us. making it impossible to conduct a campaign in the us- | s 2 ual manner. Consequently, we must appeal to everv citi- t k zen. asking his earnest co-operation—asking that although t g he mav not be named as a solicitor that he will feel he is a | part of the county organization anyway. Please remember | g this as a sacred obligation upon the part of each one of us & g and the wav to do it is to jump in and help. Our boys in j I the service are not disheartened by handicaps in doing j everything that they can do to lick the Hun and we. right ! here in Adams county, must not. shall not. be disheartened J because we are handicapped in some ways. Every one i knows how wonderfully these seven great organizations s are looking after our boys, mothering them, if you please. t every minute oi the time from the hour they leave their * ow n door-step until they are back on their own door-step ft again. The government says we must help in this way for d it is vitally essentia! in winning the war ahd that “WE g MI ST KEEP THE BOYS PURE AND CLEAN.” The re- g sponsibtlily of our nation to these hoys is tremendous and “ j: that responsibility comes right on down to us here in Ady ams county. Now we are going to “lick in and do it-” Ev- g :j erybody. and not he stingy about it, either. The standard 2 x set to guide people in their giving is 1 per cent of what their g £ Fourth Liberty Bond quota was. but if any one gets the | 2 right idea about this wonderful work they will not stop at ” « the I per cent, but “will go their limit.” it Talk to your neighbors. Agree among yourselves to J £be liberal. Let us have the boys be proud of us. Let us h x now' do something big and generous and patriotic Don't g S squeeze the dollars. Give freely. It is for a blessed cause, g U e are all in this. Protestant and Catholic and Jew. 0 s wt are all united. The enthusiasm of the churches in this x g drive is tremendous. “Get busy now," is the slogan.

while Miss Ocil Andrews was ac- ' companies!. Rev. Masters who has been pastor for thirteen years in Fort Wayne <ecuted a leave of absence from church ministry and took up the war work abroad. He lead up to the work <>2 the organization in camp by giving an interesting account of special ev nts of his trip across. He graphi< ally described the notable instant i s of "German Kultur" with which he i met. The first was a mine which his ' ship escaped, however: the second. ■ was the German bombing of the 1 peaceful church in France when many ‘ worshippers were killed while in spr- • vice on Good Friday in Parish; the third was a night air raid on Paris, when he and others were aroused • from slumber to go to safety cellars. - These instances were related to show ? the wanton cruelty of Germany in ■ killing and injuring and destroying I non-combatants. From Paris he was sent to the! - largest American camp where he had 1 charge of one of the Y M C. A. huts. which fully 2.000 soldiers visited daily t and were ministered to. He told h>w t the place that was once a woods was t transformed as if by magic into a , great American camp on short notice; I he told of the wonderful work of - those behind the lines who feed the 1 great throngs, baking 1,000,000 pounds > of bread a day; supplying 10.000,Ot'o! i pounds of meat a day: bringing in > enciuictis medical supplies; and of the untiring work of the over-worked I physicians. This demonstrated that . the work of those who minister to those who do the actual front-line fighting is just as necessary—equally so. Just so do the Y. M C. A. and the ether war camp organisations play large, part in winning the war. "Tite Y. M. C. A. and those other organizations are just home to us" say more than one soldier of these recreational and refreshing spots. Rev. Masters stated tha' the workms .-. but wire mi hand from early in the morning until late at I night to minister to the 2.000 who thronged the hut daily. Sometimes before they were fully dressed in the m< rning they were obliged to go to the canteens to fill the needs of the* boys before they started to work.j giving them tobacco, and other sun-1 plies: while workmen returning from! the railroad sometimes as late as eleven o'clock, tired and weary, hailed the tobacco, "smoking", hot chocolate and other refreshments that the hut. provided, with delight. These provided the actual refreshment without which, the. hoys would have been unable, to endure He told how these war camp or-

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if I wJiiP* ' I ■ * v " “'T'HE United War Work Campaign of JL these societies is merely another indication of that unity of spirit as a nation that Sis making it possible for us to win the war. That spirit and the place which the work of these agencies has made for itself in the |J !i hearts of all of us gives me confidence to j Hj| i hp ;j believe that the united campaign will be crowned with abundant success. Wood row Wilson || i I ill Bl JHM UMITED WAR WgRK CAMPAIGN FW

ganizations bring in entertainment f< r ihe boys, providing at the front, far from the scenes of modern life, the latest and best in entertainment. Moving pictures, concerts. lectures for certain evenings each week: libraries at all times, newspapers, magazines, writing desks and stationery. with innumerable notices kept before, them to not. forget to write heme to mother, sisters, sweetheart: are supplied. The huts are turned into confessionals and churches for the saying of mass by the Catholic 1 riests for his boys; Sunday school and church services for others on Sundays. He spoke of the rigors of the trench life which only the young can withstand and told how these organizations supply them with that which meets the terrible draining of the nerve force. The Rev. Masters ‘told graphically how the war is earned nn by meeting an 1 overcoming great difficulties. He spoke of the necessity of traveling a: nigh' to points on the front; of the incessant and evermoving night traffic along roads well-worn and necessarily dark. Danger is everpresent. yet must be met and overcome and those who are attacked by it, must be ministered to. as these: organizations are ministering. . KUV lit*. luuAVCtS Ibl't ..,,1... .. ... , of the first all-American drive, he being one of the three stretcher-bearers selected for duty in bringing in the wounded. The drive was to begin at j 4:30 in the morning: and the stretchter bearers were supposed to go on I duty about half an hour later as the I first wounded would be ready to be brought in about that time. He with the others were quartered for the. night in an old house. 500 years old. i with its remaining shattered walls -i > foot and a half thick for protection. , Hi wever. a false gas attack early in the evening before: with the barrage fire during the night, and other not- ! able features, with the flash and crash ’ and glare of guns and tiring during the night, prevented their sleeping.' and they witnessed the entire scenicwonder of that first all-American attack He told of how splendidly the American boys worked; how they went “over the top" successfully; and then graphically described hew they, the stretcher bearers followed over the field after them bringing in the wounded, a task at which they worked all day and until nine o’clock that night. Not only did he tell of the work of 'he stretcher bearers, bu’ of the war camp workers .in general, both men and women, who were on hand -waiting to supply the splendid boys with hot. nourishing soups, hot chocolate, cigarettes, chocolate necessary in refreshing and reviving them after the terrible drive. "Nothing that it is possible to do to keep th- r.i contented and happy it left undone by these war camp workers," he said. The wounded were assigned to varJ ions hospital departments according Ito file nature and degree of severity |of their wounds. Seventeen American -boys brought in died ft ,u wounds •and between four and five hundred > I men in all. were numbered among Ihe wounded given attention after just that one drive. • He spoke of the marvelous courage and fortitude displayed by the American boy". During all of his work in bearing them in. bo never heard rr moan or groan from them. The first one to die was an American—but a native-born Italian, an American by i

adoption. but a true American who gave his life for the preserving of American ideals and liberty. He 1 raised the brave kYench. the brave Italian and the brave English soldiers wiiose strength and perseverance in keeping back the foe are marvelous. He made a strong plea for them; and for our boys that they may be brought back home as safe, as strong and '.lean, as they were sent over. The war , am] service is doing what it can for 'his and he made a plea for the further support of the people in kubs< ritting to this fund which is so necessary. Rabbi Weinstein spoke not only in behalf of the Jewish Welfare Board, but in behalf of all. its he said there is no distinction in the work ihe vir-io-ts organizations are doing—except 'hat 'hey are able to minister to the peculiar religious need of each. He emphasized the point that the ideals of each are the same, that all are engaged in winning the war; that they are working as "Americans, for Americans’; and co-operate in providing rec reational, social, cultural and llt asureable entertainment for all, not duplicating the work but co-op-erating. He mentioned specific needs where all minister to all. He mentioned especially th'- ' Izi.-t battalion" n part of. WHICH was uncut Up chiefly of Jewish boys from the eastside of New York, immigrants or sons of immigrants. He spoke of the loyal ty displayed by these boys, who refused to surrender, though from a military point of view there was seemingly nothing else to do. but who were saved when reinformements came. At this time the Jewish Welfare Hoard was not yet organized but he told how faithfully and lovingly he boys of this division were ministered to and cared for by the Y. M. <’. A. the K. of (’. and other religious organizations, bringing out the point that there is no difference shown : in ministering—all being "Americans ,‘for Americans.” The unity of service was emphasized, the difference in religious features being only that "they were especially fitted to minister to the peculiar religious needs of the boys. 1 Both the Rev. Masters and Rabbi 1 Weinstein were applauded frequent‘ly during their addresses. And the meeting did what it should in show- , ing the people at home just how ■ necessary is their part in sustaining the boys at the front; and just how near they can be to them in helping with the war by providing for them; and just how necessary it is that they do so. Even though the war , should end tomorrow, the Rev. Mast- . era said It will be impossible to bring the hoys home for a year or so. and , the war camp activities wijl he just as necessary in helping them and keeping them as sate and clean as • they wore when they went over. Suppose you bad been a yvetk in the trenches -can you imagine what •t would mean to you to <;ojne out and run into a full-fledged -good old American base ball game? The shipments of base balls sent to. France would make a line more fh(|n two miles long if they were laid side by side. Tile athletic orders placed by the war work agencies are the largest in the history of sport. Keep Ihe boy-’ spirits high and they will tend to the kaiser 'Get behind the United War Work campaign. 1

ESSAYSTELLWHY WE SHOULD GIVE In Short Essays People Are Telling Why All Should (Jive to Last Penny to r THE WAR WORK FUND I ■. ’ I I Organization Helping Those Boys Who Are Fighting for You—Write One. Today and during the next few days in the columns of this paper will appear essays of about 100 words each written upon the inspiring subject of the United War Work Campaign by a number of leading citizens of this community. As you are probably aware it is quite difficult to write upon such a marvelous work and condense, the effort within so short an essay as 100 words. However, we know that you will lie pleased with these articles as they come fretn earnest men and women who ar*‘ whole heartedly for the noble work. ( WE ARE ALL ONE In response to a request from Mr. Quinn 1 venture to give my person il reasons for favoring this United \\ -r Drive. . First;—My own son. who is at present in the S. A. T. ('.. is making practical use of the Y. M. C. A. r>‘ga dlessg of the fact that he is of Jewish faith. K Second: —Recently I had the pleasure of hearing read an excellent letter written by a Jewish l>oy from “over there," from which I quote the following extract: “Over here there ( are no Jews, Catholics or Frotestaa.s we are all one, united for a single pu pose-T-to free the world from the; hd 1 of the tyrant”—and thus we; find the same spirit of brotherly iovej embracing these, several activities.* for whether it be the sign of the ‘ R li Triangle" of the Y. M. C. A., the “Everybody Welcome" of the K. of| U. huts, or the “Mogon Dovid" or sixj •Jointed star of the Jewish Wefart. or any of the other worthy organ!za-| lions of the group that greets the I weary gaze of, the soul-worn hemo-, str lr soldier boy returning from the front line trenches, or the less strenuous duties of our home camps, he knows that here is rest and refreshment for soul and body no matt'r I what may be the religion he professes —and this is indeed the true. American ideal, whose crowning glory shall be victory. MRS. I. A. KALVER OUR DUTY IS CLEAR < •Lok-Vi. L.U. ether iso-called l r: 1 is the might of Righteousness. Under 1 its banner, our armies will prevail. Evil corrupts; idleness weaken.:,. Our soldiers must not become depraved while contending against a brutal, unscrupulous, unprincipled foe, —evil or by idleness. Such contending will not corrupt them and they will have no idleness, if wc maintain places for renewing, refreshing, re- 1 , generating their bodies, minds, souls. Giving to the United War Work Campaign fund, to overflowing, will maintain these places, answer otr prayer --"God bless our noble son.'." bless us and help win the war now. j The duty is clear. Do it JESSE C. SUTTON , GIVE UNTIL IT FEELS GOOD At a meeting of the War Workers . edne'sday evening as part ot Mr. Lutz’ instructions, he said We are going to change the slogan of 'Give ; Until It Hurts,’ to 'Give Until >t Feels Good.’ Now who ever heard of an American connecting giving with hurting. Am sure giving always makes one feel good, and how letter could wo feel good than to help all : of these great organizations working in perfect harmony. Should peace he declared, next week or next month, the boys will probably stay a long while in France ’ to help in rehabilitating it. and they more than ever will need your flnan-' cial help for the Y. M. c. a.. K. of (’.■ or Jewish Welfare. Let us all give, and feel good. MONTA HENSLEY THE WONDERFUL WORK We have all heard so much es what has been done and what js planed by the different organizations 'in this United War Dork campaign, hut. still lull justice ami honor can scarcely he given to this wonderful work. I happen to know a little more about the Y. M. ami Y. \V.. not that they do better work but are older in point of organization and have a wider scope of activity. The has long since passed when the M. or Y. W. represent any especial creed or religion—they are work! ig

« BVERYBOOV 18 TALKING It ♦ + All day long yesterday. < h‘‘ ♦ + United War Work Campaign ♦ 4 Headquarter* in ,h '' Terveer + 4 block a bu»y. busy place. 4 ♦ Scores of worker* were in and ♦ + out all day long Conference ♦ + after conference was held, plana ♦ '+ mapuod out. and suggestions for ♦ '♦the great drive discussed and* ♦ gotten ready to be put Into ac ♦ + tion. Every one seemed to have ♦ + the right sort of spirit and the ♦ + full amount of pep. Director of ♦ ♦ Transportation Archbold had bls ♦ '♦ hand* full getting autos lined up ♦ ♦ for the morning'* work and re- ♦ ♦ ported that no one turned him ♦ ♦ down. Directors of City Canvass ♦ ♦ Mylot and Mrs. Bell were hold + ♦ ing committee meetings and ♦ ♦ even had to have overflow meet ♦ ♦ ings. Rural Directors Peterson ♦ ♦ and Mrs. Connell reported great + ♦ interest in the country. Wash- ♦ + ington township held another ♦ ♦ workers’ meeting. Chairrartn + ♦ Lutz was the busiest man in ♦ + the United States. The spirit ♦ ♦ of success is in the air and the + + call goes out to every citizen to + ♦ get in the game- to get in the + + game and hustle. Let everybody + ♦ talk it +++++++ + + + + + * * * ► ■'on the broad basis of humanity and I brotherhood of man. IK> we realize I that our government has turned over • to the glorious blue triangle, the Y. 1 W. all the social welfare work of all the Women Industrial War centers of ’this country. This means that every girl and woman working in any ca- ' parity for her country today is careJ fully looked after by this grand organ- ■ ization, the Y. W. . ' I 1 believe most of our boys and girls know that if they nrd away from home, in any part of ttlis. country or / Europe and in any trouble whatever, ,'thev have only to appeal to a Y. H. I ' ■ ' C A. or V. W. C. A. So perfect ( »jls J become the work that they take bur .boys from the time they entrain at I their home towns till the are landed | in the front trenches in France, and . even after being captured and *n German prisons the workers of the blue and red triangles, under neutral ! powers are still caring for our boys. I And to do this glorious work they ’are not employing incompetent or in- , experienced men or women but the J most intelligent and most experienc.ed bueiflrtris men and best college I bred women'of our country are in this | w<rk. And they are not doing it for money. Most of this great labor is ’freely and gladly donated but it takes .money and millions of it, to successfully carry on this tremendous work. And after the war is over you m iy rest assured our Itoys and girls will !>• /trefully looked after up to the fT. r.v minute they reach our own pro i tection. If the war had done nothing else it has taught us the grand and glorious work of humanity these organizations are doing without respe-t to any particular creed or religio i. We. were asked in our last drive to loan money to our country, now we are asked to give it. and surely “bread east upon such waters" will return to I us again not only in added happiness for ourselves but in untold good for our soldier boys.—Mrs. Chas. Dugan. MORALE IS WINNING In a fe words we will be asked t j assist in the United War Work Drive, which embraces all creeds, by our | lin mcial assistance, in the great work • of keeping the morals of our American . soldiers at their highest standard. It is a patriotic duty of all to help in this great cause. Really none of us anywhere has "given to the ut'ermost.” Our bravo boys at the front !>■ ,e given their bood and their lives. They alone can make such a boa :t. It would indeed be a poor victory th:.t 'V'tild he bought at. the sacrifice of the morals of our American army. Tlie work of t hese great organizaMon., docs not -only care for their bodies and temporal welfare, but for the salvation of their souls. Let .us be generous and give to our limit in this great, work. IMI H. E. KELLER MEETINGS SCHEDULED. Kirkland Nov. B—Central school; Rev. Mills. St. Mary’s. Nov. fi- M . E. church, leasant Mills; Eley. st. Mary’S, x ov . 7 , U()b(1 Bchw)l house; Rev. Mills. Monroe Township. x ov . 7-Center school; Mrs. Emma Daniels, j c Moran. French, Nov. ti-Eleetion school ( ' N Christen ’ H - S. Michaud, Nov . 7 _ a „ Cai . mU nartford. Nov. 8-Center high' school; C. L. Walters. I’reble. NoV . 6-Preble. school house; I). N Erwin. Berne. Nov. 8 -Workers' meeting, ■ ehoo! house; D. B. Erwin. Mrs x., ah Bixler.

MESSAGETOTHt BOYS AND GIRls All Are Urged to J o j n ’‘Victory Class” and to Earn and Give. : VISITED THE SCHOOLS > - ; Over County Yesterday-. < Every Boy and Girl p u ||. >; mg for Victory. I i! , I The boys and girls of Adam, counn ■ have been asked to enroll tu, "Viet • Boys and Victory Girls" in this Vih ’ ed War Work Drive. The slogan i. k Every boy and girl pulling for vj s tory." The boys and girls O s ■ ► ( county are expected to earn and j., • a stated sum toward the War w Campaign. Children in school of or 12 years or older are expected h pledge from one dollar up to five <i = lars and given until March 1. isu . i earn, save anti pay in the money, j j A s|>ecial “Victory" button and r “Victory" banner will be given toea< 1 .’one who pledges when the 1 tion is made. The button is for then f to wi ar and the banner to be hang r in the window of their homes w • ors will be awarded to schools ■ ■- places of employment where fifte,. L-Jor more boys or girls enroll, providis the number enrolled is 100 p er I lof the goal assigned. As everyWy ' j'understands the money so raised iJ ' to be adder! to the fund that is kin i (raised in the county as part of.» ’,530,000 of the county’s quota ot I 1 ■ drive for funds that takes care s’the needs of the seven great org r 'zations namely; The Y. M. ('.A ' Jy. W C.-A., the Knights of Col: ; thus. Jewish Welfare Board. V — 1* , Camp Community Service. AmerL; j ’.Library Association, and The S.; . 1 . tion Army. B | The pledge reads: “in coasfe 1 .tion of the other subscriptions ' j \ United War Work Campaign, for I fund of $170,000,000 to help brin: *’| fort ami cheer to our fighters thro.; e. the work of the seven organiz:::: | •-jin thb campaign, I hereby agr« e ‘earn hand give’ the sum of | dollars to be paid in three payir | on December 2, 1918; January r 1919 and March 1. 1919. Sip. I s Age Wdr- | s School s- To interest the children am! ry the word to them in a business;:! | v and impressive maner a number t ladies and gentlemen of this city ..’headquarters in the Terveer bloct s o'clock m-f -rllooi ill' ‘ j along all the literature that had b* ■. provided for the purpose Prow: t at the hour a long string of math: I left headquarters each loaded with j' thusiasttc men and women eager ? accomplish the big job. Uy night 1 all had returned and reported that jjwas marvelous how they had be* received in every section of the r 1 ty. how quickly the teachers of « schol gave support, how quickly children sensed the idea and tl eagerness to participate. ’ child of proper age was gi'et ' pamphlet regarding the War " 1 Campaign and was instructed to u c same home and read it to their fi' " 1 at home, word for word. At one "Is- ' house two little boys, only nine ye ' of age spoke up “that we got fi' l ‘ ‘ lars, cannot we give even if l, ' e a/ 1 only nine years old?" There ’■ [ of course, told that they could » ' child under 10 or 12 can. but that®' ' from 11 years up were they rea l' parted to. For the motto B *• ' and give.” The children are ' taught the sacrifice and that to i 1 and give” is a glorious privilege The drive was made by the fi'!*'” ! ing: Union township. Mr. and U ' Dan Erwin: Root and I’reble ships. Rev. Thornburg and Mrs. I 1 Frist,oe: Jefferson township * Kelley and Mrs. Connell: Kirkla» J ' township. Rev. W. S. Mills and " Downs: Washington township Emma Daniels and Mrs. W S Blue Creek township. Tluirnian schalk and E. M. Ray; Monroef”’ srlp, R.ev Miner and Mrs. Kuan Wabash township. Mrs. Mary 1 and French Quinn; Hartford ,|,un Mrs. J. O. Niblick and Miss > Blackburn: French township. D. Myers and Mrs. Bixler: St township. Mr. and Mrs B® n ‘' win. I Your ISO gift means that one » will have a whole year's sU,,l> ( all the good things that these recognised organizations can him. It will support his s,< ” ' church, his theater, his school hrary. and his club. * n ’' l " Work campaign.