Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1918 — Page 1

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BRITISH CROSS RHINE AT NOON Armed Soldiers and Sailors Proclaim Ebert President of Republic of Germany ARMY OF OCCUPATION Includes Twelve Divisions —135,000 Men and 5,300 Officers Ordered Home. (United Press Service) Leeds, Eng., Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The British at noon today crossed the Rhine, Premier Lloyd George announced today. Paris. Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Armed soldiers and sailors massed before the chancellors’ palace last night, proclaimed Chancellor Ebert president of the German republic, according to a Berlin dispatch today, received by way of Berne. Washington, Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The American army of occupation now consists of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth thirty-third, forty-second, seventyninth, eighty-ninth and ninetieth divisions, Chief of Staff March announced today. The new divisions of this army are the second, seventh, twenty-eighth, thirty-third and seventy-ninth. They are serving as reserve organizations and will be hed as reinforcement divisions, if such action should be necessary. General March revealed that a total of 5,300 officers and 135,500 men have been assigned to early convoy home while the grand total actually embarked to date stands at 850 officers, 17,300 men and 550 navy enlisted men tn this country discharge of soldiers is speeding up. Two hundred thousand men and 7,000 officers have been dismissed. General March said that it may be necessary to modify the existing law whereby enlistments expire four months after peace is signed. Congress will be asked to provide that such men as are needed for service abroad, shall remain in the army. Berlin, Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Disarmement of Field Marshal von Mackensen’s Bahian army has begun. London, Dec.' 7—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Daily Mail says it Understands that Premier i.10.d George in a speech at Leeds today w 11 declare that Great Britain will demand eight billion pounds ($40,000,000,000) indemnity from Germany and

that France will demand even more than that. y Lauzanne, Switzerland. Dec. 7(Special to Daily Democrat)— Forces h of the Ukrainian national union, have a occupied Kieff, after a severe bathe , t in which the casualties totalled 10.- r 000. according to dispatches receive fl I from Kieff by the Ukrainian bureau 1 here today. Among those killed were General J Skoropadski hetman of the Ukraine t and five hundred Russian officers. i The national union, the dispute i said, now controls all of Ukraine. Washington. "ST 7-(Special to ' Daily Democrat)- -Advancing along ( the entire army front the third Amer- , lacn army Friday reached the genet a , lino Udelhoven Docweller La ub «*’ I Ilriesch, Todanroth, NWer \ resbash, according to Genera shing's communique today. London, to Daily Democrat)— The German has withdrawn the privilege of tm munity from the law, Previously he bv members of the Hohenzollern fam ? y 'according to a Central News dispatch from Berlin. Copenhagen, Dec. 7_( Special to Daily Democrat)— Germany has sent a note to Denmark declaring that she is on the verge of famine. ••It is necessary that we greatly re duce our rations up to February when OU r cereals will be exhausted, the note saiu. "The present supply is onlv a third of normal. -Austria has not food enough to Vienna la 2" It will be necesary shortly t

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Tailway traffic, put out street lights and close numbers of schools and shops." I Copenhagen, Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Several persons j have been killed in street fighting at Mayence (Maine) according .to re- , ports received here today. Many of of the shops have been plundered. Copenhagen, Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Berlin Lokal Anzieger protests that Holland has no right to extradite the former kaiser. Stockholm, Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Documents he?e are alleged to reveal a plot for a world wide revolution. It was to center in Stockholm. Berne, Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The formal abdication oi Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany was signed at Wieringeu Holland, Dec. 1, according to an(Continued on I-age Two) STATE AFFAIRS Gov. Goodrich Will Not Call Constitutional Convention at This Time. GIVES HIS VIEWS Fight Will be Made Against Establishment of Two New Normal Schools. Indianapolis, Dec. 7 —(Special to | Daily Democrat) — That Governor j ' Goodrich will not push the question of calling a constitutional convention j before the coming session of the leg-1 i islatur ewas indicated today. The governor said that two years I ago he was so certain that the conI stitutional convention would be call-| ' ed that he neglected to present many j important c<shstit»t : onal amendments j to the legislature. As the bill calling! the convention was declared unconstitutional, he indicated that he could take no more chances on rewriting the i entire basic law but would give his' attention to the administration mea-! ! sures. i The statements were made before a meeting of the citizens league of | : Indiana. j A fight will undoubtedly be made ia the legislature on the request of ] the normal school visiting committee which recommended the establishment of two additional normal schools The recommendation that the pres--1 ent normal school at. Muncie be made an independent institution will probably be adopted by the state board of ] education. The school is not desig-1 nated as a branch of the Terre Haute normal school. . 0 . — — SERVICE AT INDIANAPOLIS H. M. Romberg of Fort Wayne, I widely known as Max Romberg, died

at the Dennison Hotel at 4 o’clock yesterday morning of blood poisoning. | A little more than a week ago he cut | his leg slightly in getting into an automobile at Chicago. He did not j take the accident seriously, hut al-i most immediately after his arrival here an infection set in, resulting in his death. Two of his sons —Max Romberg. Jr and Herman Romberg—were with him at his death. Mr. Romberg left a widow, four sons and two daughters Tho family, except One son, who is in the American army in France, came to Indianapolis yesterday. The funeral will be held at 5:45 o'clock thit afternoon at St. John's Catholic church. The body will be taken to Fort Wayne at 7 o'clock tonight and will be placed in a mausoleum there until the son who is tn Franco returns home. Mr. Romberg had been connected with the American telephone and telegraph company as an attorney and legislative representative for more than twenty years. His service tor the company took him to many par s of the country. He had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. His hos pitallty among them was proverb lab He was a very close friend ot the was an ardent democrat and had been active in the affairs of his <’* a number of years.-Indianapolis .tat j R EV.-SC HERR V _ wiLL~PREAC H 'l Rev AL. Scherry, who has return ‘i e< i from Colby, Wis, will preach a' , the Reformed church at Magley or I Sunday in the Place ot Rev. Engle tjman wl>o is ill of influenza.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, December 7, 1918.

tHOWYOUCfINHELP >1 ' You Can Facilitate the l)e---livery of Mail by Having Boxes That Are > WITHIN EASY REACH Holiday Mails Will Soon Begin to Grow Heavy— Help Carriers Out. 11 j With winter coming on and the I holiday mails growing heavier mail ■ carriers will appreciate the co-opera- ■ tion of their patrons in effecting a speedy delivery. Attention is again . called to the help that a mail box, ad-1 vantageously placed is, especially to the heavy burdened carrier, in fact, ’ i the department has ruled that mail I on rural routes need not be delivered ; I unless a lx>x has been placed. This | does not hold in city delivery, but isome time ago the department made' a request that boxes bo placed in po- 1 sitions conveniently reached by the; carrier, who is thus enabled to! i cover his route more rapidly. Tile | matter of throwing pennies fcr] ! stamps loose in the boxes, is another matter of inconvenience and hind-! rance to the carriers, especially in cold weather, and requests have been ! made from time to time that these be I wrapped and placed in such away , they’ may be gathered up speedily. ! Carriers are supposed to treat all paj trons courteously but patrons cannot I expect them to stop for any length ]of time while on duty and make a I social visit, as their time is limited 1 and they must cover as much of their I j route therein as possible. o TWENTY ROADS County Commissioners Order Twenty Macadam Roads Built. PETITIONS FOR THREE — Others Had Been Ordered or Petitioned for Before the War. The board of Adams county commissioners ordered the building cf i tw’enty macadam roads in eleven of the twelve townships yesterday, i granting the petitions in five new ] roads, two of which had already been published. The board is holding a continued session and will next week, wtb County Surveyor Orvall Harruff as engineer in charge of the improvements, stake off the proposed newi highways and at the January session further action will be taken. The| order of sale will no doubt be made: in January and the improvements 1 pushed under the present three mile! road act. The petitions granted yesterday by the board are: Root Township—Grandstaff. Washington Township —J. M. Frisinger. Monroe Township—Dan Smith, Abe ! . Inniger, Fred Stauffer. The following roads, heretofore! granted, were ordered by the boaru: ' . Union Township —Thieme. Root Township—Brunnegraff, Becki meyer. i Preble Township—Salem Reformed i church. c Kirkland Township—Ed Arnold, - Goldner. i Washington Township— Catherine Eiting. 1 St. Marys Township--Brodbeck. Monroe Township—Laisure, Albert 1 Huser. a Hartford Township—Chas. Pusey. r French Township—Fred Steiner, s Wabash Township—lneichen, Fara low. s Jefferson Township—Martin Reef. Va7lS _ START* NEW PLANT e Marion, Ind.. Dee. G —The first, after " the war industry to locate in this city r is a plant to manufacture paper box egg case fillers, the plant to employ forty persons. The new industry hat 1- been brought here by J. W. Vail ol it Decatur, and his sons, F. E., and Dau n iel Vail of this city, who are als: e- owners of the Vieth paper mill, whirl manufacturers straw board.

RECOVERING NICELY. B. Frank Breiner, prominent farmer. living a mile west of the Washing ton church, who was operated upon last Thursday at the home of his brother. Mat Bretner. Fornax street, this city, is getting along nicely. The ] operation was for the removal of a fibrous and fatty tumor, from below the left shoulder blade. The tumor ! was about four by three and one-halfj I inches in dimensions. o RECEIVED GERMAN TROPHIES. Mrs. Mary A. Gould, of Decatur. Route No. 10, received some very interesting trophies, sent by her son, | Ottis R. Gould, who has been overseas a year, and has been in actual fighting over six months. The articles were a German helmet, weighnig two and one-half pounds, and a German gas mask. Mr. Gould offer ed no explanation, but that he captured the trophies himself. o . .— — A VICE CONSUL IN THE OKIE NT 11 Chas. S. Peterson, Former Decatur Man, is Given I Important Post , — BY WAR TRADE BOARD i Trade Distributor for China and Japan—Headquar- 1 i ters at Washington. < 1 (By Paul Wooton) i ( Washington, D. C„ Dec. 5, —(Spe-, ( cial to Daily Democrat) —Mr. C. S. | 1 Peterson, formerly of Decatur, who , some time ago refused a commission as captain of the general staff, in order to accept a more important pc-’ sition as assistant with the War ] Trade Board, has just been premop-d to be the War Trade Board Trade Distributor for China and Japan, wi n temporary neauquarters in Washing-: ton, although the position contemplates future residence in Tokio, ] Japan, where the additional title of Vice Consul is added. Mr. Peterson replaces Mr. A. C. Kellogg, who t leaves immediately for the Orient in ; the employ of the Hongkong Specie] Bank, a British corporation. Mr. Peterson Is the son of Attorney! and Mrs. Shaffer Peterson of this cky and was born and reared here. He I was formerly in the newspaper game, later a stock broker with headquar- ■ ers at Denver, lias written several I biographical works and has played an important part in politics in the west . and southwest where he knows every man of importance. His appointment i as a vice-counsel to the Orient, will please many people here and his abil-i ity to hustle and think will prove val- ' uable in the reconstruction work. | o !' THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE ] Cleveland. O—The Lake Division I Red Cross Department of Nursing' makes the following announcement! of the requirements of after-war an-: rollment of Red Cross nurses: Age limit 21-45. State registration required. Applicants must lie graduates of an accredited school of nursing. i Physical history must accompany | application. Single women and widows accepted for regular enrollment; married women accepted for home defense I work only. MASONIC NOTICE On Tuesday, December 9th, at the hall, will be held the regular month- ' ly meeting of the Masonic Lodge. Election of officers, conferring of Fellow Craft degree and other bus.i---t ness. A good attendance is requested. GEORGE E. KINZLE, W. M. MASONIC NOTICE” There will be a meeting at the Masonic hall Sunday, December Bth, at two p. m. To make arrangements to attend the funeral of Brother Will R. Dorwin. All members requested to r be present. y GEORGE E. KINZLE, W. M. V — o— SON IS BORN. ,s Dale William is the name of the >f fine, big boy, born to Mr. and Mrs. 1- Dorse Stalter, this being their sec o ond child. The father is a conductor h on the Fort Wayne-Decatur traction j line.

THE FATHERLESS The Fatherless Children of France Will be Taken Care of—Have YOU ADOPTED YOURS? Mrs. Avon Burk, Chairman of Adoption Campaign, Makes Plea. The young women of the local ciiup ter of Tri Kappa, have volunteered to secure Decatur' quota of adoptions in order to relieve the business men and women who so willingly gate: ’heir time and effort in the past war drives. Two hundred fifty thousand ■ orphans will be adopted by the peoI le of the United States during December. Have you adopted yours? The sum of $36.50 paid in full, or by installments will keep an orphan ! with its mother or near relatives, one year. The leaders of the French re-; public realize that no matter how humble —there is no place like home for a child - and have asked for this comparitively small sum to avoid I placing these dependent fatherless children in orphans' homes. ] ‘ Decatur's quota is 25 adoptions and the Tri Kappas have already secured funds for the adoption of ten. Any-i one wishing any information concern-] ing this work may call Mrs. Avon! Burk, chairman, or anyone of the T.i' Kappas, who will be glad tc explain : details and furnish pledge blanks. —I r Mrs. Avon Burk. TWO ARE CLAIMED; ' t Mrs. Louisa Landrake Died • Last Night at the Age of ' Eighty four Years. ILL SEVERAL YEARS ■ j t 11 John Weiman, of Near < Berne, Succumbed at Age r of Nearly Ninety. Mrs. Louisa Landrake, widow of! J Ernest I-andrake, died last evening at| 8:30 o’clock at the home-farm in Al-1 len county north of St. John’s. She], had reached the age of eighty-four , years, and for three or four years ha I been in failing health. The husband, died fifteen years 1 ago, but there are three children sur- ' viving. They are: Louisa, at home; ! Mrs. Henry Bradtmueller, of Allen 1 county; and Mrs. August Koenemaun.; of Fort Wayne. Funeral serices will lie held Tues-: day afternoon from the St. John's : Lutheran church. John Weiman Dead Mrs. Sol Neuenschwander, of near] Fort Wayne, went to Berne this morn! ing to attend the funeral of her husV- nd’s John Weiman. who died Thursday. Mr. Neuen-i I schwailder who is disabled by rheum- ! atism was unable to go. Mr. Weiman] was nearly ninety years of age. and > while he had been ill about three ! weeks of a severe cold that went to his lungs, his death at the last, came quite suddenly. He has a daughter, > living in Switzerland. Two children - died in infancy. His step-son, Mr. ■ I Neuenschwander was reared from f; young boyhood by Mr. Weiman. Jay O. Sloan Dead -! Dr. S. D. Beavers received a tele- ■ j gram of the death of his cousin. Jay O. Sloan, which occurred at Coluin- ! bus, 0., Thursday. The funeral will -I be Sunday morning at. eleven o’clock II from the Odd Fellow's' Hall at the ajold home, Spencerville. O. Mr. Sloan I,! was better known by his midilie o name, "Oakley" Sloan. He was a liveryman and often attended the I. horse sales here, becoming acquainted with many. He also has many relatives here, his mother having been e a sister of the late Mrs. James Stone, i. of Daniel Weldy and Mrs. Emanuel ■- Beavers. His death occurred at. the r ; home of a daughter, Mrs. Grace Slain n Hanway. He has another daughter, i Myrtle.

I POCAHONTAS ELECTS I ' Tlla I’eeahontas order elected the I tollowing officers last evening Ail |- are for si;; months, except two, tm* keepers of record,; and wampum, who hold office for a year. The staff Is: Pocahontas, Jennie Miller; Wenonah. ; t'ora Blosser; Propheiess, Maude Bennett; keeper of records, Blanche J Whitright; keeper of wampum. Gr. < ■ Reynolds: Powhatan. Mat Hrelnm • ! trustees, Florence Hain, ri ara Breln . I er and Flo Pation. —— o— REPORT ON DECEMBER 12th Arthur B Kleinhenz. U, S. A., as- ' sistant clerk at local board heal- : quarters has been notified to report ' to the commanding officer at Foit Benjamin Harrison on December 12, preparatory to being mustered om f service. Ho will probably he at the fort for a week or longer .before the final mustering out takes place. THE FLO "EPIDEMIC Continues Very Serious in Surrounding Counties— Adams Fortunate. USE GREATEST CARE Average New Cases at Bluff** ton 50 a Day—Many Have Died in Wells County. While there is nothing alarming about influenza conditions in this city or county, the disease has gained such a foothold in surrounding communities that it should be the first idea of every one to do every thing in the<r power to fight the flu. Reports from the army camps are that the disease is being successfully combatted while in the east the danger seems pasr. In the middle west however it is moTB serious it seems than before. Bad at Fort Wayne At Fort Wayne yesterday. 135 new' cases were reported while the day before there were 200. It is believed there that the wearing of masks has been the means of securing the decrease. Three deaths occurred from the disease. The school for feeble minded, the county jail and infirmary; all county institutions have bean closed to ihe public and Concordia college has taken a vacation, un il January 6th. Serious at Bluffton The following dispatch from toe Bluffton correspondent to the Indianapolis News tells of the serious condition there: “Seven hundred and forty-three cases of influenza, with seventeen deaths from the disease since October 1, are reported by S. A. Shoemaker, health commissioner of Wells county. “Cases have averaged fifty a day during the last three days, although no deaths have occurred. A rigid quarantine has been established in Bluffton .but public meetings are : permitted under a promise that perisons suffering from colds will be ! barred. “The Jackson township schools i were closed yesterday, after it was ascertained that two out of evety ! five pupils were absent on account of : influenza.” o MR. THIEME NOT INDICTED Several weeks ;go it will l>e r: membered, a representative of the de ' partment of of justice, came to thi a II city and took evidence concerning • remarks that had been made by A. !•' t j Thieme, a well known, rich and in . ! fluential citizen of Union township 11 which was reported to the fwle’-.i grand jury. At the recent session ol that body no indictment was return ■ ed, it being disclosed that Mr. Thiemf r had publicly stated that he was sorry i- to have made the remark and whicl: 1 he claimed was not understood as he < meant it and the evidence furthm e showed that Mr. Thieme had taker :i an active part in the war activities b giving liberally to the United Wai s Work campaign and subscribing foi e the largest amount of bonds an I • stamps in his township. Mr. Thieme y is an excellent farmer, a large tax i payor and an earnest worker. He ha.proven that he meant what he said 1 when he explained his position and a recently told us that ho experts to so i continue. He wishes the confidence . amt esteem of his neighbors and acquaintances over the county.

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WILSONPLANS 1$ SHIP SAILS OVER Asks Dad Davison and Bernard Baruch to be Ready to (»ive Assistance. PLANES NOT NEEDED Contracts Are Cancelled— President Will Insist on Reduction of Anns. (United Prees Service) Wazhington, D. C., Dec. 7— pecial to Dady Democrat) —1- nry Dad' Daviaon of the American Red Cross, and Bernard Baruch, chairman of the war industries board, have been asked by President Wilson to hold themselves in readiness for a reconstruction consignment in Eu- * rep?. The president plans, it was learned, to appoint an economic commission to assist in the readjustment cf industries in allied countries. Washington, D. C., Dec. 7—(epa- , cial to Daily Democrat)—The war de- < partment planned to cancel contracts for 50,000 airplane motors, members of the senate military affairs commit- ‘ tee said today. According to them contracts were let for 91,000 motors of which 31,000 have been delivered. Os these 15,000 were Liberty motors: 10.000 more were motors now being built which will be stored for future needs, Paris, Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Poncaire, and a large delegation from the chamber of deputies left today for Metz and Strassburg on a special train to take official possession of Alsace-Lorraine Sunday, and elaborate ceremonies will be held in both cities. Washington, D. C., Dec. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The house rules committee today unanimously voted to report favorably the resolution for an investigation of the national security league and its campaign to defeat members of congress. The committee also decided to bring the resolutions up next week, in order to rush it through as quickly as possible. (By Robert J. Bender. United Press Staff Correspondent) Aboard the United States Ship George Washington. Dee. 6—(Night) (By wireless to the United Pi ess) While there has been no comment on Winston speech in : which he declared the British navy' would not be reduced in size, it is believed that President Wilson holds all the powers must make sacrifice if they sincerely desire a just peace. The nations must follow a policy of “giving in" in the interests of such a peace. Should the presest world policy of competitive armaments be continued the United States could do more than hold its own with its new ship yards, its trained ship builders, by the thou- ' sands and its great estimated quantities of raw materials according to the > unofficial informaion. Churchill's declaration that Eni. nd t would not yield its sea supren y, < was read with interest aboard the / peace ship when received by wire- !' less. The president probably will I voice his view on this pointe later. i The sea continues rodgh. At the time of filing this message the George Washington was 750 miles Aue east, of : Washington. The weather is warms ed. President Wilson's cold is betg i ter ' As the president does not intend to v arrive in Paris before December 14. ~ he may stop over for a day at the j Azores, but this has not ret been de,f; ided - *' (By Robert J. Bender. United Press Staff Correspondent) y! Aboard the U. S. S. George Washh ington. Dec. 7—(By wireless to the c | United Press)- The United States, it ! is understood, wants a definite law n : formulated at the peace conference, s, I establishing the seas as an internar'tional highway, governed by the law ,r of all nations combined—not by the 1 laws of individual nations. e This government, it is believed, x would secure the establishment of a s minimum contraband list and a deti,l nite blockade. (In the latter propo<l sition is seen a move against future „ warfare) *’ President Wilson, in the belief of . friends, will make at least one public (Continued on rage Two)