Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1918 — Page 1

Volume XVI. Number 291.

INDIANA BOYS SAILED THE STB Thirty-eighth Division, Including Old Company A, on the Atlantic. BOUND FOR HOME President Wilson to March in Paris Parade at Head of American Troops. (United Press Service) Washington. D. C., Dec. 12— (Special to Daily Democrat)— The transport Martha Washington left France December 9 with 110 officers and 1,856 men. besides 536 wounded and sick enlisted men. The personnel aboard follows: The training nucleus of the 38th division, 116 field artillery headquarters company and the 118th field artillery complete. Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 12 (Special to Daily Democrat)— Indiana troops have started home from France. This was indicated in dispatches from Washington today saying that the transport Martha Washington, carrying the training nucleus of the 38th division had left a French port for the United States on December 9th. The 38th division was formed at Camp Shelby. Former Indiana national guard companies are in the division. (By Robert J. Bender, United Press staff correspondent) Aboar dthe U. S. S. George Washington, by wireless to the U, P. via London, Dec. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) — President Wilson may march with the American troops in the parade in Paris. It was indicated today if the weather was favoraole. the president would participate in the procession. if the peace treaty is not signed be fore March, when the new congress convenes, it will be necessary for President Wilson to return to the United States and make a second journey to France, was the belief ex pressed today. It was hoped, how ever, that this wouldn't be necessary. Washington, Dec. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Bitter assaults on the naval plan for ownership and con trol of wireless as the opening wedge for a government ownership campaign were made by members of the house merchant marine commission today. Secretary of the Navy Daniels, throughout the hearing, protested that the raido control could not be con-j nected with government ownership of public utilities and declared that peculiar conditions surrounding wireless communications were his reasons for urging the bill. Paris, Dec. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The peace machinery is at a standstill, pending arrival of President Wilson. Even informal preliminary confer ences have been abandoned until the American executive can be heard personally. Newspapers of all shades of poliu-i cal affiliation agree that Wilson’s influence will lie enormous. Little is,

TAKE YOUR WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Washington, D. C., Dec. 12. J. W. Bosse, Chairman War Savings Stamp (ommittee, 1 .SarnSy ur<e upon you make every possible, 1 before the close period. These expend.lures urou-ry magn|fi . be met by borrowing to the government’s requirements cent response hereto < Ith n()t fajl to con tinue their makes me confident that (s reS ulting from war support to the end that a l P“* nien, M h remain s to be necessities will be promptb • . d d aid un . done. Our brave troops must be relurned til their work is fully acco to relax our f . to their homes, thr ar tment is making plans for forts and the treasury Dep during the coming larger and even " 10re '™ ,! '' to ‘ br j ng this statement before llw'peop'lHnydur i,ureha “ 5 * ,l,e,r means permit. Ok McADOO.

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‘*•44444 + 4 + 444444 ♦ the red cross. * + 4 14 London, Dec. 12—(Special to 4 4 Daily Democrat)—American Red 4 + Cross parcels saved American 4 + prisoners from starvation, said 4 4 John Paul of Brooklyn, one of 4 - 4 the 120 Americans of the 27th di- 4 4 vision (New York), captured 4 4 south of Cambrai in October. 4 4 The Americans have just arrived 4 4 in England from Blumen prison. 4 4 For the most part the prison- 4 , 4 ers declared they were farily 4 ‘ 4 well treated by the Germans. 4 4 They were released on the night 4 4 following signing of the armis- 4 1 4 tice. 4. 444444444444444 being published at present regarding the peace congress itself but columns are being devoted to President Wilson his principles and his attitude. Washington, Dec. 12 —(Special to ..Daily Democrat)—A new issue of 1 treasury certificates of indebtedness amounting to $5(10.000,000 was author--1 ized today by Secretary .McAdoo. The ! issue will be dated Dec. 19 and mature May 20, 1919. New York, Dec. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The American hospital ship Mercy arrived here today with 396 wounded troops on board. Owing to the rough weather encount-, ered the Mercy was two days overdue. She was forced to put into the Bermudas to take on coal. The ship was in command of Cap- ! tain E. P. Gorman, while Charles F. | Moots, of Toledo, was executive officer ■ in charge of the wounded. Amsterdam, Dec. 12—(Special to! I Daily 'Democrat) —Directors of the Krupp works are reported to have I asked their workmen to suggest what I peace products shall be manufactured ( in their factories. Copenhagen, Dec. 12 —(Special to I Daily Democrat)—The Prussian guard . returning to Berlin is reported to: have sworn allegiance to Chancellor; Ebert’s government. The famous unit which numbers thousands of the best German troops was enthusiastically welcomed by the people. Cologne, Dec. 11—(Delayed) Tue ■ Entente will send troops to Berlin i for the purpose of policing the city f it was reported here today. Paris, Dec. 12—(Special to Dahy Democrat)—Waxed and garnished by the united hands of the poilu and the doughboys, Prince Murat's sumptuous residence at 26 Rue Monceau, is now ready as the first foreign home !of a president of the United States. All of the wonderful paintings and I priceless tapestries which were removed during the bombardment of Paris, have now been restored. London, Dec. 12—(British admiralty I wireless) — Occupation of German 1 towns under the terms of the armis- ( tice is nearly completed. A British I advance guard has entered Bonn, and I taken possession of a bridge over the Rhine at this point. An American commission sent ahead of the troops to outline the bridgehead boundaries reported their astonishment at the heartiness of the German cooperation. Full information was furnished the commission ! bv inhabitants of the occupied terri- ! tory This experience of the Americans appeared to be fairly general among the allies who are being welcomed in many Instances because tne . Germans are fearful of their own dis--1 orderly elements and glad to hav. ,jthe protection of the allied troops._

Decatur Indiana, Thursday Evening, December 13, 1918.

■ ILLNESS FATAL fr i, Harry O. McGill, Metropol- * itan Insurance Agent, h Victim of Pneumonia ► H ► FOLLOWING THE FLU I ■ Had Been Down Town Only ► Saturday—Seriously 11l Since Sunday. J Harry O. McGill, well known agent ’ for the Metropolitan Insurance Com , pany, is probably the first influenza j | victim in the city. He died this morn j ! ing at 5:30 o’clock at his horn on ■ West Madison street, having been perl ► iously ill only a few days. Mr. McGill had not been feeling well for several days but had not deemed himself ill enough to se. a doctor until Sunday. He had teen down town Saturday afternoon but I Sunday had become so ill that a phy-| sician was called who found him then ill of pneumonia, with temperature of, 105 and a fourth degrees. Hemorr-1 hages occurred later and his case is ! pronounced by his physician as be-! ing that of pneumonia, following in-( tluenza. His wife, who was Miss Artie Reynolds, and their two year old son. I Charles, who had been ill of the flu are better anti are out of danger proi viding care is taken. The deceased was a son of George I McGill, operator at the G. R. & 1., ! railroad. Besides the parents, tbai | wife and son, he leaves two brothers, Harland and Charles, and two sisters. Isabel, at home; and Mrs ( Pearl Kuhns, of Fort Wayne. Harry Otis McGill was born June I 15, 1893. in Magley, being a son of George W. and Eliza Rebecca Brown | McGill, making him twenty-five years and nearly seven months old at' death. The funeral will be Friday afternoon at two o’clock from the homo,! wlht the Rev. C. J. Miner, of the United Brethren church in charge and burial in the Decatur cemetery. state director Os Woman's Work of the Red Cross Met With the Local Chapter Heads. RELATIVE TO WORK Urges No Let-up in Sewing for Refugees and in Knitting for Soldiers. Mrs. Hugh McGibens. state director! of women’s work for the Red Cross, I was here and conferred with the heads of the several local depart-1 ments relative to the work that lias been done and the work to do. She urged that the Red Cross j "carry on", that there be no let-up, especially in the sewing and work for) , the refugees and in the knitting J_-, partment. That it is the duty to pro-! ; vide for the refugees was set out. There are also 2,000,000 of our boys in the army, some of whom are ‘n | war in Russia, and these will need knitted articles to keep them wa:ml this winter, to replace the ones worn out. Each boy, too, on being dlscharg| ed from service, is presented witli a ! knitted sweater by the Red Cross, so! that it is necessary to keep the supply going. Plans for the establishment of regular sewing classes for the sewing department, were made, having a teacher at, regular classes, as there nas been in the surgical department. The factory plan of production, was also advocated. This provides for one machine for one kind of work, thus allowing the sewers to specialize and acquire greater speed in production. Among those whom she met were Mrs. S D. Beavers, Mrs. E. B. Adams, Mrs. Dan Beery, Mrs. W. E. Smith, Misses Adelaide Deininger and Lucile Thomas, secretary. She left this afternoon for Winchester. While this work is not needed so much in this community where the

full effects of the influenza have not been felt, she told of the special work ' which lhe Heil Cross is doing in the state in emergency work, especially during this epidemic. Not only are supplies made, but emergency nurs"ing. with first aiders classes assisting the! nurses; and special nursing agencies are established where any prao-l tical nurses are gladly registered and : received to help in the care of the sick. o LIFE OF JOHN KERN Copies of "The life of John Wo-th . ■ Kern” by Claude (1. Bowers, editor (of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. arrived today. It is a handsome book. ; containing much of interest to the ; people of Indiana, contains 474 pages, i with introduction by Thomas P. Marshall. The story of the life of ' . Mr. Kern is well written and will prove a very popular biography. The 1 book sells for $2.25 and can still I e 1 secured though the supply is limited 1 If you want one. order at once. o LIFE IN DUGOUT I I Sounds Pretty Good as Described by Dorsie Gerard Who is in France. HOW THE HUNS ACT J t They Lie Down and Squeal ' Like Schoo! Kid Getting a Licking. < I c Dorsie Garard writes from France g |to Decatur friends: November -1, 1918 a j Dear Friends: 0 Am still here and all together so r i thought 1 would write you a few lines !to tell you about it. 1 suppose that r you people will be very much surpris- t ed when you get this. At least. 1 a would like to be there about the time f that ycu get Well' folks. ”1 am seeing some ve-y ■ interesting sights here and sometimes f it gets just a little bit too interesting, s Because the ‘‘Dutchmen’’ don’t seem t to care just where they let tile r I shells land, but I have been able to <1 keep away from them so far. Am in I a rest camp now. Have been on the , front, for seme time so am getting a ( little bit rested up now. Am still in , hearing distance of the big guns, but am pretty close to the'‘aeroplane, be-' cause the Hun makes us a visit ] aliout every night with his "bombs." Have been over most every part of j France either on horse back or train, so am getting so that I can pronoum e the names of the cities and can speak a little French. Have gone through t Paris on a train, so can say that I) have been in that city anyway. Also I some other noted cities, which 1 can-' I not mention their names now. I haven’t seen any of the boys I front home yet. nor Lillie or Lawr-! ! ence, but expect to see some of th un ( ! soon, at least 1 hope so. We are getting plenty of good meals and clothes ! so that is about all a person needs I guess. We can scout around a little |and find us a dugout to sleep in, be I cause dugouts and trenches are about I all a person sees here. At present 1 ■ there are two of us in a dugout, and l ’ !it is a dandy. Two rooms, and two I | bunks built on the wall, nice and dry. a good table to write on. a real chair. 1 I and a stove. You can tell about what ; kind of a place we have to sleep in. | We are havin some cool weather now j |but can get along fine. We are pret | ty close to what used to be a town. | but to you it would look like a trash I ) pile. And that is all 1 have seen for, .1 about four months. Well folks, we sure are doing some ,; fine work here. Those Dutch are ge' | ting to look like school kids now | When we run into a bunch of them i ' they just lay down and hollow, just | like a "school kid" getting a licking. I tell you they are getting the worst . I licking of their lives, and am sure that | ~ this thing isn't going to last much 1 longer. I see by the papers and let-; Iters that they are drafting from the ages of 18 to 45. Well. 1 don't think j • they will need) many of them because the ones that are here will have i, B |over with too soon for the new ones. Well, I guess I have said about all ! there is to say so will close for this g time. Hoping this reaches you all o. k., 1 remain, Your friend, DORSIE GARARD. , Bugler Dorsie Garard, Co. F., 4th > | Ammunition Train, A. E. F., via e- New'York.

ANSWER “HERE" » ■» To Red Cross Roll Should he the Desire of Every Person IN THE WHOLE LAND Opportunity Will be Given in the Drive Beginning Next Monday. "Join! all you need is a heart and a dollar.” Residents of Decatur next week are to be confronted at every turn with this Red Cross Christmas Roll Call membership slogan. Go into a restaurant, and you'll find the message on a neat little sticker. attached to the menu card. Buy a magazine at a newstand and you'll probably find the "Join” slogan attached to the cover page or carried inside in an attractive advertisement donated to the Red Cross. At Hie theater you will meet the slogan again this time attached to the program or flashed upon th" screen. Many of your letters will reach you carrying this timely “urge" and perhaps you'll find it pasted on a telegram. Very likely your Christmas parcels will be sent home from ( the stores similarly labeled. Thousands of these little stickers will appear in Decatur to supplement j the work of newspaper advertisements, posters, billboards, street ear 1 cards driving home the "Join” mes- *■ sage. 1 The Red Cross has used every pot- |, sible means to get the “Join'' ide:'., ? across in the Lake Division states Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky because 1 The goal of the Red Cross Christ- a mas Roll Call in this and every com- 11 munity is “universal membership" c and "universal membership" means everybody enrolled by December 23. 0 President Wilson Says: “Petfco does hot mean that we can'* l fold our hands. It means further fi sacrifice. Our membership must hold | 1 together and be increased for the a great tasks to come.” —From President Wilson’s Red Cross Christmas " Roll Call message. o g TO GIVE CHECKS a Money for the Townships F and Corporations from the Fall Taxes WILL BE READYp About December Twentieth d —What Each One Will ' "1: Receive. „ ; r I Residents' of the several townships ( and corporations and especially the, i trustees thereof, will be interested in 1 bearing of their allotment of the taxes 11 collected on the fall installment, the < 1 checks for which will be ready for |: distribution Friday. December 2", making a nice community Christmas cheek. These funds go towards the | townshi(>, additional road, tuition, bond and special school funds, library, etc. The checks for the var-1 ions townships will be: | Union $ 2272.41 Root 2448.531 | Preble 3260.67 Kirkland 4471.31 i Washington 5877.95 St. Marys 6387.36! Blue Creek 4462.59 ■ Monroe 5731.87 French 1567.36; Hartford 6646 2b Wabash 3238.49! Decatur (corp.) 18864.J2 Monroe (corp.) 648.81 Berne (corp.) 3200.81 Geneva (corp) 3198.00 i Library 951.15 11 State Treasurer 34623.58' Decatur Schools 17075.68 Berne Schools 4529.74. I Geneva Schools 337:;.40 A BEAUTIFUL CALENDAR T. J. Durkin, the garage man, was" busy today putting out a beautiful large calendar, with picture of a Red i Cross nurse carrying an American flag and entitled “Inspiration." It is one ot' the prettiest of the year.

444444444444444 * flu IS MYSTERY. 4 + + * Chicago, 11), Dec 12 iSpo 4 , 4 i iai to Daily Democrat) -Influ-4 * “nza ranks W | th wnmßn BS a+ 1 * world mystery, according to 4 4 members of the American public 4 association in session here 4 4 today. + + Avoid crowds, breath fresh air. 4 > * "‘’(' a' i-"*" the sneezer and keep 4 4 calm it you would avoid the 4 4 “flu" germ, advised speakers. 4 Vaccination may or may not be 4 4 beneficial. 4 Every one of the 800 assent- 4 4 bled physicians has an idea ot 4 4 the cause amt cure of influenza 4 4 but not all ideas coincided. 4. 444444444444 + IS NEARING BREST George Washington, Carrying President Wilson and Party, Lands Tomorrow PLANS BEING MADE For Reception of the Party —Betting the Day Will be an Ideal One. (By Fred S. Ferguson, United Press staff correspondent) Brest, France, Dec. 12—(Special t > Daily Democrat) —The George Washington. bearing President Wilson and his party was 600 miles out from Brest when she last reported by wireless at midnight. The big steamer was making only 15 knot”, owing to ihe heavy seas, but was expected to arrive on schedule time Friday afternoon. as the result of her shortened course. There was a heavy fog and a drizzle of rain off shore. The present weather is anything but fitted for a celebratfnfi. but Friday falls on the 13th. the president's! lu< ky number, and Americans here are betting it will clear up. According to present plans, Wilson will come ashore between 1 and '! o'clock tomorrow afternoon. A delegation of socialists, headed by Alber Thomas. Mayor Geede of Brest, and others, will greet him when lie lands Previously lie will be welcomed aboard the George Washington by Foreign Minister Plchon. Marine .Minist'-i Leygues and Andre Tardieu. Col. House General Bliss, General Pershing, AJdmiral Benson and Admiral Wilson will also board the steamer and exchange greetings prior to the landing of the party. Margaret Wilson will accompany this party. While socialist leaders and mem-, bers of the chamber of deputies will await tlie president on shore, the of ficial welcome will remain in the Ipnds of the French government. Nine French cruisers headed by Admiral Übe; four French destroyers, head Mayo's flagship, the Pennsylvania; Admiral Sims flagship, the Wyoming; the American dreadnaugh'.s Florida. Utah. Arizona. Arkansas, New York. Texas, Nevada and Oklahoma and a number ot American destroyers, will anchor in a double line. The George Washington will proceed down the lane between the warships receiving the presidential salute of 21 guns from the French craft. The liner will then anchor at the head of the columns while the warships ! will pass in review. When the president comes ashore ;a brief ceremony will be held on the I quay. After this the party will drive ) directly to the railway station and entrain for Paris. They will not i>asf (through the center of town. The en | tire route to the station will be linei with American soldiers. A ccmpi-m |of poilus as a guard of honor. als< will be present. | o DON BURK'S CONDITION SERIOUS Mi>. and Mrs. John Burk received a telegram this morning from theii daughter-in-law, Mrs. Don Burk, of Manhattan, Kans., that her husband, their son, Don. was In the hospital in a serious condition from influensa and pneumonia Mr Burk is a professor in the state college there. CALLED TO KOKOMO Mrs. U. E. Cramer and daughter. Naomi, will go to Kokomo this evening where they were called by a telegram from Mrs. Cramer’s mother, who bias been seriously ill. asking her ! to come at once.

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THE DEATH LIST Child of Ernest Scheumann of Freidheini Succumbs to Pneumonia. ELEVEN WERE ILL Bertha Gerke Lehman, Dead of Appendicitis—--111 a Short Time. Michael Henry Greugerger, 4’<, prominent farmer, living across the slate line, one mile anti a half northwet of Chattanooga, O. died from pneumonia brought on by influenza. 1 e widow, who wa Miss Emma Baker, and four daughters, Anna, Lovina and Edna, survive. The funeral will be Friday. The Berne Witness says: " Word has been received here th.it Homer Harris of Portland, a brother ts Mrs. Charles Braun and Mis. Tone Mi, hand of this place died Monday morning of influenza. Mr. Harris was in ihe grocery business with his father. B. P. Harris, t."' Portland. The deceased was a sen ct B. P. and Lavina Harris, and was born in KaQ laska ccunty. Mich.. April 30. 1888. He is survied by his wife. Mary E. ’ Puckett Harris, and three children. ' Vi< la. age 8; Winifred, age 5; and ! Agnes, age 4. He is also survived by j his father, B. P Harris, and four sisters. Zula, wife of 1). E. Rti 1. of Allion. Mich.; Neva, wife of Tone Michaud: Gertrude, wife of Charles Braun. 1 beth of Berne; Emma, wife of C. E. 1 Edgerton, of St. Petersburg. Fla. His mrther preceded him in death 21 M ars age." William Page, manager of the local Morris five anti ten cent store was informed this morning of the death ot Mrs. Mary Morris, widow of the lat» John A. Morris, head of the Morris Company. Her death occurred yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, following a stroke of paralysis a’ six o'clock the evening before. Thii is the second stroke, the first occr I last summer. At the time of the < ath of her husband. October 27. she w is in ill health and it was a question then as to which would survive. Mrs. Morris had gone to the home if her daughter. Mrs. Harry M" 1 alien. on East Wiley Avenue to spen I the afternoon and had been ther i l ut a short time when she was taken ill. She was hurriedly taken home in an automobile about 4 o’clock and re(celved the full effects of the stroke 1 shortly after she arrived home. She would have been 63 years of age on | January Ist, and is survived by the following children: George S., Florence. wife of Harry McFarren. Elizabeth, wife of C. B. Larrimer, all of Bluffton and William D. of GreensI burg, Ind. One brother. David Pow> ll residing north of Bluffton, and one (sister, Mrs. William Harrison, of Leb•tanon. Ind. Another influenza-pneumonia victim was Wilbert, two year and seven months’ old child of Mr. and Mrs. ’ Ernest Scheumann, of Freidheini. who succumbed this morning at five o’clock I' All the eleven members of the family 5! have had the flu and all have recovered except this chjld and another ot , the younger members of the family p ! who is still quite ill. J Thf funeral will be Sunday aßet(l noon at 1:30 from the Freidheim s ! Lutheran church. v Surviving brothers and sisters are: ,1 Henry. Rinehart, Ida. Lawrence, Clarv I ence, Milda. Arnold and Velma. 0 The funeral of Bertha Gerke Leh- ! man. wife of Lehman, of Fort g Wayne, sister of Martin Gerke, ot Root township, will be Sunday aftsrfl i noon at two o'clock at the St. Paul ■ Lutheran church. Fort Wayne. Her death resulted Tuesday following'an >• operation for appendicitis. The naws n of the death came as a great shock ■■: liere as she had been ill only a short ’ time. She would have been thirtyeight years old December 18. She was born in Root township, this county, being a daughter of the late Lewis .'Gerke. A brother. Theodore, at ■ Evansville; and two sisters. Sophia - Asher, of Detroit. Mich.; and Anna . First, of near Dowagiac, Mich, are r nrar relatives, besides the brother named before.