Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1918 — Page 1

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THE PRESIDENT MAKES J Mil Upon Premier Clemenceau to Discuss Problems Before Going to England. WARNS THE TROOPS General Pershing Tells the Army of Occupation They Are Friendly to Germans (United Press Service) Paris, Dec. 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Wilson called upon Premier Clemenceau this afternoon, presumably to discuss certain matters before leaving for London. Amsterdam, Dec. 24 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A Berlin dispatch says that General Pershing on the occasion of his review of the Ameri-i can army of occupation, issued he following orders to the army: "You have not come as plunderers but as the executive power of a strong, clean government that is well disposedd towards the German people.’’ Washington, D. C., Dec. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Declaring that he wanted the truth and the whole truth about Russia. Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, today announced that he would renew his fight in the senate when it recon venes. to obtain information about that country. Berlin. Dec. 24— (Special to Daily Democrat) —The former kaiser's supporters are like himself, in exile, for the Christmas period. Ludendorff is hiding in Sweeden, von Tirpitz has fled through Switzerland, von Tapen is supposed to be in Constantinople (ContinufwTon" Page Two) . —o— DRIVE IS ENDED — But Remainder of \\ eek Allowed for Clean-up Work of Campaign. ■ RED CROSS DRIVE 3,200 Members Reported in Decatur Territory—Reports Not All in. The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call campaign practically closed last night with a good record for Adams count' The only reports in at time of press, were those from the district of the Decatur chapter, which includes the I north ten miles of the county. From this territory there was received ■ In membership fees, which mea > 3200 members for the year. ns for adult subscription only, whereas the S4OOO front last year- eampaifui. included junior memberships a>>Reports from the Monroe tour miles, Berne six miles and Geneva four miles are expected in thlS atte ’”X mails. It is said that the count . districts responded unusua J • While the campaign propet < last evening. Chairmen ' and F. E. France, h “clean-up” period will extend throu,h this week. The headquarters in the Terveer block will close on • this building is to be subscriptions tor mem received at the R« d 3ecretaI y at the library, where will wait upon all- 00 . influenza, many U '’;' mainde r of licited and hence th this week is allow e 1 - may Anyone who has * officc at the drop in at the Re Ksd library, pay his fee. , rship banCross button, seals, members ner, etc. —- Will be no pubAs in the past h- (on ,nrlicatlon of the I> a “- b ho iidaj o. .»« wm be public «l» | days the business no ces and news centei besides the press a ' kißg a. pM’* l almost impossible- ,* wish covered on o!d day ing you one am

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*♦*♦♦♦♦++♦♦♦+♦♦ national guard j. + + Washington, I), c., n ec _ 2 <— + * ’Special to Daily Democrat)- + • + Members of the national guard * + drafted into army service bv + * President Wilson’s July 1917 * 1 * proclamation, will revert to ci * * vilian status when dismissed + i ♦ front the army according to a 1 * rulln $ °f General Ansell, judge + * advocate general, today. Some + * questions have been raised as to + , * whether or not these men would + |* revert to their former status as + * members of the national guard + , ♦ As the national guard is to con + j * tinue, this decision will necessi- + * late organization of new units in + + all states. + +++++++++++ ++++ NEWT REX WRITES In “Father Day” Letter He Tells Interesting Account About the War. HOPES TO BE HOME Ruins of the War-wrecked Cities Are Terrible and Not Exaggerated. John Rex received the following letter from his son. Newt, in Bel- j 1 gium: St. Catherine, Belgium. Nov. 25.' 1 Dear Dad: —Well, Dad. as today was set aside for every soldier (over i here) to write his dad a letter, 1 ’ ; thought I would fall in line. No doubt- 1 you will be surprised to get a letter ■ 1 from me. as I don't write very often. 1 but now that the war is over, maybe i 1 can find more time to write. Have > been pretty busy since the 26th of 1 1 September chasing the Hun and believe me. we have had some fun, and of course we have had some hard- ( ships; but that all goes in war. Sher-j I man was right when be said “War is; hell,” but never mind, we put the 1 I Huns on the blink, although we suf- j ' fared many losses. Can t tell yon much about it now. but hope to be - home soon, then I can tell you all.l1 1 have been all over France and Belgium and have seen sights that are almost unbelievable, and 1 don't believe I there is an American soldier here that would care to go through it ■ again. Am sure I have had a plenty. f \ 1 think we are going back to France again. A least I hope we get some-; - where where the weather is more j comfortable. It is very cold here and ; ’ ( the country is quite low and wet. We . I are not many miles from the English j channel and I guess about fifty miles 1 I from Brussels. We were nearer than that, but we are moving back now. This country is surely wrecked. In many places towns and cities are ( completely demolished, where the. ( Germans tried to make a stand. You liave no doubt seen ol war-wrecked towns . Well, take it from me, they ] : are not exaggerated at all. They are , no t shown half as bad as they are , j h a ve seen with my own eyes. It s , _ ■ I Well as my paper is limited, guess t j till close, hoping this finds every-1 body well and happy, as it leaves m • , Love to all. | 1 Your son, 11 NEWT. 1 < Mnrrv Xmas to all. i; Add Co F. 146 U. s. infantry, 1. Add -FAP- O. 763. O. A. S. American E- r- A ' t -ree’gaxies played I, na ‘ r trump between the tA . m the irs n by the 1 , and the 7B grades, tue.u 1 , as b6 tween the ’ The X ami Westenders, the , • 7B grade mid t of 4 lQ 5 1 latter wining m ■ in the The West-ende a- off ' thir t^ota^^ 6Agrad ;' f I,score of -to summary of ! The fonowjng o . Wegt> 2. - games won. < * • .United Pre” to I New York. , Hang the kaiser,” J Daily Democrat) Har . cv . - was the stand «- _ ■ Review y editor of the Not th e today- . . New England uov l m a speetm- also urge d the d,ciety^ No *\ m adetopay in ‘ ;h 1 German nation *^ 1(I insu re $3,000jrldemnity w ® d president Wilson 8 , e 000,000; critiC 7 nd de piored efforts .0 ript tXTe?ions. v J form a ledß

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, December 21, 1918,

►IN PRISON CAMP ► I Paul Graham, Who Was h Captured by Germans September 26, tv rites THE FOLLOWING CARD •I , I To His Parents—ls Fed Through the Red Cross—- ■ I Asks for Sweets. ; Kriegsgefangenensendung, I’krainerlagge, Riwtatt. October 14, 19ts' William H. Graham, Monroe, Indiana,. Dear Parents: You can see by the address that I' lam in Germany and where I am. s:>| I just write to me at this address. I was captured on the 26th of Septeml>er, since then 1 have been in Germany. We are fed through the Red Cross working in Switzerland. We get a ' box a week from them and it has enough eats to do us a w'eek. We are also drawing clothing from them. The! Germans are treating us fine and do' not believe any of those stories told about their mistreating prisoners. I want you to write Captain Hoffs and tell him where I am and ask him to look after my pay. I would like for you to send me I some eats, such as jam, fruit cakes and fig newtons; now that may sound funny, but that is what I need. I did not get your letters before I was captured telling me whether my allotment still came home, so please tell me in your first letter. I am in good health and am o. k. in every way. so do not worry about me. I hope to be home with you before long. Yours with love, PAUL. Camp No. 81448 Sergeant Paul H. Grahant. ON FIRING LINE When the Big Guns Heard the Cry of Peace —Oscar Sprague Writes. ( TO BE HOME SOON Chased the Germans for Seven Days—ln Belgium When Writing. Oscar Sprague writes to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sprague, as follows: November 24, 1918. Dear Folks:—-I will drop you a few lines to let you know I am still among the living and will be on my way home before long. I am feeling fine and everything is o. k. I have only heard from you once since I have been over here. Well, we just got orders that we could write anything we wanted to and I'll tell you we are only about four miles from the German border. We marched al the way through Belgium and we ma-ched seven days, and all the hard work is over now, and the kaiser is whipped. I was under shell fire for two weeks, and you don't need to worry about me any more. We think we will march in Washington. U. S. A., on Christmas day. so if you hear of the 32nd division, 125th infantry, you will know hta is where I am. We can see the German land ftom where we are at this time. We were on the Dutchmen’s heels for seven days, chasing them to Germany. When we landed in France, we landed in Brest, and I am now in Luxemburg, Belgium. Look on the map anti see where it is. I was under shell fire when the guns quit shooting, and I was glad they did stop. Well. I am well, and you can look lor me home in a short time. Remember, the 32nd division is a Michigan division. You don't need to write to me any more. I’ll be home. Will close for this time. From vour son, PVT. OSCAR SPRAGUE. Co. F, 125th Inf., A. E. F. Ivan Miller of this office left this afternoon for Huntington where he I will enjoy Christmas with his parents

| MISS YAGER ILL AGAIN Miss Gusta Yager, of North Eleventh street, a nurse in training at lhe Lutheian hospital, Fort Wayne. I who was one of the nurses, iil of inj fluenza there about a month ago, when she was confined to her bed for I four weeks, is 1)1 again of influenza., being at her home here. She was at home when she received it telegram last week to come to Fort Wayne to] I nurse her sister. Mrs.Crumm and two' ' children who were ill. She went, to gether. with Miss Ker-tler. who had | been nursing Mrs. Fred Kolter and' I children at Magley. Miss Yager re-, j turnes here to rest up over Sunday. 1 intending to return to Fort Wayne: Monday to reliee the nurse at the ’ Crumrn home. But she, in the. meanI time became ill of tho flu. and h?r temperature yesterday, is said to have been higher than during her preceding illness in Fort Wayne. OFFICERS NAMED Methodist Sunday School Elects E. Burt Lenhart Superintendent FOR THE NEW YEAR j ( Charles IL Colter is Assist- ‘ ant—Stall Complete is ' (iiven. j — Officers elected for the Methodist ' Sunday school for the ensuing year ! follow: Superintendent—E. Burt Lenhart. ' Ass’t. Supt.—Charles H. Colter. Supt. Junior and Primary Dept'*.— | r Miss Etta Mallonee. Supt. Cradle Roll —Mrs. C. D. Lew- 1 ton. Supt. Home Dept.—Mrs. Salome Rice. Supt. Missionary Dept.—Mrs. Emma 1 L. Daniel. Supt. Temperance Dept.—Mrs. Jonn 1 Niblick. . Secretary—Frank Carroll. Ist Asst. Sec.—Gregg McFarland. ' 2nd Asst. Sec.—Clyde Butler. Librarian —M. E. Hower. . Asst. Librarian—Harold Case. J Treasurer —A. D. Suttles. Chorister —W. F. Beery. Asst. Chorister Miss Cecil Andrews. Pianist—Miss Helen Walters. Asst. Pianist —AJiss Celia Andrews. r GREATHOUSE HAS RESIGNED. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C„ Dec. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Charles A. Greathouse resigned today as a member of the federal board of education. In a letter to president Wilson he said this action was necessary that he might give the proper attention to his personal affairs. He asked that ' the resignation be accepted as soon as a successor could be named. o t ATTENDED FUNERAL ( Mrs. C. S. Hulse returned this aft- ' ernoon to Union City. She attended the funeral of her niece, Edna Thomp- , son. Mrs. Floyd Worley, of Hammond, also attended the funeral, she being a cousin of Miss Thompson. SOLDIER IS BEAD 1 Lawrence Beech, Son of Former Section Foreman at Magley, Died. HAD BEEN GASSED I In Action in France—Died in Government Hospital, at Washington, D. C. John Bauer and his mother. Mrs. Peter Bauer, of Magley. have returned from Glenmore, 0., where they attended the funeral of their cousin I and nephew, Lawraace Beech, aged nineteen, son of Frank Beech, former ; resident of Magley, when he served as Erie section forman there several years ago. The lad enlisted for service and was passed during action in France. He was finally brought to the hospital at Washington, D. C. but never recovers | ed, his death resulting from being a I gassed. His near relatives were with s him during his last fatal illness.

PROF. MILIJS I Secretary of Martin-Klep. per Company a Victim of the Influenza. DIED AT HUNTINGTON Where He Had Charge of Branch Plant—Many Acqaintances Here. Horace Mills, secretary of 'he Martin-Klopper Creamery company, manager of tho Huntington branch and one of the besl known men among the farmers of Indiana, died at his home at Huntington. last evening at 5:30 after an illness of a few davs with influenza and pneumonia. His death has brought sorrow *o hundreds of people who knew him. for he was the most popular mtn among a large circle of acquaintances., He was for nine years professor of the dairy department at Purdue university and was a lecturer always in demand. He spoke here several times during the last com show and has made talks at various places over the county. He was here just a week ago tod ty I when the reorganization of the com- 1 patty took place and he was made secretary. He was a close personal friend and partner of Mr. Klepper' who is deeply shocked by his death. ■■ Ho was thirty-eight years old and is survived by the widow and two chil-l dren. Mr. Klepper went to Huntington this morning. The funeral ar- 1 ] rangements had not been announced t but the services will probably be held ! I Thursday. 11 MAILS ARE HEAVY. t The Christmas mails were very I < heavy this morning, an unusually 1 t large number of special delivery let < tens being received. i SOLDIER WEDDEO . t Jesse .1. Laughrey, Soldier at Home from Camp f Jackson, N. C. 11 TAKES AS HIS BRIDE ! Miss Mary Rupert, of Mon- c roe—Couple Married by < Rev. Thornburg. t ' j The Rev. F. F. Thornburg, of the l ‘ Mothodisit qhurch, officiated at al ‘‘military” wedding last evening at the parsonage, when Jesse J. Laughrey, a soldier from Camp Jackson, N. I C. who is at home on a furlough, was j" married to Miss Mary I. Rupert, of Monroe. Accompanying the couple ' for the ceremony were the mothers of both—Mrs. Frank Allen Laughrey and Mrs. Lewis Rupert. The bridegroom will return to Camp 1 Jackson, but expects to be. mustered out of service soon, after which th >y! will go to Montana to make their fa-1 ture home. While the groom was born and reared here, he spent some time in Montana, where they will go i to live. o————— FAY GUNDER HURT i Fay. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. : Gunder, was badly hurt at the Elec-1 I I trie Garage. Fort Wayne, while work- [ ing on a car. The chain broke, letting j the machine fall on him. Conditions j for recovery, however, are all in his ' favor, it is said, according to a comImunlcAUon.*received*at this office th.s morning from Fort Wayne. o INSURANCE CHECK PAID. Mrs, A. D. Artman. scribe of the local Ben Hur court, paid to Mrs. Lucy Miller yesterday a check for SI,OOO on the policy carried by her 1 husband, the late Ralph Miller, sol- : i dier, who died of pneumonia at Pittsburg, Penna. The check came , i within the week after the final papers II had been sent in. : o ——— UNCLE HFZEKIAH OBSERVES. t Ole Mis' Lickiticut, who hez sourt ed un th’ world sez, sez she: “'ll' -i flu ban on Wimmin’s Sewin' Circles flhez bin lifted an' quotations on th' t! characters uv those not present are droppin' fast un th’ markit exchange. ’

4- •> 4.* + * x + + .j. +++ q. + | * BOOST FOR BOYS. + • * Christmas will soon be ove r + _ * the R ( > ( | c rn « s campaign is tin- + ■ * inhed, now h Ip us make a sue- + of the gym fund It has been + ♦started and though moving a 111- + slowly is growing A little es- + ♦ wilt put it over won't you + T x t, , " | l"'-‘.ing 1: + i. r h o D * Uy nplno ‘>’“l -...$ 25.00 + ( J . lo . nn + f t n t 10.00 + c + C N. Chrlaten 10 pn + + < ivlc Imp. Society .. + ♦ '* J - Hvlan ' l ‘r.'no + + Frank Downs - hi) + + Thomas Perkins ~ n|l . ++++++++ + + + + + + + JOLLY FOR BOYS i I — Os Soldier Camps in Lake Division—The Red Cross Plans Entertainment. FOR EACH CAMP What Will be Doing in Each to Celebrate “Peace on Earth” This Year. Red Cross Military Relief fl ■,<! directors stationed at camps and hospitals in the I.ake Division are eager 1 to give the boys stiil in service a very merry Christmas tomorrow. General plans for holiday celebrations outlined at national Red Cross headquarters are to bo carried out tn the various wards and convalescent houses as elaborately as conditions warrant. Reports of the progress of Christmas day plans received in the office of E. B. Greene, military relief director at Lake Division headquarters, indicate that soldier noys in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky will have a real

rime temorrow. At the marine hospital at Louisville a victrola rind records have been provided for the entertainment of the thirty-five patients there, and at Camp Taylor jsujtable entertainments will be provided in the convalescent houses. , At government hospital No. 35 ?t West Baden. Indiana, each man will be furnished with a walking ca-te. Ijocal Red Cross chapters have promised to furnish jelly, flowers and other simple gifts to help make the lay different from other days. Os courte all the wards will be decked out with Christmas greenery and color. At Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, the Christmas plan includes an | entertainment which will be put on in each ward, varied to suit the conditions of the patients. Each invalid will receive a box containing fruit and home-made candy which has been largely donated. Comfort kits will al- ' so be distributed. E. L. McCune, field director of tne American Red Cross, Chaplain Holt and Colonel Johnson, commanding officer. have arranged to jn-esent each of the 600 men located at Columbus barracks with a comfort kit and a walking stick. At Camp Sherman, Ohio, the fes’iv-. ities began yesterday when an elaborlate production of “The Roll Call.” a 'Christmas Masque, by Percy Macli-’ye ; was staged. Tonight there will be a (special party for convalescents only, land on Christmas day open house will I be observed during the afternoon and 'evening. In the wards and at tte Nurses’ Recreation House Christmas (trees with decorations are being set up. Early Christmas morning carols (will be sung in the corridors of the (base hospital by a chorus of student nurses. During the day the Chilli- ' cot he Choral Club, members of Chilli cothe church choirs and a wssible chorus of school children will sing for the boys. ! j The Red Cross chapter at Chillij cothe has promised to be responsible (for filling comfort kits now on hand in the Red Cross warehouse. These I with canes will complete the list cf I .gifts. Altogether nobody will have time ’ to be hdmeMc'.t on Christmas day at the camps and hospitals of the Lake 'Division if the Red Cross can help it. ARM 'iF’eROKEN Miss Mary Bernard will be disabl d i for several weeks by a painful injury. ' susained Sunday morning in a full i when one of ner arms was broken at ' the wrist.

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HAD SANTA CLADS He Distributed Nearly a Thousand Honorable Discharges to the Boys on GEORGE WASHINGTON Sick and Wounded Given Papers as Band Played “Home, Sweet Home.” A dispatch from New York sa of tho 139th which includes batte A: ' Tha big liner had on beard 3U officers and 3,461 men. more than h us of them members of the “eye lone division." made up of Indian. Kentucky :nd West Virginia national guard troops. The George Washington's S6B sick and wounded, contrary ,o custom, were in possession of their hcnai alfle discharge i a pars when the transport landed. They received • them last night with cigarettes and candy, at a novel Christmas celebration arranged by Chaplain P. F. Bkom I hardt of the George Washington. 'As tho men were dozing c.u ;' >r their last sleep aboard the transi pert the shir s quurtet entered tie sick bay and roused them by singlug Christmas carols and Home. Swe>t 1 Home.” The lights then were flashed on mid a member of the ,-rew. attb.-d r as Santa Claus, distributed the .lbcharge papers which had been approved by General Pershing is fore the Gecrgo Washington left Bre-" an I ' by the war department by wireless. 1 “According to Major W. H Vnversau the Indiana men were “keenly ’ disappointed”' in not getting in’o the fighting. They were at an American training camp for almost a year before they sailed but when the armistice was signed they were a'l ready for action and expecting orders to entrain for the front.” i o —-

A JOYOUS XMAS For Thirty-five Hundred Americans in New York Hospital. LOADS OF CHEERS And Gifts Will he Presented Them—Evergreen and Holly Decorations. (United Press Service) Now York, N. Y„ Dee. 24- (Special to Daily Democrat)—Their first Christmas in "Blighty" will he a joyous one for the 3,500 wounded American heroes at debarkation hospital. No. 3. Thousands of gifts and loads of good cheer will be disrtibued. The Santa Claus will be the Red Cross and the Salvation Army and many o” r charitable and welfare organize < Evergreen and holly deck tin spital today from roof to the cella A I mammoth Christmas iree decorated with ornaments and gifts, stands in the rotunda. A homelike yuletide atmosphere prevails. Soon after midnight Santa Claus ’ will tour the wards In the morning, 1 each wounded man will find hanging 1 beside his bed a large red stocking filled to overflowing with Christinas ' gifts and goodies. There will also 1 he a walking acne. These are gifts of the Red Cross. A “wonderful" dinner is being '. prepared for the veterans. There t will be turkey and "all its fixin’s." In ■ the afternoon John McCormack will sing in the auditorium. •> The main Christmas feature is to ; be staged in the evening when thousands of adltional gifts will be given - the doughboys. SNOW lN THIE WEST. > (United Press Service) r Chicago. HI.. Dec 24—(Special to Daily Democrat)— 'Eight to ten inches of snow covered the ground throughout the middle west today and many cities were in the throes of the j first blizzard of the winter. Traffic was delayed seriously in Chicago owI ing to heavy drifts of snow. Soft snow was driven by a stiff northeast wind. Cold weather and snow storms were reported from Missouri. Kansas, Oklahoma, Tekas, Arkansas. lowa and Indiana.