Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1919 — Page 2

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LET THE EAGLE SCREAM — In ihjyir anxiety to damn the democrats and the president -and even his best friends do not hod him to lie above criticism some men have gone ii the long T of minimizing and d predating the whole American effort, including the achievements of our men in the field, savs the Saturday livening Post. They have been ab’y seconded in this by American expatriates, ribbon-chasers and observers who were too far awav to comprehend the true significance of events, or so near that they lost all perspective o.i thorn. But we have, seen no reflection of this in the attitude of the allies. Men whb have fought side fry side with high heroism are #o broadminded for this civilian meanness. They have : recognized the imjortanee of American help and the valor of our army. Nor have the leaders and the press of the allies with-

held one word of the praise due to I their own armies or sought to mini-1 mi .<■ their national achievements, though they. too. have had the r blunderers and their profiteers. it has long been charged against Americans that they brag. But on the whole, our press is rather more given to playing up our worst than our beet side. Still we do brag. So do the British, the French and the Italians --each nation in Its o«n peculiar racial way. though a. good deal of this European aelf-arpreciatioii that has cone to our attention is quite American in its directness. It is right and proper that the allies should express pride in their men. They have stiff- red all things and done, big things. And any American who does not brag about our man’s army is not worth fighting for. let alone dying for They have made it possible for us to hold up our heads before the world and. 1 adapting the old Roman brag, to ex claim “Civis Americanus Sum!" L.-t the Eagle Scream.

Pre-Inventory Sale Do not fail to attend this sale as a lot of people are taking advantage of same. Some of these bargains that we are offering are a saving of 50 per cent While the whole lot shows a reduction of 25 to 33 ‘/j per ct. e are also offering some odd lots of Dress Shirts and odd pieces of Underwear at less than half price. SALE IS ON NOW DO NOT DELAY The Myers-Dailey Co. SUITS THAT SUIT

The idea of converting the. old fair grounds in|f> a military park in honor of the soldiers of Adams county, is meeting with approval. This can he' done under an act of the legislature of 1905 and it should be immediately . taken up. We need not expend a lot 'of money at. once but after the ground is cleaned up and the drives and wa'ks i planned, the work can be done a. lit tie each year. Various lodges or societies or individuals could aid in beautifying the grounds and almost before we could realize it we would have a park that every one would use: frequently and be proud of. The city should take the park over, turn it to ‘the park board and then every one get (busy. Levs not just talk about it. but do soml* thing

Notice that the gym fund is climb- ' ing and is now nearly three dollars. We should secure the entire ‘ c amount necessary by one week from , today and it can tw done if every one ( who really intends to aid this good | cause will do it. 1 , I SOCIETY y H Club Calendar Saturday. Queen Esthers —Margaret and Gertrude Kienz.le. Monday. Research Club —Mrs. Dan Beery. Tuesday. Presbyterian Missionary—Mrs. C iJ. Dregman. Reformed Missionary— Mrs. Jonn ■ Spuhler. Tri Kar-pns—Gadys Myer. A man is responsible for how he user- his common sense as well

as his moral sense.—Beecher. One is better not to know so much than to know so much that ain’t so.—Josh Billings. The Presbyterian Woman's Horae and Foreign Missionary society w'll meet with Mr-c C. J. Dregnian Tues- ' day afternoon. The Christian Pastoral Helpers, had a spl?ndid meeting at the home of Mrs. Noah Mangold yesterday afterneon. Reports forth ■ year were read : shewing that the society has accomplished a fine work, being successful financially' as well. The society has already invested in four liberty bonds and decided at the meeting yesterday to invent money on hand in another ! bond. On account of the danger arising from crowds during the influenza period. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Houer did mt give their annual Christmas or holiday party this year, but many little little groups or singlywere rcyallv welcomed to their home to view the lovely Christmas tree and the statuary beneath the tree and m pedestals that told the story of ihe

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, JAM ARY 1, 1919

Christ child’s birth; and also the fairy t story of Santa Claus and his reindeer t and other Christmas folk-lore. Pic- i lures of the birth of the Child, ill.i- . 'trating the stories as told on the t Victrula were also shown. [i With Mrs Reuben Ixtrd installing! officer, the new officers of the Pu.a-'t honta* council took their places last evening. A number of the appointive t officers not present, will ba instalk'd': lat«r Those installed last evening j ware: Pocahontas, Jennie Miller: i Wenonah. Maude Bennett: Prophctes. Maude Bennett; keeper of records. Blanche Whttright; keeper of wampum, Grace Reynolds; Powhatan, Mat Broiner; guard of tepee. Oral Johnson guard of the wigwam, Kate Gall; first and dse.cond scouts. Clara Breitier and Rosa Lord. After the exercises. Mesdames Blanche Whitright. Maude Bennett and Clara Breiner entertained the company, serving sand-

wiches. hot wieners, pickles and coffee. With the tian lifted on refresnments, the party seemed like “ye good old times” again. The Research club will meet Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Dan Beery for a social and for the election of officers. Miss Minnie Wieber went to Fort Wayne to spend Sunday. She goes to be a sponsor for her nephew. William Lewis, the little son born to Mr and Mrs. William Bicrbaum recently who will be christened tomorrow. The mother of the child was MierMae We tier. The sections of the Methodist Mite society of which Mrs. Dan Sprang and Mrs. Tom Vai! are chairmen, entertained yesterday afternoon at the Sprang home. Mrs. O. H Odell conducted the devotionals, and a piano solo by Mrs. F. F. Thornburg and a vocal solo by Mrs J. O. Seltemeyer were given. Business plans were . considered before the social period, when light refreshments ' were served. At this meeting the ban on refreshments was lifted and the society hostesses are henceforth allowed t -W limiting the menu to three i — .—„0_...... I C O I) R T I By the terms of the will of Joseph Wallace Huston, presented for pro- ■ liate today, he gives all his real i tate in this county, consisting of that . in Hanna’s addition to the city of DeI catur, to his daughter. Je me Bailer; ; also giving to her. all other effects of j his. G. F. Kintz and Emma Graiy witnessed the will the date of which > is June 25. 1918. The. case of the State vs. C. Frank - Reed, charged with administering poi«on with intent to murder, has been postponed from next Monday, January 6. until Wednesday. January 8. A motion for the continuance was filed by the state. Ileal estate transfers: Louis Weis, Jr., to Bernard Myer. lot 803, Decatur, $2500; Uiwrcnce L. Diehl, et al to William Arnold, realty in Kirkland

township, $14,000; William Arnold, t executor, to Fred Bracht, et al. realty in Kirkland township. $6,000; William I Arnold, executor, to Jacob L. Zimmer- 1 man, 39.50 acres of Kirkland township SB,OOO. ! The evidence of the plaintiff, John C. Etzold, in his ca«e against the Huntington Board of Commissioners to collect $7,000 for serivces as court 'stenographer, was finished today. At' Ahe conclusion of the plaintiff’s evi l deuce, the defendant filed n mot Im tlmt the court require the jury to return a verdict for the defendant.. This was overruled and exceptions taken. Further hearing of the case will he r< -limed Monday, January 6Emanuel Sprunger, executor of the estate of John Wieman, filed report of sale of personal property which court approved. George W. Pond vs. James C. Burkhead, et al. Supplemental complaint filed. tn the matter of the estate of George A. Martz. William Frailer was appointed inheritance tax appraiser.

PROPHET SPEAKS A Turbulent Year—Downfa!! Kings—Spread of Plague—Revolutions. A DIVORCE INCREASE “Eternal Vigilance the Price of Peace—America Needs to be Prepared. An exchange says under a New Haven (ConnJ heading: Dp. Di liner Eugeue Croft, a ‘mental scientist.’ is out with a list of pro|piecles for 1919. among which are predictions that the league of nations will be a-success, that Kaiser Wiiiwull will Uii> before he can tried by an allied tribunal, that th- puce of coal will go down, fanners ami factories w'ill prosper, there will be a shortage of labor with high wages, and Chicago during the first half of the year will ‘have a profound sensation.* “These are only a few of the subjects touched upon, in the prophecies, which cover a field ranging from the downfall of kings and the spread cf revolutions, to a startling increase in divorces.

“The doctor does not pose as the apostle or any single school of second sight. He says his prophecies are adduced from the code.' He also cites the authority of astrology, pointing <ftt that 1919 will feel the malific forces of Mars. Saturn Mercury, Jupiter. Vulcan and Lihr;as well ar the propitious forces ,• f Uranus. Xeptune, Venus and others. Therefore, the year will see great revolutions, and great constructive works. ■‘Turning from the atmosphere of Greek philosophy and medieval black art ; the doctor says there was divine intervention in the battle of the Marne., at Verdun and at Chate in Thierry, ‘and it will come again in tne counsels of the nations until the peoples of the earth shall embody 'the taliernacle of God,’ in freedom, justice honor and glory. Propaganda and plans to rehabilitate tUlohts will fail. ‘The league of nations will be actualized It will inspire the old world to republican forms of government. There will be revolts, dissensions, oonsnirm ies dishonorable motives t ill raoticu. lint they hall fail. “The dethroned emperor of Ger- , many will, as I declared three years i ago. not live to see the final .-ml of ithls war. He wilt be forced from H-,1-.land, and before an allied tribunal j can judge him for his crimes against .civilization he will pass before that tribunal whose justice is measured by divine immensitude. The allied counsels wll bale before a world court those who plotted the war. There will be tragic scones and violent acts. “Prassianism will never repent. Autocracy will never forgive, it is in the blood. Eternal vigilance shall be the price of peace. England will n-.md her fully equipped navy. America will noed to be fully prepared. Sente pithy observations on world polities arc culled from the prophesy, .in these paragraphs:

J “-Vslur’winds of ivlttlcal revolutions win sweep the nations of t ; le .earth and blow the chaff front the thrashing-tiomr of outgrown systems .of politics, I “ America’s political system shakes tteelf free of traditfons and shackling precedents. A glowing fen or of paf.tlcthm a' potent ikTlity O s eonwW-e t( , w . ird i labor virile ethics «T industrial rigb / and social justice wifi continue to give' progiessive power to our goVerntuem ‘“Old line polities in seMsk distrust will vainly protest from their desper-

ate solitudes of archaic beliefs •' 'Germany will become a rcpubli” patterned after America. Germany s colonies will seek annexation to republics. Many German states will anInex to France." | On American politics the doctor makes these important predictions: “ ’.Not the. present congress, but the congress-elect. will pass the revenue bill greatly modified Serious probilems concerning the army and navy | will arise. International questions will give rise to dissension and bitter strife. Our president will have po ’- tivc support. The equal suffrage bill will finatet- pass. Great labor questions will arise which result in new government control. Federal control of the railroads, telegraph, cable and telephone systems will grow in favor. The people will demand a right of control of these utilities created by their necessities end supported ty their necessities and supported by their money. National prohibition will not come in July. There will be decided popular and legislative reaction on the question.” “World disasters are predicted :n these words:

” 'Constant disruption will go on in Germany until allied authority will command in Berlin There will lie tragic, deaths and assassinations. A frightful scourge and epidemic w'll break out in Russia and will sweep over Austria and Germany. The influenza epidemic will return with more acute forms of greatly afflicting European countries and America. India and Asia will be visited with famine and plan -. owing to an extended drought which will envelope great areas of the earth. Appalling earthquakes will be in evidence in central and South America. Japan, with severe 'h. eks in America. “ 'Great storms are indexed in January, latter part of February, and the last half of March Angry « s w:f bring reports of disasters. February, April and July are tragic months. In the first half of the year England lores two of her great leaders and statesmen; America will be startled by th? passing of members of the senate and great political leaders; France will mount for an illustrious son who gt- n s his life iu her cause: the courts of Italy and Spain will he invaded by death; the latter will be torn by revolution. “ There will be a startling increase of divorces. There will be a grt .♦ ’>> liticaJ sensation in Canada, a new ora of great prosperity comes to her peapie. The president of Mexico will be in peril of assassination. Seven heads of royalty bow in death. London, Paris and Romo have tragic events of wo-ld importance.” MOVING TOWARDS HOME* Celia Hoffman Jolly, wife of Oscar Jolly, a soldier in France, received three letters from him yesterday, stating that he had been in Belgium but is back again in France and - lieves that he is being moved homeward. He is a wagoner in the llith infantry, thirty-seventh division.

PRESIDENT HAS ITALY’S SUPPORT _(Continued from p* K( > nr,« the Balkan situation. was~disci>ssed by the people and politicians alike today. It has prompted a freedom of expression that is expected to go far toward the clarifying the relations of Italy and the new Slavic slates which have been Houiewhat tense of lute. The president's statement in his speech tiefore the chamber of depu ties yesterday evening that the Balkan peoples “must now be independent. was believd to be a broad hint •hat all Italo-Slavs differences must he adjusted and that Italy must join the other associated powers in promoting establishment of a strong Slavic nation

Washington. D. C, Jan. 4_ (SW iai to Daily Democrat)— -Make Mexico pay. was the demand raised with ever-growing emphasis here today So strong has the demand grown that the senate foreign relations committee agreed to report immediately a resolution directing the state department to begin vigorous action to orce Carranza's government to an accounting. Those demanding this accounting want these two things: 1. Prompt payment bv Mexico of claims of Americans who have suffer . ed toss through bandit raids Ol - at tacks of Mexican federal troops in I Mexico.

-■ A<! ° ! ’ lioil by this government of an attitude which will constitute a to Mexico for virtually sidtng v?th Germany in tin- war. Brussel. to Daily J>mocrat)-c,,i Barclay Parsons | Amt. can railway has h WUVM by the rutted states to hZ- > the damages inflicted hr the Ger- , «nx npou the rai]wavf R I -ws atnmneed today. ; DEMOt pay big NT ADS

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