Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1919 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Volume XVII. Number 17

TO SAVE THE STARVING ( apiain Morse, of Canadian Army, Tells Story of Armenian Suffering. AT UNION MEETING

Campaign for the Raising of $4,000 in Adams County for Suffering is on. COMING EVENTS OF WEEK On Wednesday evening, Lieutenant W. J. Myers, of the English army, who has been wounded in battle, and with »n interesting army experience, .will speak at the court house. With him will be his wife, a French girl who was an ambulance driver and . Red Cross nurse, who at one time had charge of 1400 children in stricken Belgium. The ladies will have the privilege of meeting this lady and talk ing with her. They come in behalf of the suffering Armenians, Syrians and Greeks, and others persecuted by the Turks and now facing starvation..

On Friday evening at the Knights of Pythias Home will be shown stereopticon pictures, portraying the sufferings of the Armenian people. Idkening the atrocities and persecution of the innocent Armenians by the Turks to the outrage committed on Belgium by Germany, Captain C. K. Morse, of the 44th Canadian army, in addresses at the Methodist church last evening at a union meeting, and at the afternoon meeting for workers in the coming drive to raise funds for suffering Armenians and Syrians, stated that it was but fitting that those two persecuting countries be allied together in the recent world war. He stated further that he trusted that the destiny of Turkey would be con-' sidered and settled at the peace table.' In his speeches he told in a clear | and realistic way of his experiences in the great world war, the sufferings of those connected closely therewith whose only help, as they face starvation and other untold Buffering, can come from this country. The warring nations of Europe have been bled ; “white,” he said, and gave figures showing how depleted they are both I in man-power and supplies, showing' that this country whose Jesses have been comparatively small, must take: the leading part. He was introduced by the Rev. F. F Thornburg, county chairman of the organization which will soon begin a drive to raise $4,000 or more in Adams county, to help save the lives of these sufferers, who have been driven to an absolute desert, and have been forced to eat grass and dead animals, and even their own children. He stated that this organization was not denominational, but that the work had simply been turned over to the churches. Not only are lives to bo saved from immediate starvation, but they are to be returned to their own fertile farms, furnished with seeds and stocks and implements, wherewith they can be again restored to their former pros-

JAY TEEPLE WILL BE HERE. 4 ■ The program committee in 4 > charge of the soldiers’ reception 4 • committee and banquet to be giv 4 ■ en Thursday, extended an invita- 4 > tion to Sergeant Jay H._ Teeple, 4 . the young hero who lost his arm. * ► in the last battle of Verdun last 4 k October 7th, this afternoon was 4 h advised by telegram that he 4 ► would be given a furlough from * h Camp Sherman, where he is re- 4 [■ ceiving medical treatment for 4 |> his dismembered arm, and that 4 |> he would arrive in Decatur this 4 I, evening or Tuesday. He will be 4 b one of the guests at the recep- 4 b tion to be accorded all the Ad- 4 b ams county soldier boys now 4 4 home from camp or overseas and 4 4 will no doubt be called on to re- 4 4 late a number of his wonderful 4 4 experiences on the battle fields 4 4 of France, he having been one of 4 4 the first Americans to land “over 4 4 there ” Jay was in the trenc hes 4 4 from January 1, 1918, to October 4 4 7 1918, and when home last 4 4 week said he felt mighty lucky 4 4 that he was able to be back 4 4 home. 11 444444444444444

+*+++++*++*++*+ + SOLDIERS' NAMES. + + + + Up to this morning just an + + even hundred soldiers hud reg- + * istered for the reception Thurs- + 4> day. It is necessary that the + 4* Pythian Sisters who will serve + + the banquet have acme idea of + + the number to be present and it + + is therefore urged that all those + who can be here for the occasion. + + call, write or telephone apy of + + the clothing stores in Decatur so + + they can be provided for. Please + ’ -I- do this at once as the register + 4» ing should be complete by Tues- + + day night. +♦++++♦♦ + ♦ + + + + ♦

j f erity. They are Christian and cul- ; tured people, of good education, and have been very prosperous. Not only lis money desired, tint, produce of any kind, where the money cannot be given. will be readily accepted. In ttio afternoon at the close of the j address, the workers in the coming . drive, held a meeting, when it was de- , cided to conduct the drive during the (week beginning January 27. The , township and town organizations have been nearly perfected, and will be anI nounced later. A rally will be held next Sunday in all of the churches, when the matter will be given further publicity, and each township will also arrange for special meetings. A number of the workers from out of , town attended the meeting yesterday afternoon. Captain Morse, the special speak- ( er, was in his army uniform. For , more than two years he was overseas ; with the Canadian forces. He, wPh 1 his two sons, Private J. T. Morse and ! Lieutenant B. T. Morse, enlisted as * privates in 1915. His sons served for , 25 and 33 months respectively in ( every theatre of war where the Canadians saw service. Lieutenant Morse receiving his commission on the field, 1 Captain Morse accepted his appointment. as chaplain only when lie, found it impossible to get back to his unit in France as a private. He took part in some of the heaviest Canadian fighting in the Ypres salient, that graveyard of Canadians, and on the Somme. He spoke of ] personal experience in the trenches and having had exceptional opportunities to study social and political conditions overseas makes a valuable contribution to the solution of prob-1 lems confronting us in the period of reconstruction. He has lectured extensively throughout Canada, having traveled more than 20,000 miles : n lecture tours since returning from overseas last April. Captain Morse ; has made a study of the situation 'n , the near east —the Belgium of Asia, and spoke thereof last evening. 1 After touching on the great spirit ; ’ of unselfishness, bravery, trust and t belief in God, of the soldiers, giving ' special instances where it came to his 1 personal notice, and the torture and 1 sufferings of the Belgians, he told of the sufferings of Armenia. “The Bel- ' gium of Asia.” The torture of the Armenians, Syr- I ians and Greeks, by the Turks, is the < consummation of all that is cruel. Ac- ' cording to their plans, large numbers. 10,000 cr more, would be taken out ; on pretext of being taken to a place of safety, but in reality they would be driven to the desert to starve. The tramp would cover a period of three ,or four months, and in this march, i would be those remaining, after the I younger women had been sold to the. ; Turkish harems; the men from the ' ages of fifteen to seventy put to work jin trenches and on roads; boys in - squads of 200 taken out and shot; I women sold into slavery; or given to I the soldiers: women and children i driven over high cliffs or embank I ments to death; or their bodies mutilntod. Those remaining to go on the 'long cruel march, would suffer untold j agony, whipped into line if they lag- ! ged through weakness or illness; , mothers and their babes born along j the wayside dying; of their extreme hunger and thirst, with nothing to ap- , I pease it, not even being allowed to

'drink from the rivers through which , | they passed, and of their finally being , obliged to resort to eating grass and , dead animals and their own children. . ► Their fate on reaching the desert I ► places, where there is nothing abso- ► lately to eat, and nothing to buy even I ■ if they did have money, is even more • pitiless, and it is for the saving of • these lives from starvation, that the ► call is now given for help, to raise l> which funds the drive will be made ► next week. h A collection taken at the evening ► service for the expenses of conduct- ► ing*the campaign, amon ted to $25.35. :

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, January 20, 1919.

WILL LEAVE HERE Mr. Ralph Amrine of This Office Buys Interest in Anderson Store. WITH WILBUR POOLE Will Leave February First to Become Member of Anderson Tobacco Co.

Mr. Ralph Amrine, who ha l .been j connected with this office for many years as make-up foreman, has resigned, effective February Ist. at which' time, he and Mrs. Amrine. will move to Anderson, Indiana, where they expect to make their future home. Mr. Amrine has purchased an interest. with his brother-in-law, Mr. Wilbur Boole, in the Anderson Tobacco company, a wholesale store established a year and a half ago by Mr. Poole who had several years experience with the American Tobacco company. His business has grown so rapidly that he needs a ]>artner and gave Ralph the opportunity to join, him in the established and profitable business which has been accepted, the deal being completed today. Mr. Amrine is a popular and efficient young man with whose services we part with regret for he has been a faithful and capable assistant, and of course we wish him every joy and success that comes to man in these days. We believe he will make good and his comrades at this office, will watch his career with interest and confidence. JUSOFOOLER Abolishment of State Offices, It Turns Out. is Just Another Joke. NEW BILL OFFERED - Discloses That Only Change Made Was the Sign Over the Door. (By Felix F. Brauer.) Indianapolis. Jan. 18 —This is the story of two offices which do not exist, i They do not exist because there is no j provision for them on the statute I books, and yet the taxpayers ot the state are maintaining them. These ’ offices are the State Bureau of legislative Information and the State Statistical Bureau. The fact that these two offices still exist was again brought to tne attention of the public by a bill introduced in the senate, providing that the office of state statistican, which was “abolished” at the last session of the I legislature be abolished all over again. A plan also is being formed to abolish the Bureau of legislative Information again. Following the abolishment two years ago of the Bureau of Legisla- | tive Information, the name of the office was changed and that was all. A , sign painter simply painted a new ! name over the door and the expense went on. The new name painted over the door was “The Legislative and Statistical Bureua.” Since that day it has been maintained out of that handy contingent fund because by “abolishing" the otfico the legislature also really did abolish the fund w’hich | was appropriated to maintain the of , flee. It is still being maintained out of the contingent fund at the rate of ; $14,000 a year. The bureau continues to do the ; work it did before it was abolished ; and besides it gets out the year book I and has taken over a great deal of ... 1

the work of the bureau of statistics. 1 , The function of getting out the year I ; book was Gov. Goodrich’s excuse for 1 i continuing to maintain the bureau. < Statistics are still being gathered < iat the expense of the state. Charles 1 | Kettleborough of the “Legislative and ■ Statistical Bureau,” instead of Henry Roberts, has charge—that is all the difference. Roberts remained on the, job as head of the labor bureau, the : , work of which was taken over by the federal government, and his salary ■ i was reduced —that is all the differi ence. j Now the legislature is seeking to

1 + * + + + + + + + + + + + -f.+ 1 ♦ DRUM CORPS IN PARADE. + 1 ♦ «. + Os course the reception for the ♦ 4* soldiers wouldn’t be complete + + without the Neptune drum corps + ♦ which was omitted from the pro- + ♦ gram last week. They will be in ■> ♦ the parade This band has fur- + + nished music and lots of it dur- + + ing the past two years and has «b + sure done its share of patriotic + + work along this line, appearng + + night after night and creating + + much enthusiasm. + F + + + + + + + + + 4. + + 4.+ put these offices out of business so they will stay out of business and

will no longer be an expense Io the state. Members of the assembly are , wondering if the offices which the I governor is now seeking to abolish .really will be abolished if his bills and resolutions are passed. n2.,0 fgtflae f ,s< ,zED4n j2v :u IR. OFFICIALS HERE Wm. Page, Manager of Morris Store, Entertains Callers. William Page, manager of the local Morris five and ten cent store, enter-' ! taiiied a number of visitors Saturday' evening, being officials, of the company from Bluffton. They stated themselves as well pleased with the store here and its manager, finding everything in excellent condition. The store will be remodelled and a number of improvements made in that line in the near future. The officials who visited here, were: George S. Morris, President: Will Morris, district general manager; Harry McFarren, secretary and treasurer and Ray P. Brown, buyer of the Morris store company; Fred Bell, secretary and treasurer of the John A. Morris comj pany, and Cliff Larrimer, treasurer. RED CROSS SEWING Goods for 100 Children Refuge Garments Received Sometime ago an announcement was made that there would be no more Red Cross sewing at this time. However Mrs D. W. Beery, cf the garment department, has received goods for 100 refugee children's gar- 1 ments which should be made up as soon as possible. This will be given I over to the various clubs and other organizations, who are requested to I help as much as possible in order to j get these garments out in quick time. Sewing machines are still at the Red Cress shop at the library where they can meet to sew. Those who will re- j spend are asked to telephone to Mrs. Beery for particulars. — o COMMISSIONERS COURT The board of county commissioners i ' met in special session Saturday and I ordered the construction of the Nyffeler drain in St. Marys township, api pointing County Surveyor Harruff, the ; engineer in charge. The Toledo, St. j Louis & Western Railroad company, through their attorney, Clark J. Lutz, filed a remonstrance against the improvement and prayed that judgement be carried to the circuit court. A new estimate was made on the . Catherine Eiting macadam road in Washington township, the first one being made in the i re-war days and not large enough to warrant the building of the road at this time. The new estimate made by the engineer and approved by the board was for $15,724.05. ~REV. D. O. WISE COMING The Rev. D. O. Wise, of the Berne Evangelical church, former pastor here, writes C. E. Hocker that he will be here to preach next Sunday morning. He cannot be here for the even--1 ing service, however ns ho feels that j on account of the influenza ban which j prohibited services for some time at Berne, he should not deny his church I there. o BROTHER IS ILL Aaron DeVinney received a tele--1 gram today that his only brother, El-1 ; mer DeVinney, ofl Lima, 0., is serious-;

ly ill in the hospital there, and asking' him to come at once. No particulars! were given. Mr. DeVinney will find, out whether he is ill of flu or anything ■ dangerous, and if not, he w ill go to-, morrow to be at his bedside. ~ DECORATE* 1 THURSDAY You are urged to decorate your business house and home Thursday as a sign of welcome to the soldier boys who have returned. Hang out i the bunting and flags, put up a welcome sign and be patriotic. Be thankful the boys are home and show it. DECORATING COMMITTEE.

HAVE A PROGRAM > , Progressives in Congress Have Formed Plans and W ill Abide by Them. FOUR BIG LEADERS Borah, Johnson, Kenyon and Cummins Lead Group of Real Fighters.

(United Press Service) Washington, Jan. 20- (Special to Daily Democrat) The program of ‘ progressives in congress is rapidly taking hare. The essentials of their program are these: 1. Immediate and adequate liquidaI tion by the government of its obligatiops to returning soldiers and sailors. I ; 2. Prompt meeting of unemployment problem, followed by a scientific I national handling of the question of ! employment as a permanent government policy. 3. Severance of America’s intimate; relations with European affairs, as such, at the earliest possible moment. 4. Innaugeration. as speedily as necessary, care in legislation willl , permit, of domestic policies designed to increase democracy in the United States. I These four items cover a multitude of closely related questions, progressives say. Borah, Hiram Johnson. Kenyon and I, ; Cummins are the leaders of the proI gressive group. MOLTEOEW Well Known Young Woman of Magley Dies—Short Illness of Pneumonia. 1 WAS 39 YEARS OLD Had Been 11l of Influenza Number of Weeks Ago— Funeral Wednesday. Hulda. wife of Fred Kolter, Magley ; postmaster and merchant, died Satur I j day evening at 5:15 o’clock at the ; home. Death was due immediately 1 to pneumonia which developed in onel ; lung about ten o'clock Saturday morn : ing. The lung filled rapidly and the: physician, a constant attendant during that time, did all that he could to prevent its spreading to the other lung' in case of which there would be little; 1 chance for recovery. At 2:30 o’clock ! - however, it had spread to the other I j lung, and she was unable to withstand 1 I the double attack. Mrs. Kolter had ; been ill eight or nine weeks ago of influenza, but had recovered there- j from. Last week however, a babe; i • born to her, died and since then heri { condition had been very low, leaving;! 1 her with little resistance to fight the ■ 1 pneumonia., I Had Mrs. Kolter lived until next; I March 26. she would have been thir-j | ty-nine years of age. She was a; I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry | Fruchte, of near Magley. The mother j ] died about twenty-five years ago, but 1 the father is still living. ; 1 Mrs. Kolter’s immediate family sur-p ; vlving. includes the husband and 1 three children-- Marie, Bernardino and l ( ; Harold, aged six. four and two years j respectively. She has one sister,; Mrs. M. F. Worthnann. of this city; a half-sister, Amanda Fruchte; and three half-brothers —Arthur, Frank and Albert Fruchte. The funeral will be Wednesday aflj ernoon, the procession leaving the house at one o’clock for the Magley;

Reformed church, where the services will be held. DON’T LET *IT SLOW UP The only subscription to come in j j today for the gym fund was $2.00 from \ the Pocahontas lodge, making a total jof $611.38. Come on in. This is an | important, fund and you ought to help make it a winner. tv—— MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT •j The Methodist Sunday school board ■ will meet Tuesday evening at eight o’clock at the church. Members please be present.

WAS FIRST SOLDIER Samuel Huser's Name Should Head the Honor Roll. Probably because the list was no' begun by the rejtortier until some time afterwards, the name of Samuel Huser, the first Adams county soldier to die, was overlooked in making out | the “honor roll” of the county's dead, published last Thursday. If any one else knows of the omission of any more, will a report please be made, giving time of death, place, cause, age and any other details? It was the intention to make a complete report, but some have been omitted. TEACHER Ts~|Tl ~

Miss Hazel McNary, teacher at the I Chapman school west of the city, is ill of symptoms of influenza, and there will be nc school at this place this week. Seven members of the Philip i Carper home, where she makes her home, have recovered from the flu Helen, daughter of Tillman Gerber, ; is ill and Mr. and Mrs. James Garner and Mr. Garner's brother and sister, are Hu victims. Miss Georgia Beery is also ill. Mrs. Martin Staffer is another victim. The family cf George I Squires is also ill. Mr. Squires has 1 bronchial pneumonia and the baby is : ill of a high fever. There cases have not been pronounced influenza, however. —— n — REVIVAL Meetings continue with increased I interest and attendance at Mt. Victory Decatur circuit, United Brethren in Christ. Seventeen conversions, seven at the alter of prayer and a number raised hands for the prayers of the church. Pray dear brethren and sisters for the unsaved. That the pow er of God may be manifested greater than ever in this community. Come dear Christian people let us worship the Lord together. To God be all the glory.—G. M. SILL. Pastor. WRECK NEAR CHICAGO (United Tress Service) Chicago, Jan. 20 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —One sailor was killed and 12 other persons most of them Great Lakes blue jackets were injured here today when a Chicago & Northwestern railroad suburban train crashed into a special bound for Great Lakes Naval Training Station. I. J. Paynter, first class carpenter at Great Lakes was killed . The wreck was blamed on a fog. BABE IS CHRISTENED. The girl baby born last Monday to ! Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leonard of North Ninth street, was christened yesterday at the St. Mary’s Catholic church. Mrs. Metzgar and Henry Vian were sponsors for the babe. All are getting along fine. Mrs. Leonard's mother, from Avilla, is witlt iter. NOTICE? KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. On account of the banquet being , given to the soldiers at the K. of P. ' home Thursday evening, the meeting ( of the lodge has been changed 'to Wednesday evening, at the regular ( hour of meeting. All members please; note the change. ( FATHER DANGEROUSLY ILL Mrs. Lee Bowen had a telegram Saturday that her father, Isaac Row-' and, is dangerously ill at his home at; 1 Sidell, 111. The ailment was note named. Mrs. Bowen left at once to be at his bedside. o CENTENARIAN IS SUICIDE (United Press Service) Philadelphia, Jan. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —-Fearing the grim reaper had overlooked him, Frederick Layton of this city, is dead today—a suicide by hanging. Layton recently celebrated his 100th birthday. U OF~C. n 'NOTICE? The regular meeting of the counI cil, will be held Monday at 8:00 11. ni. ; There is Important business, that 1 concerns the future welfare of our i council to be acted on at this meeting. AU members are urged to attend. G. K. ; o COMMITTEES TO MEET

All members of committees for the 'soldiers reception are requested to I meet at the office of the Daily Demoi crat tonight to complete arrangements and make up the complete program. ! Please he on hands. <v IN CHARGE OF BATTERY , I The general committee for the re- ; ception of the returned soldiers have named Sergeants Dallas Brown. Joe I McConnell and Fred Elzey to see that t. the members of that organization are s! in attendance for the reception Thursi day.

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PEACE MAKERS AT WORK AGAIN Russian Situation is Being Discussed — President Wilson One Delegat< THE GERMAN WOMEN Dominated Elections Sun-

day for First Time in History of Nation. (United Press Service) Paris. Jan. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The supreme council of the associated powers today took up the Russian situation, which is recognized as the great present obstacle to a quick peace settlement and establishment o' the league of nations. The meeting was attended by two delegates of each of the fiv great allied nations. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing represented the United States. That no definite understanding was reached concerning representation for the various Russian factions was indicated by the official announcement that the council would continue its hearing on Russian affairs tomorrow. Today’s meeting was addressed by M. Moulens, French ambassador to Russia. The president went Crom the meeting to the French senate, where he had luncheon as the guest of the members of that body. Berlin, Jan. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The national election in Germany Sunday was dominated by women who were voting and running for office for the first time in the history of the country. In practically every district of the country, the women were in a great majority over ths men. The majority socialists were expected to have things largely their own way in most parts of the country. Lisbon, Jan. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Royalists today proclaimed a restoration of the monarchy. They natned former King Emanual as ruler of Portugal. (By Webb Miller, United Press staff correspondent) American Headquarters in Germany Jan. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The food shortage is producing a vast number of cases of insanity and various mental disorders in Germany, according to reports to the commissioners of tire third army bq Piofessor Rubner, food expert from Berlin. Rubner said that Germany needs great quantities of fats to bring its ration to a point whore it will su >in the people's health. He said the d th rate of infants is alarmingly high and that lack of food is effecting the jenerrrl health, tuberculosis being particularly prevalent. (By Frank J. Taylor. United Press staff correspondent) Berlin, Jan. 18—-(Delayed)—Chanc-ellor Ebert told the I tilted Press today that Germany will do everything to comply with peace conditions based on President Wilson's 14 points, but that if the allies make further do- ' niands he will not take the responsi- ' billty of signing the peace terms. He said Germany needs peace immediately, that she may get food and ; materials so her people can go to 'work. He declared the Spartacans lost their revolt and that no further I serious outbreaks will occur if the ; people are fed. IT they are not fed, he said, “We must' be ready for any- - thing.” t Paris, Jan. 20—(Special to Daily r ' Democrat) —Pros. Wilscn met representatives of Great Britain. France. Italy ami Japan in a closed conference this morning to take up the contests arising from credentials of some of the snail nations' delegates. These

contests must be settled before the peace congress can get down to business in the league of nations. Amsterdam, Jan. 20 (Special to Daily Democrat)—Holland was not invaded like Belgium because it had been made a repository for private funds cf both the kaiser and the Aus- . trian emperors, the Haagschcpost re- • vealed today. > The newspaper said that $5,000,000 of Wilhelm's and $25,000,000 of Franz > Joseph's were transferred from Lon- . don to Dutch banks in July. 1914. at (Continued on Page Two)