Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 126.

GRADUATION EXERCISES Sixteen Young People Receive Diplomas From Decatur High School. TRINITY OF POWER Was Address Given by Dr. Herbert —Excellent Musical Program. ************** * * * CLASS ROLL. * * * * DON LAMAR BURK, PERTH * * GLADYS CRAYS, CAROLINE * * MAIL DOWUN, LELYAH * * IRENE EVANS, JOHN FRE- * * MONT FRISINGER, FRANK * * JUDSON MILLS, FRED IRWIN * * MYERS. EFFIE MADELINE * * PATTON, JAMES BRUCE PAT- * * TERSON, HOMER RADEN- * * BUSH, HAZEL IRENE SOW- v * ERS, LILLIE MABEL TEEPLE. * * DOROTHY ELIZABETH WAL- * * TERS. ANNA PAULINE WI.Nj- * * ANS, HOWARD J. WISEHAUPT * * ALMA PEARL KOOKEN. * * — * * MOTTO. * * “CLIMB. THOUGH THE ROCKS * * BE RUGGED ” * * COLORS. * * CRIMSON AND GOLD. * * FLOWER. * * VIOLET. * * * ************** The grand event ot the week —this week of all week*—for the seniors of the Decatur high school, was the commencement proper, attended with appropriate ceremony at Bosse’s opera house Friday evening. It was a most pleasing sight that burst upon the large assembly at the rising of the curtain, showing the sixteen graduates—the well balanced class of nine girls and seven boys —in regulation caps end gowns—seated in a semi-cir-_le on the stage, against a background emblazoned, not only with their own school pennants of purple and gold, but with those of many other institu- I tions of learning—the St. Joseph's schools, Wabash college, the Ohio Wesleyan—while banks of potted ferns, vases of pure white iris and narcissus, and bowls of soft-eyed pansies in purple and gold —on piano and tables, contributed agreeably to the scene. At the right of the class and included in the circle, were seated Superintendent E. E. Rice. Dr. L. G. Herbert, the lecturer of the evening; Rev. Imler, of the United Brethren church, and the Rev. Spetnagel, of the Presbyterian, the last named opening the exercises with an eloquent and earnest invocation of divine blessing and aid, that was conducive in no small degree to the inspiring uplift that characterized the entire evening, j “Farewell was the appropriate song rendered in an agreeable manner by the quartet, comprising the Rev. Sherman Powell. E. E. Rice, Daniel Baumgartner and J. U. Triteh, . and a vocal solo by Mrs. J. 0. Sellemeyer, with piano accompaniment by , Mrs. Jesse Dailey; a vocal solo by Fred Patterson, accompanied on the j piano by Miss Martha Kettler; a piano number by Anthony Holthouse,; were excellently given and found i much favor with the audience. The great feature of the exer- j cise was the class address given by . Dr. L. G. Herbert of McComb, Ohio, on the Bubject“Tbe Trinity of Power. The address was one of the best ever given in the city, abounding not in high-flown, impractical sentiments,, but replete with good, sound words of advice, gleaned and garnered from his broad field*of experience with human life in its battles with the world, and bound by him into sheaves of example and later prepared and moulded Into the bread of life for distribution among the young for their nourishment and sustenance in the hard battle of life. He began by stating his pleasure in the well balanced class, in which the boys and fU'ls were nearly equally proportioned. In too many cases, he stated, the girls exceed the boys in their pursuit of •education, and he attributed this to the feminization of the schools, and

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recommended that boys be placed In schools and colleges taught by ilen and girls In schools taught by women. I each course Including the studies! adapted t oench sex. He emphasized j the power of education and brains in 1 one’s life-work—over the value of money. The great vision should be, not “what will the world pay me, but how much can I pay and serve my fel-low-men?- ’ Brains and culture are what are needed in the great world’s problems—not money. Too much money, in fact, is the cause of our great national problems. .When each community has solved the problems peculiar to its sphere, it has qplved the problems of the nation, of which each community is a unit. Closing his preface, with another word of congratulation to the class, upon their auspicious advent into the world, which at this time is ripe with opportunity, he launched into the pith of his address. Education, patriotism and religion, he stated, are the trinity of power, and made an appeal for broader education, broader patriotism, broader religion. Every debt to God, he said, is made by paying our debts to our fellow men, and therefore we should (Continued «u cage four.) GOT BIG VERDICT mm * '*•* Mrs. Ault Awarded Verdict of $5,300 Against Nickel Plate Railroad. IN BLUFFTON TRIAL Jury Was Out All Night— Answers Made to 139 Interogatories Also. After listening to six hours of ar gument the jury in the big damage { suit of Catherine Ault against the Nickel Plate railroad company, veuued here from Allen county, retired to deliberate at 6 o’clock Thursdayevening, and after an entire night spent in the jury room arrived at a verdict and had answered all of the 139 interrogatories shortly before court opened at 9 o’clock this morning. at which hour the verdict was read in open court. The jury found in favor of the plain- | tiff, Mrs. Ault, and awarded her dam--1 ages in the sum of $5,300, a little i more than one-third of the total she had demanded in her complaint. The 1 verdict was considered a very de--1 cided victory for the plaintiff and her attorneys. Simmons and Dailey of this ! city and D. Mcßeth of Fort Wayne. The jury when it began its deliberations was far apart on the amount of damages that should he awarded, and some wanted to award her as high as $12,000, from which figure opinions fluctuated down to S4OO, and the verdict reached was a general balancing up and compromise between the twelve men. >■ Tne jury answered all of the inter- • rogatories before they arrived at a \ final conclusion on the general verdict. The defendant, the Nickel Plate railroad company, through attorneys Eichhorn & Vaughn, today filed a motion asking judgment for the railroad company on the answers to the interrogatories filed by the jury. The defendant claims these anwers and the general verdict of $5,300 damages do not harmonize. I Tne plaintiffs attorneys feel con--1 fident, however, that the jury's verdict will stand and also express no j fear of the result in case the railroad j company should appeal. Two more | big suits growing out of the same accident remain to be tried. —Bluffton News. WILL DEDICATE NEW BELL. Rev. Wehmeyer Will Deliver Dedicatory Sermon. A sermen dedicatory to the new be.l recently purchased and hung by the Lutheran Zion’s church on West Monroe street will be delivered by the Rev. Wehmeyer Sunday morning. The sermon will be on the purpose and use of the bell, bringing out the points that it is for calling the people to service, to admonish them to prayer and to remind them of death and eternity. — o ; — Charles Massonie has accepted a position as clerk at the candy kitchen owned by William Colchin. I

f Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, May 28, 1910.

i MEMORIAL DAY They say that Decoration Day is gln’rally observed Most everyw'fieres, especially by soldier boys that served; But me and mother never went, we seldom git away, In pint o’ fact we’re alius homo on Decoration Day. They say the old boys inarches through the streets In columns grand, A follerln’ the old war tunes they’re playin’ on the band, And citizens all j’lnln’ In, and little children, too, All marehln’ under shelte- of the old Red, White and Blue. With roses, roses, roses! everybody in the town. And crowds of lovely girls In white, just fairly loaded down! Oh, don’t the boys all know it, from their camp across the hills? Don’t they see their com’ards coming and the old flag wavin’ still? Oh, can’t they hear the bugle and the rattle of the drum Ain’t there no way ’neath hoav’n that they can rickolect us some? Ain’t there no way to coax ’em, through the roses, just to say They know that every day on earth’s their Decoration Day? We’ve tried that, me and mother, where Elias takes his rest In the orchard —in his uniform, and hands across his breast; And the flag he died for, smilin’ and ripplin’ in the breeze, Above his grave, and over that the robin in the trees. —JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.

TO DECIDE THE KRAUSS CASE. Judge Elliott of Marion Says He Will Decide Next Week. Marion, Ind.. May 28—Judge P. H. Elliott, after a deliberation of two months, will render his decision in the celebrated Krauss divorce case the last of next week. The court now knows how he will rule, but of course he won’t tell. No date has been fixed upon which to make the ruling, but it is stated that the case will finally be decided the latter part of next week. “Have you decided how you will rule?” ventured a reporter. “I believe I have,” replied the court, but he said nothing that would indicate what may be expected. The trial of the case, which Involved in a murder mystery, began on March 14th and lasted for two weeks. — NO PAPER NEXT MONDAY. We desire to again call the attention of our readers to the fact that we will not Issue a paper on Monday, it being decoration Day. Nearly all of the business houses will be closed, also the banks, postofflee, and there will be no session of court. The Monday news wil be fully covered in our issue of Tuesday. o GUY SHOEMAKER GRADUATE. Among the list of students to be graduated from Purdue University June Bth in the civil engineering class is Guy Thurman Shoemaker of Geneva. THE LOST IS FOUND Mrs. Will Cannon of Chicago Proves to be Former Minnie Blazer, IS HERE FOR A VISIT With Her Parents and is Well and Happy and Looks Prosperous. Mrs. William Cannon of Chicago, is here for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. El wood Blazer. Mrs. Cannon was formerly Miss Minnie Blazer, and a year or so ago suddenly disappeared from her home here. Her parents made diligent search and Inquiry and spent considerable money trying to find her, but though they kept the search up for months no sign of the daughter, who was just a girl when she left home, could be discovered. Several clues were run down, but all proved worthless, until about two months ago, when Minnie wrote her parents that she was soon to wed Mr. Cannon. Shortly afterward she became a bride, and her first act was to invite her mother to her home, where they vibited for some days, and now Minnie is home. She is well and happy and says she has been so all the time. Her husband is a clerk in the Strathford hotel at Chicago. As can be imagined the reunion of the family at this time and under sucli happy circumstances is a pleasing one for everyone concerned.

JAMES BEE a Y DEAD Well Known Young Man Passed Away Last Night at Home OF HIS PARENTS West of City—Had Lived in Hoagland For Past Several Years. James Beery, aged thirty-five years, a well known young man, born and reared in this county, but who for the past five yean; has been a resident of Hoagland, where he was engaged in the harness-making business, passed away Friday night at 9:30 o’clock at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Beery, west of the city, where he had been tor the past week or two. The young man had been bedfast only a short time, though he had been in failing health for some time from an affection of the lungs. He leaves a wife, who was formerly a Miss Kiefer, and the following brothers and sisters: Harvey, living near Peterson; Jesse, ot this city; Clyde. Vergil, Margaret, Edith and Mabel, at home; Mrs. Flo Bright of near Peterson, and Mrs. Mae Schafer of Danville, 111. The funeral will be held Monday morning, leaving the home at 10 o’clock for the Antioch church, where the services will be held at 10:30 o’clock. Burial in the Beery cemetery. The young man is well and favorably known here and his death has caused universal gloom. TO BUILD ANOTHER CHURCH. Another Catholic Church to be Built in Fort Wayne. As a result of the growth of the Catholic population of Fort Wayne, shown by the recent church census, a new congregation will be organized, prooably within the coming year, and Bishop Alerding is preparing to erect a new church and school on Lombard street. Some years ago, the bishop, observant of the growth of the city in that direction, and realizing the necessity of a nevy church in the not distant future, purchased several lots on Lombard street, two blocks south of the New Haven road. The census recently completed showed that there are nearly 100 Catholic families in the territory east of Walton avenue, and the rapid growtn of the city in the territory insures a corresponding increase in the Catholic settlement. — Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. o NOTICE. All members of the Odd Fellows are requested to be present at their hall on next Monday noon at 12 o'clock. Much is in store for this meeting and all members are urged to be in attendance. N. G. We, the undersigned druggists, agree to close our places of business, Monday, May 30th, from 1 o’clock, noon until 6 p. m. LACHOT & RICE. PAGE BLACKBURN. SHITH, YAGER & FALK. HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

FIRE AT THE TOWER Causes Total Loss of Interlocking Swith Station This Morning. ORIGIN IS UNKNOWN None of Contents Saved——Work of Reconstruction Begins at Once. Fire at about 6 o’clock this morning destroyed the tower or Interlocking switch station belonging to the three railroads, the Erie, Clover Leaf and G. R. & I. of this city, entailing a total loss, he origin of the fire is unknown, but it is thought to have been caused by the sparks from live wires and an explosion which was heard by a number of people in that neighttorhood. R. W. Broadbeck, the night op- : erator, was not In the building at the time and as he bad received his usual I dispatch from the train despatcher at Huntington to go to breakfast at the home of Henry Schultz, where he is staying, and it was during this time 1 that the fire occurred. It was only about five minutes after he had left the building that he was notified ot the fire, and at that time the building was a mass of flames, and all efforts to save any of the contents was , unavailable. Everything in the build- ' lng was destroyed, cutting off both the telegraph and the telephone systems. The employees also lost a t number of personal belongings, including a typewriter and other articles belonging to Ray Teeple, a coat, belonging to Mr. Broadbeck, besides a number of tools, which were kept ' in the building at the time. Nothing was left of the building but the frame • and it will have to be rebuilt anew. 1 Several officials of the Erie from ’ Huntington, by whom the building is maintained, were expected during the day, when the loss and the amount of insurance carried will be obtained. t The building will be rebuilt at once as it would be impossible to get along without it. A number of men were ’ this morning employed putting the r wires back in shape so as to be able ’ to take care of the large amount of , dally business. Superintendent Allen and Police Captain Touissant of the Erie arrived [ in the city late this morning from Huntington and after making a number of inquiries and making an examination of the ruins plased their loss , at about one thousand dollars. In- , surance was carried on the building, but Mr. Allen was unable to state the exact amount. x ® ALL DAY SESSION r 1 Os Adams County Lutheran Association Met at Home of Rev. Wehmeyer. t AN EXCELLENT PAPER l I Read by Rev. Koch on Ser- | mons—Next Meeting Held July First. C The Adams County Lutheran minisi , 1 terial conference held its regular i monthly meeting Friday, spending the 1 entire day at the parsonage oP Itev. i Wehmeyer of this city. The following , members were present: The Rev. G. > Bauer, Rev. Dornseif, of Root town- - ship; Rev. Preuss, Freidheim; Rev. - Dletrick, Hoagland; Mev. Holle, Schumm, Ohio; Rev. Buuck, Wren, Ohio; Rev. Koch, Preble. The association discussed topics of general ins terest to the church, and the paper, 1 a most excellent one, relating to . preaching, and considering the topI ics of construction and general delivery, was prepared and read by the Rev. Koch. At noon Mrs. Wehmeyer, in her excellent manner, served , an appetizing dinner. The next meet- , ing of the association will be held in , this city July Ist, though the place has not been announced. The association is finding v~ese sessions resultant of mu,ch good, a great stimulus to Interest and the solution of general problems.

I WILL TALK TO BIBLE CLASS. In the absence of Fred Bowers, the tegular teacher, who will go to Angola Sunday to have charge of the Bible class In the Christian church there, Judge R. K. Erwin of Fort Wayne hag been secured to deliver an address at the local Sunday sc', 00l and a fine address is anticipated by the members of the class. Much rivalry has existed between the Bible classes of the Angola and Huntington churches over the Increase in membership and at the present time the local school is In the lead. Mr. Bowers accepted an Invitation to go to Angola next Sunday and show them how It Is done and he has been successful in securing Ju»tge Erwin to take his place here. The latter is a . great orator, and has a state-wide . reputation as a speaker. His address here will not be limited to the members of the Bible class of the church, but a general invitation is extended to those who care to hear him In one of his forceful addresses. He will speak at 9:30 Sunday morning and doubtless he will be greeted, by a large audience. —Huntington NewsDemocrat. o MEMORIAL SERVICE Annual Memorial Sermon Will be Delivered at the Methodist Church. ON SUNDAY MORNING By Rev. Hessert—Another at Concord Lutheran in the Afternoon. Union Memorial services in honor of our nation’s dead will bring all the people of the city into union Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Methodist church in this city, where the sermon will be delivered by the Rev. L. C. ’Hessert of the German Reformed church, who has taken as his subject, “The Significance of the Banner.” The G. A. R., W. R. C„ etc., will attend in a body. The following order of services will be observed: “The Veteran’s Camp Fire”—Choir. Invocation—Rev. Spetnagel. “I Am Wandering Down Life's Shady Pathway”—Male Quartet. Scripture Reading—Rev. S. Powell. National Anthem —Audience. Prayer—Rev. D. O. Wise. "They Are Marching On” —Male Chorus. Sermon —“The Significance of the Banner;” Exod. 17:15 —Rev. L. C. Hessert. “Beyond the Smiling"—Soprano Obligato. “America” —Offertory—Audience. Benediction —Rev. I. Imler. Besides the memorial sermon of Sunday morning at the Methodist church in this city, the G. A. R. and W. R. C., all soldiers and the public are cordially invited to the Memorial services at the Concord Lutheran church in Root township Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, which will be conducted by the Rev. Mumma of! Hoagland. pastor of the Concord Lu- j theran church. A special interurban : car will convey the delegation to the | stop nearest, where they will be met by carriages which will convey the soldiers and the women who, through infirmities may be unable to walk to the church a shori distance away. The services promise to be unusually impressive and a large attendance from this city and surounding country, will no doubt be in attendance. LEAVE FOR THE SOUTH. The Fred C. LaDelle family, famous 1 over many states as magicians, up-to-date and modern, left today for Ow- j ensburg, Ky. They have five weeks of ( dates in southern Indiana and Kentucky, after which they will return here for a few days and then go to Boston, where they will open an all summer’s engagement with eastern vaudeville houses. It is probable that they will go abroad next fell. o SOLDIERS FREE AT THE STAR. John B. Stoneburner will show his 1 patriotism Monday afternoon by fol- - lowing his usual custom of admitting 1 to hjs Star theater, free of charge, all ' old soldiers', G. A. R. members and • the W. ft. C. ladies. This does not - apply to the evening performance but o all connected with the observation of 1 the day will be admitted free at the afternoon performance.

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THE COURT NEWS The Mesel-Rayne Case Goes Over to Tuesday—Evidence Completed. A MARRIAGE TODAY At the Clerk’s Office—Sam- . uel Darr Ditch Was Or- . dered Constructed. The trial of the case of William Mesel vs. Ellen and Fetcher Rayne, f which has been in progress for ten days, will not be concluded until next Tuesday, when the arguments will be heard. The evidence was concluded shortly before noon today. It v Will reach the jury Tuesday afternoon. Henry Marble Company vs. Robert Spice, account, st>oo, from Allen county, appearance by C. J. Lutz for the plaintiff; cause set for Thursday, June 9th. , In the Samuel Darr et al., petition for drain, proof of service filed, finding mat parties have been served with notice. Report submitted ant! approved. Drain ordered constructed as prayed for in petition. C. C. Ernst appointed commissioner and bond fixed at $3,500. A marriage license was isued to Ernest Bebout, aged eighteen, and Lcota Butcher, eighteen, daughter of Eldridge Butcher, both from the south part of this county. They were married at 11 o’clock by Rev. D. A. J. Brown of Bobo. The couple were accompanied by a number of relatives and friends who witnessed the ceremony. TURKEY BRINGS *3O. W. A. Fonner sold one of his fine Mammoth Bronze turkeys to S. A. Ha vens of Shelbyville for the exceedingly neat “little’’ sum of S3O and has received an order for more. Folks are telling Willis it must pay to raise thar sort of bird, while on the other hand they are wondering just how their Thanksgiving dinner would come out if turkeys were all that price. o THE DONS AT EDGERTON. “The Dons,” a quartet, comprising Messrs. Burk, Beery Patterson and Wisehaupt, left this morning on the JO o’clock car for Edgerton, where they will give their last concert of the sea son at tne M. E. church at that place. DEATH OCCURED Mrs. William Dunwddie of West of Geneva Called to Her Reward. AFTER LONG ILLNESS. Leaves Number of Relatives and Friends—Funeral Services Monday. Geneva. Ind., May 28 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mrs. William Dun widdie, aged sixty-four years, and living five miles west of here, died at 5:30 o’clock Friday evening, May 27 a complication of diseases. She ha: been In poor health for twelve years past. She Is survived by the hus band, two sons, Wesley and Benjamin, and three daughters, Mrs. Car rle Berrie, Mrs. Lawrence Watso:: and Miss Ruth Dunwiddie; also lv three sisters, Mrs. L. O. Bears, Mr: 1 William Heaston and Mrs.’ Samutl | Skeels, the latter of Grand Rapid: Mich., and one brother, Joseph Wat- : son of Rluffton. The funeral serv : ; ices will be held Monday afternoon I ! at 1 o’clock from the home, conducteI by Rev. Jarvis of Ceylon and inter : rnent will be made at the Alberso- : cemetery. Mrs. Dunwiddie was awe ’ known lady and was beloved by h» 1 wide circle of friends and her death has earned much sadness.