Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 17 June 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 143.

CHILDREN’S DAY Many Churches Will Enjoy the Services of This Happy Day. CITY AND COUNTY Services Will be Held at All Hours and All Will be Excellent. Tomorrow will be a happy day for' a number of chun hes, not only in the city, but country as well, when the beautiful children's day services will be carried out in an appropriate way, according to the usuak custom. The program to be rendered in the evening at the Evangelical church will be very interesting and the different selections of songs, choruses recitations, and other numbers will provide an evenjng of rare entertainment. The services at the Presbyterian church will take place in the evening at 7:30 o'clock and everything is in readiness for the excellent program that has been prepared by the teachers and pupils. The Methodist church will also observe Children’s day at 10:30 o’clock, and the same good renditions that i have always won favor with the con gregation, will again take place and a cordial invitation is extended to the public in. general. The Winchester United Brethren' church has announced their hour at 2:30 p. m., and the entire congregation is making preparation for a day that they have not enjoyed for some time. A good program has been announced and the church arranged for the accommodation of a large crowd, which they expect to be present. The Pleasant Mills M. E. church has completed all preparations for the ga’fiixtf out.pf their >ecvic®a in the evening and nothing has been left undone in this line that would make it a complete success. At the Calvary church, where the Rev. Jones is the pastor, this pleasant service will be observed this evening so as to allow those who desire to attend the services to be conduct?!! at the Salem church, of which Rev. Jones also has charge, to do so. The Salem exercises will be held on Sunday evening. The annonneement of the United Brethren program has been made for next Sunday and arrangements are now under way for a fitting occasion the program to consist of musical selection, songs and recitations. The Fuelling Lutheran church, northeast of the city, will hold its annual picnic tomorrow in the Herman Gerke grove. Rev. Paul Miller of Fort Wayne will preach in the morning and in the afternoon the school children will give their program There will be other amusements and refreshments on the grounds. The public is invited. The annual picnic of the Preble Lu- . theran church will be held at the William Grote grove north of Preble tomorrow, and the children will pre- , sent a very nice program in the afternoon, as usual. The Freidheim - band will furnish music and there will be amusements and refreshments of all kinds. Everybody is invited. DETECTIVE ASSOCIATION. Met This Afternoon in Regular Session—Good Crowd Present. This afternoon the members of the I Adams County Horse Thief Detective ( association met for the conducting of I the regular monthly business of that body and a great many of the members were present at the session. It is probable that some new business may be brought'up as the formation of a new league between the sheriffs of the different counties may in some manner affect the workings of the association’s plans. —o— FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC. The big union picnic to be held by the Sunday schools of the six northern townships of the county on Tuesday, July 4th, at Steele's park, will ’ be one of the biggest affairs in severlal years. Elaborate preparations are ibeing made by the committees in Scbarge to make the event one of unSurpassed pleasure.

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STATE OFFICER HERE. Os the National Horse Thief Detective Association. William A. Stafford of Crawfordsville, state treasurer of the National Horse Thief Detective Association, and also president of the association of his county, was the guest of Sheriff Durkin today, and also attended the meeting of the Adams County Horse Thief association which was held at the K. of P. Home this afternoon at 2 o'clock. THE MISSING WORD Daily Democrat to Conduct a Missing Word Contest Next Week. MISS KATHRYN YATER To be in Charge of Same— A Good Chance to Win Cash Prizes. The Daily Democrat takes great pleasure in announcing to the people of Decatur and vicinity that they have completed all arrangements to ' put on one of the popular newspaper ! specials, which has created a splendid I impression throughout all of the larger cities. “A Missing Word Contest. I The Daily Democrat takes this means | of introducing to the business men of our city, Miss Kathryn Yater of Osgood, Ind., Who will have charge of 1 this contest for the- Democrat, Decatur’s big and progressive daily. This ' I wi ’zslr. young woman will be ably assisted by Miss Mary Hasset of Franklin. Beginning on Monday the Daily Democrat will start a missing word contest, to continue for some time, during which thirty dollars will be given away in cash prizes to the person who proves to be the successful one. Watch for the particulars covering the contest in Monday evening’s paper. o . TWO MEN ROB TRAIN. (United Press Service.) Yoncella, Oregon., June 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Several posses were busy today, engaged in scouring the country of the nearby vicinity in search of two unmasked men who held up ane robbed a southbound passenger train, between here and ' Drain at an early hour this mornieg. ;The robbers escaped with many valu-’ able and registered mail. The men boarded the train at Brain and broke their way into the mail car. One man held the mail clerk by holding a revolver In his face, while the other ripped the mall sacks and a registered package. They then pulled the emergency string and when the engineer slowed down fled from the train and escaped. — ——■ « ROBBERS BLEW SAFE. (United Press Service.) Tipton, Ind., June 17—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Robbers blew tha safe at the poetoffice at Atlanta, near here, at an early hour this morning and escaped with SIOO in cash and 1500 In stamps. The robbery was not discovered until the opening of the postofflee this morning.

Decatur, Ind. Saturday Evening,

ANNUAL MEMORIAL For Departed Members Will be Observed by Knights of Pythias. SUNDAY AFTERNOON Will Meet at Hall at 4:00— March to Cemetery— Prof. Rice to Speak. The annual memorial services in memory of their departed brothers I will be held by the Knights of Pythias I tomorrow afternoon. The custom of holding union memorial services by the lodges as had been observed ior the past two years, seems not to be in order this year, and it is likely that each lodge will hold individual services. The Knights of Pythias are requested to meet at the Home on Third street at 4 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, and from there will march to the cemetery where tlie graves of their brethren will be decorated with floral pieces. Professor E. E. Rice has been engaged to deliver the memorial address and this will be delivered at the cemetery. All members of the lodge are requested to bring flowers to the hall, the Pythian Sisters devoting today to the preparation of the wreaths and other floral pieces. All the Pythian Sisters are also requested to meet at the Home tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock, where there will be carriages to convey them to the cemetery, to take part in the services. Departed Brothers. There are twenty-two names on the roll of departed brethren, whose memory will be thus honored tomorrow. They are: R. A. Curran. George Margert, J. W. Place, Bob Phillips, J. A. Waldron. George Woodward, Grant Gwinner, B. W. Quinn, John T. France, A. L. DeVilbiss. John. Qyijin. Frank Railing, Peter Ashbaucher, I. J. Miesse, E. N. i Tyrill, J, W. Merriman, Anson Vac- j Camp, Godfrey Christen, Perry Mil- 1 ler, Art Baughman, Solon Snow. John Ault. HIS INDIANA TRIP The President to Spend July Fourth in This State. ARRANGEMENTS MADE To be Guest of Former Vice President Fairbanks and Senator Kern. Washington. D. C., June 17—President Taft will be in Indianapolis from midnight of July 3rd until midnight of July 4rth, according to an official ' bulletin issued at the white house today. On Saturday, July 1, the president will take his family to Beverly, Mass., and after seeing the members established in the summer home there will leave Beverly the same evening for Marion, Ind., where he will arrive at noon on Monday, the 3rd. The president, it is expected, will visit the N’ational Soldiers’ home at that city, and will also address a meeting of editors or bankers, or perhaps both. He will leave in the evening for Tn- ' dianapolis. If the hour permits he may possibly make a brief stop-over at Anderson. According to the schedule Mr. Taft will reach Indianapolis about midnight. While in Indianapolis he will be the guest of former Vice President Fairbanks, at whose home he will spend the night. On the morning of the Fourth the president will probably go to the home of Senator Kern and may be the guest of the senator at breakfast. He will review the parade and attend the railroad men’s celebration at the state , fair ground, where he will witness the head-on collision of locomotives. In the evening he will be the guest of the Marion club at a banquet. The trip will not be extended to Terre Haute. The departure from Indianapolis for Washington will be at midnight July 4th. • .... t ‘ T ■’?’

TWELVE-POUND 3ON. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Luther Boyers Friday Evening. Mrs. J. S. Boyers received a telegram this morning from her sou, Luther Boyers, at Palo Alto, Cal., announcing the birth of a son, who made his arrival Friday evening at 6:25 o'clock. Mother and son were reported as doing well. The mother was Miss Winifred Johnson, a former teacher in the Decatur schools. Since their marriage they have resided at Palo Alto, where Luther attended Leland Stanford university, completing the general course this spring. He will take a further course to prepare himself for the medical profession. His father, Dr. J. S. Boyers, of this city, left Wednesday noon for California for a three weeks' visit, during which time he will visit with his son, attend the meeting of the American Medical association and visit other points of interest. o GRAND FOREMAN Os American Yeomen Here —Will be at Lodge This Evening. AN * OPEN SESSION Will be Held From 8 to 9 O’clock—Followed by Initiation. 1 ' .. V William Koch, national grand foreman of the American Yeomen, arrived in the city today and is the guest of the local homestead. An open session will be held at the hall this evening from 8 to 9 o’clock to which the public is invited, an excellent program having been prepared for this. Following , the opening session, i will be the regular lodge meeting, and ■ there are several candidates to be in- ! itiated at this time. Another distinguished guest who will be present this evening is State Manager Carter of Indianapolis. The public is very cordially invited to attend the open meeting this evening. o POLICE COURT NEWS. The police court has exhibited a very quiet appearance for the past few days, there only being an issuance of a license to break the monotony of the quietude. The license was issued to D. H. Zimmerman of Goshen, Indiana, and was to sell medicine. FINISHESCOURSE Miss Helen Niblick to be Graduated From Ferry Hall, Lake Forest TUESDAY MORNING Also Took Required Studies For First Year of Mt. Holyoke College. Mrs. John Niblick and daughter. Mrs. O. P. Edwards, of Leipsic, Ohio, left for Chicago Friday evening and will spend today with Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Boyle at Englewood, where tonight Mr. Niblick will join them. Sunday morning they will attend the baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class of Ferry Hall, the women's department of Lake Forest University. Their daughter and sister, Miss Helen, is a member of the class. She will graduate Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Helen graduated from our Decatur high school two years ago, and in the past two years has not only earned her diploma, but taken the required studies in the university classes for the freshmen year at Mt. Holyoke college, South Hadley, Mass., where she expects to enter next September as a full sophomore. Miss Catherine Lentz and Mrs. E. H. Kilbourne of Fort Wayne will arrive la th* efty, the fonnsr to be the guest of Mary Deinlnger. and Mrs. Kilbourne of her parents.

June 17, 1911.

Y OUSE-HARTZELL Happy Wedding Celebrated at Home of Mr. and Mrs. William Youse. A JUNE WEDDING Their Daughter, Miss Eva, Becomes Wife of Lawrence Hartzell. Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. <rnd Mrs. William Youse, six miles north of this city, occurred the wedding of their daugh- ’ ter, Eva. to Mr. Lawrence Hartzell, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Hartzell, of Hoagland. The bride is a niece of John Houk of this city, her mother being his sister. The cere-! mony was a pretty one and was performed by the Rev. A. K. Mumma of the Hoagland Lutheran pastorate, the wedding being witnessed by one hundred or more guests, who responded to the invitations issued, quite a number being present from Fort Wayne. New Haven, Monroeville, Markle, Hoagland and Decatur. Miss Erma Houk of this city, a cousin of the bride, played the wedding march. The presents were very numerous and costly, the greatest being a check issued by the bride’s father for S3OO. The evening was, greatly enjoyed by every one present. After faring sumptuously in their festivities guests all returned to their homes, wishing the newly wedded friends many happy years with success. They will reside in Dr. Morris’ property at Hoagland. REITER ENCAMPMENT ELECTS. ' At the regular meeting of the Reiter Encampment branch of the Odd Fellow lodge the officers for the ensuing term were elected and the, ip-, stallation will-occur July 14th. Those elected were: Chief patriarch, Adam Weis; high priest, Samuel Butler; senior warden, Robert D. Patterson: junior warden, Mel J. Butler. WHY NOT DECATUR Shall Decatur Have an After j Harvest Home-Coming Festival This Fall. TIME TO GET BUSY I Would be Big Doings and a Great Thing in the Financial Life. Shall Decatur have a home-coming this fall? Here is a problem that every business man and citizen ought to study over and at once, while we still have ample time tor considering, and get the ball rolling toward this way, so as to find out the opinion of the people as to whether or not they want a celebration of this kind. The same movement was started last year, but too late in the season for the matter to be carried through, so we have! been urged to call the attention of the people at an early date. All cities, : far and near have a gathering of this sort following the harvest season and at a time when all can. without much difficulty, come home and enjoy a few days of real pleasure, as well as one which would be of much benefit to the business man. A number interested in the movement have expressed different suggestions for the carrying out of the matter, but we want all to have a say and to make it ps complete as possible. This would mean much to Decatur, and when once started would be continued right along from’ year to year. By working hand in hand we would be able to secure a line of attractions and other amusements that would bring to Decatur a record-breaking crowd, not only for pleasure, but in a business way a* well. The Misses Marcella Kuebler and Marie Connell went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend Sunday with the Joe Baker family. »

KILLED A WEASEL. Friday night at a late hour Drayton Hill was aroused by the squawks of his chickens and on Investigating the j cause found a weasel in the act of drinking the life-blood of one of the brood hens. lu endeavoring to loosen the hold of the weasel the animal bit him iu the hand. Inflicting a deep flesh wound. Unable to loosen it ho was forced to kill it to save the flock . any future damage. The weasel was the property of John Chronister and was but recently purchased. AWARD CONTRACT - For Central School Repairs to Mann & Christen For $990. WERE FOUR BIDDERS The School Board Met Last Evening—Allowed Bills « —Other Notes. The city school board met Friday evening and received bids for the repairs of the Central school building, the contract being awarded to Mann & Christen on their bld of $990. There were four bidders as follows, each filing therewith their certified check in the sum of S2OO, conditioned for the carrying out of the contract if awarded the same: Mann & Christen $ 990 Amos Gillig 1163 Linn & Patten 1046 Fred Hoffman 1380 I The repairs include changes in the i lighting and ventilating systems and will be begun as soon as practicable. They are made to bring the school up to the requirement of the state board of health, the school house having been deemed below fhfe standard in these requirements in a recent visit here by reprsentatives of the state board. The board also allowed the following bills at Friday evenings meeting: ■E. E. Rice, expenses of comI mencement, opera house and Dr. Lindley $55.70 I Gay, Zwick & Myers, piano bench 5.75 |D. M. Hensley, clock and >epairs on three clocks 4.25 Decatur Democrat, legal printing, notice to contractors, envelopes 15.15 James P. Haefling, insurance on five-year policy on Second ward, SI,OOO 19.50 L. C. Helm, three-year, SSOO policy on 2nd Ward 6.50 L. C. Helm, three-year SIOOO policy on 3rd Ward 13.00 E. E. Rice, ’phone, express, •tamps 4.91 E. E. Race, one-half month's salary, completes year 70.00 o F. B. TAGUE QUITTING BUSINESS. F. B. Tague, formerly the shoe merchant of this city, who several months ago opened a shoe store on Calhoun street. Fort Wayne, will quit business there. He has sold the lease, furniture and fixtures to Miss Lillith Gaskill for a millinery establishment. o - COURT NOTES. Judge J. J. Moran had been scheduled to go to Decatur Friday to sit as special judge in a case assigned to him for trial. The cause was orie that ' had been venued to Adams county from Fort Wayne and on account of the attorneys being unable to try the case Friday the trial was continued to a later date—Portland Sun. Real estate transfers: DeWitt C. Kessling to Joseph Kizer et al., lot 355, Geneva, $550. Marriage license: Clyde Chester Linn, 'born September 12, 1883, car•penter, son of Solomon and Mary Linn, to wed Agnes Irene Murray, born May 18, 1890, daughter of Walter and Hilda Murray. o ■ Attend the picnic to be given tomorrow in the William Grote grove a halfmile north of Preble, by the Preble I Lutheran church. The annual Chil- » Bren’s Day services will be held with i •Kkusementa and refreshments of si> kinds on the grounds-

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DIVORCE RECORD Over Four Thousand Divorces Granted in State During 1910. WERE 30,677 LICENSES Here Are Some of the Causes For Which Divorces Were* Obtained. Indianapolis, Ind., June 17 —There were 4,632 divorces granted ill-mated wives and husbands in Indiana during 1910, according to statistics compiled in the office oi tne state statistician end announced yesterday. There were only 30,677 marriage licenses issued during the year—scarcely more than six times the number of divorces. The latter figures are regarded in excess because some licenses issued were never used. Os the divorces granted the wives had much the better of the argument collectively. Legal separations were granted to women in 3.475 cases, while men asked freedom in only 1,157 cases, according to the figures. The statistician's office has compared the total number of divorces granted and marriage licenses issued with those of 1909, 1908, 1907 and 1906. The divorces granted in 1909 were almost 200 less than those granted last year. They reached 4,494, with the wives winning the cases in 3,169 instances and the husbands in 1,015 cases. The total number of marriage licenses granted in 1909 was 28,525. For 1908 the total number of divorces' granted was 4,253. The wives won in 3,136 cases and the husbands in 1,117. The total number of marriage licenses issued amounted to 26.990 in 1908. Fourteen Causes Given. In 1907 the figures for both were lower. Wives obtained decrees in 2.967 cases and husbands in 1,013, making the total number of divorces granted during the year 3,980. The marriage licenses were much more numerous than in the preceding year; due, it is said at the state statistician's office, to the panic of 1908. The total number for 1907 reached 29,804. In 1906 the total number of divorces was only 3,669, of which 2,795 were granted women and 874 to men. The causes of divorces granted have been tabulated for 1910 from all the counties by the state official's office and they follow, specifying to which party the decree was granted: Abandonment (wife) —754 cases. Abandonment (husband) —369 cases. Adultery (wife) —164 cases. Adultery (husband) —223 cases. Criminal Conviction (wife) —45 cases. Criminal Conviction (husband) —6 cases. Cruel Treatment (wife) —1,338 cases. Cruel Treatment (husband) —432 cases. , Drunkenness cases. Drunkenness (husband) —36 cases, Failure to Provide (wife) —608 cases. Failure to Provide (husband) — None. Other Causes (wife) —179 cases. Other Causes (husband) —91 cases. Marion county led in the number of divorces granted, with 598 to wives and 170 to husbands. Vigo was next with a total of 220 divorces. Then came Vanderburg with 220, Madison, with 176, Allen with 171, St. Joseph with 170, Delaware with 147, Grant with 122 and Cass with 115. Ohio county won the blue ribbon for harboring the least domestic infelicity. Only one divorce was granted there during the year, according to the reports. Union county was a close second with but four decrees registered. The lone Ohio county decree was granted to a wife because of a drunken husband. An amusing feature of the figures, the officials in the state statistician's office believe, lies in the lack of decrees granted husbands because their wives failed to provide for them. Not a case of such description was registered in any of tbs reports sent in by county officials. THE STORK'S VISIT. i The stork visited the city again laet night and left » very fine nine and one-half pound girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Artie Shady on North Second street . ..,