Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 5.

D&AWN to close Farmers’ Association Ends Interesting Two Days’ Session. I THIS AFTERNOON Washington Township Effects Organization—lnteresting Speakers. The Adams County Fairness’ association this afternoon brought to a 1 close a most successful and interesting two days' session. The evening session Thursday was a great climax to a good dcy's work, and although the very c'id weather kept many away, who would otherwise have attended, interest and enthusiasm were not lacking. An excellent musical program, both instrumental and vocal, was given, proceeding the address, on “Co-op-eration,” given tn his usual happy way, by Attorney C. L. Walters, his talk abounding in many practical thoughts along the line of his subject. Miss Alma Garvin of Cambridge City gave a talk of interest to the women of the farm, -she taking the place of Mrs. Laura Leonard of Indianapolis, who could not be present until today. A vocal solo by John R. Evans, and a vocal solo by Miss Hallie Leonard were especially pleasing features of the pro gram. Morning Session. President C. S. Mumma was able to attend this morning and presided at the session today, C. K. Kunkel serving Thursday in his absence. The Rev. L. C. Hessert of the German Reformed church opened this morning's session with the devotional service. J. P. Prigg of Daleville, who gave such an instructive address Thursday, was again on the program, talking this morning on “Horse Breeding on the Farm,' 'a subject of vital interest to farmers today. Mrs Laura Leonard of Indianapolis, who arrived Thursday night, filled her place on the program, speaking on “Woman’s Part on the Farm,” telling of the various and successful departments open to her in this great The matter of the organization of the townships for holding institutes at various times during the year according to a new ruling was taken up just before the noon adjournment. President Mumma appointed a committee for the organization of Washington township, comprising S. F. Miller, John Meyers and W. R. Weldy, they to report this afternoon. The matter of the other township organizations will be taken up later, but it is expected that township institutes will be held at Pleasant ( Mills or Robo and at Monroe at vari-. ous times through the year. Afternoon Meeting. A vocal solo to have been given by Helen Fonner this morning was given this afternoon, and Miss Fiances Merryman rendered a piano solo, pleasingly, as did Mrs. J. O. Selle-' meyer in her vocal solo. J. P. Prigg continued his instruction this after-. noon in an address on “Hogs,” a sub-, ject of much interest in this time of high meat prices. Mr. Eli Wagner, field manager for the Holland St. Louis beet sugary factory, about to be es-. tablished here, gave a talk on “Sugar, Peets," wnich is of vital interest to the farmer at this time, who is contemplating raising beets for the market this fall. Mr. Wagner gave many practical pointers, and his address was received with great enthusiasm. “The Boy and Girl Problem,” as discussed by Mrs. Leonard was another one of her subjects handled in away of profit to parents living on the tarm. F. M. Hubbard of St. Louis, Mich., who is to be manager of the local branch of the Holland-St. Louis beet sugar factory, was to have been a speaker on the program this after-. noon and made the trip here especially to take part. He arrived. from Fort Wayne on the 2 o'clock car, but was so ill that he was obliged ' to go at once to his hotel, being unable to fulfill his part on theyirogram, much I to the regret of all. i i MRS. WILLIAM R. DAY — (United Frees Service.) Canton, Ohio, Jan. s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Mrs. William R. Day, wife of the United States su- ( preme court associate justice, died at ; her home here today. She suffered' Irom a spinal affection. • I

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 At the Bosse Opera House —“The Candy Girl.” The great musical comedy success, * “The Candy Girl.” When a show arrives in town with a lot of girls some one is sure to start a story that it is a burlesque show. Don’t be misled regarding tills show. “The Candy Girl” ■ is not a burlesque show, but a nice, re- . ■lined, clean musical comedy, suitble ■ for the very best class of people, and gives the best of satisfaction to the ladies and children. This company!, has been here before and has always given satisfaction. It is a high class musical comedy, and a guaranteed attraction; 15 different change of wardrobes and 20 big musical numbers. 1 Refined and clean in every respect, t Seats now on sale at the drug store. ' I ELECT OFFICERS German Reformed Sunday School Officers Chosen for the Year. I WAS NEVER BETTER Young People’s Alliance of Evangelical Church Also Elects New Officers. The Sunday school officers of the, 1 German Reformed church, who will, I, be in charge of the financial conditions i as well as other affairs of the church I. for the coming year, the election of whom took place at the church this week, assures the assertion that the present year just being entered upon ’ by the congregation will be as successful as the one just closed, on account of the fact that the officers who were [ in charge of the past year's business were again le-elected. The reports of” the different committees were read | and considered, and this part of the church work could not have been in a .' better condition, as the reportes showed for themselves. The report of the financial committee was rendered, and found never to be better, and after all ' the current expenses had been met, ' an appropriation of forty dollars was ' made to the building fund to be used ■ by the congregation in the erection of 1 a new church tn the future. The offi- j cers electe<| were as follows: Mathias • Kirsch, superintendent; Fred Sellemeyer, vice superintendent; Louis Fruchte, secretary; Jacob Shaffer, ! treasurer, all being re-elected. The ■ growth of the church has also been very encouraging, a number of new members being added within the past i year, and taken as a whole the church I 1 was never in a better condition finan-., | daily or spiritually. The Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical church has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. E. M. Schnitz; vice president, Vernia. Smith: recording secretary, Lilah August; correspond-j . ing secretary, Edwina Van Camp; j treasurer, Mrs. Eugene Runyon; or-, ganist, Zelda Schnitz; assistant or-j ' ganist, Crystal Kern. . A ... OVERHEATED FURNACE. i | An overheated furnace at the newly ’' remodeled bpme of the Misses Mary c and Amelia Niblick on Marshall street < about 6 o’clock Thursday evening, was ; the cause for much alarm, but no dam- ’ < age. The furnace care-taker had fill- j 1 cd the furnace full of fuel to prepare ’ i for the unusually cold night, expecting < the occupants ot the home to later < shut off the furnace. It became so < overheated, however, before this was ; done, that sparks were flying in great i profusion from the register in the 1 room and had it not been noticed just i in time, a serious conflagration, with t the high wind prevailing, would un- i doubtedly have resulted. t o t SHIPPED THE SHOW CARS. c < Thursday, tne Decatur Motor Car i company loaded the cars, which are i intended for the New York and Boston i motor show In the near future. They v loaded a neatly finished car which is 1 intended for the G. W. Emmett & 1 Sons’ company of Boston, and a chassis, besides several of the important parts for examination. Messrs. Cop- I pock, Brackett and Bernard will go to < New York next week to be in attend- < ance at the shows. i

SERVICE IS POOR Changes on Clover Leaf Railroad Time Table Causes Many Complaints. DECATUR IN BAD People from Small Towns Practically Barred—Mail Service is Impaired. i The new Clover Leaf time table is causing a big and righteous uproar in this locality and unless some remedy is found and that quickly, the road will lose about all its friends in eastern Indiana. The trouble comes over the taking off of No. 3 passenger, which has been going west at 8:21 a. m., and No. 4, going east at 7:03 p. m. This leaves but two trains each way, the east and west meeting here at 12:31, noon, and the train east early in the morning and the Commercial Traveler, west in the late evening. This works a hardship on the people of Willshire and Pleasant Mills, who wisli to trade here, as they cannot come to Decatur and get back the same day over the Clover Leaf. As a consequence a number of the Daily Democrat’s readers have made complaints and an effort is being made to have the trains put back on, or some other arrangements made whereby mail and passengers can be taken care of. The Decatur business men suffer more than they perhaps realize, for a large trade comes here from the southeast and from the west, the latter being just about as badly off, as they would have to come in at daylight and remain until noon, or come in at noon and remain until late at night. Besides this, the fast trains on the road will not stop at the small towns, so that the only way .0 get into or out of Decatur to and from these towns is on the noon trains. Decatur business men should see that something is done for they are the losers. It is reported that the company may put the trains back on, but no official information could be secured. While Decatur feels very friendly toward the Clover Leaf, they have a right to be treated right by the railway company. o WILL MAKE TEST New Fire Apparatus Will be Given Workout on Wednesday, Jan. 17 th. VISITORS TO COME i * Richmond, Fort Wayne and Other Cities Will Send Committees to Watch. The new fire apparatus and chemical engine which arrived Thursday, will be given a public test on Wednesday, January 17th, according to plans formed by the committee today. Two frame buildings will be erected on the outskirts 01’the city, an old style chemical engine will be secured, if ' possible from Fort Wayne or some oth-; er place and stationed at the fire, while the Decatur motor engine will : make thr* run and outeu the fire ahead of the competitor, according to the claims of the company. Mr. Holland, chief engineer of the Kanawha company, went t<f Fort Wayne today to arrange if possible to secure an outfit from Ihei to compete. On the date mentioned committees will be here from Richmond and other cities to witness the test, and the public is invited to watch this demonstration. By the 17th, it is believed the new fire department building will be ready for occupancy and the run will be made from that place. The Kanawha is without doubt the best chemical engine on the market and Decatur may well feel proud of her fire protection. Mr. Holland has just installed a similar ouffit at Washington, D. C. —— ■ > Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson went to Fort Wayne Wednesday evening to call on Frank Andrews at the Lutheran hospital, where he was operated upon for appendicitis.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, January 5, 1912.

MISS ARNOLD FOUND. Long Sought Society Girl Found in City Along Hudson River. New York, Jan. s—That5 —That the mystery of the disappearance, more than a year ago, of Miss Dorothy Arnold, a young society girl and heiress, is near a solution was reported by a person close to the Arnold family. Dorothy, the informant said, is alive and well in a Hudson river town, and is in communication with her father. Friends are aiding her financially, but have been unable to persuade her to accept a reconciliation with her father. It will be remembered that upon the first disappearance of the young lady a message was received from one of the leading New York papers that the latest report learned as to her whereabouts was that she had been visiting in Fort Wayne, but an investigation by the Fort Wayne newspapers revealed nothing pertaining to tho eastern report and nothing as to he’ whereabouts had since been received. Trustees i elected By Decatur Cemetery Asso ciation—Then Effect Rei 1 organization. i THE OLD STAFF ‘ Re-elected Without Change 1 —Annual Meeting Was Held Last Night. The stockholders of the Decatur Cemetery association held their annual meeting Thursday evening at 7 o’clock at the office of ’Squire J. H. , Stone. The fobowing trustees were re-elected without change over the old staff: S. Spangler. Dr. J. S. Coverdale, Sol Linn, J. W. Teeple, Mat Kirsch, John Niblick and J. H. Stone. The trustees then went into session and organized with the following officers: President, Sol Linn; secretary, J. H. Stone, and treasurer, J. W. Teeple. The work of the past year's expenditures and receipts were gone over, the reports read by the committee, and everything was found to be in good financial standing for the beginning of the new year. The new lot of fifteen acres, which was but just recently purenased, just west of the present cemetery I at a cost of $3,900, was paid for in cash and at the present time there is something better than SSOO remaining in . the treasury. Everything is in as fa- j vorable condition as could be desired, | and all are well pleased with the re-! suits obtained, during the past year. TAKES A BRIDE I Freeman Beery and Miss Hilda Painter of Willshire Wedded Thursday. —— AT VAN WERT, OHIO Wedding Dinner at Home of Groom’s Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Beery. i • Freeman Beery, u highly esteemed young business man of Willshire, Ohio, though justly an Adams county product, being a son of Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin Beery of West Monroe street, this city, was wedded Thursday afternoon to Miss Hilda Painter, a popular and charming young lady, also of Willshire, Ohio. The young couple left Willshire Thursday, going to Van Wert, Ohio, where the ceremony was performed by the mayor of that city, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. They then came to Decatur for a visit at the home of the groom’s parents, where a wedding dinner was given at 7 , o’clock Thursday evening in their honor. The dinner was a rich feast, sumptuous beyond the description of words, and covers were laid for C. S. Colter ' and family and Howard Wisehaupt, besides the members of the Beery family. The young couple will make their home hi Willshire, Ohio, where the groom is successfully engaged in business.

AT HIGH SCHOOL The Fife Brothers Sang and Read for Students This Morning. PLEASING PROGRAM Will Return Friday—Excellent Lecture Last Night —Tonight’s Service. The Fife brothers certainly made good at the assembly room this morn ing al the high school. Miss Nellie, their sister, did not accompany them, on account of the cold, but the three brothers sang as a trio and Mr. Robert 8. Fife gave a reading entitled, “The Trial of Ben Thomas.” Their songs were all popular and comic and caused the student body to roar with laughter and to applaud vociferously. They have been invited to return next Friday morning with their orchestra and it is known that they will accept aud give pel ha ps one of their best programs in that line ever heard here. Evangelist Clyde Lee Fife suggested to the student body this morning that they should get together and decide which would be the harder examination day next week and have them entertain on that day. This proposition brought loud applause. The cold weather greatly interfered with the lecture Thursday night, but a high class program was carried out. Evangelist Roger 11. Fife and Mrs. A. K. Brooks, his daughter, left on the Clover Leaf Thursday night for their new home in Bartlesville, Okla.' It I was thought for a while that little Bill i Brooks, would not be able to travel, ’ as he was about to have pneumonia, I but Dr. Boyers straightened him out i and the journey was begun. Tonight Evangelist Clyde Lee Fife j will preach the sermon, Mr. Earl 11. i Fife will sing a solo and the Fife quar-' tet and orchestra will furnish special | music. The work of the revival is I expected to be pushed to the very I close from this time, and Evangelist; Fife says that he is expecting that the closing week, which begins Sunday, I will be highly successful. A large attendance is expected tonight and the service will begin about 7:15. SPECIAL COURSE ' I i Rev. Father Othman. of St. I Henry’s, 0., Brother of Ben Knapke, to go to j . WASHINGTON. D. C. I To Take Several Years’ Advanced Course—Ordained on December 24th. Ben Knapke this morning received I word from his brother, A. H. Knapke, I of Burkettsville, Onto, stating that I their orexner, me rtev. rather Othman, | who was ordained to priesthood on the I day previous to Christmas at Cartha-. genia, Ohio, as a member of the precious blood fathers, has been, owing to his gifted knowledge as an orator, selected to be sent to the Catholic uni-’ versity at Washington, to take a sev-! oral years’ special course in philoso-' phy, and to fit himself as a professor in one of the more advanced branches to become associated with the faculty of the St. Joseph's college at Rensse- • laer, Ind., and conducted by this or j del of missionarico. Father Othman, although ordained, delivered the Christmas sermon at his home parish at Cranberry Prairie, Ohio, where he celebrated his first solemn high mass, which was greatly appreciated by the large membership, which gathered to attend the first mass by a son of their congregation. The university at Washington is considered the greatest place of learning for a higher knowledge of the priesthood, and that Rev. Othman has been selected as a member from his class, speaks well of him, and success will be his. o Miss Stella and John Wemhoff of Fort Wayne spent last evening here with their mother, returning to their work this morning.

SOME WINTER. Was the Frequent Remark Heard Throughout the Day. Was there any one this morning who hesitated or doubted that we had a touch of real winter weather? From early morning the temperature began to fall and along with the sharp, stiff wind from the west, made it almost impossible for a person to be out for any length of time. Thursday evening the thermometer hovered around the zero mark, and this morning from all reports taken from the many who were anxious to ascertain the real temperature, it ran from four to ten below. • The same severe, cutting wind was still in evidence today, and the present cold snap is without doubt one of those old reminders, which our forefathers often tell of. HE OWES A DUTY To His Audience Does the Lecturer, Says Albert Edward Wiggam. LECTURES TONIGHT And Will Talk on “Dollars and Sense”—Be Sure to Hear Him. “The large and cultured audience was simply charmed ior an hour and a half at the Y. M. C. A. last evening by the mixture of wit, sense and humor, woven together in masterly language by i the lecturer, Albert Edward Wiggam, ! whose extraordinary eloquence has , won for him the sobriquet of the “Sec ! ond Beveridge,' ” says the Daily Times,’ ■of Racine, Wis. This noted lecturer, who is known over the entire United States, will give his lecture “Dollars ' and Sense,” this evening at Bosse's opera house, this being the fourth of ; the high school lecture course series. Those who have not season tickets, can secure single seats at the Holthouse drug store. For eight years Mr. ' Wiggam has belonged to the best class i of the popular lecture who entertains, makes people think, and leaves a message with his hearers. In that time he has appeared in over eighteen hundred lecture courses, chautauquas, etc., and his popularity has been unsurpassed. Mr. Wiggam, at the age of twentyj five, was one of the noted younger po- ■ litical orators of the country, and, havj ing left writing editorials for one of i ’ our great dailies to go on the platform, ■ he has always taken a great interest j 'in public questions. He holds that the I I man who assumes to be a lecturer I : owes a duty to his audiences and to ! the lyceum institution, to have a big,; I vital message to deliver a message I that tends toward the upiill aud bet- j terment of his countrymen—-a message I that will leave a lasting impress rather | , than merely afford laughter and goad humor for the time being. LOVE WAS TRUE. Portland Couple Both Over Seventy Wed Tuesday. Both past the three-score and ten mile post In life, Alexander Carsen, ’of ’Redkey, and Mrs. Anna Ellis, also of that place, were granted a marriage license just after dinner Wednesday Both applied in person at th.' office of the clerk of the circuit court. ■ The bridegroom had been there earlier I in the day alone, but when informed that the presence or affidavit of the bride-to-be was required, he returned and brought her to the city. Mr. Car ’son said that he was a farmer and ■ seventy years of age. and was enter j ing the matrimonial state for the third time; the first time be wa« divorced, his second wife dying in 1909. Mrs. Ellis said that she was seventy-five; her first husband is dead, and she was divorced from number two in 1906. They returned to Redkey on the 2 o'clock car, being married there at the home of the bride by 'Squire Bader at 3 o’clock. —Portland Commercial-Re-view. ELKS TONIGHT. All brother Elks are earnestly requested to be present this evening for the regular meeting scheduled and when a good rousing time is scheduled to take place. The committee has arranged for a pleasant evening and if you fail to be on hand you will miss half of your life.

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WIN OUT AGAIN The Local Basket Ball Team Takes Good Game from Fast Bryant Bunch SOME FINE PLAYING Van Buren Cancels Next I Week’s Game—Another Will be Arranged. The local high schol basket ball team seems to have it all their own r way this season, and victories seem to be a common thing to them, they I having been defeated but once this I season. Thursday evening an open ; date was had, and Bryant was secured for the evening, in which the home team defeated the visitors oy a score of 33 to 11. The Decatur boys played simply fine, and their fast team work was highly appreciated by the many , who witnessed the game There is no doubt but that the locals are the fastest team in this sport in this part of Indiana and there excellent record 1 which they have obtained for themselves and the clean work always credited to them, goes a long ways in their success. The game of Thursday •vening was fast and classy, some difficult goals being made and for which they deserve credit. The next scheduled game was to have been with Van [• Buren January 12th, but owing to the ■ fact that Van Buren canceled this - date no game is so far arranged, but an effort will be made to secure some ■ j outside team and the lovers of this s ’ sport will no doubt be supplied with ’ a game to keep them in trim for the .' ■ following scheduled contests. The • , following was Thursday evening's line--1 up: ■ i Peterson Guard -..Logan Lose Guard Rodgers j Vancil Center Jeffries Myers ■ Tyndall Forwards Glenster I Vail McConnel ... Forwards Haftner j Goals were made as follows: Vancil, 8; Peterson, 5; Tyndall, 1; Myers, 1. Referees, Worthmann aud Powell. __ “THE DEEP PURPLE.” At the Majestic Theater, Ft. Wayne, Monday, January Bth. Having demonstrated through his i “Alias Jimmy Valentine,” his ability to “come back,” after the “Heir of the Hoorah,” and “Salomy Jane,” Paul Paul Armstrong has now proven his ability to “stay back.’ His latest play, “The Deep Purple,” which he wrote 1 in collaboration with Wilson Mizner, was one of the big successes of the last metropolitaflh season, and is to be j seen at the Majestic theater, Fort ' Wayne, Monday, January Bth. “The Deep Purple,” in brief, is a play of New York’s underworld. Blackmaiijrs and confidence men are in evidence from the first curtain to the last. It need not be said that characters such as these will receive a different treatment at Armstrong's j hands than is generally accorded them on the stage. There are two points that generally characterize an Ann- ’ strong play. The first of these is his success in making his characters carry conviction. He has the knack of carrying real human beings to the other side of the foot-lights. The other point that may be looked for in an Armstrong play is “the punch.’ The bill-boards proclaim “The Deep Purple,” as “another play with a punch.” The word punch, in its dramatic connection, probably has not yet found its way into any book of dramatic technique, but it means a big climax or a thrill that has something of dramatic value behind it. In advertising the play as “another play with a punch.” Liebier & Co., its managers, : obviously allude to Armstrong’s great success, “Alias Jimmy Valentine,” which culminates in an exciting safe- ■ opening scene that helped to keep it on Broadway for two years. Liebier & Co. are supplying an unusually fine company for “The Deep Purple.” Among the well known members are Sydney Booth, W. J. Ferguson, Ada Dwyer, Rosina Henley and others. — o At 7 o’clock this morning the thermometer still registered five below zero. What must it have been during the still cold hours when there was no eye to venture forth to peep?