Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 13.

GREATEST EVER Fourteen Additions to Christian Church Sunday—The Closing Day of FIFE BROS.’ REVIVAL ' Fifty-one Additions in All— Will Return Here August 1 for Tent Meeting. Sb Sunday, the closing day of the Fife Hlhothers’ evangelistic series at the church, in this city, was the day of the series, there Luing ® fourteen additions —five at the mornItj'inc service and nine in too evening. A ■■remarkable feat-re of the morning jpserviee was that every unsaved person EBln the house was reached. This great fc closing day’s harvest, with those of HRhe preceding meetings, make a total * hos fifty-one additions during the camKpaigta, which covered a few days less Hthan three weeks. It was the largest a® ingathering ever had in the history of Kthe local Christian church, *and the church and city in general is - well p, pleased with the efforts of the noted Wsevangelists. i All the services of the day created great enthusiasm. The Sunday school hour was an especially Interesting one, “How to Purify a Sinful Life” being demonstrated in a practical way that was brought home with great clearness to the minds of the little ones. I®At the regular morning hour of wor- • ship was held the fellowship service. S’! Evangelist Clyde Lee Fife preached a sermon on "A Word to New Converts," and this was full of practical advice to those who are entering anew in the '.Christian life. At the close, more ■ than thirty-five of the new people > were given the right hand of fellowship by the church. The church was more than filled in the afternoon with the large assembly of young ladies for whom the evangelist, C. L. Fife, deft. livered the sermon, “An Old Love Story," from the beautiful story of Ruth, which is worthy of emulation ’by every young lady. At the afterI noon service one young lady was baptized, having made the confession the .evening before. The evening sermon |is said to have been one of the best ever delivered in the city. The subject was "Something New on Christian Unity,” and the young evangelist put forth in a most convincing wa.y the great plea for which the Christian church stands, “Christian Unity." and th«. very easy way in which it could be accomplished if all churches would unite on the plea of “Speaking where the Bible speaks and keeping silent where the Bible is silent.” At all the services, the usual excellent music was i rendered by the Fife quartet and orchestra, Milton Yager also playing g with them. At the close of the even- . ing service, the Fife company left for * Foseyville, where they will hold their next campaign, after which they will go to Elkhart. Nearly fifty people acf! companied them to the train, and sped them on their way with good wishes, until “they met again," which it is hoped will be next August first, when they are planning to return here ■. and conduct a great tent meeting. They have been handicapped hero by the smallness of church seating capacity, and also by the very cold weather, and it is hoped that next summer, when a large tent, seating many thou sands, can he erected, for accommodar tion of the vast audiences, even greater results than have been attained at | this most successful campaign, will be I in order. The church Is certainly well I. pleased with the efforts of the noted ■ evangelists, and their friends here are ■ many, who will heartily welcome them on their return. — ~. — BASKET BALL GAME. Will be Played Tuesday Evening Between Hoosiers and Portland. The basket ball game of Tuesday evening between the "Decatur Hoosiers" I and the Portland Phi Delta team proniises to boa fast contest from the much practice which has been put in | by the locals recently and from the | reputation carried by the visitors, the game will be as fast a one as ever : indulged in by the home team. The line-up for the locals which is a strong one. will be right there with their fighting gloves, and the same admission of twenty-five cents will be charged-

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FIRST RURAL CARRIER. Os Uncle Sam Dies at His Home in Auburn, Illinois. Springfield. 111., Jan. 15 —Samuel Lewis, first rural mail carrier in the United States, is dead at his home in Auburn, 111., at the age of seventythree years. When rural free delivery was authorized by congress the initial experiment was made in this county j and in the first bids for service Lewis | was the first bidder to get within a ! specified limit of $350 a year. He remained continuously in service until he becamo ill last November. ! WELL KNOWN LADY Mrs. Caroline Grote of Union! Township Answers to Grim Reaper’s Call. ON SUNDAY EVENING Had Been Ailing from Tubercular Trouble —Funeral Will be Wednesday. Mrs. Caroline Grote, a well known lady of Union township, and the widow of the late Charles Grote, died at the home of Her eldest son, Henry : Grote, at 6 o'clock Sunday evening, death coming as a relief from a de- . cline in health for the past four years, and for a year unable to leave her . room, she being closely confined to I her bed. The deceased was born in J Germany seventy-seven years, ten. 1 months and eighteen days ago, the I , daughter of Henry Kruckeberg, who,: i with her parents came to this country i in August of 1849, and almost direct I i to this county. She was a resident ofl . Fort Wayne for a few years, but later i came to Union township, this county, . where she grew to womanhood and • won the large circle of friends which • she enjoyed. In 1852 she was wedded i to Charles Grote, the Rev. Fritzer per- ! forming the ceremony, which proved , for them a most happy life, ten chil- . dren being bom to the union, and all . but one son are left to mourn their J i loss. Mrs. Grote was a lady beloved | I by all who knew her, always willing to I lend her aid to those who asked it, and was held in high esteem by all. Since her decline in health she had been liv-| : ing with her son. she being afflicted i with a tubercular ailment, and her ad- 1 vanned age of many years brought on death, after a life of many and useful [ years well spent. The following are, the children: Mrs. S. C. Lee, Mrs. F. | Buechner, Miss Minnie, Fred and Har-i mon Grote of Fort Wayne; Henry and Charles of Union township, Mrs. ’William Dittner, Napoleon, Ohio, and Mrs. Fred Relnking of North Do-: ■ ver, Ohio. One sister, Mrs. Christ Pchlmeyer, and twenty-one grandchil- - dren and one great-grand-child also survive. The funeral will be held Wed nesday at 12:30 o’clock, sun time, from the home, and at 1 o’clock from the Emmanuel Lutheran church, with the Rev. Bauer officiating. Interment will be made at the church cemetery. TWO SUN ECLIPSES. For the Year 1912 Have Been Given Out. Two eclipses of the sun and two of the moon will take place During 1912. , One eclipse of each celestial body will be visible in Decatur, and the other two will be invisible to practically al! parts of the United States, according to the latest almanac. The eclipse of : the sun, which can be seen hero, is, scheduled for April 17th. It may be | witnessed from all portions of eastern ; North America, northern and north-1 eastern portions of South America and | Europe, northwest Africa and western ! Asia. The eclipse means that the een- . tral part of the sun will be in shadow. The phenomena will be seen at its j best just at sunrise on the morning of ■ April 17th. The visible eclipse of the moon will be September 28th. It may > • be aeen in central and western parts i of the United States and in Australia i and the Pacific coast islands. Decai tur lies at the extreme edge of the line , of vision of tnis eclipse. The moon ■ will be seen here to enter the shadow s at 6:30 on the morning of September ; 26th. The sky will shortly become ■ light and the eclipse will be invisible • beie and a total •rilrw of the sun • will be seen from Florida, but from no other part of the country.

IN THE FEDERATION The Local Union Was Admitted Sunday Afternoon With Big List. A BIG FUTURE X Awaits the Union—James G. * Smith is Newly Elected President, i i Toe meeting of the laborers’ union | which was scheduled for Sunday after-' ; noon at 3:30, was held and a very interesting meeting was had, The char- ! ter had arrived and also J. C. WerkI man, the assistant organizer of Fort I Wayne, and promptly at the hour the interested members of the formative union were there ready to be initiated into the American Federation of La ! bor. With about twenty-five charter members paid up and as many more who will pay up in the next' thirty days the local union started off with a rush. The meetings of the union will be lielu in the harness makers' hall on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in the evening. The union will be a beneficiary organization and will probably pay $3.00 per week benefits, although the amount is not definitely settled as yet. The cost of joining I will be fifty cents for the next thirty ' days, after which it must be raised. ! The dues will probably be about $3.00 per year. j Following trie settlement of these details the election of the officers was ■ had, and for president there was nominated and elected, without opposition, James G. Smith; for vice president, Marcus Mayer; for secretary, Lee Stults; for treasurer, John Edwards; i for guard, Ike Zimmerman; three trustees, as follows: John Thomas, William Keller and Clarence Stevens. The union is now a part of the American Federation of Labor, and is cofflrolled by the laws of that organi- [ zatron. However, the president states 1 that this council is not in favor of I strikes or other actions of the kind, i but is for the protection of the labor- ‘ ing fraternity only. Efforts are being | made to gather in the trades that are j organized and probably in the near I future the union will possess considl erable strength. homf.lrom west Attorney Clark J. Lutz Came Through a Dakota Blizzard That Was Real. MANY HOURS LATE His Train Reached Chicago i Twenty-five Hours Behind Regular Schedule. Attorney Clark J. Lutz arrived home Sunday morning from two weeks’ business trip to the northwest. He visited five county seats in Montana, making j his headquarters at Helena. The reI turn trip was one of interest, though Mr. Lutz looked happy when he said ho was glad to be home. His train ! was twenty-five hours late into ChiI cago, an old fashioned blizzard having I engulfed them while coming through the Dakotas. The snow flurries made it impossible to see the fences along the railroad track, and four or five stops were made while fresh engines were sent for. But they got through, and the experience will be one that j Mr. Lutz will remember the rest of his days. The mercury nearly reached the bottom of the thermometers, but the attorney says he didn’t notice it much or suffer from the cold, at any time. In fact the train was kept too warm. If anything. CENSUS REPORT. A fine baby girl buiu thin morning to Mr. and Mrs. David Wagner

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening. January 15, 1911.

K. OF C. MEETING. There will be a special meeting of the Kn’ghts of Columbus this evening, at which time important business will be carried out and at the same time arrangements will be made for the installation to be held on Thursday, January 18th. A good time is always in store on this occasion and is again looked forward to. Other business matters will also be attended to, and the meeting will be one of much interest throughout. STROKEWASFATAL — Mrs. Dr, Clark of New Haven, and Sister-in-law of Drs. Clark, This City. DIED LAST EVENING Was Unconscious Througb- | out —Doctors and Families to Attend Funeral. Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Clark returned home during the night from New fla- > ven, where they paid a visit with the Dr. and Mrs. Battel Clark, the latter having been for the past week serious ly sick and unconscious from a paralytic stroke, which she suffered on° week ago last Saturday, and from which death overtook her Sunday evening at 5:30 o'clock. The deceased was forty-four years of age. The doctor, who is a brother of the Drs. Clark, this city, was nimself quite seriously ill from pneumonia some few months ago and for a time his life was also despaired of. Mrs. Clark was well knswn in this city, having visited here only a few months ago, and was then in apparently good health. Besides the husband she is survived by two sons and one daughter, Charles, Raymond and Margaret; one brother, four sisters and the mother, all residing in Van Wert. Ohio. She was a member of St. John’s Catholic church, of New Haven." She had been a resident of that city for seventeen years, having formerly resided at Payne, O. The funeral services will be held at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning at St. John's Catholic church. Burial in the Catholic cemetery. The Drs. Clark and their families will leave early Wednesday morning to attend the funeral. BAPTIST REVIVAL i Pastor Jones Began Revival i Service Last Evening— Good Audience. ALL ARE INVITED Revival Services Also Opened at Methodist Church for Season. i. Pastor Jones negan revival meetings at the Baptist church Sunday evening. ' A goodly audience was present botn morning and evening. The subject for this evening will be, “Can a Man Reform?” Text, Matt. 27:3. A cordial •welcome is extended, to all and especially men who may be interested in this subject. Some of the subjects to be used in this series of meetings arc at follows: “Can a Man Reform?" Matt. 27:3; "Hypocrites in the Church and Out.” I Cor. 3:13; Matt. 23:3: "Quitters,” II Kings 13:18; “My Ded In Hell,” Ps. 139:8; “The Valley of Decision," Joel 3:14; "Not Far from the Kingdom," Mark 12:34; “Short Beds and Narrow Covers." Isa. 28:20; “The Bone Yard,” etc. The services begin promptly at 7:30 p. m., and all are welcome. Come and bring a friend. Methodist Revival. The Methodist Episcopal church be- , gan a series of evangelistic meetings . Sunday. The attendance was large. The Rev. G. H. Myers preached a very i effective and inspiring sermon in the morning and the pastor preached at night on “Evolution and the Fall." Tonight the sermon will be on “Co-opera-tive Evangelism.” Wednesday night . -will be business men’s night. The program will be announced later.

TO NAVALACADEMY ■I ■I , Senator Shively Recommends Appointment of Virgil Krick to < ANNAPOLIS ACADEMY i | |- i A Great Honor—Krick Will < i 1 ' Take Application Exam- h ination in June. •j 1 Virgil’ Kr’ck. a senior in the Decatur high school, a son of Henry Krick of this city, Saturday received from Senator Shively of Washington the good announcement, that he had recommend- j ■ cd him foi appointment ns midship-1 man at the United States naval academy at Annapolis. Virgil will graduate from the local high school in May and the third Tuesday in June, will go ! to Fort Wayne where he will fake the examination for entrance to the naval academy, the list subjects in which he will be examined there including the following: Algebra, geometry, i arithmetic, grammar, geography, Unit - ed States history, world’s history, spelling Should he be successful in ■ the examination, he will be required s to go at once to the academy to pre- - pare himself for the opening of the > school. The naval academy term is I i four years, but before he is entitled I - to his diploma, he will be required to | 1 do two year's service at sea, and there | • fore, after his graduation from the' , academy, he will be assigned to some war vessel for two years' service. i The appointment comes as a great i distinction, because of the very small I I number of appointments limited to I I each delegate to Washington, each be- j > ing allowed only to recommend two ! appointments during his term. After I I this year it will be even still more dis-1 . ficult to secure an appointment, as i , each one will be allowed but one instead of the two. The president also i has the appointment of five students ! , at large each year, but these he is : obliged to select from the sons of mili , . tary and naval officers. To secure an appointment from this district, there-! 1 fore, means appeal to Congressman Adair, Senator Kern and Senator ■ Shively, each of whom were allowed to , make two appointments. Virgil has : long had a desire for military life and the appointment seems to be the prom ise of the fulfillment of his great de- 1 sire, in which he will undoubtedly be successful. All students who enter are termed ' midshipmen. MR. EICHHORN WON Nominated for Judge of; Wells and Blackford i Counties Saturday. A GOOD MAJORITY j : Democrats of Wells County! !' Select Ticket—Johnson Won by Four Votes. Bluffton, Ind., Jan. 15 —(Special to 1 Daily Democrat) —W. H. Eichhorn of ! - Bluffton was nominated Saturday in i the primary elections held in Wells > and Blackford counties, defeating _• Judge Charles E. Sturgis and George . Mock. In Blackford county Sturgis 1 i won by 318 over Eichhorn, but in | : Wells county Eichhorn received 1,628 I 1 votes, Sturgis, 772, and Mock, "53,1 - Eichhorn s plurality in the two coun- ■ ties being K3B. On account+of the ex- 1 s treme cold weather only about two- ■ : thirds of the vote was out. In Wells | i county, M. M. Justus defeated Robert ■ Kilander for representative by 315. For treasurer, J. A. Mcßride won over a field of six starters by sixty votes. ; The race for sheriff was a close one, ■- with nine candidates running. It was s first reported that Marion Garton had won by twenty, but later reports said y that an error had been made and J. A. e Johnson was declared the winner by t four votes. Herman Thoma was nam- >- ed for coroner and Charles Decker for i- surveyor, without opposition. Lewis; t Nutter was nominated for commission- >• er first district, and William A. Redding in the aocond.

THIRTY YEARS IN THE ARMY. ( W. M. Parker and J. H. Williams Visit I First Time in Many Years. J. H. Williams of West Madison 1 street has as his guest this week, Mr. W. M. Parker of Columbus, Ohio, a cousin, whom he had not seen for for-ty-four years, until he came in Saturday. Mr. Parker was for thirty years a soldier in the United States army and for several years has been retired ! with forty dollars’ per month pay. He served thre€ years during the civil war and twenty-seven years afterward in i the standing army. His visit here is I a pleasant one for all. BANANA ’FRITTERS And Waffles Were Delicious Dainties Made by the Cooking Class OF THE HIGH SCHOOL — At Indiana Lighting Plant— Miss Phillips Teacher— Progressive. Aprons were again donned this aft- ! I ernoon by the sixty high school stu- , dents at the Indiana Lighting com pany’s office, where they took their > | regular weekly lesson in domestic j science, under the direction of Miss Stella Phillips, teacher, of Ft. Wayne. I There are uiree sections, of twenty ' students each, and section number I ! one made waffles today, sections two ! ; and three banana fritters. Section 1 one made fritters last week, being a | lesson ahead of the other two sections, not because they are smarter, nor because the last two sections j "frittered” their time away, but because section number one was given i priority in time of beginning the lessons. The class is supplied by the lighting company with all materials for the making of the things, and with i every convenience in the way of gas stoves and appliances. The waffle > irons are especially convenient for the gas ranges, being a new appliance. They are set o na raised iron, thus , allowing a better and more even ; browning than though set directly down on the gas flame, which would !be likely to burn them. A new ar- ! rangement also permits the waffle iron i to be turned on the iron holder without lifting. The fritters were cooked in wire baskets, set in the kettle of hot grease. The lesson next week will be on biscuits, the lessons gradually ■ | leading up to bread making. . _. _ n GEO. WEMHOFF IS SECRETARY. i Elected to That Office by Indiana Retail Monument Dealers Last Week Decatur is again at the front. George s ; E. Wemhoff, one of the hustling business men of this city, has been honor-; ! ed by his selection as secretary of the ' Indiana Retail Monument Dealers’ as-: j sociation, at the meeting held at Indi- i anapolis. During the session Mr. I Wemhoff delivered an address which | j attracted considerable attention and | ! his selection to one of the most imi portant offices of the organization! ' proves that, his ability has been noj ticed. The other officers are: Howard 1 ;A. Cann, Frankfort, president : J. H. i Brooks, Greenfield, vice president: F. L. Cheesman, Peru, treasurer. The association will hold a mid-summer meeting and there is talk of accepting an invitation to camp a week at Michigan City. MR. OPLIGER IS IMPROVING. — County Superintendent Will Probably be Out Within Week or So. A telephone message from Linn Grove at noon today gave the good ! news that County Superintendent Lawi rence E. Opliger, who has been very ill for a week past, the result of hav J ing frozen his face and hands, on a i trip from here to that place, is grade ally improving, and will probably be able to be out within a week or ten days, unless something unforeseen should complicate his case. The rumor that he is suffering from pneumonia is ! without foundation. His physician be , Hevcs that he will get along nicely from now on, that the amputation of ! one of his fingers will not be necessary • as was at first feared.

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SOLE PROPRIETOR Fred Schaub Takes Over the Interest of His Two Partners. DEAL NOW IN EFFECT Firm Has Been Strong One and Mr. Schaub Welcomes His Past Customers. Fcllowing the annual inventory and ! a deal which has been anticipated ior a week past, Fred Schaub, of the well i known hardware firm of Schaub, Got- ; temoller & Co., the latter being Mr. Clark Ketcn, of Richmond, has taken , over the two-thirds interest of his parinets and from now on will be the sole proprietor of the store. Since the establishment of this enterprising firm i three years ago they have enjoyed one i of the leading patronages of the city, ! and had won for themselves a reputn- ! tion second to none and built up ! through their honest efforts and | square dealings the excellent trade i which they has been their lot. No ! reason for the disposal of their inter- | ests by the two retiring partners can ( be given outside of the fact that thev wished to retire from the present business, and the terms being satisfactory on the part of Mr. Schaub, the deal was successfully made. The 1 change has already taken effect. Mr. > Gottemoller having gone to Indianap- : alls this morning to look after other ; business. Mr. Schaub, who continues in the ! business of hardware, stoves, paints and oils, will conduct the business on the same lines as they have been carying on the business and assures the public which has in the past favored them with their patronage that the same courteous and fair treatment will be continued. The new as well as the retiring members express their thanks for the many favors shown them and extend their appreciation in this manner. o i SECOND HALF TERM Os the Public Schools of This City Began Today. Today began the last half of the year for the Decatur public schools, everything beginning auspiciously. The Decatur high school is in a very flourishing condition, and the second half of the term opens with one more pupil ! than the first half. Carl Battenberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battenberg, formerly of this city, who lately moved here from Y’orktown, is a new pupil here. Carl is a graduate of the high school there and has also had ! school work at Angola, and will finish ! with the class here. Every one of the high school pupils who began study at ! the opening of the school year, is still ! with the class, none having dropped out. OPERATED UPON. B. Spuhler Undergoes Operation for Cancerous Growth. — Bee Spuhler, son of William Spuhler, of Union township, but who lias been making his home at St. Louis. Mo., for I some time nast, was this morning operated upon for cancers, and from , which, it?is thought by those in charge ■ that very littlo relief can be. given the afflicted man. He was on last Thurs- ! day brought to this city for medical treatment and this morning submitted to the ordeal which it is believed would be of some benefit to him The growths are located throughout his entire system and but little hope is ex- ! tended for his recovery. SITTING BULL AT STAR TONIGHT. ! Tonight’s the night. Old Sitting Bull, famous Indian fighter, will be seen at the Star tonight, in 3,000 feet of the nearest-to-life pictures ever shown upon a Decatur canvas. The son and daughter of the old chief actually appear in the pictures, and-the entire show of three reels will make you almost hold your breath. The show is an extraordinarily interesting one, educational and well worth seeing. The price is ten cents for adults and five cents for children. Take the ! family and see the best show you ever looked at for the money. Mr. and Mrs. James P. Haefling were Fort Wayne visitors today.