Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1912 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 23.

SECURE CHURCH Church at Berne Will be Gathering Place for South Half FARMERS’ INSTITUTE —■ .r—9 (Date Set is February sth and I • * i L\?.—Program Just off the Press. With the place selected for its holding and all arrangements nearly complete, tor the holding of the Farmers’ Institute for the south half of the county, on February sth and 6th. at Berne, more definite arrangements for the best ever held will now be looked after by the president, C. S. Mumma, and his co-workers. On Monday he conferred with a committee of business men there for the securing ot a building, which was left in the hands of D. C. Sprunger and C. A. Neuenschwander. They, with others, sought for the Mennonite church, which privilege was granted them, and following that the getting out of the following program was attended to. The exercises for the two days consists of the following interesting I numbers: . >i First Day—Morning Session—9:3o. Instrumental Music —Miss Rose Lehman. Opening Exercises —Rev. H. H. Kattmann. Music —Evangelical Church Quartet. Farming as a Business —Hon. L. B. (’lore, Franklin, Ind. Discussion —Institute. Announcements and adjournment. Afternoon Session —1:00. Mutic—Male Quartet, led by C. A. Lehman. The Corn Crop—L. C. Clore. Discussion —Institute. Poultry as a Profitable Farm Prod-uct-Pro.. A. G. Phillips, Purdue university. Evening Session —7:00. Instrumental Music —Miss Gertrude

Hirschy and Brother. Address —Benefits of Mutual Endeavor for the Uplift of All Classes— Howard Wisehaupt, Decatur. Song—Mennonite Male Choir. Announcements and Adjournment. Second Day—Morning Session —9:30. Music —Reformed Church Quartet, led by Mrs. Engeler. Opening Exercises —Rev. S. F. Sprunger. Breeding and Feeding of Hogs—J. B. Prigg. Daleville, Ind. Disc ussion—lnstitute. Local Organization, as outlined by the extension department. Afternoon Session. Music —Instrumental and Vocal Solo—Misse Alina and Lydia Sprunger. Selecting Feeders and Cattle Feeding --J. P. Prigg. Discussion —Institute. Transacting unfinished business. Adjournment. — ♦- — — — THE STAR THEATER. Only two more days in which to hear and see the marvelous chronophone talking pictures, which have ’ been drawing capacity business for the past week nt the Star. These pictures are the most interesting ever brought to a picture theater in Decatur, and well repay, not only those in search of amusement, but those seriously minded and interested in the study of things that are out of the ordinary, and fascinating because of seeming impossibility. On Saturday afternoon and nigh' we will run Abraham Lincoln's great i«n of the emancipation proclamation, which will be worth many times the /rice of admission. Don’t fail to attend the Star theater. NOT METROPOLITAN NEWS. Decatur papers announce that the county officials there have been notified that the county assessor is not entitled to a per diem, or day's extra pay for time he serves as a member of the county board of tax review. It is stated that this is a part of his duty, prescribed by law, for which he is paid in his regular salary. This may be news at Decatur, but Jay county officers have known it for a long time and no such allowance has ever been claimed or made here. —Portland Com-mercial-Review.

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I — . ’ —yn»l c. B. L. OF I. INVITATION. I Decatur Council to Attend Ft. Wayne Initiation and Banquet. I The local council of C. B. L. of I. fes received an invitation from the 10rt Layne Catholic Benevolent Le--B,n to attend the initiation and banQUt given under the direction of the I alltd councils next Sunday, January at the Minuet hall. Fort Wayne. A irge class of Fort Wayne candidate. win be glven the degree The , fir st nil be conferred at 2p. m., the . i secon at 3 p m The banquet will I •>«* gi*n at 6 o'clocl in the „v -n.uv i and tlipe will be a i rogiam oi mure’ ations, speeches and seng, in i "hich siting biothers and sistets 'torn vatjps councils of the state wi 1 take pm Jlanv from the Decatu ,. | council w[ attend. t j. BIG IAMAGE SUIT:

i brought b George H. Lambert Agl ns t Mennonits ishops. WHO explled HIM —L 'is Father of He Lambert, Missionary \\ o Lectured Here Lai Year. According to a from E j k . hart to the maianapoAx ewg the* Mennonite circles of tl state are stirred by the SIO,OOO dau. e sujt in the superior court H I Lambert against David Bt^ o i der ol - 1 Nappanee, Jacob Bixler of- akarusa ; and David Yodei; of Ol' v e\ wn3 hip .'>ll bishops in the Mennoni tburcb 1 through which Lambert polled l December Ist. Mr. lambert is the father i ßoge i Lambert Meselman of Victoria .... who, before her marriage wasj nig .; siohafj at Hadjln,' Asiatic Tuts , lt i tlw time of the outbreak of the » ds . against the Armenians in April, ( at which time Miss Lambert an^ e I j

four other American and Rufol! missionaries with her was the sub J of international alarm and nego' lions. A sister, Nort Lambert, is n« a missionary in the same field, havi returned to that territory in Marc

1910, after a short furlough in Amerp. ca. It will be remembered that Miss Rose Lambert was in this vicinity a ) ye;,;- ar so ago and gave interesting lectures on her experience as a missionary, during the revival services i conducted at the Beery church west of this city.

Mr. Lambert, twelve or fifteen years' ! ago was sent to India to distribute) family relief supplies bought by mon-) ey raised by the Mennonite mission) I board of America. The complaint outlines fifteen ! charges which were officially sustain-■ . ed by a vote of the congregation and ) I which Lambert avers are false and li-, i belous. They are: Unsatisfactory) , confession of lawsuit regarding an a-i-i I tomobile; repeated marrying of out-) aiders; indulging in lawsuit regarding) setter; breaking a contract with one' Holler; being disinterested in home life; engaging in improper conduct) with opj'osite sex; unbecoming and) filthy conversation; lack of charity to-1 ward needy; deliberate lying: refusal to pay-church dues: using tobacco;) visiting questionable houses, unbe | coming conduct; teaching immoral 1 and unscriptural doctrines; not communing at home, but with other congregations; dishonesty in business dealings. FEATURE PLAY. The Ross Comedy company, which has been playing at the Crystal all week and incidentally pleasing the ; large crowds of discerning patrons of this place of amusement, will feature i tonight “The Ramblers,” a play written especially for this cast and one upon which has been spent the best, talents of the players. The play comes well recommended and the lovers of good photoplays and intelligent comedy will do well in attending tonight’s show at the Crystal. SCARLET FEVER IN CITY. Two cases of scarlet fever are re-) ported in the city. Chalmer Porter i has been ill since last Saturday and Miss Leah Hill since Thursday. Both • 1 are students in the eighth grade at 1 the Central buiiaing.

A NEARJACCIDENT Three Young Lads Have Narrow Escape Far from the City Limits. WENT THROUGH ICE Adrain Baker, Peter Bolinger and Creed Vaughn V. ere Well Scared. I Thursday alternoon Adrian Baker had a narrow escape from death In the .icy waters of the St. Mary’s river about a mile from the southern ' limits of the city. He with Creed

Vaughn and Peter Bolinger, two schoolmates, determined to go skat'ling and at urst settled upon Krick’s I pend hut lai changed their minds and v. cut tu the river. Going down the river quite a distance they attempted to get on the ice and in doing so found that it was not thick | enough to bear their weight. Baker, who was in the lead, broke through 1 the ice and his two young companions were horrified to see him struggle in the icy waters. Vaughn and Bolinger came to the rescue and after considerable time and trouble succeeded in pulling Baker from the water. They rushed to town where Baker was taken care of. I The boys are only about twelve to fourteen years old and were well scared by the experience. Safe to ■ say they will not venture again on i the river but will give fair warning to other young lads who are not large enough to handle themselves in such ' conditions. Many accidents have happened in just that way when no larger person was with boys and the youngj stars should determine of some shal- , . low pond where danger is not pres- ■ ent. The river where this is reported it- ha-» hap- , pened runs from four’to six feet deen j and unless boys are by , older persons the}’ should keep off the 5 ice in such localities.

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jiights of Pythias Appoint 1 Committee for District Convention X, I I 1 1 BE HELD HERE

in Detail for Entertainment of Visitors. — j At t!l Seting of the Knights of | the Kmgi t Pythias Thu rsday PVPn .I j ing a < on ee was appoint to ar-) I ran ® 0 iu *i for the district contention t< j lerd February 1 I The ionowi , , . were named: John Tyndall, chai, T , i; E. h. Lenhart, 11. I S. Michaud. 1 ..... „ i Mills. R. D. Mve-s I and Fred Pat ■ „. n. The committee will meet at i , I rly date, possibly Sunday, and a, . 1 t sub-committees to outline m det le entertainment. 1 There will be a nittee on lecention, on entertai , t, on program, music, speeches, . and everything that can be dom , „ entertain the many hundred Vis*. in a royally i good manner, will I , ,e. An inter eating session was 1 , t , . ast evening, , also, the second deg ’ ~ . ting conferred upon Henry Jan. ... .. and t!l e I third degree upon Pr ufus of Monroe. t THE THIRD BOC~ '• I The hird number or i. ' issue of “The High Scho<' nuary * is just off the press and' 8 ®" ‘ other demonstration of the abili ~ the students in this work. It is o *lrst issue of the new year, and t [IP | pretty blue cover, with letti I red, presents an attractive app 01 a ) for the initial number. The ii e * from cover to cover, contains ts 1 witty and interesting sketches 1 previous numbers, and the sta. J charge are to be highly comma’ on the excellent work produced.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, January 26, 1912.

’ GO TO INDIANAPOLIS. - Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Gottemoller and family will leave in the morning for Indianapolis, where they will from ! now on make their future home. For the past three years Mr Gottemoller has been associated as a partner in the hardware firm of Schub, Gottemoller & Company, and a week or so ago released his interest and secured a position as traveling salesman with a large wholesale hardware firm | traveling out of Indianapolis. While here their acquaintance became a ’ iaige one, and they will be greatly missed by their many friends. PEDDLING STAMPS • I Two Strange Young Men I from Ft. Wayne Engaged in Unusual Occupation.

) ♦ . WERE DETAINED .1 J i By Officers, Having Excited Suspicion—Were Not Held. I I t Two strange young men from Fort Wayne, apparent}' about twenty-seven and twenty-two years old, uho were engaged in trying to sell a stamp book in the city Thursday, and whose personal appearance in general and their dress did not proclaim them as being agents of Uncle Sam, were detained an hour and a half or so in the mayor’s office Thursday on suspicion, but no damaging evidence being found against them, they were not arrested, and were soon let go on their way rejoicing. It is said the} came in Thursday ' afternoon over the G. R. & I. jailroad, 1 and then started out to dispose of a stamp book worth about 49 cents. They tried to dispose of it at the Yo der & Brushwiller grocery and also at the Wilder & Simnje.’s meat mar- 1 ket in the west part” of the city, bin C were unsuccessful, it seems. A tip ' was given the deputy sheriff, J. D. s

Merica, upon the suspicion that they may have been implicated in some > robbery, and be took them into cu- , tody, taking them to the mayor’s office, where an examination was conducted. No books were found upon them, nor was their any evidence to - warrant their arrest. The boys stated that they found themselves in the city and being short of funds, started out )to sell the stamp book, which they * had in their possession. I W. B. Piatt of Huntington, district ' postofflee inspector, was here at the local office on his regular inspection tour at the time, and he was summon- ; ed to the scene of the examination, Postmaster W. A. Lower accompany- ) ing him here. j _ o WEIGHT TOO MUCH. ... — I William P. Biggs, along with many

'others yesterday wished to test his' , strength in the lifting of one end of' , the light posts which have been pur- . chased by the various business men and are lying in front of several of the business houses. Thursday several young men got it into their heads that but very few could show their strength superior to the weight of one of the posts. Mr. Higgs was one who believed he could lift the post, and in doing so wrenched his back verv Beverly and today- was confined to his bod, and his injuries are painful. I o ( BASKET BALL. The games tonight will be started promptly at 7;30 with the Peterson high school engaging the second tonm of the local school. After the home boys sue Peterson the drubbing they have in. store for them the first team will* endeavor to do dfre things to the Fort Wayne high school team, which has an opinion that they are going to do the same thing to outboys here. The problem will be in-' teresting and the sport clean and exciting. WILL MOVE TO DELPHOS. 1 Mrs. Dr. Mark Moran of Portland t and niece, Miss Bertha Kinney, re- 1 turned yesterday from Delphos, O. t Dr. Moran has decided to locate in S Delphos, Ohio, and they went there < yesterday to look for a house. They t will move there in about a week. Dr. e loran Is a brother of Attorney J. C. a oran of this city. p

DECATUR IN LIST !| : ■■ Christian Church of This r I i City to be Represented at District Meet. :! HELD IN HUNTINGION 1 i‘ < March 20, 21 and 22—Rev. J. i { M. Dawson to Give Ser- j mon. I I The annual meeting of the Christian ' churches of the seventh district will be held in Huntington, March 20, 21, E and 22, at the Central Christian church. The meeting will begin on I the evening of March 20th and Claude

E. Hill, national secretary of the Young People’s Movement, pastor of the Christian church at Valparaisa, will occupy the pulpit. , A strong sermon will be delivered at eash sesion and Bible sudy will also ( be a feature. Different pel iods will be devo-ted to each department of the church. The speaker to give the clos i ing address of the meeting has not been selected as yet, but Rev. Elmei tWard Cole, president and secretary of the Seventh District association, expects to obtain the strongest talker I possible. Rev. Cole says he expects a large I attendance at the meeting and prep- i arations will soon be made to enter-1 tain the visitors in a highly .pleasing j manner The program for the meeting will I consist of many interesting feature.; I and much business of importance will l be transacted at the session.— Hunt-, ingion Herald. Rev J. M. Dawson of the local ; church is on the program for a sermon I on the evening of the 22nd. — ELKS’ NOTICE. I ( The Elks will hold an important 1 , meeting at which time the attendance ! of all members is necessary. Special : 1 work will be in order and all who pos- 1 sibly can should be on hand for the t PVAninc 1

evening. > UNUSUALLY BUY t ’ Was the Past Month for the Decatur Library—l7B6 Books Circulated. THE BIGGEST DAY In Point of Circulation Accorded to This Month — I * Some Figures. I : i

I Miss Annette Moses’ report, as librarian, for the past month, shows an unusually busy period enjoyed by the library. Os the total number of 4,833 , books on the shelves, 1,786 were in i circulation during the month. Os this number 978 were taken out by adults, i 675 by juveniles and class’c books numbered 133. One day oi the past ! month had the honor of having the | highest circulation of any one day since the opening of the library, 124 i books having been taken out in that ' day The lowest daily circulation of 1 the month was forty, and the average 70. A new order has been placed for books, and will be a welcome addition to the large number now accredited to the library Among the new ones late ly received is ’’Theodore Roosevelt. Citizen," by Jacob Riis, that is being I highly appreciated. The I work and the reading tables ve er patronized so heavily as at pre . enand the library seems to have entmed upon a new era. iii ■ i i .r*.......■ ■i- ,i i THE HOF3ESALE. The regular weekly horse sale, held at the stables on First street, is progressing finely today, with a large'■ gathering of the best horses possible to be secured in the country. A large number of buyers are present and are taking the horses at fancy, prices. Some farmers are present but the buy i ers from other markets are getting 1 the largest share of the stock. Anoth s er sale will be held next Friday and i a goodly number of horses are already < purchased for It. c

BIG SALE IS CLOSING. Vanoe, Hite & Macklin Are Concluding Giggest Sale of Their History. ' — — The Vance, Hite & Macklin clothing store is closing the greatest sale in its history, and if you want to take advantage of the opportunity to buy . clothing, furnishings, or any of the big and well selected stock, you should take immediate action You have a good stock to select from and at the prices now offered, twenty per cent off, you cannot afford to pass this opportunity, if there is a single article in their line that you need. There still remains many weeks of cold weather and If you buy heavy clothing now it is good for next season. Why not do it? Our clerks are ready and willing to show you through the stock and it is up to you. Remember the sales closes February 3rd. WITHOUTWARNING

Death Came Unexpectedly to William Walters at 8:15 This Morning. HAD BEEN ILL LONG ißut Was Not Bedfast—Was Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Walters. I I Although he had been ailing the , past seventen months or more with . lung trouble and asthma, death cam: j most unexpectedly at 8:15 this mern- ' ing to William Walters, a well known i young man of this city. Mr. Walters ■ had been in poor health for many months, but had at times been able to walk about, though the greater part of the past year he had been confined to the house. At no time was he bedfast, and this morning had been sitting up, as usual. At about 8:15 lie stated that he desired no t'reak’:. .

and had been prevailed upon ’ey ’.I” Walters to lie down for a while. Hi lay down on the bed and Mrs. Walters , left the room for just a little while to get something and when she returned a few moments afterward, he had breathed his last. For the past week or so, the afethma had been particularly bad, but he seemed no worse in particular this morning than at ' ) other times, and his death at this tim ) was most unexpected. ■, The deceased was born on a farm east of the city, thirty-one years ago ) 1 last April 9th. He we.., the son of j ! John and Louisa Walters and the firs + : I eleven or twelve years of his life 1 ( i were spen* in this county and city. ) • I The family th m went to Fairmount 1i 1 and Mr. Walters had resided at vari-!,

) ous cities in his young manhood, his ) I occupation being that of train dis ) patcher. He was married December ■2, 1900, to Miss May White, at La- ) Fountaine, and their married life had ' I been a particularly happy one. Prior | I to coming here about a year ago they I I resided at Garrett, where Mr Walters j was train dispatcher tor the H. ft C. i railroad. Mr. Walters leaces, besides I his bereaved wife, one daughter, Cor-1 l ine. His father died several years ' ago, but his mother is still living, re-' siding at the Daniel Shackley home. He also leaves three brothers Hiram, ) at LaFountalne; Nelson, at Anderson, and Frank, at Marion. Mr. Walters i was a young man of many noble qualities, and the cutting off of a life just in its prime, is a thing sadly deplored j Mr. Walters was a social member ol ) I the local Yeomen order. The funeral will be held Sunday "" ■' ernocn at 2:30 o'clock at the Metho ■ Ist church. CLEANING AND PRESSING. Howard Burdg, a well known young man of this city, is at present making i arrangements for the opening of a ; cleaning and pressing parlor in the), :oom recently vacated by George Mas- j ] sonnee as a fruit stand, on Madison street. In addition to this he will 5 put in a five-chair shining stand, and 6 expects to have the latter department f working by tomorrow evening. As soon as he can complete other arrange ments he will start his pressing and f cleaning, and will soon be ready to t cater to the business in this line.

Price, Two Cents,

LAPSE OF MEMORY John O’Donnell, Stupid by Drink, and by Injury on Head — — UNABLE TO ACCOUNT Where He Spent Last Night and What Became of Several Hundred Dollars.

, Suffering from a bad wound on the head received in a fall this morning, rendering mm unconscious for a while, stupified with urink, and suffering from a total lapse of memory as to where he spent 'fhuisday night, John O’Donnell, a prominent farmer residing five miles east of Geneva, is confined in the Adams county jail on a charge of public intoxication, and is unable to account for several hundred dollars from the $3,500 received in the sale of his forty-acre farm made I last week. It is feared that he may 1 have been robbed during a drunken i stupor, while in Fort Wayne Thursday ■ night, as he is unable to state where ihe spent the night. He appeared at l the Martin restaurant Thursday night, iit is said, and engaged a room for | the night, but never returned to oc- ■ cupy it. Between then and this mornI ing he can give no account of him- | selfi Mr. O’Donnell has been in the oity several days, having in his possion large sums of money, and it is feared that he may have been the victim of foul play. This morning as I Marshal Peterson was in the Jacob Martin restaurant, O’Donnell came in He -seemed to be very stupid as though he had been drinking very . heavily, as is his habit. The marshal lyiowing of hin having had money in his possession, and wishing to warn him, as to the possibilities of his being held up,- told him that if he had

much money on his person he had best ) leava it with the restaurant proprietor. O'Donnell thereupon showe a \ certificate of deposit made Tuesday I with the Bank of Berne for $1,048, and but twenty-two dollars in cash which he had on his person. He did not leave it there, hotwever, and soon went out. About 2:30 o’clock, while crossing over Monroe street in front of the Henry Knapp hardware store, he slipped on the ice and fell, striking his head on the edge of the curb. A big, round hole was cut over the right eye, puncturing one of the blood vessels and a gash was also cut in the back of the head. It is not known whether the skull was fractured. The severing of the artery made the wound bleed profusely, and the man, lying unconscious, was a pitiable sight when picked up by J. S. Bowers, Henry Knapp, John Brown and Ed Miller, and taken into the Knapp store, where a doctor was hastily called. The man was unconscious about fifteen minutes, but soon revived, the wounds being nicely dressed. The marshal again arrived on the scene, and directed him to return to the restaurant. O’Donnell started out, but made for the I. Kalver shop, west, and was again stalled back, but proceeded east on

Monroe street in the direction of the river bridge. He fell four or five times on the way. Marshal Peterson, who had been keeping a watch on him, appeared here and arrested him, taking him to jail, where he now is. O'Donnel stated that he did not remember a thing as to where he spent Thursday night and complained that he had been relieved of a large sum of money, it is said that he received >3,500 for his farm which he sold last week. The records at. the recorder's office show that he paid off a SI,OOO mortgage there; and those at the clerk's office that Tuesday he paid $101.50 on a judgment against his son, Leßoy- O'Donnell; and this with the Bank of Berne certificate of deposit for $1,048, nnd the $22 in cash on his ♦

) person, gives an accounting of $2,771 ) —all but $729 of the $35,000 received | last week. It is known, that in his j visit here the first of the week he I paid off several other bills, which i may account 'or much of the remainI der, but there is also a probability that he lost the rest by foul play. It is said that the sale of the farm was made pending the removal of himself and family to Muncie for their future home.

Miss Bessie Baumgartner is home from Delaware, Ind., where she has been spending a few days with friends. Bluffton News.