Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 45.

■ BLIZZARD GREETS SIXTH DISTRICT KNIGHTS

GATHERED HERE IN CONVENTION TODAY Parade was called off on account of the ■ streets being nearly impassable

OFFICERS ARRIVE ‘.program at Home to be Cart'- • Id tied Out as Planned—- | Open Session Tonight. PUBLIC IS INVITED Grand Chancellor and Deputy Grand Chancellor of State on Program. i Although the weather man did his very bes: io be disagreeable, and the worst inuw and wind-drift storm that has struck the city in two years, mak ing the thoroughfares nearly impass able, came Tuesday night on time for the sixth district Knights of Pythias convention held in this city today, the knights of be district turned out U in fairly large numbers for today's celebration. There was not nearly the large attendance that was expected, however, and there was much disappointment, not only on the part of those who had expected to come and B were prevented, but also on the part of the local committee who had made - arrangements to entertain several hutfdred visitors. The first delegations to arrive were over thp G. R. & I. this morning at 8 o’clock from Geneva and Berne, who sent about twenty-five each, and an advance guard from Portland. The iSßaker number from Portland, however, will arrive on the late train this afternoon to attend the evening sessions The delegates were met at the train and escorted to the K. of P. Home, where a general reception was given from 10 to 12 o'clock. The greatest number of visiting knights—those from Bluffton, Ossian, Roll, Montpelier. Tocsin and others of the ’cities from the west, came in at noon . over the Clover Leaf, and were here E in time for the opening sessions this f afternoon, while many will come later ■ on the later afternoon trams for the El evening meeting. The Parade. < I The bad weather, with the snow- ' drifted streets, called the parade off B . The committee in charge—J. T. My- 1 sp era and D. T. Quinn had made ar- <■ ’ rangements for a spectacluar parade, f In which several hundred knights were to take part. According to

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| the plans completed Tuesday evening J before the weather man decided to I iake it in hand —the assembly was to have been called to order nt the Pyth ian Home at 1:30 o’clock, to form in , line for the parade at 2:00 o’clock. 1 his was to have been lead by the ■ Bluffton band. Following this was to have come the city’s new autto fire i truck, bearing the leading officers in attendance at the convention, including Grand Chancellor Hart of Hunt- | ington; Grand Vice Chancellor John W. Gaither, of New Albany; District Deputy Grand Chancellor Huyette, of Bluffton, and others. The delegations i from each cit ywere to follow in order, with iwo bands at intervals, the local knights bringing up the rear. The Tollowing line of march was outlined: Leaving the K. of P. Home on Third street the procession to proceed north to Monroe street; thence west to Fourth street; south to Adams; east to Second; north to Monroe, west to Third, south to Home. As it was not practicable to carry this out, the regular Afternoon Session was called to order promptly at 2:30 o'clock, by District Deputy A. R. Huyette of Bluffton, who presided at the meeting. The local Kekionga ladge, No. 65, however, was opened in the regular way by the local officers, of whom Fred Fruchte is chancellor commander. Music for the afternoon was furnished by the Bluffton K. of P. orchestra. The roll call of the lodges oi the district was then taken up by Harry Wade of Indianapolis, grand keeper of records and seals, and following this came the appointment of committees. The exemplification of the secret work and the answering of inquiries by Grand Instructor John W. Gaither, who is also grand vice chancellor, was in order and Grand Chancellor William P. Hart of Huntington answered a number of questions that were of great importance to the different lodges, after which the committees reported and there were a number of talks by various members of the district, fox the good of the order. The supi>er hour, from 5 to 6:30, gave them all a good opportunity for mingling in good fellowship, before the calling of the Evening Secret Session ■hich will be ueid trom 6:30 to 8:00 o'clock. During the session, a class of five — four from this city and one from Berne —will be given the third rank, nr that of knight, the Ossian team conferring the degree. Open Evening Session The evening open session will begin

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, February 21, 1912.

promptly at 8 o’clock, and the public is cordially invited to attend this, when the following program will be given: Music by the Bluffton orchestra. (A concert of 30 minutes.) Welcome Address—Hon. R. K. Erwin of Fort Wayne. Vocal Music —Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer. Response—Hon. W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton. Vocal Music —High School Quartet. —Grand Chancellor Hart. Bluffton Orchestra. Social session, until visiting delegates leave on night trains. Grana ottirijls Present. Among the grand and district officials present are Grand Chancellor | William P. Hart of Huntington, Grand I Vice Chancellor John W. Gaither of New Albany, Grand Keeper of Records and Seals Harry Wade of IndiI anapolis, and District Deputy Grand | Chancellor A. R. Huyette of Bluffton. .Other prominent members present i were Claude F. Ingels, assistant state .superintendent of the insurance department, and also Frank J. Heller of ' Columbia City, a candidate for the of- ! nee of grand outer guard. The grand officials have had a busy I time, attending the various district meetings of the state, of which theie are twenty, the one held today being the last one of the twenty for this I year. The nineteenth convention was held at Richmond yesterday. Pythian Home. Thy Pythian Home, where the coni veutlon was held today, is still spoken |of as “the new Pythian Home,” having ' been built in the fall of 1909, and ded- ■ Seated February 17, 1910. It is one of J the finest exclusive lodge homes in the state. It is a two-story brick, with basement, and was built at a cost of , $14,000, and furnished originally at a cost of $1,500. Since the original fur- ‘ nishing more has been added from , time to time and ouly a short time ago the interior was frescoed iu a most beautiful way throughout. K. of P, of Indiana. Grand Keeper of Records and Seals ' Harry Wade gives some interesting ' statistics on Pythianism in Indiana, i There are 65,000 members in the state: 500 bodies, and several hun- ' dreds of bodies owning their own buildings. The assets of the order in the state amount to $3,200,000; and the total amount paid to widows and orphans since the organization in this state, in 1869, is $3,400,000. The insurance department has paid to the families of deceased members, $850,000 in the past twenty years. The Knights of Pythias of this state, with that of the supreme lodge, has assets in Indiana amounting to $7,000,000. The domain of Ohio is the largest in the United States, Indiana being second. In proportion to its population, however, Indiana ranks first. It was expected that this would be the greatest Knights of Pythias day fur Decatur, since the dedication of the new K. of P. Home, February 17. 11910—just four days more than two years ago—when several hundred (Continued on Page 5.)

- ' DISTRICT DEPUTY' HUYETTE. A GREAT SUCCtSS >1 M. E. Woman’s Home Mis’l sionary Society Has Fesi tival Attending Opening — OF MITE BOXES . 1 Boxes for Year Contributed More Than Sixty-two Dollars to Missions. I I I The festival attending the annual opening of the mite of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the , Methodist church Tuesday evening at the home of a member, Mrs. Dan Sprang, was a most successful one, attended by one hundred forty, including men, women and children —members and friends of the society. As the society is devoted to home missions, the American flag is its emblem, and these were used in tastefully decorating the Sprang home, being draped in archways, and other available places. In the receiving line to greet the guests were the officers of the society—President—President, Mills; vice president, Mrs. B. J. Rice; secretary, Mrs. J. C. Tritch; assistant, Mrs. R. L. Semans; treasurer, Mrs. J. M. Miller; assistant, Mrs. C. R. Dunn: mite box secretary. Mrs. W. J. Myers. Mrs. F. V. Mills, the president presided, and the program arranged by Mrs. C. L. Walters, to be carried out almost entirely by the children, was given as heretofore published, with but one or two exceptions. There was a piano solo by Mrs. Jesse Dailey, and then came the devotional lead by Mrs. Mills. Recitations by Lois Peterson, Esther Archbold, Harriet Meyers, Alary Suttles, a die te by Herman Myers and Victoria. Mills, a cunning little exercise by Lee Anna Vance and Eloise Lewton, were well given and received with much deserved applause. Drills by groups of boys and girls, were of especial interest. One was given by a class of missionary girls, trained by Mrs. C. L. Walters, and a flag drill by a class of missionary boys, in charge of Mrs. J. C. Tritch. while four little girls, trained by Mrs. Walters, exemplified the four “'Missionary D’s'' in a pretty exercise. Dwight Peterson contributed further to the pleasure of the program, by giving a vocal solo, as did Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer, while the Misses Nellie Nichols and Vera. Hower gave a piano duet. Mrs. Emma Daniel could not be present to give the address on “Why MV Have Our Mite Box Opening,” so this was outlined in a short talk by the presiding officer, Mrs. Mills. The ladies during the year put into their mite boxes such sums as they can, often by giving up some little pleasure or making some sacrifice, and these are I lien opened at the close of the vear and given to the good cause of home mis- ! sionary work. The opening of the boxes Tuesday evening showed $62.25 had been received by the ladies from <■ their ““mites'' and the collection of the evening, the silver offering taken, amounting to $13.17, At the close of the program and during the general social hour, refreshments were served. STUDENTS’ HONOR LIST. To promote interest in attendance, study and deportment the high school has adopted a new rule, that of publishing the names of “honor students.’’ The list is revised each six weeks, I and to be on the list of honor students means that for six weeks the student has not been tardy nor absent, has an average of 90 per cent in deportment foi that time and is exempt from examination in such subjects in which he has an average of 90 per cent.

THE HORSE SALE Over Three Hundred Head Will be Offered to the Public Friday. GENERAL PURPOSE Stock Seems to be Most in Demand—Sales to be i Bi-monthly. ' i . | The horse sale to be held next Fri- ' day, February 23rd, at the stables on First street promises to be one that will long O£ remembered in the annals of the company. Heretofore it has been the plan to hold a sale on every Friday, but a try-out of the plan exhibited its weaknesses and beginning with last Friday this plan was abandoned. It was found that if a sale had been held each week it usual- } ly required the Saturday and the following Monday to clear up the ba>-n of the stock that was handled, leaving , only three days in which to purchase * and deliver tne stock for the sale the ensuing week, or in other words there were only three “working days in each week, and it was not sufficient to allow the buyers for the horse sale company to use discrimination in the sej lection of the stock, besides being un- , able to have the full quota in the barn. Since the decision that every other t Friday should be regarded as sale days the buyers have been able to have on hand a good number of firstclass horses and the sale to be held next Friday is not exception. There 3 will be over three hundred head of general purpose stock, among which Is a large number of farm work animals. The farmer needing a good work team will, do well to attend the sale Friday. The sales have always 5 been qualified by a guarantee and the , company stands behind the sales at all 5 times. Following the sale Friday there will be another vacation covering two weeks and the next sale succeeding . Friday will occur March Bth. o WITH THE LODGES - Rebekahs Held a Very Inter- ■ | esting Meeting Last Evening and Plan Work - i 1 TO BUILD UP LODGE i’ The Modern Woodman Postpone Their Meeting Owing to Convention. i — | At the regular meeting of the Rebekahs Tuesday night an especially promising proposition was talked over and adopted, which will, in the estimation of all who were present, go a great ways toward the building up of the lodge. It was determined to hold a contest and sides were chosen, naming one the pink and the other the green, after the lodge colors, and leaders were elected, they being Mrs. Ellas Crist as leader of the green and Mrs. Andrew Artman as the leader of the pinks. It is the intention to have the losers in the contest banquet the winners at the lodge quarters at some duture date pending upon the closing of the contest. About sixty members were apportioned to r each side and they will secure applications for the order, taking in the condidates in a class. The local Rebekah team is known the slate ovas one of the perfect few. and is tin challenged as the best degree staff In the northeastern portion of the state. Years of practice has been the means of making the team one of the leaders and the candidates who are fortunate enough to gain entrance to the class will be presented with an excellent symbolization of the work. The members of the Modern Woodmen lodge were to have hold their regular meeting this evening, but postposed the meeting until next week, owing to the district meeting of the Knights of Pythias, who held convention here today.

THE GREAT AMERICAN PLAY “Paid in Full"—At the Bosse Opera House February 27th. The well known weekly publication.! ‘ Vogue,’’ speaks of the S. Primrose! company’s production of “ Paid in ! Full - ' as follows: “To Mr. EugenWalter, practically an unknown play writer, is the New York public indebti ed for the first genuine dramatic sui prise of the season which was literal- [ I ly thrust upon it at the Astor theater, | on Monday, the 3rd of December. 1) iis refreshing to have something out I |of the ordinary bob up at the right i moment and, in this case, there is adI ditional reason for rejoicing because I success has rested where it properly 1 belongs.” “Paid in Full” will be seen at the I I Bosse opera house, Tuesday, February I i 27th. The engagement will be notaj ble. The C. S. Primrose company I promises an elaborate production and ’ brilliant cast of players. COULDN’F make it Peter Holthouse Failed to Conquer > Heavy Snow Drifts—Later Found in HELPLESS CONDITION i Taken to Leavell Blacksmith Shop and Later Conveyed Home in a Cab. Peter Holthouse, the well known clothier, was one of the many who failed to reach their places of business early this morning, owing to the heavy snow drifts along the way. He had started from his home and was later found by a passerby, completely exhausted and had fallen to the walk and was unable to get up. As is his custom to orsen his place or business each morning he started out as usual about 7 o'clock. He had only gotten as far as the east side of Fourth and Monroe streets when he was overcome because of the heavy drifted snow and almost impassable path and fell to the walk. Ed Kintz, who was on his way to town shortly afterward, discovered him lying in the snow, and in a helpless condition. Charles Shepherd, who was also on his way to work at the Winnes shoe store, came along at this time, and with Mr. Kintz, carried him 1 to the Leavell & Mougey blacksmith I shop, where he was given their best ; attention, until a physician could be • summoned. In the meantime word i was sent to the store, several mem- j bers of the force responding, and lent - their aid, and after a short while sent ■ for a cab, which conveyed him to his ; home. He was uninjured, but that he - was found when he was is indeed ] lucky, as had it been earlier and no i one to notice him be might have froz- ; en to death. He was feeling all right j again during the day, and was able ] to be around the house as usual.

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SEWER NOW A GO Merriman Sewer, Cause of Much Discussion, Settled Tuesday Evening IN COUNCIL SESSION Superintendent Mylott Gives Outline of Recent Trip to Indianapolis. r — - The city council held its regular session Tuesday evening. All members were on hand to dispose of the bulk of business up before them, and the evening's oomgs provea to be interesting throughout. Upon arriving at the council chamber things appeared altogether in a different shape than at the last meeting, the janitor having made a change in the arrangement of the furniture, and some of the coun ■ cilmen became a little confused until ' all found their places. A resolution ] calling for the employment of Attori ney David E. Smith to assist City Attorney L. C. DeVoss in the suit filed against the city by Mrs. Jacob Eady some time ago, asking for the sum of SIO,OOO, because of the death of her husband, who was electrocuted while in the city’s employ last spring. This was adopted and ordered placed on I record. A number of property own- ; ers living along Jackson street asked that a water main be constructed between Forth and Fifth streets, which was turned over to the street and sewer committee, with power to act. Proofs of publication of the ordinance governing the traffic in the city in time of fire were filed and ordered to be placed cn file. The final resolution governing the construction of the Merriman sewer in the south part of the city, which has been the cause of considerable discussion on the part of the interested property owners as well as work to the council board, was read and adopted, and its construction ordered according to the specifications and profile to be found at the office of the city clerk. The clerk was also authorized to advertize that the city council will at 7 o'clock p. m. on March 19th, in the council chamber, receive sealed bids for its construction. Street Commissioner James Smith was present and asked, that since the price of labor has been advancing over that of last year he believed that he would not be able to secure men at the price paid then, and asked if he could pay a higher scale also, and he was granted the privilege to pay what was right, and to the service received. Thomas Teeple, the Erie watchman, asked that his hours be shortened from 7 a. m. to ?- p. m., to from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m.. since the w’atchmen on the two other steam lines have been so favored, and that there is but one train due in (hat time, at. 6:50 p. m., and arrives anywhere from an hour to two and three hours late. The question was satisfactory CONTINUED ON ' AGE FOUR