Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 62.

REAPER CALLED John Durbin, Well Known Monroe Citizen, to Answer Early Today. SICK , LONG TIME Had Lost Use of Mental Fac-ulty-Funeral, Pendng Word from Sons. In the death of John Durbin, which occurred at the home of his sons, George and Don, three and one-half miles southwest of Monroe, at 2:30 o’clock this morning, another well known pioneer and respected gentleman of the county has answered to the call of his Maker, following an extended illness of more than eleven months, brought on from chronic meninge-en ciphalltix, which left him in a helpless condition, ano worked on the brain and other members of the body, similar to paralysis, and at the time of bis death his mental faculties had entirely become lost, he not knowing what was going on about him, and was unable to carry on a conversation with those caring for him. Mr. Durbin, who lived on a twentyacre tract, one day, nearly a year ago, had gone into a field to do some feeding. Having been absent longer than the usual time required for this work, the wife, becoming somewhat worried as to his long stay, began a search for him. She had not gone very far from the barn, until she found her husband lying near a fodder shock in a helpless condition, believed to have ben caused by a paralytic stroke Having reached the age of seventy years, and his vitality having somewhat failed, he was unable to regain his former strength and since that time he not been able to leave the house or take a step, being up and down, with the aid of those of the household, from one day to the other. As the time passed he became worse and sank rapidly until the last few days, when it was seen that thfe end was not far off by those of the household. The end came peacefully, and relieved him of the great burden which life had become to him during his last illness. He had been making his home at. Monroe for the past twenty years, was well known to all, and held in the highest esteem by his wide acquaintance. He leaves to mourn their loss a wife and nine children. The children are Don, George and Emma at home; Will and Mrs. Philip Rinehart, residing near the home place; Mrs. Clyde Wolf of Pleasant Mills, Mrs. John Cook, southwest of Decatur; John and Samuel, residing in the Dakotas. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been made and will not, until word is received from the two sons in Dakota.

MOST SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL. Conducted at Andrews by the Rev. J. M. Dawson. The Rev J. M Dawson, former pastor of the Christian church here, who has been at Andrews the past week conducting a revival, is meeting with good success. The Andrews Signal says: “The revival meetings at the First Christian church are drawing large and Interested audiences; and the excellent and well delivered sermons of Evangelist Dawson are the cause of much serious thought among many of his hearers Evangelist Dawson is becoming more popular each night as shown by the increased attendance at each service. Something new, of an evangelistic nature, will be conducted in the Bible school by Mr. Dawson, Lord's day morning.’’

A telephone message to this city Monday evening brought word of increasing crowds until Sunday the church could not accommodate all. At the Sunday school service there were 134 in attendance, and as the town has but 900 inhabitants, that is considered wonderful. On Sunday there were eight accessions to the church. Mrs. Dawson will go to Hunt- ( ington Wednesday, where she will meet her husband and they will attend the district Christian convention held there. Rev. Dawson is on the program for a sermon for Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Vesey and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Smith have returned to Fort Wayne after a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Helm and Mr. and Mrs Henry Thomas.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

ELKS’ DISTRICT DEPUTY. Mr. D. R. Carlton of Elwood Coming to Inspect Local Lodge. —I ■ ■ ■ H. J. Yager, exalted ruler of the local Elks, received a communication from D. R. Carlton of Elwood, district deputy for the central district, stating that he would be in the city on Friday evening for the purpose of paving an official visit and inspecting the lodge. The members have arranged to give an appropriate program for the evening and will arrange a program as only Elks are capable of. The occasion will be an exceptionally interesting, and a good time is being looked forward to.

UP AGAINST IT County School Truant Officer to Place 13 Belgian Children in School. CAN’T TALK BELGIAN Negro Children Not Coining Here to School—Remained at Former Home. C. R. Andrews, Adams county school truant officer, is a busy man. What is more he has run up against a proposition that he does not know how to get around. It has been reported to him that thirteen Belgian children, in Root township, children of parents coming here to work on the sugar plant, have not entered school, and he is making plans to call there Wednesday to see about placing them. He can't speak the Belgian language and he is wondering licw he will make himself understood. Regarding the entering of the negroes, Mr. Andrews stated that it seemed probable that there would not be any for entry here. He called on the two negro families who came to town to work on the sugar plant and asked whether there were .school children. They replied that their children had been left in the schools at

the place from which they came, and would not be brought here till after school was out there. So that settles the "race problem" in the schools here. Five Blue Creek children who are not attending school will be given attentioh today by the truant officer. Mr. Andrews was here Monday and saw that clothing was provided for two needy ones who have been forced to miss school on that account. Investigation of two others who were reported as needing clothing, showed that the heads of the families were 1 earning eleven dollars a week, and 1 Mr. Andrews stated that when he learned that, ho did not feel that they ' were entitled to clothing at township expense. A call at the Fred Schaefer home at ' Steele's park resulted in finding two ' sons, aged eight and eleven, had been absent from their school, taught by Miss Ahr, one-third of the time, and Mr. Andrews thereupon made affidavit of truancy to Deputy County Superintendent Kizer. It is said the children will probably be turned over to the board of children’s guardians, and the children will probably be placed in a home.

POLICE COURT NEWS. The trial of Samuel Cramer which was slated for a hearing in the mayor’s court Monday night, on a charge of cruelly treating a scholar in his charge, was opened up and a majority of the witnesses were examined. The examination of the principal witnesses ocupied so much time that it was necessary to postpone the pleadings until tonight, at which session the remaining witnesses will be examined and the pleas made. It is probably that a decision will be reached at this session also. DETECTIVE MEETING. I The Adams County Horse Thief Detective association will meet in regular session Saturday, March 16, 1912, in the K. of P. hall on South Third street. There being considerable business of importance, would like to see all members present. T. J. DURKIN, Pres. i J. F. FRUECHTE, Sec’y.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, March 12, 1912.

|A SHORT ILLNESS C. D. F. Bieberich, Well Known Preble Township Man, Called by Death. TWO DAYS’ ILLNESS Had Been Able to be in Town on Saturday—Veteran Thresher of County. After a little more than a day’s illI ness with acute peritonitis and obstruction of the bowels, Christian D. F Bieberich, a native of Preble township, died Monday night at 2 o’clock at his home north of Preble. Mr. Bieberich's death comes most unexpectedly to his many friends, as he had. been in town only last Saturday, and Sunday morning seemed to be feeling i well, and was able to attend to his chores as usual, milking three cows. The attack, however, seized him suddenly and death came as a relief Monday night. ! Mr. Bieberich was born in this i county fifty-five years ago last Feb ruary and his entire life has been I spent here. For a quarter of a cenj tury he has been engaged in the I threshing business with David Wer- .' ling and there was no beter known I man in the county than he. About a month ago he moved from his home ' in Preble to the Henry Werling farm, presiding in the first house north of i Preble, where he lived at the time of ; his death. . i Mr. Bieberich was first married to ( Miss Lena Meyer, who died many years ago. From this marriage there survives one daughter, Mrs. Alma Redi man, of Elkhart. He was married ‘ later to Miss Sophia Linnemeier, who survives. The son, Arthur, born to I them resided at home. Mr. Bieberich also leaves the following brothers and ' sisters: Fred and Gust Bieberich, Mrs. Wiegmann of Oklahoma, Mrs. ! August Schroeder, Mrs. Jen Okan J and Mrs. Dan Buehrer of Nebraska. | Mr. Bieberich was one of the progressive men of the township and his death will cause a loss to the entire community. I The funeral arrangements will be •I ; deferred until word from the relatives ’ i living in the west can be gotten.

ANNUAL REPORT Os County Treasurer Shows Assessed Valuation of County $16,046,185. FOR THE PAST YEAR Amount of Taxes Collected Was $342,111.06—0ther Interesting Information. The report of County Treasurer C. W. Yager for the year 1911, as made to the state board of accounts, contains some interesting information relative to the taxes and taxpayers of the county. The figures for the year 1911 are: Assessed valuation of county $16,046,185.00 No. taxpayers listed on county duplicate 8550 No. items listed 12.557 Amt. taxes collected.... 342,111.06 No. receipts issued 378 Total receipts or office... 521,974.95 No. warrants redeemed.. 3011 Total disbursements .... 473,245.69 No. road receipts rec’d.. 2759 Road tax receipts redeemed 6,791,41 Amt. taxes returned delinquent after first Monday in November 4,876.89 Amt. delinquent taxes collected 5,491.19 No. of depositories 8 Greatest Amt. on deposit at one time 256,422.07 Population of county according to census of 1910 21,840

HANNAH NAHRWALD DEAD. — Daughter of Mrs. Wm. Boese of Freid heim Dead in Ft. Wayne. Mrs. William Boese of Freidhelm this _morning received a message of the death of her daughter, Hannah Nahrwald, which occurred this morning at the home for feeble-minded at Fort Wayne. A message Monday night brought news of her dangerous illness, the death message following soon after. The deceased was the daughter of Christ Nahrwald. Besides her mother she is survived by three sisters—-Mrs. Lydia Ehrman and Marie, at Fort Wayne, Freda of Freidheim, and two brothers: August and Otto, of Fort Wayne. William Zwick, Theodore Ewell and others went to Fort Wayne this afternoon and will bring the body to Freidheim, where burial will take place. TOOK THIRTY DAYS For Alphia Naert to Cross the Atlantic With a Cargo of Horses. OCEAN OF ICE Prevented Their Journey and Coal and Food Supply Became Exhausted. Rene Naert, an employee of the Holthouse Fashion stables, is in re- i ceipt of a letter from his brother, Al-I phia, written from New York after his greatly delayed trip across the At- I lantic on the. freighter San Antonia, in ! care of a load of Belgian horses, ship-1 ped from the harbor at Antwerp, to American snores. His journey was a very tiresome and strenuous one, they being on the water for thirty days, leaving Belgium on the fourth of February and not until the fifth day of March did ne land at the New York shore. Upon leaving their starting point they were fully prepared for safely completing their trip, allowing extra time for delay, but their fuel and food supply was not ample enough for the voyage, the time being much longer than they expected. Their journey was excellent until New Foundland was reached, when, upon being confronted with an ocean, covered with a coat of ice, they could go no further. Here they remained at a standstill, until their coal supply was exhausted, and for three days and three nights floated backward to Halifax, where they took on 740 tons of coal. They arrived there on the evening of the 21st, and had to lay over there for three days until their fuel supply again permitted them to continue the trip. The food supply for the men in charge of the cargo, as well as for the many horses, also be came exhausted and for three days, upon nearing the American shores, they were unable to secure food stuff. When landing on home shores everything was in a rather starving condition, and a fresh supply had to be obtained upon their immediate arrival there. The cargo, which was made up of general merchandise, consisted also of many Belgian horses, to be shipped to many r parts of the United States, those in charge of Mr. Naert going to Elpaso, 111. The owner had been in New York for fourteen days awaiting their arrival, and throughout the long overtime spent, no communication was received by him. The steamship Michigan, which left Belgium shores fifteen days later than the San Antonio pulled into New York quarantine the same time as they, having made a successful trip all the way, nothing having interfered to mar their trip. Mr. Naert has made many a long and tiresome trip, the last one being the most difficult. He left today on a return trip, in charge of cattle shipped to the European country. ABOUT TO BE CLOSED. An important business deal, involving one of our large business houses,, is about to be closed up, but the final arrangements are not as yet known. The deal is hanging fire just at present, but will probably be closed up in the next few days. Attorney A. P. Beatty was a business caller at Geneva today, returning home on the afternoon train.

BUILD NEWCHURCH Friends Church Congregation of Pleasant Valley Take Steps. RAISE SUBSCRIPTION New Structure to be Frame and Cost s2,ooo—Building Committee Busy. Members of the All Friends' congregation, or more commonly known as the“Quakcrs,’’ of Pleasant Valley, three miles southeast of Monroe, are at present actively working for the erection of a new church, to be constructed on the same grounds where the old one now stands. This work which has long been the wish of the congregation, has been in progress less than a week, but already great good has been accomplished by the committee appointed on last Wednesday to go ahead with the outlined plans. A meeting was held at the church on last Wednesday, when a committee, comprising J. A. Yeoman, Frank Martz, James Stogdill and Robert Gould, were selected to take up a subscription. Their efforts have been gieatly encouraged by the people whom they have called upon for aid and already have secured over SI,OOO. The new edifice will be frame, with dimensions believed to be about 30x40, and completed at a cost of $2,000 will be a most fitting and appropriate place of worship. The membership consists |ol about seventy-five members, mostly ■ well-to-do farmers, and will lend all •in their means to rush the project. ■ The pastor, Rev. Andrew Davidson, is well pleased with the co-operation of ! his parishioners and with the united efforts so far shown, their anticipations can be well carried out. The contract will be let in the near future, and it is the hope of the congregation that it will be completed by late in the fall. THE STORK’S VISIT. A baby girl was born Monday night to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bultemeier of St. John's. This is the second child born to them, the oldest having died in infancy a short time ago. Mr. Bui temeier is a son of Mrs. L. Bultemeier of this city.

OUR INDUSTRIES ■s Will be Shown in the New Industrial Book of Indiana Now Under Way. TAKE MANY VIEWS Representatves of the Company Are Here Securing Necessary Data. The schools, churches, factories and a number of the principal business houses of Decatur, will be shown in an industrial book to be published in about two months. The edition is to ! cover the entire state and will be in four volumes, north, south, east and west. Mr. H. Williams is looking after this district and has been at work here a week and will remain several days longer. He ’.5 accompanied by Mr. N. T. Standish, a Fort Wayne photographer, who is taking the views here. They have photographed all the schools, the churches, the Waring company and other places here and this afternoon will take the first picture of the new sugar factory. There is no advertising feature with this scheme. It is a plain business venture, the Industrial Book of Indiana, as it will be known, simply to be put upon sale at the book stores and newsstands over the state, selling at seventy-five cents and one dollar per volume. Both Messrs. Williams and Standish are pleasant gentlemen and the new book promises to be a success. The regular lenten services of the St. Mary's church will be held this evening, consisting of sermon and benediction.

OPENED STORE TODAY. Callow & Rice, the new drug firm, successors to Lachot & Rice, opened up their place of business this morning after taking an invoice the past 4 week. Everything is in readiness fbr the conducting of their stand as it should be, and they are ready to accommodate their friends in this line of business. ———— " 'O' *-—- — - GERMAN REFORMED. The regular lenten services of the German Reformed church will be held on Wednesday evening as usual. The subject of the pastor for the evening will be “The Spoils of the Cross." The Helping Hand society will meet on Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Otto Reppert. ABOUT THE SICK ————; — Miss Josephine Eiting Operated Upon This Morning for Appendicitis. DR. CLARK AT WAYNE Where he Assisted in Operation on Mrs. Herman Miller at Hope Hospital. Hemer Ruhl is in receipt of word from A. M. Henry, who was called to Atlanta, Ga., by the illness of his son,! Enos Henry, who is ill with typhoid fever in a hospital there, stating that he Is much better. It is thought he will be able to leave the hospital in about ten days, in case of which, Mr. Henry will return. Mrs. Henry is also

with her son. Miss Josephine Eiting, youngest daughter of Mrs. Nicholas Eiting, was operated on this morning at the home a mile south of town, by the Drs. Clark, after suffering several days from appendicitis. The operation was successful and it is believed the young lady will soon recover her former good health. Samuel Opliger of Linn Grove was here today on business. He stated i that his son, L. E. Opliger, county school superintendent, who has been in a sanitarium at Cincinnati, Ohio, for several weeks, is slowly improving. Dr. D. D. Clark went to Fort Wayne at noon today, where at the Hope hospital at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon, he and Dr. W. W. Barnett operated upon Mrs. Herman Miller. The patient has been ill for some time, suffering from a complication of ailments, and it is hoped the operation will relieve her. She was taken to the hospital Sunday and arrangements for the operation today had been completed. Mrs, Miller formerly .lived at Woodburn. She is the daughter of Fred Bohnke, sr., and has been living at the home of her parents here for some time. TRIAL IS ON. ( United Press Service.) Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 12 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The federal government drew first blood in the arraignment of the forty-five defendants in the alleged dynamiting conspiracy here today, when Federal Judge Anderson overruled a motion to quash the proceedings against the six Chicago labor leaders involved. Arguments were then continued and demurrers were filed in all of the thirty-two indictments In the (?uses. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Wm. J. Vesey to John S. Hocker, realty in Monroe, $2,500; David Archer et al. to Freeman H. Walter, undivided 26-27 of 40 acres, Washington tp., $7318.52; Homer Faust to Freeman H. Walter, 40 acres, Wabash tp., $281; Wm. J. Vesey to John H. Hocker, realty in Monroe, $222.23; Ernst Schlickman to Charles A. Standiford, lot 108, Decatur, $136; Freeman H. Walters to Dore B. Erwin. 40 acres, Union tp., $5000! Wm. H. Honear to Aaron Moser, 80 acres French, tp., SIO,OOO. Dr. George Hoaglan of Columbus, €>., national secretary of the American Insurance Union, arrived in the city today noon, and will deliver an address this evening at the institution of the ' chapter in this city.

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LOVE SOON DIED After Eight Months’ Wedded Life Bertha Roop Wants a Divorce. CRUEL TREATMENT Drunkenness and Failure to Provide—Wants Maiden Name and SSOO Alimony. After living with her husband eight long months, Bertha Roop says in a suit filed in the Adams circuit court, that she wants a divorce from Harley Roop, also SSOO alimony and the restoration of ner maiden name, Bertha Lammert. R. C. Parrish is her attorney. The. couple was married July 2, 1911, and lived together until February 26, 1912. Cruel and inhuman treatment is the gist of her complaint. She says that he has an ingovernablc and uncontrollable temper, and during their residence on their farm, three j miles north of this city, he called her vile names without the least provocation on her part, in spite of the lac I that she worked hard every day and tried by all means to make married life peaceful and happy. She says he is addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors, and while under their influence, he called her vile names. On one occasion he came to this city where he had been drinking, and met her at one of the feed barns from which they drove home. She says his condition was such that she had difficulty in getting him into the rig, and before they got out of the city, it was necesary for hep to drive the horse

to keep him from driving into a ditch and overturning the buggy, and that he abused her and called her vile names all the way home because she would not drive back and let him get more liquor. On December 23rd, when she was at her parents’ home, he came there drunk, for her, and when her parents remonstrated against his drinking, she says, he called them vile names, demolished some of their property, and when they attempted to have him desist, he drew an open knife, and I threatening his wife bodily harm and j to kill her, so that her parents called an officer and had him taken to jail. This he made occasion for accusing her thereafter of conspiring with her parents to get him into jail. Soon afterward, she, she says, they moved to this city, and while here he failed to provide her anything to eat, although he was strong and earning good wages. The last six weeks of their life together, she says, he gave her only fifty cents for provisions On February 19th, she says, he left het at home alone, and went to his father'r home .telling her he would rather be there than live with and support her, so that she was compelled to walk three miles to her parents’ home, in the cold, to get something to eat. On the Saturday night preceding their separation, she says, he came home at. 10 o’clock at night, and soon thereafter went to town, telling her that he didn’t want to see her there when he came back or there would be something doing. She says he cursed her and told her to go and never come back, and so she left and walked alone at that late hour, three miles through the cold, and deep snow, which had been falling a short time before, to her parents' home. When she. returned Sunday afternoon, intending to live with him, he ejected her from the house, locked it, and told her he never wanted to live with her again and never would. She has since been at her parents’ home. —o WILL RUN SPECIAL CAR. A special interurban car leaving Fort Wayne at 6:15 o’clock, and returning there at 11 o'clock this evening, will be put on the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway to accommodate the large number who will come to attend the installation of a chapter of the American Insurance Union, at the Elks’ hall this evening. - - THE MARTZ ROAD. Surveyor C. C. Ernst, engineer for the Martz road, in French township, and his assistant, Orval Harruff, in company with Fred Koldeway and Chris Marbaugh, viewers of the road, were busy today going over the ground relative to the construction of the same.