Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1912 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

■Volume X. Number 86.

IFIRE LOOKED BAD ■Defective Flue Destroys the i John Diller Home on Third Street Today. ■ ■STRONG WEST WIND | ■Fanned the Blaze and Hard I Fight Had to be Made by H ■ Two Fire Companies. Em File, caused by a defective Hue, at ®)l:3u o'clock this morning, heavily | the. James K. Niblick proper- ‘ S'J-V on North Third street, ocupied by ; H|lo John 1 filler Lamily, and previous ■to the arrival idDu fire departm. nt it ■o ok< ■voi. fanned th.- • gh the roof,! ■ **" SK&ii 1 had me ii.i.■ti’.ed when it did the loss would have considerably greater. Tin- Diller ■tain-:;, was just eating dinner, and ■fflßvere .ully unaware of a fire until apBferized of the fact by a young boy. who IDan in and told them that their home ■Kwas on fire. The blaze started from kitchen chimney and when not'?.- ■&<! was already burning furiously, and Mumming embers were soon Hying for MgyFa square away, and the heat was felt nearly as far. The alarm brought out * both fire companies and they soon had -two streams of water pouring on the building and the blaze under control ft. Neighbors and others got busy and te&arried out the household furniture, ' everything being saved. although ; Aomewhat damaged, including the piThe roof was entirely burned off SBMiile rhe inside of the house was wa-•gitei-soared and it will have to be given ;■ general overhauling and remodeling ISPrii* loss will amount to several hunjdr -d dollars. No insurance was carried on the goods by Mr Diller, but Mr. ■Nililick was protected with insurance on the house. | EVANGELICAL APPOINTMENTS. ' At the Evangelical conference clos- ■ ed at Dayton. Ohio, this week, the follow ing were among the appointments: Fort Wayne District —S. H. Baumgartner, presiding elder: Avilla, F. F. / McClure; Berne. D. A. Kaley ; Bippus, E. D. Haley; Celina Mission, B. E. Koenig; Celina Circuit, W. S. Tracey; I Chattanooga, E. B. Jones; Decatur, J. H. Rilling; Defiance Circuit, C. D. Ringgenberg; Defiance Mission, E. H. K Baumgartner; Edgerton, J. M. Lantz; I Fort Wayne (Bethel), C. E. Boyer: | Fc.'t Wayne (Crescent Avenue), C. A. L Hirschbaum; Greenville, E. R. Roop: I Huntington, C. H. Burgener; KendallI ville, W. H. Freshley; Linn Giove, D. | R. Heil; Markle, E. E. Miller, Phiilips- ■ burg. A. Geist: Portland, J. W. Car- ■ ter; Portland Circuit, W. I. Weyant; ■ Ridgeville, W. E. Snyder: Scott, G. F. ■ Zuber; Syracuse. W. H. Mygrant, Van | Wert, F. J. Stedki; Waterloo and F Hicksville, P. L. Bronns: Webster, A. ft D. Kroft, Wolcottville. J. Rees; Waft basil circuit. B. G Smith; F. L. Snyf der, conference evangelist. , Elkhart District —J. W. Mentzer, R presiding elder: Akron, E. J. Landermann; Bremen. I. H. Grieshner; 'I | Bunker Hit!, W. S. Tracy, Culver, T. J. | Russell; Common Center, W. A. StowI ell, Elkhart. Ind.. First Church. D. S. I Fisher; Bethel. D. I). Spangler; South K I Side, J. T Boyer; Kokomo, M. L. “ j Scheidler: Lake Bruce, ('. W SchlemSj mer; N. F. Platz; Ixtgans- ■ port, J. S Kroft; Mishawaka, H. E i Schleicher; Nappanee, L. E Smith: ft [ Nappanee Circuit, A S. Degerter. |it New Paris. Ira Steele; Peru. c. i Maas' Pvchester, C. A. ght; Ro- ■ Chester Mission, Philip uc..ler; RoyII ! al Center, F. B. Walmer: San Pierre, -fl J. Mendorf; South Bend (First fit I church), J. H. Evans; (Mizpah), I. O. I Mosier; (Grace). D. D. Speicher; Vi ■ bana. A. A." Crepper; Wabash, F S. ■ Erne; Wanatah, J. A. Tiedt; L. News'. I man, conference evangelist. TRUSTEES' MEETING. Is The township trustees met in regular session at the office of Trustee [ Butler Monday morning and the regular routine of business was handled. Among the other business was the qualification of each trustee to take ■ the enumeration of school children in their respective townships

PENSION FOR MRS. MC LEAN. | Robert Blackburn, pension agent, has received notice of the granting of a pension to Mrs. Catherine McLean, now of Los Angeles, Cal., widow of 1 Henry McLean of this city. The pension is twelve dollars per month, payable from January 2, 1912, by the pension agent of San Francisco, Cal. ATTENDED FUNERAL. H J. S. Peterson, local manager of the Indiana Lighting company’s plant,' went to Lafayette today to attend the ( funeral of Mr. Breckweig, former au-; ditor of the company, which was held today. This afternoon he will attend a meeting of the officials of the com- 1 pany. : COURT ItOUSENEWS ! 1 i 1 1 Will Ward Filed Application - to Have Bond Reduced— ! ( Judgments Rendered. IN SEVERAL CASES i, . 1 State Cases Set for Trial— I Final Report in Ahr Estate Allowed. i; Owing to the rush of business, and | the fact that it is necessary to get out ! : many of the papers at once. County Recorder Andrew Welfley finds it nec-; ' essary to employ another typist at ' this time, and Will Hammell is assisting. ! . in spite of the fact that the first i Monday in May is the time limit for, paying taxes without the penalty—only four weeks away—County Treas- • urer C. W . lager reports that business is very dull, and very few are pay- ■ ing. i The final report of Martha Ahr, ex- ' ecutrix of the estate of Mary A. Ahr, was allowed. Executrix discharged. State vs. Benjamin Ayres, wife desertion. Nolle prosequi filed and de- ’ fendant discharged. State vs. Ralph and Jesse Andrews, : assault and battery. Set for April 25th. State vs. William Ward and Ode McClish, set for trial Monday, April 22nd. I State vs. Earl Reber and State vs. Warren Hamrick, both for assault and battery, set for trial April 24th. W. H. Ward, wito was rearrested Monday upon a new charge of conspiracy to steal, preferred by Ralph Spade, and who was unable to give the SI,OOO bond required, today filed : application to have the bond reduced. ' * Benjamin Brandyberry vs. Rudolph , Bowman, damages, SI,OOO. Motion to ( dismiss for want of proeoetf ; on was i filed by the defendant. Marcellus E. Hutton vs. Joel Ellen-1 berger et al., on account. Plaintiff filed motion to dismiss cause for lack of bond. The Spring Steel Fence and Wire Co. vs. Noah Bcbefslein, on note. SBOO. Motion by defendant to strike out and reject all interrogatories for the reason that no pleading is tendered there-! with. ' Samuel Barger vs. John H. Koenig, ' Henry Schroeder, note. Finding for i plaintiff against defendants in sum of' $1,128.75, and that .Schroeder is sul-ety on the note sued on. Judgment against defendants for $1,128.75 and . costs. The Murray Hotel Co. vs. Fo”t Wayne & Springfield Railway Co., demand, S2OO. Rule to answer absolute - in five days. The Bank of Tocsin vs. Ernst Gallmeyer, John H. Koenig, on note. Judgment against defendant for sl,339.25 and costs. Finding that Gallmeyer Is surety only on note sued -for. William Graham vs. Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway Co., on note, sl,- > 000. A ppearani e by Lutz f r defond--5 ant, who is ruled to answer. Appear, i anca by Lutz for W. H. Fledderjohann. CONTINTriED rjN FAGF TWO.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, April 9, 1912.

DIED IN MICHIGAN Mrs. Rolland LaPointe Passed Away at Erie, Mich., Monday Evening. CANCER THE CAUSE Children Leave Today to Attend Funeral to be Held Wednesday Morning. Mr. Peter Hesa south of the city, and Miss Rosa Hess, left this morning for Erie, Mich., where they were vailed on account of the death of their sister, Mrs. Rolland LoPojw.’ which occurred Monday o'clock alter a linaerii ' b-r »is*'s“. Miis Fnsiiees, oonly last January, and Mi's. Lal uinte was here to attend the funeral, since which time she has been failing rapidly, gradually becoming weaker and death being the only relief. Her mother, Mrs. Amelia Hess, who left on Saturday morning to be in attendance at her bedside, was present at the time of her passing away, and at once sent word to the children Here. She is surl vived by a husband, mother and six i brothers and sisters; Rosa and Amelia [ of this city, Mrs. Anna Stoner of MonI roe, Mich.; Peter, living south of this j city, and Joe and Fred, at present in I the west. The funeral services will be I held Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock from the St. Joseph's Catholic churcn, with the Rev. Father Wolfstyn, pastor, in charge. oeficiaiT board Os Methodist Church Met j on Last Evening and Reorganized. THE LIST OF OFFICERS Star of Bethlehem Named Officers to Serve for Ensuing Quarter. i I The official board ot the Method ; church met Monday evening and reorganized for the new conference year I upon which they have just entered, i The officers are: I President —Rev. R. L .Semans. Secretary—John Niblick. I Treasurer —Dan Sprang. A staff of ushers and collectors was also appointed. They are: I Ushers —A. J. Smith, John T. Myers, : H. B. Heller, B J. Rice, Charles H. | Colter, John Parrish. Collectors —F. V. Mills. Irvin Case, Joe McFarland and Walter Kauffman. The Star of Bethlehem held its quarterly election of officers Monday evening, more to be appointed at the meeting next Monday evening, when the installation will take place by the legate, S. E. Brown. Those elected ! were: Commander, A. M. Henry; vice i commander. S. E. Brown; past com--1 mander, S. Peterson: chaplain, Mrs-. 'S. Peterson; treasurer, Mrs. J. C. Hower; accountant, James Smith, ‘scribe, Charles Ault: marshal, Mrs. Lewis King; inner sentinel, Mrs. A. M. Henry. BUY AUTOMATIC PIANO. Joseph * Lang, the confectioners, who recently moved into new beadquarters are not ns yet altogether through win. the improvements at their attractive stand, and Monday closed a deal for the securing of a sixty-piece electric automatic piano, which will arrive in a week or ten days. It is manufactured by the famous Seebery company of New York City and will boos mission finish with a beautifully stained glass, lighted by electricity during the playing of the instrument. It will he the best Instrument of the kind in the city, and when in readiness the visitors at this up-to-date place of business will be entertained all the while.

THE COVERDALES ARE SAFE. Telegram from Memphis, Tenn., Brings Good Tidings. A dispatch received from Mer-iphk, Tenn., brought the good tidings to Mrs. J. S. Coverdale that her husband, Dr. J. S. Coverdale, and son, Clark Coverdale, a’’J family, who reside twelve miles from that place, near Marion, Ark., are safe from the floods. For some time it was known there that there was danger should the levee break, and preparation for j the time ot d iger had been made by them in the b .ilding of platforms and rafts for the stock and other ,things and many families were moving away. The Coverdales are located in the St. Francis basin, between both the St. F"ar ■ and Mississippi rivers, and the te ees in both these ers broke, .- ■ ...’ig the floods over .e Arkansas tsc.'Jv Mrs. Coverdale was much concerned when she read in the papers of tb° breaking of the levees, and asked D. F. Quinn to telegraph Monday morning to his friends at ' Memphis, asking about the safety of the Coverdaies. Answer came Monmorning at 11 o'clock that thev ‘ er their houies aic »4»t t \ ! but it is likely that they are above the flood mark, as the homes are located 1 on high land and the flood has never before reached that part. Dr. Coverdale owns ?. large tract of land near Marion, Ark., and has been spending 1 the winter there. His son, Clark Coverdale, and family reside near there. SELLING TICKETS. The seat sale for “The Town Con--1 stable,” a home talent play to be given by the Modern Woodmen and Roy- ! al Neighbors on Wednesday evening, is exceptionally good, and a large , number have been disposed of by ■ those selling same and a good house is assured for this occasion. The blue tickets which they have been selling will be exchanged at the Holthouse I drug store for others, which will be reserved for the evening. The admission will be twenty-five cents all over I'.e house and the first come will be : first served. The newly organized city orc flora o' twelve pieces has u serried for the evening, and -he play will be one of the j er .r 'due: ’alent that has | bee>; t' zm . the city. Rehearsals ' ha' t >■.?: -i on each day and the ■ members al ’.r yart are becoming | well acquainted with the pirrts. if : you have not as yet secured a ticket do so at once. i ,T NF.RAL OF MRS. W. MUMMA. i.< : .1 servh es for Mrs. Catherine ■ ~ widow of William Mutnma. conducted Monday morning at > ! cloek at the Pleasant Grove <■ n-ch, east of this city the funeral ! procession driving across from the kite, home at McGill, Ohio, a distance lof aivleoi. miles. Her death occuri red Friday morning from Bright's disease. Mrs. Mumma was born and reared in this county and was a sister of William Singleton of Root town- > shij She is survived by the follow- , in» children: Clarence. Clark, True I and Flossie, of McGill; Dallas, of Gideon, Mo.. Nora, married, and living in Illinois. The family resided in this city several years, and also lived on the old Mumma farm, until it was sold, moving about fifteen years ago to Me-1 Gilt. THE BEET SEED TEST. In a test covering a period of four days, in which some of the beet se< d belonging to the local company was used, most gratifying results were obtained. Planted in a box in the company’s o floes here they were germinated and showed sprouts in four days. Ont of the hundred seeds planted seventy-two of the seeds showed 158 sprouts. When it is borne in mind that the regular period of germination of a beet seed is from eight to ten days, the excessive vitality v of the seed Is easily noted. With seventy-two per cent of the seed showing up in four days it is easily believed that at least ninety-five per cent will eventually produce n sprout. Another box of seed similar in every respect will be planted . ■’.ay an 1 placed in a slightly cooler place and the seed given a mn r e severe ‘•■t. CHRISTENING SERVICE. William Richard, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gass, was christened this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the St. Mary's church, the Rev. T. Wilken officiating. Father Flaherty and Mrs. Michael Miller were spongers.

THE DATE IS FIXED Senatorial Convention Will be held at Ft. Wayne on June the 12th. DETAILS ARRANGED At Meeting of County Chairmen Held at Ft. Wayne Monday Evening. The senatorial convention for the district composed of Allen and Ad- ( ams i .unties, will be held in Fort Wayne on Wednesday, June 12th. This matter was definitely decided at a meeting hold Monday evening be tween J. W. Bosse, county of Adams, and L. S. C. di Allen Tin? - trouAte » In?, 1 tion of both representatives. So tar as known the only candidate for the place is the present senate, Stephen , B. Fleming. Mr. Fleming has served . the district during the past four years and is known as one of the most aggressive and industrious members of the upper house. He expresses his opinions and fights for them. When . interviewed Monday evening he said: . “I am certainly a candidate for the . senatorial nomination, and expect to make a good, strong campaign, spend- , ing considerable time in Adams coun- ■ ty. This will be my last stand, and I > hope to increase my majority of four , years ago, in both counties.” LEAVE FOR CANADA Carl Moses Left Sunday for Saskatchewan With Load of Necessaries. !| FIVE SPAN OF MULES Will be Used in Summer’s Work—Tony Hackman Will Leave Thursday. Tony Hackman has completed all arrangemen’s whereby he will leave Thursday of this week for Saskatchewan, Watson, county, Canada, where he will lock after his wheat crop for the coming year with his partner, Carl Moses, who together, own one section, or 640 acres of land. Mr. Moses, who left on last Sunday, looked after their car. which was sent at the same time, and which contained five span of mules, and various farming Implements, which they will use this year. John Debolt accompanied the car, and will do the feeding and care for the animals, and be on hand should anything go wrong with the car. Frank Kitson will leave with Mr. Hackman and he, with Mr. Debolt, will be employed by the Decatur men. J. C. Moses, who several weeks ago sold his farm here, will leave in a week or so to spend the summer and enjoy the northern country. Their i wheat crop last year was a good one, they threshing more than eleven thousand bushels of this product and receiving a good price for it. Mr. Hackman will go byway of the Erie o Chicago) thence over the Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, and then take the Great Northern to his destination, the trip of sixteen hundred miles requiring gour days to complete. THE BOYS' SCOUT TROOP. ' No Applications Have Been Received —Decatur Lads Not Interested. Captain Arthur Blair of Fort Wayne, who wishes to organize a troop of Boys' Scouts in Decatur writes us that he has not received a single application. Decatur lads are.losing many a good time and a chanceto have a club room, a drilled company, all the things that boys delight In, if thev pass this up. Write to Arthur Blair at once, 1117 Erie street, Fort Wayne, and assist him In getting a troop started in Decatur.

SPECIAL CAR. Sixty people will compose the party of Decatuntes to leave on the special! car over the interurban Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock for Fort Wayne to attend the Moose minstrel show at the Majestic theater, which holds the boards Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Others will probably go, but this number has been secured to make the trip. ROYAL NEIGHBORS' NOTICE, On account of the rehearsals for the home talent show to be given soon, the Royal Neighbors will have no meeting this evening, which is the regular lodge night. MRS. O. P. SCHUG, Oracle. ABOUT THE SICK Mrs. Beatty Doing Nicely from Operation of Some Weeks Ago. WERLING LAD

Mr. and Mrs. Anker Home from Danville, Where They Visited Sister. Mrs. James Ross of this city was operated upon Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, by Drs. Duemling of Fort Wayne and W. E. Smith of this city. A number of adhesions, affecting the stcmach, gail bladder and intestines were found. These probably resulted from two operations undergone before by Mrs. Ross for gall gladder trouble, the last one being about a year ago. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Anker and daughter, Veronica, returned Monday evening from Danville, 111., where they were visiting with his sister, Martha, j who on Saturday was operated upon for ailments. When Mr. and Mrs. Anker left, her bedside she was doing as well as could be expected, and it was believed, that unless something unforeseen developed, she would get along all right. The condition of Mrs. A. P. Beatty j still shows improvement and much j encouragement is being given to the family and those caring for the sick lady. Miss Irene Nidlinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Nidlinger, who left the latter pa: t of last week for Ft. Wayne where she entered the Hope hospital for treatment for a nervous trouble, stood the trip well and is getting along nicely. She will remain there for seven or eight weeks. She will undergo no operation. The many friends of Father George of Auburn, who is now in the St. Jos-; eph's hospital, Fort Wayne, where h - has been taking treatment for symptoms of typhoid fever, and who has been improving since his stay there, are elated to hear the news. He had been ailing for some weeks and had to give up pastoral work for a rest. His condition is encouraging, and it is thought a recovery will soon be his. Mrs. Jacob C. Miller of Marshall street has been on the sick list for the past several days. J. C. Hower, who has been ill and confined to his bed for twelve weeks, remains about the same. He bad been able to sit up for about fifteen minutes at a time, but became worse and his doctor prohibited it. It has been more than a week since he has attempted to sit up even that short while. Mrs. Chester Johnson went to Fort Wayne this morning to call on her sister, Mrs. P. L. Andrews, at the Hope hospital, who was operated upon three weeks ago, and is showing gradual Improvement. She is now able to sit up In tied at times. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Henry, who have been at Atlanta, Ga.. six weeks, with their sou, Enos Henry, who had been seriously ill with typhoid feve-, expected to arrive home this afternoon, according to a card received Monday by Mrs. O. P. Schug. The card was written last week and while the son was Improving, he was not at that time able to leave the hospital.

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A COMPLETE LIST Os Those Successfully Passing Examination for Common School Diplomas IN RECENT TEST One Hundred Sixteen Successful in Class of Two Hundred Eight. Besides the seventeen who made a grade of ninety per cent or over in I their rec' '.it examination for diplomas from t'j 3 common schools of the county, at reported heretofore, there were ninety-nine ot'.ers of the class of two hundred and eight who jiasi-i-d . t JBlully at this time. They c |gMB :’3U>

i berg. Kirkland —Lydia Bieneke, Roy Byerly, Otto F. Miller, Chester Oiwin, Edith Yaney, Luzerne Burket Daniel Adler, Clinton Byerly, Harve Liniger, Clark John, Walter Pease, Floyd Manley, Carl H. Pease, Edith Shady, Fred Kitson. Washington—Francis Miller, Calvin Yost, Vera Stoutenberry, Harry Smith, John Baltzell, Merle Poling. St. Mary’s—Bessie Davis, Forest Sarff, Ethel Potts, Mary Ray, Guy Steele, Ovall Fortney, Charley McCullough. Blue Creek—Rhuben Hahnert, Arlie Foreman, Russel Dunifon, Fern Edwards. Monroe —Elmer E. Eicher, Leona Schug, Sylvan B. Rohrer, Mabel Hirschy, Martha Boegly, David Sprunger, Irene Stuckey, Edward Steiner, Alvin V. D. Smissen, Clinton D. Soldner, Clara Gilbert, lima Baugartner, Raymond Wulliman, Leona Sprunger, Leslie Andrew s, Walter Oliver, Jacob Haggard. Martha Depp, Frances Tabler, Ora O. Hendricks, Sylvia Hendricks, Harry Martz, Lena Dick, George Burket, Claude Laisure, Otto Wittwer, Sybilla G. Sprunger, I Naomi Dulin, Gladys Eley, Frances j Reusser, Gertrude Lehman, Vernon S. I Mosure, Harold Bebout, Sylvia M. Schwartz. Hartford —John Baumgartner, Bert. Heiman, Mildred Steiner, Frank Bieberstein, Oscar Stuckey, John P. Liechty, Richard Glendening. Ruth Shoemaker, Bland Stahl, Myra Anderson, Mary Pontius, Truman Shepherd, Earl North, Christian H. Egley, Cleo Hornado, Arthur Zehr French —Pearl M. Atz. Luster R. Erhart. Wabash —Celina Amstutz, Naomi Derickson, Eli C. Stuckey, Clarence Hirschey, Daniel Teeter, David Bixler, jr., Wilbert Marthys, Jacob Stucky, i Alta Fink, Lester Smith, Edna Neuenschwander, Daniel G. Graham, Ada V. Heare, Cordelia Riesen, Lulu M. Allen. A UNIQUE HEN. While in Chesaning, Mich., on business recently, B. B. Teenle of this city had the pleasure of seeing a black Spanish hen, which is thought to be the only freak of the kind in the country at the present time. The hen in question is owned by Stephen Moore, a wealthy .farmer of that place and has the habit of laying different slz< 1 eggs. One day the h4n will lay a very small egg, hardly a third the size of the ordinary hen egg. and the next day will lay an egg of enormous size. The largest egg so far produced measures eight and one-fourth inches In ' circumference tiie small way and ten | and three-quarters Inches the long I way, making it larger than a goose egg. Photographs of the ben and eggs are In possession of Mr. Teeple. who gladly shows them to interested friends. WANTED A •■DRY" TOWN. Memphis, Tenn , April 9—New Madrid, Mo, overflowed to a depth of several feet by the Mississippi river flood, Is nevertheless “dry." At least, the “drys” won in a local option election Saturday. Voters came to the polls in skiffs, in motor launches and on rafts and when the rubber-booted election clerks completed their count it was shown that the “wets" were beaten by 300 votes.