Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1912 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Number 203.

I STILL I DGRESSING of Entertainment discussion of Friay Evening. ; TIME NEEDED I — Committee to Make Ivent What They Anticipate. ■eral invitation commltee of |j>tne Week met Friday evenFe library building with a portion of the committee IgThe principal matters disBre means and methods of Eent by each of the organiza■jnumerot.s suggestions were I’fwas the sense of the meet-t-additional time was needed I y*plans and that the commitI H hold itself in readiness to ■> call of the chairman for fleeting in the near future BkU members be notified the • Jiour through the newspa[el Hr.<::rk. Ind.. Aug. 23, 1912. ■v , Quinn: —ln reply to your letter, I see you at the Old Home HTcatur, Ind. ■ S. L. UHRICK. 2.<»., Aug. 22. 1512. Q linn: Mthe mMu 1 >ctober ived | |Hir. touc'n thrmigu a:ig--iuents w e ■■ . yo ’ml!.' lor Hie to ' hat weel \\ ■ H. i-j.l torn ■E Yours truly, & C. E. SUTTLES. Decatur. Ind Your kind invitacoming Octobei 14 19 will all try and be of the time. Hoping -vgq be all that you antu iall with kind regards, I ■ Sincerely, HMffner and family. F ■Quinn. Chairman Invitarprßiittee: to sumbit a list of the members and former (ffißcatur Lodge, No. 993, ■ dlesberger. Sacramento Bmento, Cal. ®,o:i. 1407-9 No. Eleventh r* Ind forO son, Gideon, Mo. Cincinnati, Ohio. EHg. Bluffton, Ind. Butte, Mont. I ■ >wn. Saginaw, Mich. H-:* Van Wert. Ohio. State House. Indi- _ Columbia City, Ind. 'iOljHce, Muskogee, Okla. Alliance, Ohio. Milford, Ind. Hippodrome Theater, Mv - Va nan, Berne, Ind. ng. Huntington, Ind. JN in, Shoaff Bldg, Fort jham, State House. Indilottschalk, Ottawa, Ohio, idricks, .Monroe, Ind. ling, State House. IndiT' sou, Bellefontaine, Ohio, ne, Chicago, 111. q Delaware St.. Indianaps. Celina, Ohio. n. Fairbanks, Alaska. Iddy, Paragould, Ark. 'hpf F ' ort Wayne ’ Ind .—Jr son. Gary, Ind. y>op, 110 Liberty St, HamVthal Wisconsin. Ih. Transfer Corner, Fort key. Berne. Ind. SUL So. Calhoun St, Fort

D. E. Studabaker, Coronada, Fla. Fred Vaughn, Evanston, 111. Herman Wafel, Preble, Ind. P. H. Wagner, Fort Wayne, Ind. All resident members requested to write these above. Respectfully submitted, W. A. LOWER, E. B. ADAMS, Committee. Mr. French Quinn, Chairman Invitation Committee: Below is a list of the absent members of the Ladies’ Shakespeare Club: Mrs. Hester Alverson Moffett, Elwood, Ind. Mrs. Eva Kenyon Gregg, Greencastle, Ind. Mrs. Jennie Wolfe Clever, Westfield N. Y. Mrs. Alice Perry Stoops, Petersburg, Ipd. Mrs. Jessie Allison Deam, Riverside, Illinois. Mrs. Sarah Kenyon, Birmingham, Ala. | Mrs. Jennie Fuhrman, 125 Grant' Ave, Marion, Ohio Mrs. Lulu Nachtrieb, Goshen, Ind. j Miss Hattie Studabaker, Coronada, Fla. Mrs. Helen Blossom, Fort Wayne, Ind. Mrs. Nellie Ellingham, Indianapolis, Ind. Miss Matie Auten, Fort Wayne, Ind. Mrs. Kittie Christen France, Muskogee, Okla. Mrs. Mary Duckett. Mrs. Addie Forey. T Mrs. Florence Gardner. Miss Ida Holman. Mrs. Anna Hudson, Anderson, Ind. Mrs. C. H. Kauffman. Mrs. Dorothy Locke, Bluffton, Ind. Miss Grace Miller, 326 E. 45th St, New York. j Miss Melete Numbers, Rio Grande ; St, Austin, Tex. Miss Mayme Stabler. I Mrs. Barbara Schafer, Dallas, Tex, Mrs. E. H. Wicks, Cimarron, Kans. Mrs. Ada Walters, Delaware, Ohio. Mrs. Bertha Winch, Branson, Mo. Mrs. Mary True, Poe, Ind. Mrs. Cora Van Swerengen, 5707 Klmbark, Ave., Chicago, 111. Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, Chicago, 111. If any one knows of any member that may have been missed, or if any address has. beeen incorrectly given, ' kindly ’phone Mrs. John Niblick or Mrs. Harry Moltz. Respectfully submitted, MRS. JOHN NIBLICK. MRS. HARRY MOLTZ. j Mr. French Quinn. Chairman Invitation Committee: Below is a list of the absent mem- ' bers of the St. Vincent de Paul soj ciety: i Mrs. Newton Anderson, Gideon, Mo. Mrs. Charles Brown. Mrs. Kate Gloss, Ft. Wayne, Ind. i Mrs. Mike Gaffer, Fort Wayne, Mrs. John Mougey, Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Floyd Smith, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Mrs. Chris Myers, Celina, Ohio. I Mrs. Herman Center, Indianapolis, I Ind. Mrs. O. N. Snellen, Willshire, Ohio. Mrs. Pete Stein, Lima, Ohio. Mrs. B. Lew. Mrs. C. K. Hively. Mrs. John Herman, St. Henry, O. Mrs. J. J. Smith. Mrs. P. Dodane, R. R., Ft. Wayne, Ina. Mrs. Roy Edinger. Mrs. A. A. Gottemoller, Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. A. P. Chilson, Bryan, Ohio. Mrs. Phil Wagner, Fort Wayne, Ind. If any one knows of any member that may have been missed or if address has been incorrectly given, kindly 'phone Mrs. C. N. Christen or Mrs. Dr. Connell. Respectfully sumbitted, MRS. C. N. CHRISTEN, MRS. DR. CONNELL. _____ —— o—among the builders, Dan Erwin and John Falk, who purchased the Ross property on Adams street, are remodeling the old residence thereon and are building a new house on tlu adjoining lot. These will be for rental purposes. Dr. Roy Archbold and Dan Erwin have sold their lot on Eleventh street to Stephen A. Miller of Union township, who will build a residence thereon and move to town soon, retiring from the life of an active farmer. .... — o MUSIC FOR OPENING. The Gass & Meibers “Store of Qualitywhich will have its opening on Tuesday from 12 to 10 o’clock p. m., will have special music for the occa- 1 sion, having engaged the orchestra. I A souvenir will also be given each I lad* attending.

“DECATUR CAIM AMD WILL”

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, August 24, 1912.

BURIAL SUNDAY Funeral Services for Mrs. Geo. Heller Will be Held at Linn Grove. SUNDAY AFTERNOON Death Occurred There Yesterday After Five Weeks’ Illness. The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Heller, aged seventy-three, wife of George Heller, who passed away Friday morning at her home in Linn Grove, will be held Sunday at Linn Grove, with services at the residence at 1 o’clock ahd at 1:30 o’clock at the Evangelical church of which the decedent was a member. Burial will be in the Greenwood cemetery, south of Linn Grove. Mrs. Heller's illness extended from last March and had confined her to her home for the past five weeks. She was a sufferer from kidney trouble, and complications developed which had left little hope for some time for her recovery. The decedent was born January 11, 1839, and would have been seventyfour years of age next January. She has been a resident of Adams county for many years and she is mourned by a large circle of relatives and friends, who have ever held her in highest esteem for her many excellent qualities of Christian womanhood. She and her husband moved to Linn Grove only about a year ago, upon the com--1 pletion of a handsome new residence in that place. Previous to that they had lived for about eighteen years in Berne, Ind. Surviving, in addition to the husband, are a son and three daughters, Frank Heller, cashier of the Linn I Grave bank, is the son and the datighi ters are Mrs. Emma Graham, wife of Harry Graham; Mary Meshberger, I wife of David Meshberger. and Jane, ! wife of Benjamin Meshberger. THE PARCELS POST ■ Bill in Congress Regarding Parcels Post Extension is of Great Interest. WILL BE CHEAPER I Than Sending by Express— A Big Change in Postoffice if Bill Passes, Postmaster: over the country are receiving notice of the passing of a postofflee bill in congress regarding the extension of parcels post, making it possible to send packages cheap--1 er through the mail than by express The bill now makes it possible to send packages not to exceed eleven pounds in weight at a rate a great deal less than it can be sent by express. If the bill becomes a law It will make a large change in the postoffice department in time. When people realize the beter facilities offered by the postoffice department they no doubt will adopt the mail service for sending packages instead of the express companies which will necessarI ily require addition of conveyances to i handle packages, and in time, as the I business increases, will probably require the services of another clerk in 1 the postoffice to handle it. As it is now packages of any* size 1 or weight are sent through express companies, it being cheaper, and bet- ‘ ter facilities are offered, but when the increase of this in the postoffice becomes large enough and the conveyances adopted, the postoffice department will offer much better facilities, which will tend to increase the postoffice business to a large extent. o SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES. The Fort Wayne & Springfield railway company will have special excursion rates to Fort Wayne tomorrow, or sixt> cents for the round trip, on account \of the German picnic to be held at G.ermainia park. Miss Helen Niblick left this afternoon for Chicago for a week’s visit.

CELINA FAIR GOOD. Many Exhibits Will Come to Adams County Fair. Charles E. Magley, secretary of the . Great Northern Indiana Fair associa-| tion, has returned from Celina, Ohio, I where he attended the fair. He Is well pleased with the fair there and especially the stock and horses, which are also coming to this county’s fair. There races horses at Celina are in an especially good class, and these coming here, will insure us a fair | far beyond the average. Among the Celina racers are those which had such an unusually good run here last year, being unable to finish on account of a tie. They assured Mr. Magley that they would return here this fall. | Q ENGINE DERAILED I I — , Engine 34 of the G. R. & I. Was Thrown from Switch This Morning. SANK IN THE MUD And Lay on Its Side—The Wrecking Crew Called to Replace It. Engine No. 34, in charge of Engineer Yarman, running extra on the gravel train, which is hauling ballast for the switches being put in to the sugar factory, was derailed and turned completely on its side at a frog near the Ward Fence Factory at 11:50 o’clock this morning. The engine had just brought in a train load of ballast and was running slowly south to get out of the switch when at the frog of the switch the track suddenly gave away and threw off the front trucks of the engine The soft ground of the fill gave away under the heavy weight and the engine sank deeper and deeper into the ground until at 12:10 it slowly turned over on its side. The firemen had let all of the water out of the tank and this, with the already soft condition of the ground allowed the engine to almost bury itself. The wrecking crew was called from Fort Wayne, and the work of clearing up the wreck was begun. Small damage was done to; the engine, the csew having ample time to drown the fires so that an explosion might be averted. A crowd of onlookers quickly gathered and watched the work of the wrecking crew. No injuries were experienced by any of the crew, except the fireman, who had a leg sprained in jumping from the cap. The engineer was forced to crawl through a window to escape.

SENT HOME DEAD ’•’M . «■ Body of Ed Kinney Brought Back Home—First Word in Fifteen Years. REGARDING THE SON * Had Left Home and Nothing Heard from Him— Funeral Today. fifteen yearc ago, Ed Kinney, son of Pet Kinney, of Jefferson townshin, living eight miles east of Geneva, left home. Nothing more was heard from the young man, until this week when word was received by the parents that he was dead and that his body was being sent home for burial. The body arrived in due time and the funeral was held this morning from -the Catholic church. The man was at death about forty years of age, and he is well remembered by his associates and friends, in the north, as well as the south part of the county He has relatives in this part of the county, and among those who attended the funeral totfay were his cousins, My. and Mrs. P. K. Kinney and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Laughlin.

ADOPT A SLOGAN “Decatur Can and Will” is Motto Selected by HomeComing Committee ON FRIDAY EVENING Winners Will be Announced After Next Thursday-— Awards Made. “Decatur Can and Will” is the slogan adopted by the Home Coming Committee in session Friday evening and in continued meeting from Thursday when the large number submitted would not grant the committee sufficient discussion for the selection of the most appropriate one sent in. It is without doubt the best that couid have been selected by the committee and not until the three hundred seventeen other suggestions had been carefully gone over was the decision reached. Two others adopted and who will come in for second and third prizes offered were “Decatur Knows How,” and third “Decatur Defies Defeat.” For each of the three slogans given there were two authors who submitted the same and owing to this fact the awarding of the prises of $5, 3, and 2 offered by both the Old Adams county aud First National banks will not be made until the next regular meeting on Thursday evening August 29th. The problem was one taken interest in by people throughout the entire county and from the many excellent slogans submitted the task of deciding was not an every day jol). By this saying Decatur be known and the meaning it bears is one that no other city or state could have selected a better one. Look for it across the top of this evening’s Democrat. THE SEASON’S BEST The Fastest Ball Game of Season Scheduled for Sunday Afternoon. — i THE WHITE SOCKS Ft. Wayne’s Strongest Independent Aggregation Will be Here. I All is in readiness for the big base ball game to be pulled off Sunday between the fast Shamrocks and the Ft. : Wayne White Lucks, which has been j extensively advertised by the boys during the past week. The visitors | are coming with a strong bunch of , rooters and will give the locals a hard run for their money. Fifty dollars have been guaranteed the visitors rain or Shine, and they at this time expect to see one of the largest crowds ever present, at Sunday’s game. The locals have liekwise strengthened their weak points, and will have several new men in the field for this game. The pitcher’s box will again be filled by the left handed twirler, Bone, of Hartford City, while others have been secured for the day, should they be necessary. The game of tomorrow has long been discussed and as they are coming as the fastest, independent, players in this part of the state, the announcement speaks for itself. The line for tomorrow's game will be: Catcher, Coffee; lb, Baxter; 2b, McMillen; 3b, Buffenbarger; ss, Ellis: If, Smith; cf, Engle; rs, C. Johns; pitchers, Bone, Robinson and J. Johns; sub., Stevens. Admission, 25 cents; ladies, free. c POLICE COURT NEWS. Andrew Fleming was brought up before the mayor Friday evening on on a plain drunk charge and pleading ' guilty drew a dollar and costs for his share. Three were up before ’Squire Stone, Michael Ochtu, Charles Vasle and John Baron, all on a drunk charge, and all pleading guilty, drew a fine of five dollars and costs.

THE SCIENCE TEACHER May be Selected First of the Week— School Board Met. The school board held a meeting Friday evening, when bills wore allowed and matters relative to the securing of the one undetermined teacher for the high school, that in the science department. There is ono appneant to be considered, and correspondence with him will be entered into further, and another meeting held the first of the tfeek regarding' the selection. With the selection of the science teacher, the high school faculty will be complete. Those named are: Principal, Martin F. Worthman; English, Miss Clara Williams; Latin, Miss Fanny Frisinger. Miss Frances Dugan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dugan, was the one select-I ed at the, last meeting of the school board, to assist in the English depart-' ment, and she will also have charge t of the history, and assist the principal. Miss Dugan was graduated this . year from Vassar. COURT HOUSE NEWSi Laura Miller Brings Suit for Divorce Against Otis E. Miller. EXECUTOR QUALIFIES “The Enterprise Drug Company” Records Incorporation Papers. Little more than two months of marital life have ended in the filing of a divorce suit by ‘Laura L. Miller against Otis E. Miller. She also asks tor the restoration of her maiden name, Laura L. Howard. The couple were married January 6, 1912, and lived together until March 17, when she alleges he left her. She states that he is an habitual drunkard, a fact she did not know at the time of marrying him. She says that he was lazy and trifling, and when he did work, spent his earnings in saloons and pool rooms and ery. She also accuses him of going with unmarried females whose names she did not know, and stated in her complaint that since their separation he had been keeping company with one. Cruel and inhuman treatment, in that he teased and tormented her in various ways, are also alleged. L. C. DeVoss is her attorney. William A. Lower qualified as executor of the Rachel C. Dailey will, giving SI,OOO bond, with Dan N. Erwin and T, H. Baltzell sureties. Esther Smitley, born August 19, 1896, daughter of William Smitley, was licensed to wed Harry Evans, born August 23, 1892, son of Steven Evans, Articles of incorporation of “The Enterprise Drug Company” were filed with County Recorder Andrew Wolflev today. The capitalization is for $6,000, with Louis ('. Davenport, Carl Bonham, Fred E. Ehle, William Oman, Frank Gordon, J. H. Burroughs, direr tors. The company recently purchased the Page Blackburn drug store, this city, and which is managed for the company by J. H. Burroughs of Bluffton. Real tstate transfers: Emma A. Freel et al. to L. D| Winans, lot 22, Pleasant Mills, SSOO. __o CHAIRMAN McCOMBS ILL. Democratic Leader May Have to Give Up Management of Work. New York, N. Aug. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Chairman McCombs of the democratic committee, may never resume active management of the democratic presidential campaign. It was learned today that his physicians have told him he cannot hope to return to his desk for a month. It may be necessary for him to yield to real leadership to Vice Chairman McAdoo. His illness is more serious than at first believed John Zolo, the Bohemian, who has been very serious with typhoid fever, a week past,, was better Friday, and is again somewhat worse today, and his condition is not as encouraging as it was Friday.

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ABOUT THE SICK Mrs. Wm. Drake Operated on This Morning for Tumors at Ft. Wayne. DAVIS DAILY BETTER Will Parent Had Restless Night and Just Holding His Own Today. Reuben Baxter of Monmouth, while threshing at the A. J. Smith farm this afternoon, fell from a load of straw and broke his left arm at the shoulder. Mrs. William Drake of Union township this morning at 10 o’clock underwent an operation at the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, for tumorous growths, which had become such that an operation was advised by the physician. She was taken to the hospital and the operation was set for about the noon hour. The many friends of Mrs. Drake anxiously await the outcome. Rev. Wehmeyer returned this morning from Fort Wayne, where he spent several days with Mrs. Wehmeyei, who has been suffering from rheumatism for some days past, but now greatly improved. Fred Fruchte, who more than a month ago figured in a runaway, receiving a broken leg, is doing well and is able to sit up. The broken bone is knitting nicely and it is believed he will soon be able to be about as usual. Miss Hazel Lenhart went to Fort Wayne this morning to be with her aunt, Mrs. Fiances Merryman, who has been seriously ill since last Saturday with paralysis, which has affected her head. Miss Maud Magley. rural route mail carrier on route eight, who has been off duty three weeks on account of illness with walking typhoid fever, is better. Davis Dailey, who was operated upon last Wednesday at the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, for enlarged glands, is getting along nicely. Miss Mary Erwin, who was with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Erwin, and family at Rome City, suffered so severely from hay fever, that she was obliged to leave them and go to Michigan, where it was hoped the climate of the north would bring relief. Mrs. Sa. al. U'.Lskburn received word from her nephew, Duke Stoops, of Petersburg, who was injured in the collapse of the grand stand at Indianapolis this week, stating that he was somewhat better, but that it would be several weeks before he would completely regain. < IT Mrs. Ben Schrank is again showing rapid improvement, and it was stated this morning by the attending physician that she is doing much better than was expected. Mrs. Margaret Louthan of Fort Wayne, who visited here this morning on business, stated that her little grandson, two-year-old George Lou--1 than Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben | li'll, of that city, has been Hi, and is recovering from an operation. , The condition ofWill Parent remains about the same as that of yesterday, and but very little can be said regarding his present condition. Friday night was a rather restless one for him, and today, as a result, was likewise one of unrest, and no improvement could be noticed. Joe Gase, who is confined to his home with typhoid fever, is still quite serious, and the closest of attention is necessary. Harve Sprague, who has been sick for more than a month past, with liver trouble, is steadily improving, and is able to be up and around the house. A speedy recovery is now believed to be his. o Mrs. Will Butler and daughter, Monai, left today for Lansing, Mich , for a visit with her daughter, Otis Dibble.