Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 284

I MARRIED today fl Miss Bess Baumgartner and fl Mr. Ben H. Welker Were fl Quietly Married ■ A T 1:15 O’CLOCK ■ Immediately Leave for I Home at Delaware, O—9 Surprise Their Friends. S Mies Hess Baumgartner, daughter of H peputy County Clerk and Mrs. i.. [, M llaumuartner, and Mr. Benjamin Harn B urn Welker pf Delaware, Ohio, were B quietly married this afternoon at I L. B o'clock at the Evangelical parsonae.B by the pastor, the Rev J. H. Rilling B The wedding was very quiet, the only B witnesses being the bride's mother, B Mrs Baumgartner; her aunt. Mrs B Helms, of Elwood, and Mrs W \ B [human. The couple left at l:.lo B o'clock over the Erie for their weddmg ■ trip They will return here in a week ■ or so for a short stay before going to B their new home at Delaware. Ohio, B the groom is engaged In the bar B her business. H Though the friends of the couple tr d B snticipated the wedding, the date was B unknown to any of them, and the fact i B that ft occurred this afternoon will , B come as a surprise to all H Miss Baumgartner Is one of the B city’s most charming young ladies , ■ The groom formerly resided here, ha . B ing been employed for some time at B the Al Busdg barber shop before go'ng B to f>elaware, Ohio, and is well and fa , B vorabiy known.

I IN THE CHURCHES ■ Thanksgiving Day Union ■ Services Happy Climax to I the Day. S A MUSICAL PROGRAM H Saturday Evening--Also Le< - ■ ture at Christian Church ■ Evangelical Services. ■ In addition to the supper given Sat ■ urday evening from S'3o to 7:30 ■ o'clock in the old Journal ofli..- build I Ing oy the Christian church ladle* B there will be a humorous lecture at the B church at 7:30 o'clock by Evangelist Bennett on "The Benefits of Bein,' an Old Maid* The following musical •nd literary program will also be glv en. all three event* to be twenty-live coats: Instrumental Solo — Ml** Irma Houk. Vocal Solo—Mm R Oettinger Instrumental Duet—Ml**e« Vera Hower, Nellie Nichol* Reading—Mia* Mabie Weldy. Lecture—Svangelist J. Bennett The tost for the revival meeting -n th* Evangelical church th!* evening I* * trumpet call to action A sermon In • tew word*, namely "Awake, Thou that deepest, and arise from the dead. »nd Christ shall give thee light " Eph 1:14. God ha* u»ed these word* on other occasion* to Hl* glory. causing num to decide for ChristSi**' 1 11® 1 ringing, Come and enjoy the feast SPECIAL SERVICES Rev John Freeman of l’lra»nt> ! MUI* I* conducting a special evan*"'!» IL. uivetlua al the Pleasant Grow I’. R. church, five mllea northeast of ’he rity. Th* spiritual Interest I* n.l'»f •ng, and the pro*pe« t for * •wakening I* looking hopeful less each evening beginning »’ • o'clock, sun Un>t AH *«* Invited to attend NOTICE L 0. O. F All Odd Fellows are requested '<» ~r •t their hall st 7 o'clock tonight to make arrangement* for funeral of l ,ur ♦•y Harruff Ed Roknecht formerly a student at the Fort Wayne business college ••cured a position at the Alt Heidel b*rg at Fl. Wayne ss day elm*

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'j FOR THANKSGIVING visit. Mlm Faye Smith Return, from South, em State Tour. 1 Mis, Fay e Smith, who Is making a wading t our of the high schools of the state, giving .. The Merchant of Venice" this year, is at home for the Thanksgiving week-end visit. She made a tour of the south part of the •tate. and dosed with a reading at he Connersville high school. She will leave next week for a two weeks’ trip through the northern part of the state. !i. HOFF DEAD Prominent Decatur Man Died Suddenly at Temporary Home in Michigan. ILL SINCE TUESDAY Was Former Recorder of Adams County—Ex-Post-master of Berne. A message received here at 5:30 o’clock last night brought the news of the death of Ex-County Recorder Harvey Harruff, of this city, which occurred suddenly yesterday at his temporary home at Fremont, Michigan. The news was first sent to the son, Russell Harruff at Fort Wayne, who in turn sent word to his brother and sister, Deputy Surveyor Orval Harruff and Miss Della Harruff, residing here. The son, Russell, left last eevning for Fremont, .Mich., and if connections' could be made, was due to reach Fre-1

mont this morning at ten o'clock. On 1 his arrival, word will be sent here tell- ) ing whether the body will be brought here for burial. Since the word of the death was received here last evening, a letter was 1 received thia morning by Orval Harruff, which was written Wednesday, before his death. This told that on Tuesday Mr. Harruff wag taken 111 with symptons of pneumonia, and it I* quite likely that hi* case grew worse and developed into pneumonia causing his death. He had also been 111 with rheumatism. Owing to the non-delivery of mail on Thanksgiving, ■ the letter wa* not received till today. I Mr. Harruff and wife visited here only la*t October during old home week, and the new* of hl* death came very unexpectedly to friend* her*. Re wa* perbap* one of the be*t known men In the county He and his family aave lived here since 189 j, ' when he moved to this city from Berns, to enter upon hi* office a* county recorder i Since hi* term of office expired, he bad lived in thi* city and was engaged in the Inwrance, real estate and loan business A year ago last spring, he moved to Fremont, Michigan, where he had purchased a farm. He nnd his wife and daughter. Opal, resided in Fremi nt. and Mr. HsrrufT* *on In law. Linus Beard of Salamonia and family,, took up residence on the farm. Mr. | Harruff remained there only to help him get started on the farm and «• parted to return her* to live next •prlng Hl* business here was attended to by hi* «on. Orval, and Mr. Harruff exm- 'ed to take It up again on bl* return here. I Mr Harrufr I* »urvived by hl* wife. who was Miss K Teeter, and to whom he was married June 74.1873. tn Item. He also leaves the followng children: Bert Harruff of Colton., Ruwell. of Fort Wayne; .Mia.nd Orval of thi* city; lte**le,wife of IJau* Beard of Fremont -•«< <>P* - • imme A Child also preceded him in d.aih being burled In the cemetery Ifim. Ik ha* the following broth- „„ and sisters Albert, at Rockford. Ohio James, at Hriamonla; < harle*.at Marion. Ohio, and John, at Lima. O.: Mrs t'labon Hull. •' Hull. Ohio, Mr Harruff ••» »” mMnb * r of the Odd Fallows and Rebekah lodge*. X Os the Ben Hur. and Masons of Jiu city and wm a charter member Mr Harruff who was *l«ty ye*ni « •a. born In Marion county. Ohio. . Lt nine years old .nd at the *<• year*, the .on .tarted out m27h;. own way through Ilf* He *® many <* Xon nS-”* Mh ' ‘ n T d Ith John B A Rant*, cam* to «*° r There they erected a wagon X engaged !n - ,b eag. rotrn

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Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, November 29, 1912.

MR. BRIGGS NAMED Congressman Adair Announces He Will Appoint Well Known Man. TO GENEVA OFFICE Earl Peters, Formerly of This Paper, to be Secretary to Cyrus Cline. Portland ,Ind., Nov. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat)—.Just before leaving for Washington today, Congressman J. A. M. Adair announced that he would recommend W. W. Briggs to be postmaster at Geneva. Mr. Briggs was the only candidate for the place and his selection will give general satisfaction it is believed. He has been a hard worker in the ranks of the party in Wabash township for many years and is in every way qualified for the position of postmaster. The Berne office will not be given out at this time as ft is over three years until the commission of Mrs. Egley expiree. Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat)—R. Earl Peters will leave in a few days for Washington, D ,C., where he will serve as a committee clerk until March, when he begins duties as private secretary to Congressman Cline. Mr. Peters was formerly with the Daily Democrat at Decatur and the Courier at Auburn, and for some time has been employTfi as political writer on the Journal-Ga- ’ xette. In that capacity he had the op I portunity of frequently assisting Mr i Cline in his race for congress and It has been expected that he would be given one of the plums. THE PARCELS POST Postmaster W. A. Lower Receives Zone Distances and Rates OF THE POSTAGE Provided in the New LawWill Go Into Effect January First. Postmaster W. A. Lower has received orders from the post master general to prepare for the starting of the parcels post system In this tone on January Ist. Several blanks were sent Mr. Lower to be filled out by the prospective customers and sent to Washington. It is the object of the postoffice | 'department to learn as nearly 'as possible the amount of business to be extorted in thia zone, with a View to preparing for Its handling. The parrels poet law provides: "That Uer«aft« r fourth class mall matter shall embrace all other matter, In-1 [eluding farm and factory |>roducta, not 'now embraced by law In either the first, second or third class. not exceeding eleven pounds in weight, n«r greater in sixe than seventytwo i Inches In length and girth combined, 'nor In form or kind likely to Injur* the person of any postal employee or damage the mall equipment or other mail matter and not of a character ' perishable within a period reasonably i required for transportation and delivery." Fur the purpose of carrying this law Into effect the I’nlted Btatea Is divided into sones with different rates of postage applicable to each The following table presents in concise form the sone distance and rates of postage provided in the parcels post la*: Ist lb add th 11 lbs Rural and city de livery • 16 Within 50-mlle •• ® 3 86 Within 16<Mnlle ... .«« 04 «• Within 200-mlle ... .07 05 6« Within <OO mile ... .06 0* Within inoo-mlle .. .o» .0? 79 Within 1400 mile .. .10 00 100 Over 1100-mile .... -U The local rate Is applicable to par ceia Intended for delivery at tbs of

flee of mailing or on a rural route, starting therefrom. The local and zone (fifty miles) rate, is set out below: Zone, Weight Local 50 ml. , 1 pound $ .05 $ .05 2 pounds 06 .08 i 3 pounds v . 07 .11| 4 poundsoß .14 I 5 poundso9 .17 j 6 pounds 10 .201, 7 poundsll .23 i 8 pounds 12 .26 . 9 pounds 13 .29; 10 poundsl4 .32 11 pounds .... 15 .35 Among the questions the department wishes answered are: The number of fourth-class parcels mailed daily by prospective customers; what the average number will be when the parcels post law becomes effective;-their average weight and size; the proportion of the total number for local delivery; ' whether mailing will be daily or at 1 stated intervals and in what quanti(Contmuea on Page 2) o FOR LARGE CLASS I Local Rebekah Lodge Will Have Deborah Lodge of . I Fort Wayne Here. GIVE DEGREE WORK ! Banquet Will be Served in Lodge Hall—Several CanI didates Ready, ( 1 That the local lodge of Rebekahs ' will have with them on December 1 10th the Deborah lodge of Fort ' Wayne was Known Thursday, when 1 an acceptance to the invitation was received which asked the Ft. Wayne ’ lodge to visit here and exemplify : the degree work. Some time ago it was decided by ] the local lodge to have a class of candidates for Initiation and to invito some neighboring lodge here to do the , work. The candidates were secured ■ and then the invitation was issued to the Deborah lodge at Fort Wayne This lodge consists of over three hundred members and the acceptance said that at least fifty could be expected to be here and In all probabilities many more would afgnifiy their intentions of coming here Tuesday. The Deborah lodge will arrive here in the evening and will be conducted I to the I. O. O. F hall, where a ban quet will be served before the lodge hour. The work will be conferred on a class of candidates and following the social sesston light refreshments will be served before the Fort Wayne lodge departs for home. Members of other lodges In the county will be' present A DEATH MESSAGE Saddened Thanksgiving Day for the Family of Jacob . Tester of This City. A LONG ILLNESS Caused Death of Mrs. Geo. Tester at Liberey Center, Ohio. Thursday. Jacob Tester received a telegram Thanksgiving day which saddened the occasion, for It announced the death of hie sister In law, Mrs George Tee ter .at her home at Utterly (’enter. Ohio Mrs Tester had been in poor health for fifteen years, her disease aaffllng the physicians who attended her. She died at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon The deceased ia survived by the husband, one daughter, aged sixteen, the mother and father, one brother and numerous other relatives and friends Rhe was about thirtyeight years old. a kind and loving mother, who bore the years of Illness with courage and hope that was al moat remarkable Mr and Mrs Jacob Teeter. Mro Harvey fichroll and Mrs Howard llurdge left this afternoon for Liberty Center, to attend the funeral nerviest wMsb will bo hold Satarfiay atternuon at 2 oclock ,

A CHANGE IN FIRM John S. Bowers Retires from Bowers Realty Co.—Sells His Stock — TO HIS PARTNERS Will Probably Winter in Florida—Will Retain Corporation Name. John S. Bowers, president of the Bowers Realty company, of this city, has retired from that jKisition and has sold his interests in the company to his two partners, Frank M. Schirmeyer, vice president and treasurer of the company, and French Quinn, secretary of the concern. The company was organized several years ago and has done a splendid business, and the, transfer of Mr. Bowers’ stock at this time will in no way affect the business, the name being retained. The deal was in every way a pleasant and friendly one, Mr. Bowers retiring because of ill health, which, while not seriously bad, is not such that permitted him to take the active part in business which he has heretofore done. He will probably spend the winter in the south, his plans at this time being with that in view. The Bowers Realty company does an extensive business in abstract, loans and the sale of real estate. They have conducted a large number of important deals and at this time Mr. Schirmeyer is' one ofthe trustees in the Allison es- ; tate and Mr. Quinn is the receiver for the traction company. They have { handled many farm deals, buying and , selling in various instances and have been in every way successful. They will continue to take an active part in the business affairs of this community.; FOR LIBERTY BELL Petition Two Miles Long Has Been Sent to Philadelphia by Children. FOR THE BELL IN 1915 Charles H. Nelson Gives Million Dollar Checks Away —Was Worth More. i (United Press Service) I San Francisco, Kov. 29—(Special to, Daily Itemocrat)—A petition two miles long will be sent to Philadelphia asking permission for the liberty bell to be sent to the Panama exhibition in 1915. The petition was signed by 1 itio.OOO persons. New Orleans, Nov. 29—Charles H Nelson «aa arrested for giving away checks for 91,000,000 to pedestrians, and attracting such a crowd that traffic was obstructed. .Nelson exhibited copies of letters which he addressed to John D. Rockefeller. J. P. Morgau. Hetty Green and others He said he was ' worth |80,000,000,000. A memorandum found on Nelson showed that he was a patient In the city hospital at St. Ixmils in October Philadelphia. Nov. 29-(Special to Dally ftemorrati— The old constitution of the National Suffrage society has been consigned to the waste paper baa ket. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the body, herself suggested that the old constitution be discarded for a newer and more up-to-date doco ment A motion to that effect car j rlrd unanimously just before the suf frags convention ended Tuesday. A committee of ftvs wilt be appointed by ( the executive committee later to draft n now constitution. •OONER-LHAMON. Miss Mary Bogner, daughter of Mr. and Mre Frank Bogner, comer of Monroe and Eleventh streets, and Mr Dor Lhntnnn were quietly married Thursday evening at 6 o’clock at the St. Mary's Catholic personage by Rev Wilken The witnesses were the bride's brother sad slater. Lee and Hertha Bogner The young couple still reside la lbs Mike ffmlth reel , denre

MAY RETAIN COLLEGE; At Franklin, Wis.—Special Meeting of Synod. The first special synod meeting of the German Reformed denomination in twenty-five years will be held at Franklin, Wis., December 4th. At the regular synod recently held it was voted to have the church college changed from Franklin (o Sheboygan. This meeting is called to vote again for its retention at Franklin. Mat Kirsch, a member of the executive board, will attend. A TERRIBLE DEATH Met by Mrs. Fred Holbrook at Her Home in Los Angeles, California. BURNED TO A CRISP In Bathroom—Her Husband is Son of Former Adams County Man. Miss Louise Hobrook received word of the death of her cousin, Mrs. Agnes Holbrook, of Ix>s Angeles, Cal., who was horribly burned. The deceased was the wife of Fred W. Holbrook, who is a son of J. F. Holbrook, the last named having formerly lived here, beI ing a brother of the late exCommis- ' sioner Henry Holbrook, of this city, i The news of the death will be received here with much sorrow by the many relatives. During her recent . visit in Los Angeles Miss Louise,met and became acquainted with the lady, regarding whose death a Los Angeles paper says: "Mrs. Agnes Holbrook, 33 years old, | wife of Fred W. Holbrook, one of the prepossessing Littleboy sisters, whose | father was a pioneer druggist of this city, was burned to death yesterday ! afternoon in the bathroom of the handsome two-story dwelling owned by herself and sister, Mrs. ' Bessie Etauter, No. 637 West Sixteenth street. The house and its contents were damaged to the extent of several thousand dollars, covered by insurance. Holbrook and bis father, J. F. Holbrook, are proprietors'of a cornice works at Commercial and San Pedro streets. "Firemen found the body of Mrs. Holbrook burned to a crisp, on the : floor at the head of the bath tub. The j feet were close to the door leading Into Mrs. Holbrook’s bedroom, and the head near the front room over- ; looking the street. "As Mrs. Holbrook was alone in the I house, what caused the fatal fire may never be known. The bathtub was filled with water. The top of the instantaneous gas heater at th* foot of the tub had been blown off "Chief Elxey. who directed the fire- ' men. and afterward made a careful i examination of the bathroom, thinks the heater exploded, and that Mrs. Holbrook was stunned and she did not recover consciousness "T. M Clark. No. «• West Sixteenth street, discovered the tire The flames were shooting out of the bath room window, overlooking the side yard. He made two attempts to get Into the house Htlllng, he ran to No. 631 West Sixteenth street and sum moned Dr. C W. Decker, the Holbrook physician. "The physician and Owen R. Butler, No 1316 South FMlewvr street, forced tbo front door, and rushed to tho second floor, where Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook lived, Mrs. Stauler occupying the ground floor Twice they attempted to reach the back part of the flat, not finding Mra. Holbrook In the front room, but were driven back by the flanaa, "It vu not until the firemen had extinguished ths flames that the body was recovered. Tha body was rstnovi cd to the Rressea mortuary ” WARREN Vfi. DECATUR. A double header game of basket bail will be played thia evening The first will bo at 7:20 between the two fresh men teams of the high school and the second between the Warren and Decatur schools u—— - o ■ — CARD OR THANK*. We wish In ISlg manner to thank our friends for their beautiful floral pieces and the many klndneaeee shown during our late bereavement MRS VUZAIIETH VAUGHN A RON

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AGED LADY DEAD Death Relieves Mrs. Jane Middleton Strebe Thursday Noon. WAS ILL LONG I With Heart and Dropsical Affection—Was Eightythree Years Old. Mrs. Jane Middleton Strebe. for sev-enty-nine years a resident of the county, died Thursday at ten minutes past the noon hour at the age of eightythree years. Her death occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Philip 1 Koos, west of Rivarre. The death was not unexpected as Mrs. Strebe had been ailing for some j time from complication of heart and dropsy, and had been bedfast several weeks. Mrs. Strebe was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ell Zimmerman. She was born in Ohio March 14, 1829, but all of her life, except the first four years, I was spent In Adams county. She leaves three childreg; Mrs. Philip Koos of near Rivarre; Sarah McFarren, New Paris. Elkhart county, Ind.; Oscar Middleton, Los Angeles, ’ Cal. One son. Eli, Is deceased. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Wash Kern, who is the last of her father's family. The funeral will be held in the Methodist church at Rivarre. The funeral was held at 10:36 o'clock at the M. E. church at Rivarre, leaving the house at 10 o'clock. • Burial in the Salem cemetery. UNDER THE ENGINE » I John Durbin of Near Mon- » J i roe Was Run Over and Has Ribs Broken. r ' T. FISHER IS ILL i ——— With Heart Trouble—Some Other Notes About the Sick. t i John DurtJn, living southeast of Monroe, was badly Injured when he 1 fell off the gasoline engine which he ' was operating. He was shredding 1 corn fodder when he slipped and fell r The engine ran across his body, break- ’ Ing three ribs. He was in a serious condition at first, but It lx thought that ’ he will get along all right. I 1 Mrs. Ous Hockins, living three miles east of Monroe, lx suffering very much 1 from rheumatism. She is in a helpless condition. Thomas Fisher of Eleventh street. ' who has been 111 with heart trouble for ' some time. Is worse. His condition Is 1 very bad. Fred Niblick, of south of the city, 1 who eight weeks ago had an operation performe<| for the removal of his toe • nails is getting better He was able 1 to wear Ms shoes Tuesday for the " first time since the operation. 1 Miss Banta, the trained nurse, who ■ hns bei-vt attending Mra. C. V. Connell ■ since she was brought home from the 1 hospital, left Thursday for her home • st FMrt Wayne. Mrs. Connell is recovering nicely. KILLED 96.000 PEOPLE. (United Proas Rervlce) Washington. D C. Nov, 20—(SpecIM to Dally rat> That IS.ono people were probably killed and 1 wounded in a typhoon that swept the 1 Philippines last Tuesday was reported In cable dispatches today FUNERAL HELD THURSDAY. Funeral services for Mrs James Thompson wars held Thursday afternoon from the FvangellcU rhumb, the I Rev J. H Rilling officiating A large i attendance rharartelnsd the funeral Interment took place In the Decatur cemetery.