Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1912 — Page 1

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START CAMPAIGN The Boys’ and Girls’ Movement by A. W. Conner and Helpers. AUSPICIOUSLY BEGINS The Boys’ Problem Started at Lecture Last Evening —Series of Meets. The great campaign in the interests of the boys and girls of Decatur has begun. A. W. Conner and his assist ant, Mis* Mary Seeger, arrived Mon ' day afternoon from Wabash, where they conducted a most successful meeting. / and immediately entered upon the work here, organization and preliminary plans having been made by the advance manager, E. S. Conner,! last week, and the Decatur Ministerial I association, who has secured the work era Mr. Conner s mission is educational, and is as much for the parents as for the children, inasmuch as its mission is to awaken in the parents their re sponslbilitles in the care and life of the children of the city. Individual meetings are thus held, their being special meets for all. The first two were held simultaneously Monday afternoon at 3:45 after school. Sixty-eight girls assembled at tfie Presbyterian church, where Miss Segeer gave them a talk of "The Queenly Daughter” series, the great climax of which will be when they are taken through the "Pearly Gates” on next Saturday afternoon. The meetings for the girls will be held at this place every afternoon after school this week. The other meeting was at the Methodist church in’charge of Rev. Conner, and one hundred and fifteen boys attended. For the boys the “Princely Knights” series of studies will be taken up every afternoon As these are two things which appeal to boys—mystery and something to eat. the crowning event of the afternoon meetings, will be next Saturday afternoon when they will be taken through the “Dungeon.” Only boys who have attended all of the afternoon meetings will be privileged to experience this mystery. Afterward, they will be given a banquet The popular lecture Monday evening at the Methodist church, by Rev. Conner, was well attended in spite of Its being the Initial meeting, and the fact that the weather was cold. He stated here the features of the Roys' Problem and the need of a thorough under standing of It, before our boys and young people can be well trained as. as they should. He stated that a boy s life has three periods: The first Is from one to seven years, when h* takes everything on faith; the next from eight to fourteen, when he Is incredulous and must be convinced: and the third period is from fourteen to twenty-one. At each period, the boys have certain characteristic traits, and these must be fully understood by those in training, before the boy prob lent can be solved Rev. Conners talk showed that be thoroughly understood bls topic and work He Is a lorceful speaker and Interesting a * well. His talks abound in wit and humor, but. each Incident Is most aptly used, not for the sake of the humor alone, but to illustrate aptly He will give the popular lectuns every evening at 7:JO o'clock at the Methodist church Every afternoon at i 1:30 o'clock kt the Presbyterian church will be a parents' meeting, while those for boys and girls »i» >* aftor school, as stated before There will be no charge for any of the meet Ings and Invitation is extended to ■>>' to attend the several In the class in which they come. Rev Conner gave an Inter**' talk thia morning In the high *«h>' and also addressed 'be various grades The Wabash Times R’nr says, tn speaking of bls work there last week "In forceful eloquence. Mr Conner has never been surpassed in Wabash had his audience in bls power when he spoke, moving their envilons at hl* will All who have heard Mr Conner are sorry that they have heard him for ths last time at least for Ibis year ON TUBERCULOBISAt a meeting to be held at ths Zion Lutheran school house tonight commencing at 7:30. W. of ,hl * city will give a lecture on tuberculosis (

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MARSHALL on his message. Governor Will be a Very Bagy Man for Next Few Days. Indianapolis, Dec. 10-Qovernor Marshall will begin today the preparation of his message to the general assembly. To avoid interruption he probably will do most of his writing I away from the state house. He is not • xpetted to be in the office more than half of the time for the next two weeks and the few hours he will spend there each day will be too occupied for the reception of visitors. TO ESTIMATE COST Os Parcels Post for Local Postoffice From First Fifteen Days. SPECIAL DELIVERY I — For City Carriers Must Be Provided by Postmaster If Necessary. Postmaster W. A. Lower is getting into line with the thousands of other postmasters over the United States, in preparation for the new parcels post system which begins January first. The sum of J 300.000 of the Initial appropriation for this purpose, is being distributed among 1600 postoffice*, of the larger cities, but Decatur will probably not be listed among that number. FL Wayne is to get 8400, Anderson 1200. and so on. The appropriation for this city, however, will be based upon a report to be sent to headquarters by Mr. I-ower. He Is to keep account of the business handled for the first fifteen days, the cost of taking care of it, including deliveries. etc, and the apprepriatioe to be made the Decatur office for the year, will be estimated from the cost of the first fifteen days, as reported by him. This extra appropriation, however, will be only for taking care of the city parcels post matter, as the rural carriers must look after their own dellveries and the means of so doing The raise of 1100 In their salary the last of September was for the purpose of providing for any extra expense they might entail In this parcels post matter. all of the local carriers now receiving a salary of 111'*' per year, which the government considers ade quate for any extra work the new Bystem might entail. The city carriers, may. however, be given more than they can manage, and Postmaster Lower will be obliged to help them. In securing a person to deliver any large bulky packages which they might be unable to care for In the Irregular delivery. Thia will be done at the expense of the governmrnt Thf» Dink of purticulary when the walks are Icy and slippery, or a pound of butter In hot weather, is one that is not particular |y pleasant to t ontemplate, while th* matter of delivering a crate of chick ens la not particularly pltaalng. un less some sort of special arrangement for delivery Is made. The supplies. Including special stamrw. seal.*, mail a**-, 'he tone snaps, etc. have not yet been reeved at the local office, but are exported nt any time. Th- now system will be (MUguraied In Just three week, from tomorrow, ______ TWO HAVE DUOWho W.re Here for Old Hom. W.eh _Brought H.re for Burial. ’ t*o of the former Adam, county residents who came for "Old Home Week” and greeted their many old Xds ha*. I—«• *•"•* ””T B «d were brought here for burial ""t. were ImnVsaer. late of Hunting nd Harvey llarrulf. late of Fre Xt i‘h Roth raid enjoyable vl. It* here In the O’< olwr ' WILL OCTIRMIN« HOLIDAY. m-hool Board Mm ’ To "’’ M ‘° Dotertnlm Christmas Vocation, at the next board, which will r-robaMr ** * £ cation will be determine. I

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NINE ARE DEAD — J 4 As Result of Snow-slide in Alaska—Two Men Escape Uninjured. TO BUY MUCH COAL _ I Aidermen of Battle Creek ] Resolve to Break Up a 1 Coal Combine. 1 1 1 (United Press Service) Cordova, Alaska, Dec. I()—(Special I to Daily Democrat) —No hope was held 1 out today that any of the nine mon ■ buried by a snow-slide on Copper Mount could have survived. Three , corpses have been found and the res- 1 cuers were digging today for the bod- 1 ies of the other six. The slide of snow swept away seven buildings and carried eleven men down the mountain. Two were rescued shortly after. Rattle Creek, Mich., Dec. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Aidermen of Rattle Creek passed a resolution to buy 2,500 tons of coal which will be sold to the citizens of that city. A resolution was also passed that a grand Jury investigate the combine that exists among the coal dealers to raise the price. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 10—(Special to . Daily Democrat)—Declaring that this . country Is prepared to derive full benefit from the Panama canal when It is opened, both in number of American vessels and in ignorance of its value, John Harnett, general director of the Pan-American Union, in an address before the Panama Canal conference ' here today, scored the high toll fixed for the waterway. He urged a reduc tlon. COURT HOUSE NEWS I Flues Arrived from Toledo Early This Morning for Court House Boiler. ______ INSTALLED TODAY > Two Suits Filed Today Against Archie Megann Realty Transfers. I I Th« flues for the repair of the court * house heating plant boiler arrived ear- ' ly this morning from Toledo. Ohio, and , workmen were busy today repairing the boiler that has placed a ban of | extreme cold over the court house and • caused a two days' adjournment of, I [court The auditor's office was the. only really comfortable place in the •' court house today. A small stove for . 1 coal was rigged up there and heated. j the main room. Into which the greater ' number of officials from the other of- ; flee* were gathered, not wishing to onI danger their health by sitting In the I chilly rooms. I Two suits against Archie D. MeI gann were filed In the circuit court to ■ 1 day by lluiper A I^-nhart, attorneys i Doth were on account. In one Hower a (lower were plaintiffs, demanding 1176, and In the other, Simeon Hains, demanded Bioo. Affidavits of non-resl d-nce wort also filed, and affidavits In I attachment. Upon filing of bonds In attachment, which were approved, a writ was ordered to the sheriff of Ad- ■ ams county, returnable February 10th ■MMMSMS I Real estate transfers: Edwin 3 , Ahr ot al. io l<nah B Apt. 16s acres. Washington and Mt. Mary's tps. Id.- . 000. Leah K. Apt to Edwin J. Ahr. et al., same. The workmen were busy ns bees on the repair Job today, but It Is quite a big task and It la not known whether it can be gotten ready In time for duty i tomorrow or not. Licensed to wed Wilhelmina Mar I henke. born IW ». l»«°. daughter of August Marhenke, to wed william Knalebrecbt. farmer of Allen county, born September 4.18 M, son of William

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Engelbrecht. The groom has been married before, his first wife dying September 8, 1908. The couple was married here at noon by 'Squire J. H. Stone. ATTENDS AUNT’S FUNERAL. Mrs. D. M. Hensley Attends Funeral of Mrs. Julia Wellman Today. Mrs. D. M. Hensley left Monday for Conneaut, Ohio, in response to a message of the death of her aunt, Mrs. Julia Wellman, whose funeral was held this afternoon. Mrs. Hensley had just received a letter from her aunt the day before. She did not mention any illness, but from the difference in handwriting, which showed infirmity, it was quite evident that she was in frail health at the time of writing. Mrs. Wellman was the lost of her father’s family, and as Mrs. Hensley's mother died when she was quite young, Mrs. Hensley, who lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, spent nearly all of her summers with her aunt, at Conneaut. Mrs. Wellman was well known here also, where she often visited. She leaves two daughters and a son. Mrs. Wellman was an a wit of Walter Wellman .the well known political writer, who attempted to gross the ocean in a balloon a few years ago. o» ■ RUN DOWN SHIP. (United Press Service) Plymouth, Eng., Dec. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The new dreadnaught Centurian, on a trial cruise this afternoon, collided and sank an unidentified steamer Nothing was learned regarding the fate of the sunken vessel's crew. The Centurian wireless flashed an alarm, saying she was damaged about the bows and several crafts put out for the scene, but no trace of the missing steamer or any bodies was found. . The dreadnaught made her return to Plymouth with her anchors driven throtgh her bows, and with no rescued seatui-n aboard. •SI I. — • Washington, D. C, Dec. 10 —(Special to Dally Democrat)—E. IJvingston Cornelius of Maryland was today unanimously chosen by the senate to ‘ supercede Dan M. 44andsall of Indij ana aa sergeant-of-arms of the United I- States senate. ' o - - - — ABOUT THE SICK. Albert Werling of Preble, who had his left hand caught in a corn shredder Monday, will probably lose but one of the fingers which was mangled. His escape thus easily is considered fortunate. Owing to the fact that the belt was loose, the machine was stopped easily, otherwise the whole band would have been ground off. Fred Ellenberger of Herne is quit* seriously sick, suffering from a complication of tuberculosis and typhoid. Mrs. C. V. Connell Is recovering nicely and was able to be down town today. ... _o SPECIAL MUSICAL SERVICE. The choir of the Presbyterian church Is preparing a special musical service for Sunday morning. The ' program consists of classical music, anthems, solos and dueta. A duet by Mr. and Mrs Engeb-r, a solo by F. H. Hubbard are among the numbers The ' program In full will be given later. —e - - BASKET BALL. The Decatur city team will tonight play the Bryant city team in a return game here commencing at 8 o'clock. The local boy* have put forth consul erable effort to win this game and the lovers of this sport will do well to witness the game played here tonlghL At the Porter hall NOTICE. REBEKAHS! There will be Initiatory services to be given at the regular meeting tonight ,at which time throe new m*m hers will be initiated Into the order Other business of Importance will come up and your presence la desired. WILL REMODEL HOME. John Denton has sold his residence property In the northwest part of the city to Wesley Hitchcock. Mr Hitchcock will remodel It and will reside there with his family. ■ ■ A. I. U. TONIGHT. The American Insurance Union will meet In regular see-ion this evening at ?: 30 In the Yeomen ball. All members please be present.

OUR STONE ROADS Are Best in Indiana and Ohio Says Mr. G. M. Naber of Wabash, Indiana. , 1 HAS TRAVELED MUCH Likes the Double Road-bed Idea and Says Roads Are Well Kept Up. 1 | •! Mr. G. M. Naber of Wabash, Ind., i security inspector for the Wayne Mort- ■ gage Loan company, a branch of the i Prudential company of New York, was ! In the city this morning and took the ■ trouble to call at this office and pay i Adams county a very high compliment. > He said: “It has been my fortune, good or bad, to travel over every road - in northern Ohio and Indiana, and I , wish to say that in no county In all > the territory I have covered, have I found such splendid roads as in Adams county. Somebody at some time has certainly had the right idea and . the people of this section have a right ‘to feel proud of the good roads. They have been given their money's worth. j I do not think a tax is a bad thing, if . the money raised by that tax is honestj ly and well spent and it seems to have i been so here. I like the idea of the < dirt road at the aide of the macadam for it saves the stone road, as well as . the hoofs of the horses and the tires s of the autos, for that road will natural- ■- lybe used in certain seasons of the » year. Since the good roads conveni tion is on this week at Indianapolis t and since we are all greatly Interested ■ r in this great work, I feel that It la a | I duty I have as a traveler over country' i roads to give Adams county the praise, t due her. You have the very best roads , ,] in the two states, and they will prove ' a a source of value to you in many ways y in the future.” 0 IO >THE FIRE ALARM First Fire in About Eight * Weeks Starts the Department South. s I. * J A FIELD ON FIRE d Stream of Water Necessary a; i 1 to Kill Flames Which Threatened Homes. K ’ —■■ - n • The fire department was called out at ? o'clock to put out a fire which 'had burned off about five acres of 'grass on the field north of the Clover n Leaf railroad and east of the old cem '• etery. and which threatened to burn ' •* Into the line of residence properties b along Mercer avenue. On the arrival, I* of the department a line of hose was II stretched and waler was used to atop' ” the flames It was thought that the' fire originated from a hot spark from' a passing train, and the heavy wind rapidly spread the blaze Thia is the first Are alarm which has t been sounded for nearly eight weeks n and the alarm caused considerable i. commotion among the people who I heard IL A goodly number of the e citizens who live In the neighltorhood o <>f the tire hurried home, fearing a LI large conflagration on account of the heavy wind The firemen got the machine on the scene of the fire In a little more than one minute. ■ I .hi-— n MAKING NEW FRONT. s I—l IS i- Work on the new front of the Page *. Hlackburn building, occupied by the I Enterprise Drug company has begun 1. and when completed, will be one of the handsomest in the state. Not a piece of wood will be used In making the front The upper part of the s plate glass window will be of prism e glass, set in copper, the base of the I- ] window will be of marble, and the hoto tom of the oak door will be nf copper. ROYAL NEIGHBORS' NOTICE. The Royal Neighbors are all re II quested to be at the meeting Tuesday g evening at 7:30 o'clock. December in. i- The election of officers will take place |at this lime

CHRISTMAS CANTATA. The Rejuvenation of Santa Claus Will be Given. The Sunday school of the Methodist church Is preparing a Christmas cantata, “The Rejuvenation of Santa Claus,” which will be presented on Christmas eve. The cantata is a bright, sparkling musical number. In which the main parts will be given by the adults, and the other numbers by the children. There will be solos, duets, quartets and choruses. Dr. P. Thomas is in charge of the individual work, while Morton Stults will have supervision of the orchestral work. ON THE INCREASE Is Epilepsy in State—lll in Public Institutions This Year. A TOTAL OF 957 Are in Public Institutions in the State—Some Are Insane. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 10 —The year of 1912 has seen an increase of 111 persons sent to public institutions suffering from epilepsy. The board of state charities has issued a statement in which the rapid increase in the number of epileptics in Indiana was shown. A total of 957 inmates of public institutions in Indiana now are [ afflicted with epilepsy, the report says. I Os the total 334 are in the state's I hospitals for the insane, 259 are in 1 the School for Feeble-minded Youth lat Ft. Wayne, 188 are In county poor ‘asylums and 176 are in the village for epileptics at Newcastle. There are etill others in county jails and orphans' homes who have not been re- ' ported to the board, but ft Is believed [ the number of such victims of the disease is small. The report says: “In all probability there are as many epileptics in their own homes as are reported from public Institutions. Os these. Concerning whom we havo definite information, 643 are m p n and boys and 411 women and girls. Os the total number of epileptics in the state 462 of 38 per cent are classed as Insane; 482, or 50 per cent, are classed aa feeble-minded, and 113, or 12 per cent, are reported as having no marked mental deficiency. “Fifty are under sixteen years old. 37 boys and 13 girls. Those whose ages are between sixteen and fortyfive number 673, ot which 377 are men and 296 women. The remaining 234. including 129 men and 105 women. are forty-five years old or more. “The School for Feeble-minded .Youth at Fort Wayne on September 30, 1911, had 336 epileptic Inmate* , and on the same day this year. 269. ( The state's hospitals for the Inaane ■ report twenty-six more than were 4present the same day last year and the county asyluina reported the same increaao. The village at Newcaatle can care for 210 patients and 176 were enrolled at the cloee of the fia'cal year. AH of these were men or boys, no provision for women having been made Os hte 176, fifteen are under sixteen year* old. 142 were between sixteen and forty five years old and 19 were past forty five years of age.” ...I. o ..... - — TWO ORPHANS PLACED. Taken from Muncie Home to Win. cheater Private Home*. Two of the orphans from Adams county, who have been given temporary home* In the orphanage*, first at Marlon and then at Muncie, where they were removed last week, were placed In private homes nt Winchester Monday D. K Rhackloy, a member of the Adnma county board of children's gunrdinns, attended to the transfer, ■■"'O - BASKET BALL TONIGHT. The nty teem of itecstur will piny the Dryant City team thia evening nt the Porter hall The Itryast t«nm la one of the fastent In thia part of the state, nnd with the strong teem thnt Decnur has. an nsce.leti' game will be played for the title The local boys have a strong team, having loet but one gnme thia year The game tonight will be a bard fought one, to decide' which learn shall carry off the victory.

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FOR CHILD LABOR The State of Wisconsin is Prosecuting the Diamond Match Company. TARIFF SCHEDULE Will be Taken Up in House Early in January—Counterfeiter Caught. (United Press Service) Madison. Wig., Dec. 10 —'Special to Daily Democrat) —What is declared to be the most far reaching and most significant prosecution ever brought under the child labor laws of Wisconsin was Instituted today by the state of Wisconsin against the Diamond Match company. Service was secured on the officials of the company's big plant at Oshkosh for tines aggregating 819,000. This is the maximum total possible under the statutes, which provide for a fine of from |25 to BU'O for each specific violation of the child labor laws. The action against the company Is the result of an investigation made by the industrial commission through its deputies of numerous complaints that the company has habitually been disregarding the statutes. Portland, Ore., Dec. I<L-(Special to Dally Democrat) — Several special trains will carry Portland citizens to Salem next Thursday to make a personal appeal to Governor West in a ■ final effort to Induce him to commute . the sentences of five murderers doomi ed to hang in the state penitentiary i Friday. Several months ago he rei prieved the five men until after the ' people could vote on a constitutional ■ amendment abolishing capital punieh- > ment. When the defeated the amend- • ment. the governor decided to have - all of the five men hanged oq thq I same day, tp let thu people of the i State have their bloody Friday If they wanted it. The petitioners will - ask • I him to reprieve the five men again unII til the new unfranchised women of i! the state can vote on another proposition to abolish the gallows. I Washington, D. C., Dec. 10— (Specr lai to Daily Democrat»—Chairman Vn r derwood of the house and ways means » committee announced that the first , tariff schedule to be considered was i the chemical, which would be considered, beginning January 6th. The re- . tnalnlng schedules, he Mid, will be > taken In alphabetical order. j Washington, D C., Dec. 10—(Special l to Dally Democrat I—Demand for a • congressional Investigation by a special house committee of the canning Industry In connection with the hor- • rors reported to have been disclosed > by a state inquiry In New York was mnde today In n resolution Introduced •In the house today. The preamble • stated that the canneries prepared I their products under filthy condition* » and that children of tender yeara were • employed under circumstances that : made cleanliness and healthiness Im possible. : Washington. DU, Dec. 1(t- (Special to Dally Democrat)-— Asserting that the "powerful, unrestrained and cor I rupt en<-roa<-hments of combined ( wealth" have corrupted the voter*' franchise, Senator Works of California today announced to the senate that he favored a single presidential term and prohibition against reelec- • tlon The Csllfornla senator bitterly criticised Roosevelt and the progressive party nnd condemned both the i colonel nnd Taft for "degrading, eon- ■ temptllde nnd disrespectful" wrangle In the campaign ' Columbus. Ohio, Dec. Ift—(Special to Dally Democrat» tied bug* can live ' two year* without food, other than human blood, discovered Dr. C. K Drain, stat* health board entymotorist, who Is studying bed bur nature to determine If they carry leprosy, Reading, Pa. Dec 10—(Special to Dally Democrat)—Alvin Hornblower, alleged counterfeiter, was raptured by detectives whose only clew were the Imprints of llomblower's teeth In a ■ piece of llmburger cheese, Mr*. U. Deinlnger and daughter, Mlm Adelaide Deinlnger, spent the 1 afternoon In Fnrt Wayne with Mr*. K. H. Kilbourne