Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1913 — Page 1

■Volume XI. Number 71.

SEASON WILL OPEN |B a s e Ball Season Opens in Decatur With Beneficial B Game A P ri l 13. Bgood game for fans m HFast Game Between Old Fa- [ vorites and the Presentday Heroes. 1 The Shamrocks base ball seaso „ grill open in Decatur April 13, when |P* h ' s bunch o f fast players will j,i, y |;=a beneficial game against the France ■ml Pennington picked team. This B§K am f® composed of some of the old- ■■■?"'* who kept Decatur at 8 Jthe herd or the base ball column sev|f r:U years ago. and if age has not Stiffened up their muscles and given them rheumatic joints the ball fans thls clty wl " see a game that will |%ure be a hair raiser. The Shamrocks |Fthis year are every bit as strong as Jpthey were last season, and every man, and child remembers their enI Tiable record, winning 21 out of 25 games,, and these from some of the best teams in this section of the coun- {. try, such as the Uma State league, Marion prolley league and Ft Wayne || .Shamrocks. That their fast playing has Bp® 6ll recognized and appreciated was -••evidenced by the letter received from president of ihe Trolley league reKquestlng them to join that league, but |Nnasmuch as the boys feel that indeE pendent ball would receive higher fa- ■ vor in Decatur they declined the inviHtation. The management already has ■ the schedule for the season nearly fill■ed and the greater portion of the B games are with teams that will make ■the fans of Decatur realize that we e have a team that can compete with B the best in the state. Remember that ■ the game April 13 (if the weather man ■ permits) will be a beneficial game', and K the proceeds will be used to inclose B the park and to add to the comfort P and facilitate the taking care of the ■large crowds this summer so its up to lover of the sport to turn out jf and heip the boys. Tickets can be pro- | cured at any of the cigar stands for I’’ 25 cents. The line-up for the teams is I as follows: Roosters—Charles Pennington, c; 1. Cal Robinson, p; B. Colchin, lb; Ar- | thur Ford, 2b; Frank Peterson, 3b; bIo Holmes, ss; Joe Crabble, rs; H. | 'Stevens, cf; Bart France, If. Shamrocks—Ed Coffee, c; Biersdorfer, p; C. Baxter, lb; Tod Linn, 2b; I* Buffenbarger, 3b; C. Ellis, ss; Cappy ; Johns, rs; Engle, cf; H. Smith, If; Joe r Johns, pitcher; D. M. Hensley, umpire. if. o IF LONG TROUSERS COUNT. The street car suddenly stopped and a bright-eyed Italian woman accompanied by a rather sheepish-looking, half-grown youth, gained entrance. The conductor proceeded down the aisle collecting fares and finally reached the lately-arrived foreigners. To L 'the amusement of the passengers this bronzed daughter of Italy slowly un--1 tied the corner of a red bandana handkerchief and handed the conductor 8 cents. “What’s this?” exclaimed the astonished man. “Eight centa, ’ came the placid reply ; “5 centa for me and half fare for da boy." “Boy." bellowed the exasperated man, “Why, madam, you must pay full fare, he’s got on long trousers. “All righta,” came the smiling response, “you keepa the 5 centa for him and da 3 for me.— Record Herald. — ATTENDS COUSIN'S FUNERAL J. L. Gay .returned last evening from Marlon, Ohio, where he attended the funeral of his cousin, James Quincy Gay, held Friday afternoon. His death > occurred unexpectedly Tuesday from heart trouble. He had been ailing for some time, but had grown better and was able to attend to his farm work the last week. He was (fiftythree years of age. He leaves a widow and nine children and many other relatives. He resided six miles northeast of Marlon and was a well-to-do fanner. BCHOOL SPRING VACATION. The school board held a special meeting to determine the annual spring vacation. Instead of two days vacation as rumored, there will be a week's vacation —from Friday March 28, to Monday, April 7.

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TICKETS BEING 80LD For Home-Talent Play, “Bllly’e Bungalow.” The tickets for the hotne talent play, Billy's Bungalow,” are now being sold jby the members of the Ruth Circle j°f thd“ Christian church, and the patronage of the public Is asked. The itickets sell for twenty-five cents and May be reserved later, without extra 1 charge. The play will be given Friday -March 28, at the Bosse opera house. The plot is an interesting one, the play being strictly up to date and will give an evening of rare enjoyment. jTho funds will go to swell the circle’s piano fund. TOWNS DESTROYED :l In Nebraska and Missouri 5 During Last Night’s Tornado and Cyclone. • j L 1 i HUNDREDS ARE DEAD \ , . Many Are Injured—Property Damage Estimated to be in Millions. !' — * ’ (United Press Service) > 1 Omaha, Neb., Mar. 24—(Special to 5 Daily Democrat)—The death list from i last night’s tornado totalled eighty • this morning and is expected to climb t to 200 with 700 Injured. At the least - estimate thirty are dead outside of - Omaha in fye state, and over 100 ln- • jured, with scores missing. At Coun- j ! cil Bluffs, lowa, eight lire killed and - twenty injured, with ten to fifteen ! dead in other parts of the state on ac- 1 ! count of the storm. A carrier drove in 1 from Yuton and gave forth the infor--1 mation that the town had been blown off the map, with fifteen killed out-' 1 right and 50 several fatally. 1 Hot Springs, Mo., a town of 000 inhabi- ' tants, was also entirely destroyed. Five bodies have been recovered, several ! missing and many injured. | The morgues of the undertaking es- j ' tablishments were places of horror to- J ’ day when the friends and relatives of ( the people who lived in . the path of, the storm flocked in to view the bodies, j Weeping and hysterical women formed mobs In front of tho establishments and begged of the officials for Information of those whom they believed to have met death. _ I As the search through the ruins continues this afternoon dead are being . found at the rate of four an hour,! , which is making the officials pes-mis-tic and declaring that the number of dead will go beyond the 200 mark. The I property damage will exceed the ten million dollar mark. 1 . | Terre Haute, Ind., Mar. 24—Eighteen dead bodies were rescued out of the j ruins of 500 homes which were leveled I , last night by the storm. One hundred . persons were injured, many fatally, ) and thousands ore homeless and are i being cared for in school houuses. . Some looting was reported, but the . police have the situation well In hand. ! i , Washington, D. C., Mar. 24—(SpecI lal to Dally Democrat)—Secretary of War Garrison dispatched 100 men who were station near Omaha into the stricken city to aid In restoring order. President Wilson sent a message of sympathy and preferred government ■ aid if necessary. Terre Haute, Ind., Mar. 24—(Special I to Dally Democrat) —It Is believed that between forty and fifty were lost last night as twenty-four bodies have ali ready been recovered from the ruins, s It Is also believed that at least twenty . r more bodies will be found In the dei bris. Between 200 and 300 are Inl jured, some so fatally that they will ( die. ' - r o — l CONFINED TO HER BED. r Miss Alma Bowers of this city Is • very si k with the mumps and Is con- - fined to her bed at the home of her ■> uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bowers. It is thought by those In charge that she will recover soon, If nothing unforeseen sets in. 1 EASTER IN JAIL. .1 As is the custom on holidays of any i' kind, the fare ror the prisoners in the a 1 jail was more elaborate Sundfty, and b eggs in plenty were served. There are | now only seven prisoners.

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IN SUNNY SOUTH” i Wedding of Miss Opal Harruff Took Place at Fort Worth, Texas. 1 WED ON MARCH 19TH ‘ Midst Beautifdl Surroundings—Home on Lake Street, Fort Worth. Mr. Downey Marshall and Miss Opal Harruff were married at 8 p. m. March : 19, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Marshall, in Fort Worth, Texas. They entered the parlor to the strains of Mendelssohn’s wedding march played by Mrs. L. W. Marshall, and stood before a bank of pafms and ferns. They were attended by Miss Charlotte Marshall and Mr. Fred Murray. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Knickerbocker, pastor of the Central M. E. church. The bride wore a beauUful gown of embroidered chiffon over satin and a veil caught up with orange blossoms, and carried bride’s roses. After congratulations the guests were Invited to the dining roim which was prettily decorated, 'the color schame being pink and white. The bride cut the wedding ,cake and Miss Charlotte Marshall presided at the punch bowl. Many beautiful gifts were received for the new home at 1105 S. Lake street, where they will start housekeeping at once, i Miss Harruff is a daughter of the late Harvey Harruff, former recorder Os Adams county. She resided with her parents at Fremont, Mich., the past few years, and while there became acquainted with Mr. Marshall, who is the qon of a former Methodist minister at FTemont, Mich. He is now employed in the Stockyards National bank at Fort Worth. Before leaving for the southwest with the groom’s sister, Miss Charlotte Marshall, where the wedding was to take j place, she visUed here with her sister, Miss Delia! Harruff, and her brother, Orval Harruff. The wedding took .place on Wednesday, the nineteenth, I which was Miss Harruff’s nineteenth birthday anniversary. BERNEUSES BOATS Little Town Flooded North of Main Street—Thirteen Houses Flooded. 'on FIRST FLOORS I ! Mrs. Solomon Neuenschwander and Children Rescued With Canoes. • • Berne, Ind., Mar. 24—Special to Dally Democrat) —Never In the history of the oldest residents of Berne, has It seen such floods. From Sunday • morning to this morning, four Inches of rain fell, and with the continued downfall at Intervals, the floods could not be carried away fast enough by the sewers. The consequence Is that the , lower portions of Berne, north of Main street, on both east and west sides of ' the CL R. & I. railroad, are flooded. At 'least thirteen houses will be vacated |on account of the flooded condition of the first floor. The water is the deepest in the John Cloußer house, where the water came knee-deep to a man. Just one more, inch will bring the water up to the window sills in ibis home. Mrs. Solomon Neuenschwander, a wldow, and her children, were taken from their home in canoes. There was no . danger to life, but the house was en- . tirely surrounded, and the canoe was the only way of making the transit. There are two canoes In tho town, 1 these being owned by boys, who use them in the summer on the Wabash river three miles away, and who, fortunately had them stored at home dur- •, ing the winter. The two canoes are in i great demand In the flooded district, i Many of the cellars are flooded, in i'some places the water rushing In j through the cellar windows. In the

Decatur, Indiana. Monday Evening, March 24, 1913.

cellar of the Missionary church, the water stands five or five and a half feet deep. o — VICTIM OF ‘‘SKIN GAME.” ta What John A. Mench Claims He Is. Claiming that he was being made the victim of a “skin game,” John A. Mench, a Hungarian, employed on the Erie double tracking work at Kingsland, enlisted the aid of the local authorities in assisting him in keeping from paying SI,OOO, which attorneys In Austria Hungary claim his wife owes. The foreigner and his wife came to this country only a short time ago and he claims that his wife did not owe one cent when they left their fatherland. He says he is being made the victim and some of his old time friends are trying to secure the SI,OOO from his wages which he has earned in this country. With the aid of local officials he made out an affidavit today saying that he had no kuowledge of the account and refused to make the settlement.—Bluffton Banner. o CANTATA A SUCCESS. The Easter cantata, “Darkness and Dawn,” given Sunday evening at the FTesbyterian church, was one of the finest and most highly appreciated musical entertainments the public has ever had the opportunity of listening to. Each and every member of the cantata carried through their respective parts to the greatest of perfection and the ease with which the difficult piece was rendered showed the amount of work put upon It. The church was filled to Its capacity and every one present had words of commendation for the excellent music. o —— - ■ ■ — LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA. Howard Burdge, manager of the Wear-U-Well shoe store, will hold a sale of his household goods Saturday, April 5, in preparation to moving to Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Burdge has been a sufferer for some time with catarrh and is making the change in the hope that he will receive benefit from the change of climate. Mrs. Burdge and child will leave during the latter part of April for the new home and Mr. Burdge will follow as soon as he can dispose of his interests In the city. .——o— IS DEPUTY SURVEYOR. Richard Boch, who has served as clerk In the Vance & Hite clothing store for a number of years, began his duties this morning as assistant deputy surveyor of Adams county. Mr. Boch is numbered among Decatur's best young business men and it is without doubt that he will prove a valuable assistant to County Surveyor Phil Macklin and Deputy John Gillig. Dick's place In the clothing store has been taken by Fred Smith of this city. o — VISIT OHIO HOME. Ralph Amrlne spent Easter Sunday at his home at DeGraff, Ohio, his mother being critically 111. His brother, Harry Amrine, of Cincinnati, formerly of Decatur, who was married three weeks ago to Mrs. Cassady, of Cincinnati .Ohio, was also at the parental home. He has just returned from his wedding trip and stopped off there to get his litUe -daughter, Frances, wfio will go to Cincinnati to moke her home with her father. RIVER RAISING. The St. Mary’s river Is only within six Inches of the highest water mark It is known to have reached since 1873. This is the statement Cflty Engineer Kintz gave to us Just before going to press. It raised one foot from nine o’clock this morning to 12 o’clock this noon. With the continued rain It Is said that it will still raise to a much higher mark before night. o ARE MOVING HERE. Mrs. Frank Smith and two children arrived from Hammond to Join Mr. Smith In making this city their home. They have leased the Mrs. Gregory residence on Marshall street. Mr. Smith, with his father, W. R. Smith, of this city, purchased the Schllckman restaurant. — o— — ■ TO MAKE OWN DRESSES. The young ladies of Markle have gone back to the simple life. The girls of tho graduating class announce that they will make their own commencement dresses.

HOME IS FLOODED Rain Falls in Torrents in Unroofed Lutz Home— Canvas Covers LIFTED BY WINDS Leaving Wrecked * Rooms Exposed to Elements— Worked All Night. To add to, the danger and inconvenience of the C. J. Lutz family, occasioned by the unroofling of a portion of their home Friday by the high winds, was the rain that accompanied the winds of Sunday and Sunday night. The unroofed room had been covered with canvas to protect the house, but this became loosened by the wind and the rain rushed in in torrents. All but two rooms upstairs are rain-soaked or flooded, and the three front -rooms downstairs are also suffering heavy. All the carpets were removed and everything possible done to lessen the damage. Heavy canvas covers were spread to eaten the water and this was then emptied into tubs and buckets. In places where the water streamed down in heavy torrents buckets and tubs were placed to catch the downpour direct. All night long the weary workers watched and did their utmost to prevent the spreading of the water to other parts of the house, ro add to the Inconvenience the lighting system at the Lutz home is impaired and the workers were obliged to work with only little lights. The heavy winds also threatened disaster to the other parts of the house and the night was one of great fear and anxiety. Never was daylight more gladly welcomed than this morning by the workers | there. The plastering from the rain--1 soaked rooms must all come off and much of the furniture is ruined. The river at the rear of the Lutz home and the tributary, Boruum Run, that crosses the road south of the Lutz home, are badly swollen, covering the road for a distance of a block. Traveling here is growing danderous to drivers, as the water over the read at that point reaches up to the hub of a buggy. The water has not yet reached the bridge over Rorum’s Run, but is gaining rapidly. THE NEW ART HALL Contract for the New Fair Building Let to W. O. Newlin. WHOSE BID WAS $1169 New Building Will Take Place of One Destroyed I >-by Fire Last Fall. \ 1 At a meeting of the fair board , which closed Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, the contract for the building of the new art flail at Steele’s park, was let to W. O. Newlin, whose bid of $1,169 was the lowest. The 1 bids received were as follows; Linn & Patton, $1,220; painting, $65 , extra: J. G. Grim, 01233, total; D. I. i Welkel, $1444, total; J. M. Schutimm, 1 $1,223; painting, S7O extra; W. O. i Newlin, sll/69; total; Teeple & Whiti man, $1305.53, total; Jacob C. Miller, i sl3lO, total; H. Pennington, $1223.36; painting, SBO extra. The plans for the proposed new art hall were drawn by Architect John Gillig of thlj city. The building will i he a very large one and will furnish . plenty of room for booths for the dlf- , ferent business houuses to furnish and rspt lor their display during the fair. Twenty booths in all will be built. The ’ length of the building will be 100 feet and the width, thirty-four feet. Electric lights will be stning throughout the entire building and a clear story extending 26 feet in the middle of the structure will give ample light to show the many pretty and beautiful things on exhibition there. Mr. Newlin will start to work on the construction of It very soon, and Its completion will be about July 31st. , . t

FIRST IN FIVE YEARS Is Vacation Being Taken by Motorman Louis Scheumann. Louis Scheumann, the motorman on • the first regular car runs, on the interurban, is taking a sixty-day vacation. Mr. Scheumann, who has been an employee of the company for the past five years, anjl Is considered by President W. H. Fledderjohann as one of its best employees, has never tak- ! en a day’s vacation during this time, and is well entitled to the rest. August Greisinger of the freight car force Is taking his place, while Bob Meibers is on the freight car during Mr. Grelßinger’s absence. SEASON CLOSED High School Basket Ball Team Took Thrilling Victory from Concordia. OVER TIME PLAY Score Tied When Time Was Up and Locals Won Out by Score of 30 to 27. In an over-time game, exciting and full of thrills, the Decatur high school basket ball team, defeated the Concordia college team from Fort Wayne Saturday evening, closing the season of 1913, in a blaze of glory. It was a great victory for several reasons, ; Pfirst, the Junior team from Concordia college, was supposed to play here, but they were reinforced with several players from the first team. Then, , Lose and Franks, two of the local reg- - ulars, were out of the game, and it was an up-hill fight all the time, but , the boys were equal to it. Jake Kauffman played his first game In fast company and made a good showing. The first half finished 13 to 16 in favor of the visitors, but not discouraged, the wild cats started in on the second half with a determination to win if possible. At one time the Concordia boys were six points ahead, and it looked like a defeat, but with renewed efforts the locals kept on fighting. With three minutes to play the visitors were still three points In the lead. Then a foul made up one and just before the whistle blew for the finish, a field basket tied the score. Referee Foster announced that the game should go to the team first scoring two points and the battle started In anew. The college boys got rough and a double-foul resulted in Decatur scoring one while the visitors fell down. In the second scrimmage the locals j got the ball down toward their basket and kept It there for a minute or two in a wild tussel that meant victory tor one and defeat for the other. Bob Peterson finally ended the scrimmage by throwing a basket from half center and the cheers that followed lasted several minutes. The score follows: ; Concordia. Decatur. Luerson F Kauffman , Reben F Tyndall , Becker C Vancll ( Roesler G Falk j Dashner O Peterson j Field Goals—Luerson, 4; Reben, 7; | Dashner, 1; Kauffman, 2; Tyndall, 1; Vancll, 3; Peterson, 7. Foul Goals — , Concordia, 3; Decatur, 4. ( Referee, Warren Foster, the square man, from Bluffton. Time keepers, Peterson and Teetchers. Scorers, Vail ( and Butler. , Score—First half, Concordia, 16; ] Decatur, 13; second half—Concordia, . 11; Decatur, 14; final score—Decatur, j 30; Concordia, 27. LIMBERLOST CABIN SUFFERS. In the storm at Geneva, the home of Gene Stratton Porter, the authoress, also suffered. The fence on the west side of Llmberlost Cabin was blown down. Pari of tho roof of the warehouse of John Kelly & Son was blown off. Almost all of the roof of the warehouse of A. P. Hardison was also blown off and the signs of the Rank of Geneva and the J. A. Long Drug company were blown down during the night. o ■ —■ A CORRECTION. By request we are correcting an error which occurred in our paper of last Wednesday In which wo stated that a : marriage license had been granted to > Mrs. Levi Pluser, born In 1888, which should have read 1893.

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EASTER DOWNPOUR Put “Damper” on Enthusiasm for Display of New Spring Clothes. HAPPINESS WITHIN Made the Day Enjoyable One—Great Floods Caused by Heavy Rains. The brisk, steady down-pour of rain on Easter Sunday, put a “damper” on the enthusiasm for the display of Easter clothes, and gay, bright, beautiful poems of hats, went back with a plump into their cocoon-like boxes, accompanied by the splash of a tear on the Inside, and the splash of the raindrops without. The Easter parade In Decatur, as elsewhere, was conspicuous by its absence, and the little band which braved the elements to get to the church service, was a very drab, woe-be-gone looking one—as far as the outer raiment was concerned. The raiment of the spirit, however, was a bright, happy one, and the Easter services in the churches were carried out as announced In full In the programs published Saturday with very little exception. Easter family reunions were also very happy ones, although the rain held sway outdoors. It’s going to b© a big task, however, to restore the faith In the weatherprophet, in general, for In many places a cloudless, smiling sky was promised, to be fulfilled by a cloud-bursty-like rain. The weather man for this district, however, made no such grand, sweeping promises. He simply said “unsettled and warmer Sunday.” The word “unsettled” will have to be taken in its broadest sense. Restaurant Flooded. Probably largest losers from the result of the heavy downpour which Ftarted in Sunday morning about 8 o'clock, and kept up nearly constantly till this morning was Jacob Martin, proprietor of the People’s restaurant, and the owners of the building which was formerly the R, K. Allison block, but now In the hands of Trustees E. X. Ehinger and F. M. Schirmeyer of this city and Mr. Worden of Fort Wayne. During the terrible windstorm last Friday a part of the roof was blown off In several places and was not repaired, making it easy for the rain to do Its full amounut of destruction In the line of “drowning out” things. The upstairs, which is used as sleeping apartments, was badly damaged, the paper being ruined on the ceiling, and the plastering will | have to be taken down. The beds were also ruined. The downstairs of the building, in which Jacob Martin runs his restaurant, was a little worse off, as the water came through the ceiling as If there was a hole In the upper floor and some one was pouring it down by the buckets-ful. A large amount of stock was ruined. The loss on the building alone will reach nearly two hundred dollars, while that on the restaurant will reach about one hundred dollars. Workmen were put to work at once this morning on fixing the roof, until a new one can be placed thereon, and an extra force was put to work in the restaurant cleaning up the debris and getting things in business order. First In Nlns Years. Water ran up in the Schmitt slaughter house south of the city, Sunday night, but did not cause much of a loss. This Is the first time In nine years that water was ki jwn to have run Into the slaughter house. Minor Leaks. A small leak In the roof of the J, B. Holthouse building, In which place the Holthouse Drug company Is located, caused a little damage to some of the stock, but nothing to speak of. The Joseph & Lange Ice cream parlor also had a little rain to contend with. A small leak In the roof ruined the beautiful paper on the celling and walls In several places. Winds and Rain. Tho heavy rain of Sunday night, accompanied by high winds, did even more damage In some homes than did the wind alone of last Friday. At the J. J. Helm home, a bough broken from a tree fell into the window and shnt- : tered the glass; the fence at the Sarah Blackburn home was blown down, and 1 a chimney at the C. E. Hocker home 1 crashed to the roof. OOWTB4W!A> ON FOOT*