Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1913 — Page 2

DAILYDEMOCRAT Published Every” Evenins, Except Sunday bv TBE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents For Tear, by carrier 05.00 Per Month, by mail ~06 cents Per year, by mail $2.50 tingle Copies t cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postotlico in Decatur, Indiana, as sceond cla»s mall. Keep on smiling. The sun still shines back of all these old dull clouds and it will look brighter than ever when it breaks forth now in a day or two.

The talk about the high cost of living has been forgotten in the talk about the high waters. You can get any kind of a discussion you want about when the river was as high as now. Decatur is an island, surrounded by a vast sea of water. The train service has been suspended and a week of this would make many of us appreciate what it was to live in this country years ago, before the steam and electric lines came. Mr. Moore, the weather expert, ha s tendered his resignation. Following so closely after the big blow of Friday, it might be inferred that he is i disgusted with the manner in which I the elements have behaved; but the Washington correspondents have it figured out that the resignation is the result of disappointment because Wilson did not make him secretary of agriculture; and to prove that he is a real agriculuturist, he will go upon his farm after he is relieved of his ’ present office.—Columbia City Post. ARE TAKEN FROM HOMES (Continued from Page 1) Brown and five children, were taken onto the hay rack and driven to the Gunder home, where they remained until this morning, when Mrs. Brown and family were taken to the home of her brother, John Peoples, in Union township. The piano in the Brown home was set up on boxes to raise it above any possible high water mark. Later this morning, the Koops were brought over to the city in boats. •— —o—— WANTED. I nmarried man. by month or year, to do general farm work. Enquire of A. D. Suttles. 57tf ——o—NOTICE. Say—don't forget the West End barber shop. Has two first-class barbers. Come in and try them. Clean towels j so reach customer. Everything sani-' tary. Union shop, by the G. R. & I. railway. Welcome to one and all. LESTER BAUGHMAN, 5St6-e-o-d Proprietor. , o , — WST—A black muff, someplace in the city. Finder please leave at Niblick store.—Mrs. James Bell. 72t3

Spring ' Shirts —m n OTOO 4- — vcincc t y of neat patterns and styles. 50c SI.OO $1.50 THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPAQ

DOINGS IN SOCIETY All the world is cheered by a sun.—Shakespeare's Richard 111. WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Tuesday. Tri Kappas—Frances Dugan. Afternoon Club—Mrs. Charles Voglewede. W. C. T. U. —Mrs. Robert Case. Historical —Nellie Blackburn. Wednesday. St. Vincent de Paul —Mrs. Clem Voglewede. Orient—Mrs. John Stewart. Shakespeare—Mrs. C. A. Dugan. Thursday. Euterpean—Mrs. Eugene Runyon. Needlecraft—Sue Mayer. Helping Hand—German Reformed Church. Presbyterian Aid and Penny Social —Presbyterian Church. Friday. Mite Society—Mrs. M. E. Hower. Chicken Dinner — Evangelical Ladies’ at Morrison Building.

Saturday. ■ M. E. Pastry Sale —Gas Office. i Messrs. Noble Hoagston and Earl Howard of Fort Wayne spent the week-end with friends at Peterson. They with Miss Mabie Beery, Jennie Ernst and Mr. Ralph Straub were entertained Saturday evening by Miss Frances Gault and on Sunday a chicken dinner was served the same company at the home of Mr. Ernst. The young men, accompanied by Miss i Ernst, who is attending business college, returned to Fort Wayne Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ermen Mentzer and children of Bluffton were entertained (Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Morton Andrews. > W. R. Dorwin, Roy Wolford, Clyde Rice and Jesse J. Helm of the Decatur postal force were at Fort Wayne Saturday evening, where they attended the regular social meeting of the Fort Wayne civil service employees, at a hall there. These meetings are ' given monthly and are much enjoyed. ;A good time is reported. Russel Dull, Kenneth Kendall and I Faye Roller of Willshire, Ohio, who Jare attending school at Columbus, O„ ; spent their Easter vacation at Willshire. Sunday being Mr. Dull's birthday, the toys, with Frank Snellen, Fisk Bobilya and Arch Mink, celebrated the affair royally. Starting with a feast at midnight Saturday evening they were then entertained at dinner Sunday at the Dull home and at the Snellen home for supper, and during the evening. Mrs. John Ballard, who resides on the A. J. Smith farm north of the city, was given a very pleasant surprise Sunday on her twenty-fifth birth--1 On account of illness, Mrs. R. L. Se-1 mans will be unable to entertain the Shakespeare club this week, and the club will therefore meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. C. A. Dugan instead. The Tri-Kappas will be entertained this evening by Miss Frances Dugan, i i Miss Naomi Dugan, a student at Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, 111., is expected home Friday of this week for a ten days’ vacation with her parents, , Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dugan. She will ibe accompanied by two class mates, two young ladies from Denver, Colo., who will be her guests. They are the Misses Marcia Cheaveres and Madeline Lee Davis. I In spite of the rain last night the K. of C. annual Easter ball was well 'attended. Music was furnished by the Misses Bertha Kohne and Naomi Niblick. The Euterpean club will meet Thursday evening with Mrs. Eugene Runyon. Mrs. Henry Heller will be the leader. | day anniversary, when her parents, j her brothers and sisters came in to .spend the day with her. A big feast | was spread at .noon and the entire ay was thoroughly enjoved. The party included Mr. and Dan Hill and son. John Edward; Mr. and Mrs. “ and 8Oa ’ 9ter; Mr - a»d S’ y ’** KUFt ’ Roy Bal ‘ Mrs. J H. Stewart will entertain the members of the Orient club Wed nesday afternoon at her home on Mei >cer avenue. All members are requested to be present on time. TWO MARES FOR SALE. • I have for sale two mares in foal: Black mare, 8 years old, weight 1700, and sorrel mare, 6 years old, weight 1650. Inquire John Steimgeyer, R. R No. 8. 67t3

' RITERS ANE CREEKS SWOLLEN CONVINCED IHOM f aGE ONE least excited Alex assumed a Patrick Henry attitude, and recited the following original lines In a manner that >. made those who heard him realize that he should long ago have entered a field where his talents would have had a fair show: "On St. Mary's stormy banks I stand, And cast a wishful eye To Bellview's fair and happy land. Where my possessions He.’’ And then —and then he stuck, blushed at the round of cheers and pleas 1 from the crowd that he continue, and walked silently back to town, 1 The Haugk Mill. The damage done at the Heckman mill, now owned by Julius Hangk and sons, is much smaller than rumored about the town. The basement is filled to a depth of four feet with water, and Mr. Haugk expects it to rise two feet higher. The boiler room are flooded also. But very little grain will be damaged by the basement floods, and not more than fifty or a hundred bushels of wheat will be spoiled. The greater bulk of the grain is stored high, about 2,500 bushels of wheat being stored in the third story of the mill. The large amount of flour which is ready for market is high and dry. Mr. Haugk and assistants took precaution Monday, when the floods threatened, to move all perishable goods up beyond the high water mark. Mr. Aaron Odle, who has worked at the mill for twelve years, has never known the water to come so high before. But one other time, since he has been employed here was the water so high as to stop operation of the mill. The mill has ceased operation and will probably be out of commission only a few days, but has plenty of flour on hand to supply customers. A car load of flour was stored in the first story of the Haugk house near the north river bridge and when the water threatened, Mr. Haugk had this taken to the second story. The transfer was made just in time to escape the water. Acker Cement Works. The streets in front of the mill are clear, the river breaking over the roads again at a point a few rods north, near the Acker cement Works. From this point on beyond the north river bridge the water covers the road, spreading away into a large lake. The Acker Cement Works is under six feet of water and will suffer about SSOO damage. Os this amount S2OO loss is caused by the washing away of sand used for the cement , products. The rest is damage to finished products, especially ornamental ■work, as pedestals, columns, etc. The water at this point has risen into the John Rex yard at the rear. From this point to that far beyond the north riv-| ei - bridge, Including the lands on 1 which the interurban power house and the sugar plant are located, is one vast lake. Among the sufferers from the floods on the north part of the city is the Center ice building. This is submerged to a great depth and there is danger of losing the entire supply of ice stored there. School Teachers Stranded. Several resident school teachers were stranded. Miss Ruth Gay, teacher at the Dent school, was unable to go out this morning. She drove last night through the flooded road east of the city, hub-deep In water. Miss Caroline Dowling of the Aber school, and Miss Marie Daniels, of the Lucky school, were unable to go out today. Two wreck and repair crews are stationed on the track, one on the east side of the bridge and one on the i west side so that if the bridge should go down they can begin immediate repairs. At 2 o’clock this afternoon the i water had risen five inches higher than at 11 o’clock. Loss at Bowers Home. The “Island of Bowers’’ would be a suitable name applied to the beautiful' residence of J. s. Bowers at the end > of First street, and which is sur-i rounded on the sides and in the back by the St. Mary’s river. The house ir i entirely surrounded by water and the ‘ deep hole on the west side of the i house is filled to the top. In the rear i of the house it looks as if a lake of j itself had just been built, as everything i B covered. In the garage they had their made-to-order “Decatur” automobile and a steam launch, which was used at their cottage at Rome City btiring the summer vacation. These wdth a number of tools and other valuta are ln a watery grave are fIL “ R - The chlcken C °°PXn? an<l ear ' y thls af ternoon ■ larro U . Ihe cellar of th® t Mro r* inc'hea of the floor h ° Werß that «“• IB the „ tlme «>at she can remember of * the wa t®r being so high 1

i| 1 Do>- c<Xj □ZjSggHnsaßßafeT' THE OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK 1 ‘CHRISTMAS SAVINGS! r < . I Give Your Children a Practical Demonstration of Saving. | | Start them to take care of money, ! x See that they save their pennies, nickles and dimes j A bv ioinins our • I I CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB R Which will be open isntii April .he 7th. I Umold the habit in childhood! I THE OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK 0 U\ Resources Over 1 Million Dollars WW, / J KMMBMB BBS

At the Frisinger Farm. The Kekionga stock farm of Frisinger & Company, importers of the famous Belgium horses, had a narrow ' escape today from losing some of their valuable imported horses on account of the high waters. The barns have about four feet of water in them at present and with the continued rise it is thought that it will go up still higher. Fifty head of horses were in the barn this morning when the water started to rush in on them, j Thirty-nine of the fifty were imported i Belgium stallions and the value of these horses runs up in the figures. It was with utmost hasttj that preparations were made to remove them from their watery stalls. An extra I force of men was Immediately put to work taking them out of the barn, but as the farm land and road in front of the barn is overflowed, a round about circuit toward Monroe, had to be taken to get them to this city. They are being placed in the different livery barns of this city as fast as they can be brought in. ”■ <►’ — ... , A NARROW ESCAPE. (United Press Service) Bluffton, Ind., Mar. 25—(Special to , Daily Democrat)—While attempting to rescue a family who were completely drowned out by water, the boat I containing Deputy Shreiff Fred Adams, Ben Leavell and John Britt was oveturned. Adams and Leavell clung to trees and were forced to stay there I for nearly three hours before being resrnArt wMIa Dsd* -raAAafc, AUX/CU WIIH liie boat and managed to guide it to the ■ shore. The family was then rescued by Louis Starr. ■ o — CALENDAR WEEK ENDING MAR. 29 Tuesday Evening, March 25. Decatur Lodge, No. 571, F. & a. M„ work In Entered Apprentice Degree. Wednesday Evening, March 25. Decatur Chapter, No. 112, R. a. M called communication work in Mark Master's Degree. Friday Evening, March 28. Decatur Chapter, No. 127, O E. S regular meeting. After business sefr sion will have music and addresses b> older members; also a splendid program of songs and recitations, to close with refreshments for the children. All Ma * o^ 6 “<1 families invited. £

PIONEER IS DEAD I I Well Known Farmer of ' I Near Magley Succumbed I' to Old Age at I — EARLY HOUR TODAY ] ' ' i Ernst J. Bloemker Called to i Reward—Funeral Will be Held Friday. Ernest J. Bloemker, aged seventyeight, a prominent farmer of near Magley, died this morning at 6 o’clock from old age. He had been ailing for ■ a long time. Mr. Bloemker was a native of Germany, being born October 11, 1835, but more than half his life had been spent in the vicinity of Magley. He is survived by his wife and several children. The funeral services will be held > Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the . Magley German Reformed church, the Rev. Snyder officiating. . The funeral of Karl Kolter, a son- ■ WM held this afternoon from , the same church. . Messrs. Will Zwick and Dlek M , era. who made the trips at the same . time, had a difficult time in getting . , _ — UUIIKea tQ „ 0 > byway of Peterson, on accounut of the high waters. This made the trip ■ u out two miles further, and twice they were obliged to pass through water hub-deep over the road. One O s t “® Be points was at Peterson and the' other near the Peter Holthouse farm. FOR SALE-Full-blocded Indian Runner duck eggs at 75c a setting of 13 eggs. The only duck that lays the v°T- w ‘ u dellver at Decatur - S-L ' «• «• ’■ rott SALB-Cheaa taeXa. No"i. 80M “'1 ’Pbon. re „ R near Winona, Shannon county, Mo exchange same for good clean * “e’-chandise. For particuFOR SALB-R« m | nnon lyp.wHler; nearly new, at half price, inquire Democrat office.

--—..-J L—■■■■ ~ - ——■ ” —' COURT HOUSE NEWS. After deliberating from four o’clock yesterday afternoon until 10 o’clock this morning the jury in the Schwartz will contest case, reported Ito court that it could not agree upon a verdict. The jurors were therefore discharged without prejudice to a new trial. It is said that they were evenly divided, standing six to six. A new trial will undoubtedly be had. This is the case for the resisting of the probate of the Will Schwartz will in which he left his large estate to a hospital fund for Berne. — o—FOUND—Cuff Unk, with initial “B.” Call at this office. ,

“I would rather sell you a Studebaker” | j t When your dealer tells you that you know || he s honest. He may have cheaper wagons in stock, but he |l knows the Studebaker is the best I And so do you. > wan t® to give such good wagon value II that you will come back and demand a buggy < made by the same people. I vc»r» tU^j’.LCer ’i.^ aVe k ee ” building wagons for sixty II L U u y - A aVe Won Ae confidence of dealer and II I y building— not the cheapest—but the but II wagons. I a \ lef you live in city, town or country, there s I y°ur needs. Farm wagons, trucks. || I runahn S »f L e , ‘ very wagons, surreys, buggies and II /, oualitv bsme** for each of the same high »| I quaUt y aa Studebaker vehicles. I I Soo our Dtabct or write tn. I EBAKER South Bend, kd. I ||S^ou 8 I

r, IL— Beet Seeds Is Safe (Continued from Pa K <> n are all also tightly locked. There is therefore nothing to .be done except to let the water hold fulUway. There are about a dozen of the little' Hunky” houses on the lowlands and the water is running to the eaves of these. The floods of about three weeks ago forced the occupants to move out and fortunately they are now empty. It is expected that they may be washed away at any minute. The little houses up nearer the road on higher ground are safe and dry, and these are occupied.