Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1913 — Page 2

DAILYDEMOCRAT Pwbllshsd Every Evening, KxMflt Sunday bv TIE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rate* — Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Tear, by carrier 15.00 Per Month, by mall ...25 cents Per year, by ma11.... M |2.50 tingle Copies ►...> cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the poetotfice in Decatur, Indiana, as sceond cla*s mall. While the floods are not bothering this community, this week, the south part of the state and southern Illinois and Michigan are getting the hardest dose of high water In years. The records of a century have been broken at Evansville and other places on the Ohio. Decatur should get up on her toes and land a factory or two and do it right away quick. With a good insltution landed here the coming season would be a most prosperous one. Several good factories are seriously contempating locating here and a little enthusiasm should be spent towards securing them. The special session of congress will convene next week, but it will probably be ten days before all the important tariff legislation is taken up. Very few dispute the fact that the tariff needs revision and its up to the democrats to give them this kind of legislation, promptly and wisely. There is much discussion of the tariff on sugar and it is one of the important schedules. The beet sugar supporters and the cane sugar men from the south have consented to a reduction of the tariff that seems sufficient if a similar reduction is made on other commodities, and it is probable that this will be done, though according to the stories from Washington, no definite conclusion has been reached. The session promises to be a very interesting one.

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DOINGS IN SOCIETY WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Friday. Christian Aid —Mrs. Henry Schultz. The young ladies' class of the Calvary Evangelical Sunday school, known as the Willing Workers, spent a very pleasant afternoon at the home of their teacher, Mrs. E. W. Jackson, on Wednesday, from 2 to 5 o’clock. I The class meets o nthe first Wednesday of each month at the various homes of the members. After an , interesting business period, a social hour was spent, interspersed with mu- ' sic. Dainty refreshments were served. The class adjourned at 5 o’clock with an invitation to meet with the Misses Oda and Eda Gay on Wednesday, Mary 7. The husbands of the ladies of the Needles and Nods club joined with them last evening again in a social good time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Miller. A music guessing contest was in order and prizes were won by Mrs. Dallas Hunslcker and Ferd Peoples. Then came “five hundred,” in which prizes were won by Mrs Frank Carroll and Fred Blosser. Refreshments in two courses were served at i the luncheon hour. Miss Ruby Sheets was a guest last evening of the Needlecraft club, en-1 | tertained in a pleasing way by Miss 1 Sue Mayer. Sewing and games were l in order until luncheon time, when delicious refreshments were served. Miss Sheets will leave Saturday for Colorado Springs, where she will spend the summer. She had been there for several years prior to this winter. One of the most pleasant social events of the week was that given by the Nikillib club Tuesdsyr evening in Garrett to their lady friends at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. 1 ‘ Cole, their son, Thurman, being a member of the club. The home was artistically decorated in the club col- , ■ ors. black and yellow, and beautiful palms were used in every available place that would add to the beauty of 1 the rooms. The event was for the - purpose of inaugurating their officers, s who are as follows: President, Law- , son Talbert; secretary and treasurer, Robert Bass, and the Messrs. Arthur Gallatin, Othmore Moore, Archie Chil-

ders and Harry Landis as governors. The club was organized four months ago and is composed of eleven prominent young men of Garrett. Besides the above named members there are the Messrs. Oakley, Cobler, Lowell Bowers, Clinton Hersh, Fred Lindorfer and Thurman Cole. The guests on this accosian were the Misses Gladys Hathaway, Mary Jack, Mabel Steckley, Ruth Lindorfer, Florence Reneman, Elizabeth Hinger, Gladys Herschberger, Esther Cobler, Madia Barretta and Leisle Bruce. The young men provided delightful entertainment throughout the entire evening for their guests, but the elegant banquet proved the climax of the occasion. The table was beautifully arranged and their colors were used profusely in the dining room. Arthur Gallatin acted as toastmastty and the guests were ready when called on for responses. After the banquet a flashlight was taken of the happy group, which the boys will present to their guests as a souvenir of the occasion. A very pretty wedding took place at 9 o'clock at the St. Patrick's Catholic church, which united Miss Mary Shea and Mr. Bernard Coffee. The nuptial mass was said by Rev. Father Delaney in the presence of a number of friends and relatives. No formal invitations were issued, but the church was filled with the many friends of the popular young couple. Miss Nora Kane served as honor maid and Mr. Thomas Sholvin was groomsman. The bride wore a charming gown of pale blue charmeuse, trimmed with fiandsome aplique and baby Irish lace. The hat was of blue chiffon trimmed with uncurled plumes and a corsage of bride's roses and lilies of the valley completed the pretty costume. The honor maid wore a frock of tan crepe de meteor, trimmed with handsome lace, and her hat was a white Panama with French flowers in warm tones of brown. Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carr, in Dawson street, the home of the bride's brother and sister, with whom she has been making her home. The house was decorated with a profusion of white roses and carnations intermingled with palms and ferns. The guests were the immediate relatives and a few near friends. At noon Mr. and Mrs. Coffee left for Chicago for a short trip, and on their return will go at once to housekeeping in their new home in Pontiac street. For traveling the bride wore a handsome tailored suit of blue whipcord, with a blouse of white voille, trimmed with Irish lace, and her hat was of blue to match her suit. Both Mr. and Mrs. Coffee are general favorites among their friends and the bride has been honored by a series of pretty prenuptial parties during the past several weeks. Mr. Coffee Is employed In the offices of the Zurbach Coal company. Fort W ayne News. The groom, who formerly resided here, is a nephew* of Sheriff T. J. Durkin. The C. B. L. of I. ladies are planning for a public pedro party and dance to be given at their hall Tuesday evening, April 8. Everybody is invited. Fifty cents a couple will be charged. Mrs. F. H. Clark entertained at a 6 o clock dinner party last evening that proved most delightful. Covers were laid for the following guests: The Misses Huldah Mutachler and Lydia Kirsch, and Messrs. Ben Schroyer and Leo Kirsch. Judge and Mrs. J. T. Merryman entertained the Sewing club ladies and their husbands, with a few other guests at a 6 o’clock dinner party last evening. The dinner was nicely served by Robert Merryman and Avon Burk, and then came evening hours spent in the general informal social mingling so conducive to happiness , that no set form of entertainment is necessary to round out an evening of genuine enjoyment. ! • ' The life and works of the musician | Edward Greig, furnished abuondant study for the Euterpean club at the home of Miss Bess Schrock last evening, Mrs. E. B Adams and Mrs. Jesse Dailey having charge of the program. CARD TO PUBLIC. On account of the publicity of the charge, made against Dr. Elizabeth Burns, afee wishes through the city Press to thank the public for their confidence in her ability as a physiclnn by their patronage of her in the Past and solicits a continuance of the »am« and assures you she will merit he same in the future as in the past. I oTene t l ’. 9 ,” ’ eftnette Klnt >ey and tala 1 " WBnt to Pw niHeiwn- Coun, > bank'. Yo w w S “ vias before April 7

BACK FROM PANAMA. F. M. Schlrmeyer Has Delightful Trip In South. ' F. M. Schirmeyer and his party of 1 Fort Wayne friends arrived in Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon from their 1 three weeks' trip in the Panama canal 1 regions. From New Orleans they took • a five days’ boat trip of 1600 miles to ■ Colon, from which they went by rail 1 and automobile over the canal several 1 times. There aretwo principal points • of interest along the forty-seven mile ■ canal which now separates the two f continents and joins the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. One is the Gatun dam • locks located five miles from the Atlantic terminal of the canal. The oth1 er is the Culebra cut. This is made through the continental divide and is ’ a cut 512 feet deep. The canal is 500 ' feet wide at its bottom. Many inter- - esting side trips were taken. The re • turn was made on a boat of the United r Fruit company, which has many fruit • plantations. A stop was made at Port Limon. Costa Rica, and there 42,000 ? bunches of bananas were taken on - and brought to New Orleans. A visit ■ to the company’s 50,000 acre banana , farm was also made. o THE THIRD OPERATION. 1 Mrs. Philip Meihls in Dangerous Con- ' | dltion. Ms. John Rex, who is with her daughter, Mrs. Philip Meihls, of Monroeville ,at the St. Joseph hospital, at Fort Wayne, telephoned the family here of Mrs. Meihl’s serious condition, Mrs. Miehls was taken to the hospital ‘ Thursday, where she underwent her third operation. The operation was for stomach trouble, the removal of the appendix, and other serious complications, and was performed this morning at 9 o’clock. Her condition is dangerous and it is feared that she may not recover. She was formerly ■ Miss Bertha Rex, and resided here until going to Monroeville a few years ago. ' . CARS RUNNING. O. K. Interurban Cars Now Running on Good Time. i — 1 The Interurban force was jubilant this morning when the regular schedJ ule was resumed, after eleven days’ ‘ disablement since the flood. The first car left hereat 5:50 o'clock this morning and kept up the regular schedule making good time. The freight ear also made good. time and everything , passed off fine. The cars weer thor- ’ oughly overhauled In the past several days, the damage done having been ’ effected by the high waters of the riv-] 1 er which came up in the car barns ’, over the motors. The damage done to , the interurban was much less than that experienced by the railroads and they have good cause for congratulat- ’ ing themselves. ED RODGERS DEAD. . George Sheler of this city received a telephone message this morning i ' from Fairmount, Ind., informing him ’ of the death of his friend, Ed Rodgers, | ! a former resident of Decatur. Mr. Rodgers was a middle-aged man, and during the past year he had been fail- • ing in health, until the climax came Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mr. l , Rodgers, while a resident here, was' employed as head painter at the De-1 [ catur Motor Car works, and during the | six months that he made this city his home, became acquainted with' many people and made many friends, all of of whim will be sorry to learn 1 . of his demise. Mr. Rodgers is survived by a wife and other relatives. • The funeral services will be held 3un- ' day at Fairmount. George Sheler will ( leave tomorrow to attend the funeral. | ABOUT THE BICK. -» mu i ' Ms. S. S. Magley and son, Lloyd, of Monmouth, arrived home early this morning from Indianapolis. Mrs. Mag- 1 ley was called there over two weeks ' ago by the illness of her son, who is a student there. He was a sufferer from pleurisy, but has now nearly recovered. They were at the home of a cousin, Albert Magley, and were' witnln two squares of the flooded dis-1 trict 1 Fred Schafer, who is quite sick with blood poisoning, is reported as holding his own and is getting along quite well. Foty-seven attended the Evangell- 1 cal ladies aid society at the home of Mrs. Fred Hoffman yesterday after- I noon, the collection being |io. Plans < for a chicken dinner to be given soon i are discussed among other business 1 matters, and then a social hour was in 1 order. 1 1 v < ELKS INSTALL TONIGHT, will hold their installation ( ,pf officers thle evening, Charles , Christen will succeed Jesse J. Helm c as exalted ruler. ,

Went Down Third Time (Continued from Page 1) Mr. Gillig was taken home in a rig at once to remove his thoroughly soaked clothing, but left at once thereafter for Root township to attend to some surveying, none the worse for his cold plunge into the water. While John ia a good swimmer, the boots he wore when he waded out, were filled with water, and his water-soaked clothing weighting him down, would have prevented hia swimming had he gone beyond his depth, so t/ft the res cue of the boy was really made at the risk of his own life. Deserves Carnegie Medal. A pamphlet from the Carnegie Hero i Fund commission reached this office last evening, with advice to give the 'scope of the same publicity. According to the regulations of the same, which will be printed here in full la- : ter, Mr. Gillig seems to be entitled to i a medal or reward from this fund.. Aci cording to the pamphlet, medals and sums of money have been awarded to . 723 persons for acts of heroism. London In Danger (Continued rjm Page 1) plosives, Havre, France, April4—(Special to Daily Democrat)—With all military honors due a commander and witnessed by 20,000 people the body of J. Pierpont Morgan arrived by train today and was immeadiately transfered to the steamer La France which is scheduled to sail for New York tomorrow. When the casket emerged and audible gasp of awe went up from the multitude and hats were removed. The body was placed in a special prepared morgusey of the steamer. A battalion of infantry lined the gang • plank and presented arms when the body passed. The military salute was fired, military bands played funeral marches and American hymns. COURT HOUSE QUIET. (Continued from Paga J) a dlminuation of record the clerk of the Adams circuit court is ordered to certify to this court the notice of appeal and proof of service thereof on | the prosecuting attorney and others.” I Licensed to wed: Laura Katherine Beltz, born October 14, 1892, daughter of Benjamin Beltz, to wed Simon William Bucher, farmer, born July 25, * 1883, son of John Bucher. The trip by the county commissioners, Attorney C. J. Lutz and Surveyor Macklin over the south part of the , county Thursday, to ascertain the county’s damage done by the storm I and floods, found that the loss would I not be heavy. The greatest damage jdone was the sweeping away of the Iron bridge over the Wabash river at Ceylon. Several small bridges we-e ; washed away and damage was also done to the levees. MISHAWAKA GETS CONFERENCE. Tipton, Ind., April 4—The next sea- • sion of the North Indiana Methodist (Conference will be held at Mishawaka. ' ,No other city has asked for l t and it | will go by consent. The district su , perlntendents of Fort Wayne and > Goshen districts reported large gains l in membership during the year and an increase in the value of the church property. It was a pathetic scene ' when the Rev. Jesse Bowman Young 1 of Bluffton was placed on the super’ < annuated list after forty-five years'. I work. Mr. Young, when sixteen years’ ' old, was a soldier in the civil war, and * .on motion of P. J. Albright, it was ] agreed that the veterans in the con ference give Mr. Young a soldier’s j i welcome. Twenty veterans formed a 1 ! circle about him and shook his hands . wnue the conference sang ' America ” * Many people in the great audience 1 gave way to tears, and Bishop McDow- 1 .7’ Bo OWnrn ‘' with emotion , that it was several minutes before he ( eould proceed with the business of the session. WILL AID SUFFERERS. > Adams Express Company Will Send Shipment, Free of Charfle The local Adams Express company has received from Superintendent A. D. Brosius, a communication in which the express company states that it will carry free of charge, shipments of money and supplies for relief of Omaha tornado sufferer, and for flood suffacers in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois when consigned to duly authorized committees or its officers. ’ '< UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Dud Hemp scz there ain’t nothin' so contrary an’ stubburn es a wummun whut won’t flirt.

•c -J Aw H'y.y fr ' ? \ WCTWWk A 'An THE NEW Harley Davidson Starts Like An Automobile The new Harley-Davidson when fitted with tu r Wheel Control can be started like an , to pedal and pedal, or to run along side nee “ This machine is now built with a Ful Floatina ’ burnt S Wa - V yW,ththejOltS and ars The Harley-Davidson has long been known for its dun bility and its economy This with the additional features places the Harley-Davidson in a class by « It is two years ahead of the times. like Sh ” SCHUG-METLER CO. bERNE > - ■ - INDIANA.

CLEANER SANItARY CONDrfTdNS? Editor Democrat: Replying to an item on "Cleaner Eats" in your Monday’s publication, I wish to ask the question, Why do dealers wait to be forced to cleaner sanitary conditions’ Our local dealers should have looked to bettering their conditions long ago, I heard some time ago that the local hutches had talked of buying the packing plant here, and to do all of their own butchering there, which certainly would be much better than the conditions you have related. Or, if the city would buy this plant, and use it as an abattoir, it would be a profitable investment They could put some one in charge who could do all the butchering and deliver the dressed meat to the different markets they belong to. A nominal fee could be charged for pach animal slaughtered, which woultj bring in enough revenue to pay the 1 cost of maintaining the plant. If conditions are as described they should be investigated. a CONSUMER. LO8 ’ r A S°!d neck chain with gold heart, by Marcella Keubler. Finder : please leave at Boston store and get 1 RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. * In the death of Sister Verna Keifer, the Epworth League of the Salem M. E. church, Bobo circuit, has lost a valuable and honored member, and the tomuumity a beloved friend and neighbor; be it Resolved, That in the death of Sister Vernia we recognize the fact that in the midst of life we are in death and Ruler of our destiny is no respecter of persons, and to whose command we must humbly bow Resolved, That our chapter be draped for thirty days. She was ouf and we deeply and sincerelv ! mourn her loss.

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Resolved, That we r pathy to the husband and the bereiv ed ones. > Resolved, That these resolutions U . put upon the records of the chapter of the Salem Epworth League; «; H a copy be sent to the bereaved fainilv. ; MABEL DAILEY. MARY BURKHALTER, CORA DAVIES, > Committee -- Q SAME routine. I — The local hardware merchants h*ve agreed to close their respective business houses every evening at 6 o'clock as they have been doing during the winter months until the first of May. o— . UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. There s no countenance however dull, but whut’H Hte up when it sees the funny papeM. —-" ■- o ACCEPTS RESIGNATION. Tipton, Ind., April 4—i Special 'o Daily Democrat) —Expulsion threatj ened, the Northern Indiana M. E. conference accepted the resignation unI der compulsion of C. C. Cissell, of Kokomo, formerly district superinintendent, charged with immoral conduct Rev. Marble presiding, told of the minister's disgraceful conduct at Minneapolis last year. Men and we men wept when Bishop McDowell prayed for the disgraced minister. Politics over appointments of ministers for the coming year were red hoc Delegates of laymen lobbying in the interest of certain pastors were numerous. Bishop McDowell and the committee were working on the list, but it is not expected to be given out until next Monday. The resignation of Rev. YOung of Bluffton, who for fort? five years has been a minister, caused a pathetie scene.