Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 96.

ATTACK OF THE HEART Causes Sudden Death of Mrs. Harvey D. Rice at , 12:30 Today. HAD EATEN DINNER And Walked to Porch to Get Milk When Fatal Attack Came. An attack of the heart that seized her in swift fatality at 12:30 o’clock today caused the sudden death of Rosa Kuntz Klee, wife of City Mail Carrier Harvey D. Rice, at their home on South Seventh street. Mrs. Rice had been ailing the greater part of the winter. While it was known that she had leakage of the heart and anaemia, her condition was not thought to be serious. She was about the house as usual today and had prepared dinner, and the family had partaken of it as usual. After dinner she walked to the front porch to get the milk and returning to the dining room was suddenly stricken. She sank into a chair and in a very few minutes, less than five minutes after the attack, and before the physician, who was summoned with all possible dispatch, could arrive, had breathed her last Fortunately, Mr. Rice was at home at the time and all that could be done for her was accomplished, but to no avail. Mrs. Rice, who was an exceedingly pleasant little woman and well liked by all that knew her. was Just in the prime of life, having arrived at her thirty-first birth anniversary last March 18. She was bom In Bellefontaine, in 1882, and when six weeks of age, went with her parents to Berne, where she lived until her marriage to Mr. Rice, August 22, 1910. Since their marriage they have lived in this city. While she resided in Berne she was employed as telephone operator and 1s widely known. Besides the husband and two little baby sons—Harvey Benjamin and Edward Merle, she leaves her mother, SI

DIED IN MINNESOTA Prof. Martin Kirsch, Former Resident of Adams County, Died from PNEUMONIA ATTACK Monday Morning — Professor at the Lutheran College at Faribualt. The sad news of the death of Professor Martin Kirsch, a former Adams county resident, reached relatives in this city this morning, much to their grief, the cause of Mr. Kirsch’s death being due to pneumonia. He took sick some time ago and continued to grow worse until Monday, when the crisis catne and he passed into tho world beyond. He died at his home In Faribault, Minn.

Professor Kirsch was born at Freidhelm, Adams county, Indiana in the year 1866,, and lived here with his parents until he was about fifteen years of age and then entered college at Addison, 111. From that place he was graduated with high honors and then went with bls parents to Illinois, where they had moved. Later on ho moved to Faribault and was elected professor in the Lutheran school at that place. He remained in that charge for twenty-six succeeding years and was one of the best learned and loved professors the school or congregation ever had. The deceased is survived by a wife and children and a number of relatives in this city, they being Mathias and Peter Kirsch, cousins, and Paul Reinking, a nephew. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kirsch passed away a number of years ago.

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geneva man arrested. William Antres was arrested at Geneva by Deputy Sheriff George Betz of Celina, Ohio, upon affidavit of Mrs. Abbie Harmon, charging him with forgery. The action grew out of a suit filed in court at Celina by W. H. Maurer in which the latter sought to recover the half of a seventy-five dollar note In which he alleged Mrs. Harmon was surety with himself on the note which was made payable to one of the Celina banks. Mrs. Harmon immediately filed an affidavit in Squire O. Wyers' court for the arrest of Antres, alleging her name had been forged to the note. Antres denied the charge and willingly went to Celina. The case was settled, the complaining witness withdrawing the affidavit and upon the securing of the payment of the costs the affidavit was dismissed. The deputy sheriff who made the arrest formerly was a first baseman for Bluffton in the days <if independent base ball.—Ex. McCOMB SELECTED To Serve as the Allen County Superintendent of Schools. SEVEN CANDIDATES Albert Parker Ran Well in the Race—Takes Office May First. Fort Wayne, Ind., April 22—(Special t oDaily Democrat) —D. O. McComb, for two years employed in the office of the auditor of Allen county, was selected this morning at 10 o'clock by the Allen county board of education to serve as superintendent of the Alden county school*. He will take his ! office May 1 and succeeds Henry G. ' Felger, who resigned after charges of (gross degeneracy were filed against him.

Mr. McComb, who is now employed in the county auditor’s office, is a former teacher, formerly of Perry township, and taught school for over fifteen years. He was elected on the' second ballot, receiving eleven votes. Albert R. Parker, superintendent of the Monroeville schools, made a close race, receiving four votes on the first, and three on the second ballot. There were four other men candidates, they being Paul Wilkie, a farmer, residing in Wayne township; Fred L. Smith, superintendent at Harlan; Nathan W. Coll, superintendent of the public schools at Roanoke; B. H. Smith, serving his second term as superintendent of the New Haven schools. There was also one woman candidate, Miss Flora Wilber, at present head of the Fort Wayne normal school oIN A FEW DAYS Hoover Will be Taken to Prison—Execution Stay Denied Him, The motion for a stay of execution in the matter of the Ralph Hoover sentenced to life-imprisonment in the Ohio penitentiary, was overruled. As soon as the clerk can complete the cost bill, which will be a matter of two or three days, the defendant will be taken to the penitentiary, there to await any action the higher courts may take in the matter. The state’s cost In the case will reach very closely to $4,000. The defendant appeared in court at Van Wert Monday, in company only of his attorneys, no relatives being with him. After overruling the motion for a new trial, Judge Mathias said before passing sentence, that it was proper for the defendant to make any statement he desired. Hoover, who seemed entirely unmoved by the proceedings, spoke in a slow, distinct manner, saying: "All I have to say is what I have said all the time, I am not guilty of the charge.” The court room was still as death as these words fell from the lips of the accused, and no motion was made on the part of those present as the court continued. "Therefore, In pursuance of the finding and verdict of the jury and in conformity to the requirements of the law applied to the facts and found by the jury, it Is ordered that you be committed to the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, during life, and pay the costs of the prosecution.' 1

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Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, April 22, 1913.

BARREL OF BEER Os Geneva Jeweler Proved to be Only Dust-o-Line— A Laugh ON THE SEARCHERS For a Blind Tiger When They Raided Bryan’s Jewelry Store. "Jesse Bryan, aged about twenty years, a resident of Geneva for the past couple of months, where he is engaged in the Jewelry business, has the laugh on a number of the dry advocates of that place, including two ministers of the gospel, one of the latter being the Rev. E. M. Dunbar, former pastor of the Portland M. E. church,” says the Portland Sun. "Owing to Bryan’s short residence at Geneva, and the fact that residents there did not know his habits, he and his place of business have been made the object of keen scrutiny especially among people aligned with the dry element. Last Saturday when a barrel bearing his name and address was unloaded at the station, it was not long until many of the dry element had their eyes on it. It was delivered to Bryan’s place of business that evening and twenty-four hours later, before time for the evening church services to be begun, two ministers, the city marshal and others who aid in the suppression of the illegal sales of liquor in Geneva, assembled in front of the Jewelry store. When all had answered to the roll call, in marched the bunch and town marshal, clothed with the authority vested in an officer of the law, proceeded to ’uncork’ the barrel. The breaking in of the head disclosed that the barrel contained ‘Dust-o-Llne,’ a compound used in preventing dust from soaring in the air when the floors are being swept. The would-be blind tiger hunters made a hasty retreat.”

BOARD OF REVIEW Judge Merryman Appoints John B. Holthouse and 1 John F. Snow. THE NEW MEMBERS To Meet With Ex-officio Members—Begin First Monday in June. Judge J. T. Merryman this morning appointed John B. Holthouse and John F. Snow members of the board of review. The board is comprised also of Auditor T. H. Baltzell, County Assessor George Gentis and Treasurer Charles W. Yager, they being members by reason of their office. Tho board will meet the first Monday in June and has thirty days In which to finish its work which includes an equalization of the taxes of the various townships and the hearing of any complaints as to assessments. The assessors ar® qjijte busy.t having but a little over three weeks to finish their work, which mus) be done by May 15-18, though they hre allowed until the meeting of the board of review to return their books. • - ■ - - ■ o - .... - EASTERN STAR GRAND LODGE. A party of Decatur Eastern Star members left this morning for Indianapolis, where they will spend the remainder of the week, attending the Grand Chapter. -Among those attending are Grand Adah Olive Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Burk, Mrs. Miranda Moore, and Mrs. J. B. Stoneburner. STREET MATERIAL ARRIVES. The curb from Bedford and the brick from Canton, have arrived for the paving of West Monroe street, and are being hauled to the scene of the work. A slight delay was occasioned in the shipping because of the flood disaster of March. Mrs. W. P. Schrock and Miss Mary Fonner spent the day in Fort Wayne.

WEDDING AT BERNE TONIGHT. This evening at the parsonage of the Rev. Kattman, pastor of the German Reformed church at Berne, will occur the wedding of Mrs. Carrie Neuenschwander, of that town, to Mr. Gottfried Reusser ,a well known and highly esteemed farmer of Wells county. The bride, who is a daughter of John Hoffstetter, is one of Berne's fine women. They will make their home on the groom’s farm in Wells county. TO REOPEN STORE Cole & Sons Will Open Again for Business at Hamilton, Ohio. HAD AN $8,000.00 LOSS Warehouse and Their Contents Washed Four Squares Away.

The hardware firm of Cole & Sons, of Hamilton, Ohio, of which Charles Cole, foimerly of the Schaub-Gotte-moller hardware store of this city, is a member, is preparing to reopen business at Hamilton, where they were practically swept away by the floods of March 25, sustaining an SB,OOO loss. They will be obliged to start in a new 1 business room, as the one they formerly occupied, which was submerged in water beyond the second story, is practically ruined. A warehouse which they had at the rear was washed away and after the floods subsided was found four squares away. Much of the contents can be sold, but far below cost and the loss will be heavy. In newspapers received by Alphonse Kohne, from their daughter, Mrs. Cole, the complete story of the flood is told after three weeks' silence. The newspaper plants were submerged, and in spite of rapid work in cleaning the large presses, it was not until three weeks after the flood April 14—that the first papers were issued from the Hamilton presses. The April 14 paper then reviewed the complete three weeks’ happenings, and the death column is especially large. The death loss by floods is estimated at 150; the money loss In the city, $15,000,000; number of houses destroyed, 400; number damaged, 2,100; persons yet needing help, 10,000; county’s loss on bridges. $525,000; loss or horses, 500, valued at $75,000. From the accounts given in the Hamilton papers it seems that dispatches to metropolitan papers and news bureaus convey only a meager description of the loss and suffering. The city, however, is rising heroically from the flood ruins, and under organized labor and martial law Is rapidly recovering. Mrs. Cole also sent some post card views of the scenes. SPLITS THE~ BONE And Tears Ligaments—Paul Reiter Meets With Bad Accident WHILE PLAYING BALL Twists Leg in Serious Way While Throwing the Ball. Paul Reiter, a well known young man, son of Henry Reiter, of Root township, who is employed at the Rurode store in Fort Wayne, met with a painful injury while playing ball while at home on a day’s visit. Mr. IReiter was playing with a company of friends at the grounds near St. John’s. While in the art of throwing his arm back to speed the ball on its way, his leg twisted in sudh away that the bone was split just below the knee and the ligaments of the member were torn loose. The accident, besides being painful, Is quite serious, on account of the torn ligaments, and he will probably be disabled for some time.

REWARD SERVICES; Each Girl of Telephone Force Given a Five Dollar Gold Piece BY TELEPHONE CO. J Given In Appreciation Os Work During the Great Flood Week. In appreciation of the excellent ser-. vice rendered under the sever strain during flood week In March, the tele- ] phone operators were this morning re-. membered in a very kind way by the ' Citizens' Telephone Company. The remembrance was a very substantial one each operator being presented with a five dollar gold piece, j bright and shiny from the mint. The ' presentation was made by the manager of the company, F. M. Schirmeyer, in behalf of the company, and accoin-! panying the gifts, came a well worded . speech of appreciation. Mr. Schirmeyer was In Panama at the time of the flood, but on his return he has heard on every hand, words of praise for the girls, who during that week experienced the heaviest work in the history of the company. In many cases, operators worked both day and night and in all cases, much over time. The company, as well as the patrons, have appreciated their work done under , great stress, and with so great cheerfslnese. - O' , MRS. STANLEY TO SPEAK. Attention is again called to the Adams County W. C. T. U. institute to be held here Thursday morning, after- 1 noon and evening at the Methodist church. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, state vice president, will be in charge, and her afternoon address at 3:30 will be on “Scientific Temperance." The' Berne ladies’ chorus will render music. Everybody is cordially invited. 1

COURT HOUSE NEWS J. D. Winteregg Petitions 1 for Sale of His Ward’s « Interest IN REAL ESTATE Appearance is Entered by Attorneys in Recently Filed Case. In the Fritz Koenig vs. Lizzie M.' Hendricks et al. partition case, the' rule against plaintiff to answer crosscomplaint of Hendricks and Bright is made absolute in five days. In the Interurban receivership case an intervening petition was filed by the Standard Oil Co. Henry Knapp vs. Eli Burkett, on account and attachment. Appearance by Heller, Sutton & Heller for defend-' ant. Rule to answer. The Decatur Lumber Co. vs. C. J.' Weaver. Peterson & Moran appear for the defendant. Rule to answer. Elizabeth Meyer et al. vs. John Hessler et a!., partition. Appearance by Peterson & Moran for the defendant. Rule to answer. J. D. Winteregg, guardian, petitions for the sale of the interest of his ward, Mary Nussbaum, et'al., in real estate. David E. Smith and H. S. Michaud' were appointed appraisers. Real estate transfers: Aaron Irian et al. to Claha Wheat, lot 195, Geneva, $1000; Mary J. Thacher et al. to Levi Troutner, west half of lot 9, Rlvarre, $25. Licensed to wed: Carrie Neuensebwander of Berne born April 10, 1885, daughter of John Hoffstetter, to wed Gottfried Reusser, farmer, born September 10, 1875, of Wells county, son of Christian Reusser. This is the bride’s second marriage, her first husband dying in 1911.

i HAVE LEASED BOCH HOME. The D. F. Leonard family, which has resided in the Julius Haugk home on West Monroe street the past year, has leased the Abe Boch home, a .block west, and will probably move j next week as their lease on the Haugk residence expires May 1. The Boch J family will move to Fort Wayne, | where Mr. Boch has a livery establishment, and where they have leased hte Dan Erwin residence in Lakeside. -...— . LEFT TODAY FOR CANADA. A part/ of Berne people left today for Edmundton, Canada, in the viciniity of which they expect to spend some time. They are going there to work and investigate the promising reports that come from the north. The party included Abe Boegly. Andrew Pond,. (Harvey Reisen and Messrs. and Kelly.

FINAL WORD SENT President Sends Message to Gov. Johnson Regarding Pending Legislation. COMMITTEE REPORTS On New Tariff Bill—Defines Party Pledge Made at Baltimore. *V • • —-— • ftWashington, April 22—(Special to Dally Democrat) —President Wilson said the final word of the administration as far as the question is concerned when he sent a telegram addressed to Governor Johnson today appealing that the state not embarrass the government and to set I “in any manner that cannot from any point of view be fairly challenged or called to question.” A further appeal for bands off policy in the CaliforniaI Japan situation was made to President Wilson by Representatives Beker, Kettner, and Church of that state today. They told the President that the sentiment in the legislation for drastic measures aimed at the Japanese land owners and merchants was generally overwhelming. They suggested that a referendum be attached to the appending bill so that the sentiment of the people couldbe ascertained.

Pittsburg, Pa., April 22—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A young girl, one of the hundreds of children from all quarters of the city who are parading the streets today in protest of the continuation of S. L. Heeter in office as Superintendent of schools, was run over and killed by a street car today. Paris, April 22 —(Special to Dally democrat) —When another German war balloon landed in France today, the president ordered the French ambassador at Berlin to request the German government to prevent the re-oc-currence of such a regreable an incident.

Washington, April 22—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Sounding the key J note of the democratic tariff revision ( I program, the fourteen democrats on 'the house ways and means committtee’ I who framed the Wilson-Underwood i bill, today submitted their report to’ the house. That trusts or monopolies! —“a hot house growth" of high pro-| tective tariff qualities—have thrived under the Republican regime and that competition must become a factor to reduce the high cost of living, was ’ the first shot fired at the republicans in the democratic report. The democrats give the following construction to the tariff revenue pledge made at the Baltimore convention. “We believe that the pledge contained two essential ideas—the establishment of duties and the attainment of this end by legislation that will not destroy legitimate industry.

CARD OF THANKS. We wish in this manner to thank the kind neighbors and friends who so kindly assisted us during the illness of Mrs,. Raver, and the death of our infant son, Harold, who departed this life April 16. MR. AND MRS. ISAAC RAVER. o Miss Dorothy Van Camp went to Indianapolis this afternoon to visit with I friends and relatives.

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THE ZION CLASSIS Os Reformd Church Will Meet in Fort Wayne May Fifteenth. REV. L. C. HESSERT Is on the Program—Fort Wayne Makes Plans to Entertain Many. I ; ™ — 1 The annual meeting of the Zion * classls of the synod of the northwest the Reformed church will be held tin this city at the Salem Reformed ’edifice beginning Thursday, May 15. The convention will close on Sunday , evening, with a Jubilee service to I commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Heidelberg catechism. Visitors will be here from all parts of the northwest Jurisdiction of the ( church. They will be entertained while here by members of the Salem Reformed church, the ladies at a meeting having decided to open their homes to the strangers. The program for the convention is as follows: , Thursday, May 15—7:30 p. m. Opening sermon by Vice President Rev. H. H. Kattmann, Rev. T. c. Hes- , sert, assisting. Frida, May 16—7:30 p. m.

Preparatory service by Rev. Philip Ruhl Sermon, Rev. Otto E. Scherry, Sunday Morning, May 18. Sunday school at 9:30. English address—Rev. ohn F. Winter. >~--i English Address—Rev. Jno. F. WinServices at 10:30 o’clock, with the Lord's supper, both in English and German. The llthurgical part by Rev. John H. Bosch. Sermon by Rev. W. H. Schorer. Sunday Afternoon—3:oo O’clock. Address in English—Rev. Dan Burghalter; subject, “The Every-member Canvass Campaign.” Sunday Night—7:3o. Jubilee service to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Heidel'burg catechism. Address in German—Rev. C. H. Schneider, “Doctrine and Unitey of Catechism.” Address in English—“ The Authors of the Catechism”—Rev. F. H. Diehm. ;—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

THE SON’S ARRIVAL Completes Arrangements for Mrs. Perry Vine’s Funeral Services. TO BE WEDNESDAY At Ten O’clock at the Home—Rev. Ball to Officiate. The funeral of Mrs. Perry Vine will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock at the home, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, near their junction with the Clover Leaf and Erie railroads. The Rev. Ball of the Baptist church will officiate and burial will be in Maplewood cemetery. ■ Mrs. Vine's death occurred Saturday (morning at 9 o'clock and the funeral

was delayed to await the arrival of the son, Amos Torrel, from Oklahoma. The son arrived this morning over the Clover Leaf and arrangements for the funeral were made at once. The home-coming of the son is indeed a sad I one. He and his mother had not seen other for eight years, but he had been contemplating a visit here this fall. Unfortunately the mother's strength was unable to endure until autumn, and she passed away without seeing the son, of whom she thought 'continually, and to whose visit she ( looked forward to with so much pleasure. ROYAL NEIGHBORS MEET. All members of the Royal Neighbors’ lodge are requested to meet this [evening at the hall for consideration lof Important business.