Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 133.

WAS RE-ELECTED 0. L. Vance Will Serve Another Term of Three Years on the School Board. THE CITY COUNCIL Voted Unanimously Upon Re-election—Other Notes of Tuesday’s Session. The regular session of the city council last evening was a short but well carried out meeting. Councilman Hale came all th e way from ißome City to occupy his chair and help to transact the city’s business. The flr|t thing to act upon was the assessment roll to property owners along the Magley sewer. This report, upon motion, was accepted and the city clerk ordered to give notice to the property owners that would be affected by the assessment to appear before the council at their meeting on July ITth. I A resolution ordering the city clerk to draw an order on the treasurer for $l5O, navable to the Northeastern Indiana Volunteer Firemen’s association for their convention to be held here June 26 *'•» approved and the resolution stood adopted. The plat of the Niblick heirs' subdivision presented to the council at the last meeting by Burt Lenhart was approved and adopted, and the street and sewer committee filed report to that effect. The petitions and proposed improvements of South Third street. East Adams and sidewalks were deferred to some time later, when the city would be in to have them built. The. extension of line street was referred to the street and sewer committee. The waterworks committee, upon motion of Mr Halo moved th->t new bids for the construction of a 230,O'M' gallon reservoir be re-advertised for, as Mr. Newlon had called for the balance of his 1500 check, amounting to 1400. leaving SIOO with the city as a forfeit. The flremen'.s salaries were then raised upon to SOS for the head man and SOO for the others. Contactor Woods, who has been figuring on buying the steam roller owned by the city for use on the streets which he is building, asked the council through Jacolb Atz about the matter. This was referred to the finance committee. The street and sewer committee was ordered to make arrangements for the building of the apCONTI.VUED ON S-.-.GE THREE

MORE OF THE BOYS Will Spend Summer Vacations in Beet Fields Caring for the Plants. THIRTEEN YEAR OLDS Johnny Cobett and Cass Bacon go to Farm Four Miles West of Berne. More of the Decatur boys have decided to take up the work In the Ad•nig county beet fields as do tbe boys an “ girls of Michigan and other states "here the Industry is further advancp,i Tbe latest recruits to tne service &re lw o thirteen-year-old boys. They are Johnny, son of T. C. Corbett, the cigar man, and Cass, son of Fred Bee °n. who is employed as a sugar boiler at the sugar plant.. The boys ar-3 ne ighbors, and getting together piannpd to take up the work. .Accordingly, they left with E. M. "agner, the field manager, Tuesday f°r a farm four miles west of Berne. They will spend their summer vacati<m happily, working in the beet *ids and caring for the young plants, hey expect to make good wages, be- • Wes having a good time in the free, °Pen air and learning much of agri--ulture, and becoming industrious oys that cannot fail to make good. ÜB ®ful men. They expect to coma “° m ® spend their Sunday vacations, ut the rest bf the time will be spent lQ labor there.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

TO DISTRICT CONVENTION. Decatur Pythian Sisters Will go to Huntington Friday. The Pythian Sisters of Decatur are making plans to go to Huntington Friday to attend the district convention. A good program has been prepared and the Huntington lodge will entertain the visitors royally. The convention was held in Decatur last year and largely attended, oRETURNS FROM WEST. Harold Henneford, who has been i teacher of German and biology in the high school at Moorehead, Minn , the past year, has finished an excellent term there and arrived home today to spend his summer vacation. He will probably return ther e for the next year also. En route to his home at Vera Cruz, he stopped off in this city for a several days’ visit with his sister, Mrs. Dan Niblick. GO TO CALIFORNIA Miss Fanny Hite Left Today For Los Angles Accompanied by Miss Eva Acker WHO GOES TO DENVER I To Take a Course in the University There—Will Meet Della Sellemeyer. The Misses Fanny Hite and Eva Acker left today for Denver, Colorado. Miss Acker will take a course in the Denver university, and Miss Hite will meet Miss Della SeUemeyer, there amfl proceed to Los Angles, stopping off at points of interest alosg the way. M»zs Sellemeyer left Munday fm Denver and has been visiting with the Misses Emma and Dora Schlickman from this city. Miss Acker will also visit at Colorado Springs with her brother, Levi Acker and family. The Mijses Hite and Sellemeyer will visit with th e O. F. Lewis and family of Venice, Cal., formerly of this city. Miss Hite will remain in California until the later part of October or the first of November. Miss Sellemeyer will return In time to take up her school work again as teacher in the public schools. Miss Hite’s place In the Old Adams County Bank will not be taken by anyone. o SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

The Annual Convention of the Un-ion-Root Sunday School Association will be held at the Mt. Victory U. B. church, nine miles North East of Decatur, Sunday June 15 at 2 o’clock P. M. standard time. Programs will be out shortly. It is desired that each school in both townships be represented and prepared to sing, one or more songs. As this is the last convention that our Co President, Mr. 'Rupp, will attend, it is earnestly desired that there be a good attendance. It has been arranged that ail the Department officers to be present. Let every 3. S. Worker be present that we may have a profitable session. C. S. MUMMA, Tp. Pres. • .. — - BUYS AN INTEREST. Quite a change has been made in tonsorlal circles this week. Jim Sprague has sold his Interest In the Sprague & Crable shop on East Madison street to Will Cowan and the shop will be known from now on as the Crable & Cowan shop. Sprague has taken the position made vacant In the Barney Wertzberger shop by the resignation of Will Ruckman, who has built himself a new shop In the rear of the Sam Hite grocery in the south end, o— — MRS. TROUTNER FUNERAL. The funeral of Mrs. Mary Troutner ' will be held tomorrow morning at the church at Willshire, Ohio. Her deatn occcurred Tuesday from old age. Mis. Troutner Is the grandmother of Mrs. Hubert Zerkle of this city. I TO ATTEND CONFERENCE. I Charles S. Mumma, the well known Union township resident, went tn Spencerville, Ohio, today to attend tbe Auglaize United Brethren conference.

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday Evening, June 4, 1913.

B'IARD ADJOURNED Commissioners Concluded a Busy Two Days’ Session With Last Evening. SOUTH BERNE ROAD Petition Found Sufficient and Resolution Filed by F. C. Foreman. The board of county commissioners concluded a busy two days’ session and adjourned last evening.

It was ordered that repairs be made to the heating plant at the county farm, the smoke box over the boilers to be repaired at a cost not to exceed $65.00. The viewers’ report on the South Berne road was approved. F. C. Foreman, clerk of the town of Berne, filed a certified copy of the resolution passed by the council of that town, turning the road over to the county. The petition was found sufficient and the cause continued. • By agreement of the petitioners and the remonstrators in the matter of the W. A. Straub et al. petition for drain, was set for hearing on July 8, at 1 o’clock p. m. The auditor was ordered to notify the commissioners of Allen county that a joint session of the boards of Allen and Adams county will be held in this city on July 2, at which time the petition of Fred C. Hoile et al. for a county lin e road improvement will be considered. The board appointed Peter Stuckey Peter Rich as viewer® uu tlie Joe Schoaf road, ‘to meet at the auditor's office on June 9.

A FINE SESSION Thirty Bluffton Masons Are Guests of Decatur Chapter Last Night. WORK WAS GIVEN To Two Candidates—Both Teams Participated—A Smoker Followed. The hall of the local Masons was the scene of a splendid meeting last evening, when the local members had with them, thirty members of the Bluffton chapter. The Bluffton visitors came over by automobile last evening, the trip being a delightful one with the almost perfect weather of a perfect June evening. x

The work was conferred upon two Decatur candidates for the degree of Master Mason. The degrees were glv. en separately. The Bluffton degree team was the first to give the work, their candidate being County Surveyor Phil Macklin. This was given in fine form. Decatur then gave the work for J. E. Anderson, local agent for the Erie railroad. After the work was given in vigorous and exemplary style, refreshments were in order. Bieneke & Girod catered, serving ice cream and cake. Then came a smoker and the hour struck twelve before the session closed, and the Bluffton delegation left for home. C. R. Dunn, worshipful master of the Decatur chapter, now residing in Bluffton, was present and took an active part in the events of the evening. — - -o— ———• DELIVERS NEW SCHAAF PIANO. J. B. Stoneburner has just sold and delivered to Will Engle, the rural route carrier, a handsome upright Adam Schaaf piano, the finest piano of the kind made by that well known company. It Is a very beautiful instrument, burnt walnut case and finished most complete in the minutest detail, and Mr. Stoneburner, as well as the Engle family, is very proud of it.

INQUEST HELD TODAY. Mrs. Fry e Became 80 Violent That It Could Not Be Held Yesterday. ■■ ■ — . ♦ So bad did Mrs. Lucy Frye, the insane 'loman in Blue Creek township become, that it was impossible to hold the inquest yesterday as at first intended. Sheriff Durkin and ills deputy, Jesse Kelley, left this afternoon for Blue Creek to take her into custody. She will be brought to this city and the inquest held here, probably by Drs. Keller and Parrish, the latter of Monroe. The inquest will probably be held before Squire Stone. Mrs. Frye has been a teacher thirty years In the Chicago schools and had a nervous breakdown. She was brought here last March to be with her mother, Mrs. Brandyberry and her sister, Miss Mattie Young. She became violent and when a special room was being prepared for her to keep her in safety, she became frightened and sent word herself Monday evening to the sheriff to come and protect h eras she feared she was going to be killed.

HEART TROUBLE — '■ —~ Causes Death of Geo. Wertzberger at Home of Son on plinth Street. ILL BUT ONE WEEK Had Been Resident of Decatur Entire Life Until S /en Years Ago. Heart trouble combined with dropsy caused the death of George Franklin Wertzberger at 1 o’clock this afternoon at the home of his son, George, jr., on Ninth street. Mr. ano Mrs. Wertzberger had returned to this city from Hammond, Ind., where they had been making their home for the past seven years, only a week ago Monday, with the Intention of making this their

future home. The following morning Mr. Wertzberger was taken ill and continued to gradually grow worse until death came this noon. Mr. Wertzberger was born in Boston, Mass., July 9. 1849, and was the son of Balts and Magdaline Wertzberger. In 1851, when George was four yea/; .of age, they moved to this city. On August 3, 1872, Mr. Wertzberger was married to Miss Emma Warrell. Seven years ago, deciding that a change of climate would prove beneficial to them they moved to Arkansas, where they resided but three months, returning to Hammond, Ind., where they made their home until a week ago.

Mr. Wertzberger wife a devout member of the German Reformed church of this city, always endeavoring to his utmost to accomplish th e services required of him and will be greatly pissed by the church ns well as in social circles. Besides the bereaved wife left to mourn his loss are seven children: Mrs. Lena Baughman, George, jr., Frank, Charles, Alvy, Lawrence and 'Robert. Five children have preceded him in death. At the present time no funeral arrangements have been completed. 1 ~ o A LITTLE FIST FIGHT. A fist fight, free for all, which might have resulted in something more serious than it did was pulled off this morning in th© Schlickman feed yard, when L. F. Schroeder, manager of the Republic Food and Medical company of this city and John Coffee, better known as "Sheriff John,” met and decided to fight out some of their personal troubles. The quarrel first arose this morning when Coffee went to the Schroeder home for water. A few words were exchanged, and the next thing to take place was the meeting of the two men in the feed yard. No one was hurt in the scuffle, nor any arrest made by either party.

ARTISTIC DISPLAY. The display windows of the Holthouse Drug company represent one of the most artistic displays of kodaks, cameras and accessories ever shown in tho city. The window was decorated by Lawrence Klelnhenz, who Is an artist at the work and shows much study and thought in placing the goods so as to attract the most attention.

MANY ARE COMING Responses from Various Cities Indicate a Recordbreaking Crowd FOR FIREMEN’S DAY Departments and Bands from a Dozen Cities Have Already Been Promised. Three weeks from next Thursday will occur the biggest one-day event ever held in this section of Indiana, at which time Decatur will entertain the annual convention of the volunteer firemen’s association for northeastern Indiana. All plans are being completed to make It a red letter day in Decatur as well as the biggest and best convention ever held by the association. The boys of the local companies under Chief Hammond and Chairman L. C. Helm, assisted by the members of the various committees and the secretary, O. B. Wemhoff, have worked incessantly for weeks and will be ready for the occasion. The advertising is just beginning and for three weeks will be pushed along continually. That large crowds are coming from all the cities of the district is signified by the Replies to requests for information as to the number of delegates and visitors. Bluffton is coming with full department and band, Union City will have thirty-six firemen and a band, Portland a department and band. ParkJes City twenty firemen, Dunkirk, a department and band. Fort Wayne Electric Works and General Electric | Works of Fort Wayne, each a department and band, Butler, twenty men, ! Hartford City, department and band, Winchester ten firemen and fifty citizens and so on down the line. Everybody is coming for a day of pleasure and entertainment. Th w city win be gaily decorated and there will be plenty doing all the time.

ACCEPTS THE CALL Benjamin Borton of Garrett Christian Church Will be

Pastor of |THE LOCAL CHURCH -nrv ,<-•>- at If - - > Acceptance Received Today by Elder Burk—Will Begin Duty at Once. Elder G. T. Burk of the Decatur Christian church, received word this morning of the acceptance of the call I of the local Christian church by Rev. j Benjamin Borton of Garrett, to become |the pastor here. Rev. Borton will arrive tomorrow evening or Friday morning to begin work at once, and will preach his first sermons as regular pastor of the Decatur church next Sunday morning and evening. He comes tomorrow or Friday to make arrangments for securing a house and will move his family here as soon as this can be done. ' . 'V.'jl He came from th e church at Gary to Garrett a year ago, and has had a wide and varied experience in the minister- j ial field. Ist Sunday he preached for the local church and the congregation was so pleased that they extended a call to him at once. He took the matter under advisement to consult with his family and sent word today that he would accept. His family Includes wife and three sons, two of whom .are at home. The third Is employed in a railroad office. The local church is well pleased with the selection, and although several candidates have been heard here during the past several weeks, the decision to extend a call to Rev. Borton was made last Sunday, the first time he preached here.

INTERURBAN CARS RUNNING. . On account of shutting off the power for repairs on the engine at the power house, there were no cars running from here last evening at 9: JO o’clock until 11:30 o’clock this morning, when the regular schedule was resumed.

NAMES ON MONUMENT. Should be Spelled Correctly—Appoint Yourself a Committee to Assist. Your attention is hereby called to the fact that it is most important that you see that if the names of any of i your relatives or friends are to appear on the tablet of the soldiers' monument these names should be spelled correctly. Several errors in spelling hare been discovered and you should deenr it of enough importance to see for i yourself that the names of those in whom you are Interested are spelled as they should be. This monument will stand for many years and the names should be right. Perhaps some are not on that should be. These things should be looked after at once and Contractor Georg e Wemhoff has agreed to wait until Saturday of this week before sending the list in to the sculptor, giving every one a chance to o. k. the names. If you are interested call at the auditor’s office and make any correction you deem important. BABY FOUND DEAD >i r ? ‘i Sixteen-months-olti Child of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edington Died — DURING THE NIGHT 'I I j —- Found Early This Morning by Mother—lll About Five Months. ’ I :, 1 *<•»’ r - — —■ ■■ ■ '; Upon going to the cot this morning ' t to look after the condition of the little babe, Mrs. Robert Edington, living ' north of the city, in Root township, . was horrified to find Donald, their six- ■ teen-months-old child, wrapt in the sieep ot death, life having departed ! from him some time between midnight and morning. The little fellow had been suffering for the past five months from a complication of dis- , eases and Tuesday night when lulled into his last sleep by the mother was ( apparently in as good health as at any 'time during his illness. Donald Andrew Edington was born in Decatur Panuary 5, 1912, being at the time of his death one year and six months old. To add to the sadness of this death is th e fact that the little fellow’s three- * year-old sister was buried only a little over a month ago. The body will be I taken to Bryant, where the mother's ' parents reside, and the funeral will be held at that place tomorrow afternoon. ’ Interment will be made in the Gravel Hill cemetery.

GYPSIES STRIKE TOWN. | With the pretty, warm June days, with their flowers and fruits, and good things, come flies, weeds and other seemingly necessary evjls that are not so good. A band of gypsies who have already struck the warm trail, arrived in the city this morning with their picturesque wagons and camping outfit, which so early in the season are not so dirty as they may be a little later on. The men of the , tribe drove the horses and wagons through the streets, while the women in the picturesque costumes of brilliant red, struck out to make a tour oHthe business part of the city telling f< jtunes. , o MOVED TO VAN BUREN.

The E. B. Kern family left for Van Buren, where they will make their future home. Mr. Kern, who has been relief agent for the Clover Leaf railroad, being sent to various places along the line, has been at Van Buren since January. Miss Gladys Kern, a teacher in the county schools, who will teach in French township next winter again, will have the advantages of the interurban to- her new home, making th e trip even more conveniently than when the family resided here.

~ — ■■ - WILL BE GRADUATED JUNE 18. | Decatur friends have received invl- , tatlon to the commencement exercises of Wabash college, from Ben Beavers, son*of Dr. S. D. Beavers, of this city, ' who is a graduate. The exercises will • be held tw-o weeks from today, Wed- ' nesday, June 18. Many from here will • probably attend. Ben will take a four i years' medical course at the John Hopkins university.

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GIVEN A SHOWER Miss Anna Meyer, Whose Wedding to Frank Parent Will Take Place ON JUNE EIGHTEENTH Was Feted by Fifty Friends Last Evening—A Happy Event. Fifty friends of Miss Anna Meyer, who will be a June bride, responded to invitations issued by the Misses Ag--1 nes Costello, Margaret Gerard and Lena Meyer for a friendship slower [for last evening. The large hall where I the shower was given was prettily decI orated with streamers of pink and ' green, and the reception room lq purple and gold. Little tables accommodated the guests for progressive pedro, and were later cleared for the f luncheon. The repast was very tempting and included sandwiches, potato salad, pickles, brick ice cream and cake. Favors were little fans on tvhich were written the names of the bride and groom and the date of the wedding —"Anna Meyer and Frank Parent, Wednesday, June 18.’’ Assisting the hostesses were their mothers, Mesdames John Gerard, H. F. Costello and John Meyer. The ladies were joined by the gentlemen later in the evening and dancing was then in order, music being furnished by Miss Leona Bosse and Mrs. Perry Gandy of Churubusco. Miss Hazel LaDelle also sang. Prizes at pedro were fine pieces of aluminum lware, won by Mrs. John C. Moran, Miss i Marie Gass and Mrs. Celia Zeser. (These they presented to the guest of honor. The shower was a rich and varied one, comprising cut glass, linen, alumium, pictures and many things to beautify the new home w’hich will be efitabUsued lu tue Moitz property, corner of Fifth and Jefferson streets, | The bride is one of the Decatur young ladies, who is favored by nature with 'a charming personality, which has' been developed in many pleasing ways, and will preside over her new home with grace and skill. The groom is a ! young business man of the city, being l in partnership with his brother in the electrical supply and repair shop on Second street. Among the out-of-town guests were the bride's brother, Dr. Lawrence Mey. er and wife of Monroeville: Miss Pauline Ehrman of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Perry ' Gandy of Churubusco. The wedding I will be one of the happy ones that have taken place this season at the St. 1 Mary’s Catholic church.

WRITES NEW BOOK “Laddie” Will be Wonderful New Limberlost Story to Add to THE FAMOUS TRIO Os Gene Stratton-Porter—- / To be Published on Memorable Day, Aug. 17. “August seventeenth,” Jxas been a most auspicious date to booklovers for several years. Especially has it been so for Adams county. This is the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Gene Stratton-Porter of Geneva, and the anniversary also of all of her famous novels. Each year a new book from her pen has made its appearance from the presses on that date. This year will be no exception. Already her publishers announce that her latest book, “Laddie,” will be published August l?th. This will add another wonderful Limberlost story to her famous trio—" Freckles,” “A Girl of the Limberlost," and "The Harvester," and the other books of her that perpetuate the "•ovely out-of-doors” of southern Adms county, and her interesting peoples. For three years Mrs. Porter has been one of thirteen authors whose books have been best sellers—those selling 100. QUO a year for three years. Her latest story will be eagerly awaited and will no doubt prove to be as popular as the others of her favorites.