Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 142, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 142.

GIGGLING GIRL And the Wriggling Boy Will be Theme of the Rev. Rilling at Y. P. A. CONVENTION At Markle — Mrs. Eugene ■ Runyon Also on Program—June 17 and 18. The annual convention of the Fort Wayne district of the Evangelical Young People s Alliance will be held at Markle. The convention will open i at 2 oclock Tuesday afternoon, June 17. and continue through Wednesday, June 18. The Evangelical church will be the acene of the convention. Many Adams county people are on th e program and many others will go. At the opening session Rev. F. S Erne of Avilla, will lead the song service, immediately after which there will be devotional by the Rev J J. L. Buyer, Jr., of Geneva, Ind., "Our Y. P. A. Ruts and the Way Out." is the subject of an address by Mrs ' Eugene Runyon of Decatur. Rev. F I J. Stedcke of Van Wert, Ohio, and' Rev. O. F Zuber of Scott, Ohio, will discuss important questions and Rev. Earl Snyder of Übee will close this pan of the morning program with a talk.

On Tuesday evening. Rev, E. D. Haley of Bippus will lead the song! •ervice, and Rev. A. D. Kroft, of North Webster will have charge o' the devotional service. Rev. W 1.1 Wyatt of Portland, will speak on "Social Evils Confronting Our Young; People," and Rev. C. P. Maas, branch 1 president, will give the address of the evening on “The importance of Co-Education." At the Wednesday morning service Rev. Cart Hirschman of Fort~Wayrte. president of the district Sunday school, will preside. ‘ Athletics for Young People" is the subject of an address by Rev. Cal Hirschman, following which E. M. Ray of Berne will speak on The Sunday School.* A four part symposium on "Duty” will be given by Rev. F. S. Erne of

Avilla, Rev. E. H. Baumgartner of Defiance, Ohio., Effie Neaderhouser of Linn Grove and Eli Haffner of Bryant. There will then be a short intermission .after which Rev. J. H. Rill ing of Decatur wil> speak on “The Wiggling Boy and the Giggling Girl."; Rev. E. B. Koenig of Celina, Ohio, will close the program. On Wednesday afternoon Rev. D R. Heil of Linn Grove and Rev. J M. Lantz of Ahboy, Ind., will lead the song and the devotional services E. C. Bierie of Berne will speak on “The Value of Teachers' Training Classes,'' and Frank Hirsch of Avilla, and W. D. Mains of Kendallville, will apeak. Rev. S. H. Baumgartner of Indianapolis will preside over the question box. and the meeting will close with committee reports. The final services of the meeting will be held Wednesday evening, with Rev. E. R Roop of Greenville,, Ohio, and Rev. J. W. Carter of IRidge-l ville leading. An address follows by i Rev. W. H. Freshly of Kendallville The meeting will close with an ad dress by Rev. E. Q. Laudemann of Fort Wayne.

TAKEN TO PORTLAND. Wer e Remain* of Mr*. R. J- Nath— Died Near Seme. The remains of Mr*. R. J. Nash, a former reaident. of Portland, who died at the home of her son, J. F. Nasb,| near Herne, Thursday noon', were tak- j en to Portland today where the Mineral wa* lield thin afternoon at 1 :•>" o'clock. She is survived by her husband. Charles Nash, four sons and a daughter, J. F. Nash, of near Berne; H. 8. Nash of Ijouisiana; George Nash, WwSt Water street. Portland; William Nash, of Redkey, and a sis ter, Clara Roush, or Redkey. ■ ■—o DECORATION DAY. For I. O. 0. F. Wilt be Observed Sun- «. day Afternoon, The local I. 0. O. F. and Rebekahs will observe decoration day Sunday afternoon. The members will be tak en to the cemetery in automobiles to decorate the graves of the deceased members. ,

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

FUNERAL SUNDAY. Services Will Be Held In Afternocn For Frank Wertzberger. Funeral services for Frank Wertzberger will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock standard time, from the home of his brother, Oeorg e Wertzberger, Jr., on Ninth street. Rev. L. * . Hessert of the German Reformed church will officiate. The death of the young man occurred yesterday afternoon at one o’clock. From tuberculosis.

BANKERS ELECT. At a district bankers' meeting at Huntington, officers were elected as follows: President, Frank H. Poole, Fort Wayne; secretary, E. X. Ehinger. Decatur. COURT ItOUSENEWS The Interurban Receivership Case Continued in Court During Vacation. AN APPEAL GRANTED In Opliger Case to Supreme Court—Judgment in the Fledderjohann Case.

The regular April term of court closed today. Court, however will be continued Into vacation, as the trial of the case of William H. Fuelling vs. The Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway company, for appointment of receiver, was purposely begun today that it might be taken up at various times during vacation. The September term of court will open Septem-' her 1. The matter submitted to the court was a portion of the evidence relating to the petition for the sale of the property. This was continued until Monday morning aL 9 o'clock. July 7, when it will be taken up again, or taken up from time to time as needed. A large number of intervening petitions was also filed today. The report of the sale of receiver’s cer<» cates as made by the receiver, was approved and the sale confirmed; the report by the receiver of claims allowed and disallowed, was also approved. By agreement in open court the time was extended to September 1 to all bondholders to file their several claims and intervening petitions.

The supreme court will now determine whether L. E. Opliger's plea : in abatement to the impeachment proceedings begun by the grand jury against him will stand. The appeal was granted the state this morning by the court, after the court overruled a mation for a new trial on the plea in abatement, which plea was sustained in the judge’s decision given Friday. Th e clerk was ordered to make a complete transcript of all proceedings had in court here. A judgment for $1,006.85 was rendered for Frank M. Schirmeyer, trustee, in his case against J. F. Lachot. The case of the Old Adams County Bank vs. W. H. Fledderjohann et al. on note and for foreclosure of mortgage, was submitted today. A def tree of foreclosure and order of sale

and distribution according to the several interests as set off, was ordered made, after the payment of costs. A finding of $3,864.12 for the plaintiff, against W. H. Fledderjohann, as a first lien, on the real estate, was entered. Other liens were found as follows: Second lien, Henry Dirkson, $2,172.39; third, Henry Gerke, $435.10; fourth, Martha E. Ahr, $589; fifth. William Fuelling, $4,918.62; sixth, W. H. Graham, $967.72; seventh, First National I Jink, $1,179.34; seventh, Minnie Prange, $408.54; eighth, Frank T. Boesel, $2,024.14. Other defendants wer e found to have no interest in the property.

The land In the Catherine Evans estate, as petitioned, was ordered sold at public sale, for not less than two-thirds of th e appraisement, after notice. Terms, one-third cash, onothird in one year and one-third in eighteen months. Upon default of Nora May Duer, a minor, John C. Moran was appointed guardian ad litem and answered. Albert Evans is admlinstrator of the estate. Judge D. D. Heller was appoint*! (Continued on Page 2)

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, June 14, 1913

A SPECIAL TRAIN Clover Leaf Issues Orders for an Extra Force from Bluffton Here on 26th. ——- FOR THE FIREMEN Have Been Promised Big Crowds Along Line and Will Care for Them.

The Clover Leaf railroad announces a special train from Bluffton to this city on Thusday, June 26th, on account of the Firemen’s convention. Agent Thompson here has received a copy of the letter from the general passenger agent to the superintendent showing that the train is to leave Bluffton at 8:30 in the morning, stopping at Craigville and Peterson and arriving here about nine o'clock. The order says that the company has been notified that the traction lines into Bluffton will have 100 passengers or more and that the Bluffton station will furnish from 200 to 300. It 13 also probable, says the letter, that the L. E. W. and the other roads will deliver a large number of passengers. Returning from here in the evening train number 5, will stop at all these poifits on that day, unless th e crowd justifies the returning of an extra train, which will be done. In other words the Clover Leaf is going to take care of the business and will do their share towards making the occasion a success. o —

PETITIONERS WIN Special Judge R. H. Hartford Decides for Petitioners in Big Ditch Case. OF GEO. GATES ET AL. Known as Blue Creek Ditch Remonstrators Have Insufficiency of Nineteen. The petitioners for the “big Blue Creek ditch" won out, the remonstrance having an insufficiency of nineteen persons. Such is the gist of the special findings of facts and conclusions of law filed in the Adams circuit court this morning by Hou. R. H. Hartford, of Portland, who has served as special judge in the case. The matter will now be referred to! the drainage commissioner and the big ditch will probably go through. The costs of the case are adjudged to the remonstrators. The ditch was petitioned for by George W. Gates et al., the petition covering 289 pages. Then came the remonstrance and then the hearing of the evidence in the case. The evidence in the case was finished just two years ago, the time required for the hearing of the same being seven weeks. The matter was taken under advisement by Judge Hartford, who found it a big task to go over the petitioners’ and remonstrators' names and sift out those eligible for such, this requiring two years. The total number of land owners affected, as named in the petition was 1,337. The total number affected, including those not named in the petition, was found to be 1,724. The number of names reduced was 272, these including sixty who were dead when the petition was filed, some who signed the petition twice, some who were nonresidents, etc. This reduced the total number affected to 1,452. The total number of remonstrators as given was 1,027. This number the judge reduced by seventy-eight, some of them having signed twice, one being of unsound mind, and a large number being infants not under guardianship. This reduced the total number of remonstrators to 949, which is nineteen less than the required two-thirds. The ditch is some ten or twelve miles long, and affects land in Monroe, Blue Creek, Et. Mary’s and French townships, this county, anti (Continued on Page 4)

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

FOR BIG TORUNAMENT. L. C. Helm of Decatur, secretary of th e Northeastern Indiana Volunteer Firemen’s association, was in the city yesterday in conference with members of the Ft. Wayne Electric works department on business pertaining to the annual tournament of the association, which is to take place at Decatur on June 28. Last night F. G. Duryea of the Fort Wayne Electric works department, who is on e of the officers of the association, went to Auburn on business connected with the tournament and on next Mondaynight Mr. Duryea and G. A. Rogge will go to Columbia City on a similar mis sion.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. ONE ~MAN FAIR Adds New Features—Gray Wolf, Badger and Some Baby Cpyotes HAVE BEEN ADDED To the Display — Dawley Farm Near Montpelier a Unique One. The Dawley "one man fair" which has attracted attention all over the country, promises to be better than ever this year. The Dawley farm, four miles northeast of Montpelier is stocked with animals of almost every description and many different breeds of tame birds and animals are kept on the farm Mr. Dawley was in Montpelier Saturday morning and to a Herald reporter made the statement that he hab added a gray wolf and a badger to his collection of wild animals. A female coyote has also become the mother of five cubs,-now about a week old, wnich are attracting much attention. The five youngsters are only half-wolf, their sire being a collie dog. Mr. Dawley is also experimenting with a cross between game chickens and Mongolian pheasants, but as yet is unable to determine whether or not the cross is successful. On the farm can be seen a pair of deer, raccons, oppossums, rabbits and hares of all kinds, wild and tame geese and ducks, pheasants and quails, and many other species of birds and beasts. The farm is a beautiful stretch of land, consisting of ninety acres, and the owner is always pleased to entertain visitors and show them the many wonders of the place.—Montpelier Herald.

RED LETTER DAY "" Rev. Robt. Ball Inaugurates Another Move to Increase the Attendance • AT SUNDAY SCHOOL Twenty Members of Church Assisting—Want Hundred and Twenty-five. Rev. Robert Ball of the Baptist church is booster, just a natural born one. He can't help It and he don't want to. He believes that if he builds up hie Sunday School, the church will build up Itself and, there is a world of argument in favor of that belief. Any way that is the system he is using and it is working out. When he came here the record for Sunday School attendance was eighty-nine. He began to boost and some weeks ago he Put on a Booster Day, the result being 123 in attendance. It has kept up, but now )Ftev. Ball wants to lay that record on the shelf by establishing a new one, so he has inaugurated a Red Letter Day for tomorrow. This week twenty members of the church have been doing missionary work and It is hoped that this day will excell the Booster Day, the goal desired being 125. They will have it too, for there is a spirit about such an effort that makes every one want to help.

SPICK AND SPAN Will be the Court House— Four Rooms Are Being Nicely Repapered. A NEW FLOOR Will be Laid in Treasurer's Office—Work in Charge of Mr. Stults. Everything about the coutr house will soon be in spick and span, "fine and dandy" shape for the summer vacation and the opening of court in the fall. A number of improvements are beinb made under the auspices of the custodian, James Stults, and four rooms of the court house will be things of greater beauty. Two of the rooms have already been repapered. These are the offices of Sheriff Durkin on the first floor and that of County Superintendent L. E. Opliger on the second. The sheriff’s office is papered in tan with a deep dado of red, while that of the county school superintendent is done in tan oat-meal, with a drop ceiling of steel. By. the first of the week, the work on the laying of the new floor in the treasurer’s office will be begun. This will then be covered with linoleum and the walls will be repapered. The jury room will also be papered. L. C. Annen is engaged to do the cori>enter work and Mr. Kenyon the paper hanging.

ARRESTED AGAIN Mrs. Emiline Pankhurst Won’t Get to Vote For Three More Years. CONGRATULATE HIM — On His Twenty-fifth Anniversary as Ruler of the German Empire. London, Eng., June 14—.(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mrs. Emiline Pank-| hurst was re-arrested today as she ; was preparing to attend the funeral of Miss Davison and without even al hearing was taken to jail to resume her three years sentence. There was i a demonstration partly sympathetic, wid partly hostile, all along the route of the funeral procession. The pro- | cession included 2,000 women march-1 ers. New York, N. Y., June 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The police today ■ secured no more information on the attack of "Birdy” Weber, the Rosen- : thal police graft witness, than when he was taken to the hospital last night. A rusty potatoe knife blade, six inches long and covered to the ( handle with blood was found today; near the scene of the attack. Weber's wound is not neccessarily fatal. — . — Berlin, Ger., June 14—(Special to | Daily Democrat) —From every quarter of the world the Kaiser today recelv-1 ed telegrams and cablegrams congratulating him on his twenty-fifth anniversary as ruler of the German empire. The empire was decorated in ' honor of the Kaiser. Tomorrow will j be given over almost wholly to refigous exercises. The Kaiser himself Is planning to preach to 50,000 troops. Manilla, P. 1., June 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Fierce fighting which has continued for three days with a total loss of fifteen dead or wounded on the American side, was expected to be ended today when the Americans would attack the Moros with a greater force. The natives are fighting with a fanatical bravery. o ■ — IS IMPROVING NICELY. Mrs. Charles Meyers, who has been seriously ill for the past two weeks, is reported to be improving nicely and will soon be on the safe road to complete recovery.

CRYSTAL AIR DOME Wifi be Thrown Open This Evening for the Season. — Will Parent, proprietor of the Crystal theater, announces that his big air-dome will be thrown open this evening for the season. Mr. Parent has just finished a number of improvements on this big open-air theater, and it will b 6 an ideal place for the ! amusement of moving pictureloving public during the hot season. The air-dome seats five hundred. Mr. | Parent has repainted th e fixtures, re-' wired it, and installed a large flaring arc light at the front, together with other improvements. The show this evening will include two dramas and a comedy, both being new and interesting. The public is cordially invited to attend. n OUR NATION’S FLAG Was Honored Today—Flag Day—Miss Anna Winnes An Enthusiast POSSESSES PICTURE Os Committee Designing the National Banner- -A Fine Picture. While the entire nation is doing honor to our country’s flag today on its birthday with special exercises | in many instances, there is probably i no mor e enthusiastic celebrant anywhere, than Miss Anna Winnes of this city.

As a part of the flag day decoratian at th e Winnes shoe store today, Miss Winnes displayed her valued picture showing the committee designing the first flag. The picture is entitled “Birth of Our Nation’s Flag.” The picture is that of the Betsy Ross home, at 239 Arch street, Philadelphia, in colonial days. In the picture is shown Betsy Ross, that famous woman to whom is given the honor of making the first flag. This was designed in 1776, and officially adopted June 14, 1777, just 136 years ago today. Also in the picture are represented Robert Morris and Hon. G. Ross, the committee, who accompanied by General George Washington, visited the Ross home on that eventful day, and with the suggestions of "that good lady, Betsy Ross, designed the flag that is destined to live forever. In th e picture the lady is shown seated at her work basket, in which are patches of red, white and blue, parts of which grew under her skillful fingers into the banner, wwhich she is holding, spread out on her lap. Her banner, however, had only thirteen stars and thirteen stripes, a star being added for each state added to the union later. Miss Winnes was given the picture in recognition of her services for the

protection of the Betsy Ross home in Philadelphia, and for the erection 1 of her memorial. There are only three • of its kind in the county. Miss Winnes visited the Betsy Ross home in Philadelphia several years ago, when • . the memorial movement was being i , started. She entered the njivement i and coming home succeeded in forming a club and helping raise funds ; for the purchase of the Ross home. The pictures were sent to the club organizers and as all casts were destroyed, only the originals will ever exist. . ■ o-_ — A MEAT MARKET OPENS. The White Front meat market, three doors vest of the Old Adams County bank, was opened this morning by the proprietors, Charles Battenberg, and Jacob Magley, who have been getting things in readiness the past week. The store has been rearranged and the fixtures repainted, and everything gotten into spick and span shape for the business. o — TO ENTER UNIVERSITY. Miss Fanny Firsinger went to Chicago today where she will enter a university for a summer special course. She was accompanied by her brother, M. A. Frsilnger. Miss Frisinger. who is a graduate of Indiana university, has been teacher of Latin in the city high school the past year and has been selected also for the ensuing year.

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NARROW ESCAPE From Death When Big Automobile Turns Turtle Into Ditch Last Night. ON WAY TO DANCE I — — Miss Leah Underwood, Well Known Here, Suffered Concussion of Brain. While endeavoring to pass another ear Friday evening on the country road enroute to the Friar's dance at Robinson park, and going at the speed of about thirty-five miles an hour, the big Auburn touring car driven by Chester Hinton of Fort Wayne, and containing Miss Esther Havens, daughter of Frank Havens; Fred D. Hoham, junior clerk at the First National bank, and Miss Leah Underwood, daughter of Attorney Homer C. Underwood, all of Fort Wayne, left the road and turned completely over, throwing out the occupants and smashing the machine to splinters. Another machine was directly in front of young Hinton, and not desiring to tak e its dust, he attempted to pass it, according to the story of a Decatur party, who was in a machine a short distance behind. He succeeded in getting around, but was unable to straighten the machine in the road, on account of the rate of speed which he was traveling, until the right wheels had gone over the edge of a little gulley on the right hand side of the w;d. This turned the car completely over, throwing the

| occupants out, and twisting the big I machine into a mass of iron and splinters. Miss Leah Vnderwood, the most seriously injured of the four, was thrown several feet to the front and right ot the car, and when picked up was unconscious. She was immediately put into another car and I rushed to Hope hospital, where it was found that she was suffering from a slight concussion of the brain, a broken arm, and a severe nervous shock. Miss Vnderwood is well known in this city, having visited here frequently with Miss Neva Brandyberry. Hinton and Miss Havens, both suffered sprained wrists and other minor injuries, while Hoham had a big gash cut in his forehead and a dislocated thumb, it is almost a iniracl e that the entire party was not killed outright and they owe their escape only to the fact that the top was down and that they were thrown out of the way of the heavy machine. o — I—- ■ FAVOR FREE MARRIAGES. Resolutions favoring eugenic mar- , riages were passed by fifty Protestant ministers of South Bend at the weekly meeting of the ministerial association. A campaign will be launched at once i with a view to inducing every minisi ter in the city to require the presentation of physical examination certitlI cates before any wedding. The next step contemplated by the association is the elimination of fees for wedding and burial services. Two of the most prominent members of the body have i announced they will work for the adoption of a resolution against all extra fees. Several supporters of the plan in previous meetings have char- } acterized the fees as “graft.” o

NOTICE, ODD FELLOWS! All members of the St. Mary's lodge, 1. O. O. F., and 'Rebekahs are requested to meet, at the lodge room at 1:30 p. m., June 15 for the.purpose of observing decoration day. Members having autos are requested to bring them and take the Rebekahs and old members to the cemetery to decorate the graves of deceased members. o ABOUT THE SICK. Dr. S. E. Kauffman of Monroville, who was called here Friday to s>-e Mrs. P. E. Melhls, found her not quite so well. The doctor was accompanied by his wife, daughter. Rose, son, Daniel, and Miss Feleden, who also called on Mrs. Miehls. Charles Kurber who is suffering from paralysis is much better and Is able to walk about his room again. L. C. Waring visited with friends at Fort Wayne last evening, returning on the last car.