Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 146, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1913 — Page 1

Voulme XI. Number 146.

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY Will Occur the Firemen’s Convention, Biggest Event Ever Held Here. PRIZES ARE OFFERED For the Best Decorated Business House and Residence on Line of March. one week from today will be the biggest event in Decatur' history. It is the occasion of the district co:t vention ot volunteer firemen, and a' crowd of 15,000 will be here to celebrate th e occasion. Arrangements are being completed to take care of the crowd and you are | moat cordially invited to com e and participate. The boys have worked hard and they should have your cooperation. Th e program includes many events' of interest, contests, band concerts, I a parade two miles long with twenty; iO thirty bands, tree street attractions ( with the famous Tyrones as leaders, a big time from early morning until late at night. Such events put us on the mar Ev- ‘ ery good town now and then turns' its streets over to visitors. Let’s be hospitable. Let's greet every stranger in a manner so sincere that he will know we are glad he came. Let's join the boys for one day of real good fellowship and everybody have a ripping good time l At a recent meeting the local com- I ■ I ‘ -a prize of (5.00, | for the best decorated business frort i and 13.00 for the second;' also a prize* of »t oo tor the best decorated resi-j 1 deuce along the line of march and |3.fo for the second. Get busy now. 1 The prizes offered for the best decor- ■ ated automoble will appear in another column, 515.00 being offered. Money ' end work have not been spared to ' make this as advertised a day of alii 1 days in old Decatur. Dunkirk has sent word that they are ' coming with the entire company, 8 (Continued on Page 3)

ANNUAL PICNIC St. Peters Church Will Hold Childrens' Day Celebration Next Sunday IN THE GERKE GROVE Five and One Half Miles North East of City—Big Program Is Arranged. The big annual picnic of the St. Peters church in Root township, known as the Fuelling church picnic, will bo hold next Sunday afternoon end preparations for a most delight-; ful time are being made The event Wil! occur In the Herman Gerke wood a spot just made for such an affair nnd the public la Invited to participate. A good program has been planned and the young people of the church are now practising for the occasion. Music will be furnished by the Concordia college military band, one of the best in Fort Wayne, assuring all those who go a real entertainment in the music line. There will be the program and various gaim s of amusement to make the hours pa - in away that Is sure to please yo 1 Rev. L. W. Dornseif is the pastor 01 the church and P. W. Dorn is the teacher. T|pn Gerke woods are located five and one half miles north east ot the city. If you wish to enjt y th afternoon join the crowd. - notice to the k. of p All members are requested to be present this evening when third deRHse wor ktlH be given. It's hot bat the Home is comfortable and you should attend this meeting.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT — — “DECATUR CAM AND WILL”

VACCINATION FOR TYPHOID. The state board of health is sending out bulletins showing the remark ' able results following the use of ty-pho-bacteria, commonly known as tyI Plioid vaccine, through the use of ■ which it is claimed typhoid fever can I be proven*ed. The state authorities ; urge that all people be vaccinated by their physicians claiming that statistics prove th e value of the vaccination which immunizes all those who come in contact with the disease, or who resides or travels n typhoid-in-fected districts. A DOG'S OBJECTION TO THE CITV. 1 Tn the July American Magazine apI nears a dog story by Don Marquis in | which a dog is mad e to say; “A city dog ain't a real dog; he's either an i outcast under suspicion of the police, I or a mamma's pet with ribbons tied I around his neck. ‘Y'ou can't tell me. I know. A country town with plenty of boys in it,! land a creek or river near-by, is the; I only place for a dog.” DECATUR GUESTS Attended Wedding of Lucile Locke, Former Decatur Girl, a?id W. W. Rogers. ON LAST EVENING At Bluffton Home—Decatur Friends Witness Beautiful Ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray mo-1 tored to Bluffton last evening where! they attended the wedding of M'ssJ Lucile I.ccke, daughter of Mr. and' Mrs. Del Locke, who were former pro ' prietors of the Burt house, this city.' The groom is W. W. Rogers, cashier of the Studabaker bank, a son of, Mrs. Maria Rogers. The ceremony was solemnized at 8 o'clock in the private parlors of the 1 Uss hotel, by the Rev. F. J. Simmons and the Rev. E. J. Paulson, in the presence of many guests. The decorations were very beautiful, being carried out with smilax and baskets of: roses, suspended in the archways,' while the ceremony itself took place

in the bay window, under a wedding I.ell of white roses with smilax suspensicns. I The bride's brother, Leon Lock', was best man, while Miss Edith Trout. I her cousin, was bridesmaid. Little Dobby Rogers, son of the groom, was ring bearer. A reception was then given. Refreshments were served by the Boa Ton club, and coffee was poured by Mrs. Ellen Dailey and Mrs. Simmons. The couple left on a trip, but did not announce their itinerary. They will reside in Bluffton. The bride was one of the teachers In the Bluffton schools. She is musical. and was a member of the entertainers' 1 and that gave the program for the Shakespeare club here recently nnd is well known to Decatur people. Mrs. Dick Wallace of Decatur and Mrs. Ha'rry Deam of Chicago were also guests. o WHITE SLAVE EVIL PORTRAYED. Special Pictures to he Shown at the Rex Tonight. The white slave traffic has become national in its scope and the United States government and the government of many of the states are taking action looking to its elimination. It Is one of the commercialized forms of vice that every community has to fight against. The frightful horrors of the traffic and the dangers it spreads in every community need to be recognized by everybody who is concerned about the welfare of the young. The pictures that are being shown at the Rex theater are giving the people of Decatur a realistic Insight into the of the traffic and should be seen by every one interested In the protection of young womanhood and the sanctity of the home. prof. Waiter James Neal will lecture, on the subject In connection with the moving picture exhibltion and offer for sale at the close of his lecture a book fully describing the widespread character of the evil and the measures that are being used lor Its suppression.

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday Evening, June 19, 1913.

i , '■ c i 1 U 'I ' -1 W ‘ F < * '■ Ww' ■ ' • - ' L. .■./a ; ■*: -.iTHE MAN TO WHOM AMERICA OWES ITS POLO VICTORY. 'Copyright by International News Service; supplied by the rocess ElectroCorporation, N. Y.) L. E. Stoddard, who was put in the game as a substitute at the eleventh hour .and proved to be America’s mainstay. One oi th p sprprises of the second and final International game for the I-010 championship between England and America, concluded in New York last week, was the remarkable playing of L. E. Stoddard, who substituted tor Monte Waterbury, one of the famous "big four,” who was injured in the tirst game. Stoddard made four of the goals mad e by America and all through the game rode his mount and handled his mallet with such skill that he established a reputation for himself that will go down into sporting annals as some of the most remarkable playing In the history of polo.

OLDEST SENATOR'S BIRTHDAY. ' Washington, June 18—" Uncle Ike" Stephenson, the eldest member of the United States senate, and by far the] richest, today celebrated his eightyfourth birthday. The aged multi-mil-lionaire solon received congratulations from many friends, including fose ol his colleagues In the senate and admirers in Wisconsin,' f his adopted j state. Senator Stephenson was born ' in New Brunswick, June 18, 1829. From assistant cook in a lumber camp at the age of eleven years, to a multimillionaire senator, is the aged statesman's record. In the early days he was known as one of the best lumber jacks in camp, and he never lost ar. opportunity to make small investments with the meager salary. Farms and mines are Senator Stephenson's specialties. Senator Shelby Cullom is almost as old as Senator Stephenson. He will be eighty-three in November. HAS NEW POTATOES John Kiracofe, Bookkeeper for the Smith & Bell Office, is CHAMPION GARDENER Also Has New Beets for Use —Grown in His Own Garden.

Although he does not make a specialty of the business, and Indulges in it onlv as a tide line, John Klracofe I ii.>kt< • tor " • Smith & I if flee, can well be called one of the (hampion gardeners of the city. Although less than two-thirds of June has passed into history, Mr. Klracofe and family are regaling themselves on new potatoes J raised this year la their own garden. The potatoes are of good size, and excellent quality, and when new potatoes arc selling at forty cents a peck, as thej are mw, are quite an item in reducing ti e household expenses. They do have fine new’ beets ftotr their own garden. Not only is Ho plot confined to vegetation that include the necessities of life, but flowers are also given culture. The flow-’ era are doing just as well as vegetables and the sweet peas are a mass of luxuriant bloom. Mr. Klracofe believes In, civic and domestic improvement which at the same time, provides the proper kind of exercise after . a day of confinement in the office.

GIVEN A SHOCK Dr. H. E. Keller Was Struck by Lightning Enroute to Renssalaer TO COMMENCEMENT Thumb Badly Burned—Got Caught in an Electrical Storm Enroute. Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Keller and son, Raymond, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben 1 Smith and son, Elmo, returned last evening from Rensselaer, after attending the commencement exercises of 1 the college of which th e sons are students. The round trip of 30i) miles was made j in the Keller automobile without accident or anything to mar the pleasure except that incurred in au electrical storm enroute there, in which Dr. Keller was shocked by a stroke of lightj ning, his right thumb bding badly I burned, through the heavy glove he 1 wore. They left here at 2:20 Tuesday morning and made the trip all right to a point eight miles west of Hunting , ton, when the electrical and rain storm came up. Dr. Keller and Mr. Smith got out to put on the side cur- ’ tains, and while Mr. Smith held them, Dr. Keller was engaged in pressing the buttons over the caps on the iron frame. Suddenly the lightning Hashed

aud Dr. Keller felt a severe shock in his right hand. Removing the glove he looked at his thumb, and it was badly burned by the lightning. Th e Brown lann house was nearby and the family called the travelers into the home for shelter. The Brown fami ily had been sitting at the table eating breakfast when the storm was in progress, and one of the men of the family experienced a shock and the tingi ling of his fingers during the same stroke of lightning that struck Dr. Keller. Some rain was experienced during the rest of the first ninety miles’ stretch, but the remainder of the way was found dry, much to the detriment of the crops. The class play of the college was giv 0 nTuesday evening, and the commencement proper, Wednesday morning. Enroute home Dr. Keller stopped with relatives a tMonterey and Winamac, and then proceeded home. They were accompanied to Decatur by Michael Hemert and famly and Father Ernst, in their automobile, enroute to their home at Celina, Ohio, they leaving here at 9:39 last even- , ing. A Hemert boy Is also a student at Rensselaer.

TO GREAT BEYOND Mrs. Elmina Railing Passes Away This Morning at Home of Daughter MRS. JOHN W. VAIL Death Caused by Complications, Superinduced by Old Age. With the assurance of having endeavored to live a lite such as the Master would desire, full of loving deeds and kind acts, and having devoted herself to the work of God Almighty, the angel of death stood in the presence of Mrs. Elmina Railing early this morning and accompanied her sot.l to that eternal home that knows of no earthly pains or sorrow. Mrs. Railing was probably one of the best known women in Adams county,] having lived here for the past sixtyone years, and devoting her life to the comforts and help of those in need. Mrs. Railing was born in Starke county, Ohio, September 17, 1830, and was the daughter of John and Christena Kern. In December, 1852, the Kern family moved from Ohio to Adams county, purchasing a farm near the Salem church. In 1863 she was united in marriage to Daniel Railing, their period of married life being a remarkable one, they having lived happily together for fifty-eight years, five months and eighteen days, in 1874 Mr. and Mrs. Railing moved to this city, and have made this their home ever since. Mst October, ow ing to their advanced age it was decided best that they give up house keeping and live with their daughter, Mrs. John Vail, and at whose home! Mrs. Railing gave her soul to the, keeping of the Father. Two children besides the husband survive to mourn the loss of a kind and loving mother, they being Mrs. J. <W. Vail and Mrs. B. J. Rice, one son having preceded her in infancy. Mrs. Railing was the second oldest of a family of nine children, two of whom, a sister, Mrs. Sarah Mase of Ohio, and a brother. Wash 13-rn of this county, still living On February 17 of this year she suffered a stroke of paralysis, which, I owing to her age, it was thought she would be able to withstand. She re- ■ covered from this, however, and seemed to be in better health. Com-1 plications set in which caused her • (Continued on Page 4)

DR. ZEIIR MARRIED Former Decatur High School Boy Claims Ft. Wayne Girl as Bride. ON LAST EVENING Son of Michael Zehr—Has Been Located in Fort Wayne Four Years. Decatur and Adams county friends will receive with pleasure the announcement of the marriage of Dr. Noah Zshr, formerly of Berne, now oi Fort Wayne, ins marriage took place last evening at 6 o'clock in Fort Wayne toMiss' Rhea Barnhill, the Rev. Folsom officiating in the church parlors. The marriage was very quiet on account of the Illness of the bride's mother, Mrs. Ella J. Barnhill, of Hanna street. Miss Barnhill was graduated a few years ago from the Columbia School of Expression in Chicago. The groom is a son of Michael Zehr of Berne anti has resided in Fort Wayne for about four years, having a splendid practice. He was a former student of the Deca tur high school, received an A. B. degree at the state college at Indianapolis, and his M. I), degrees at the Western Reserve Medical university at Cleveland. He is also a member of Phi Rho Sigma fraternity. They will be at home to their many friends in Fort Wayne after the second of July in an apartment at 319 West Williams street.

j GREENE CO. BIRTHDAY DINNER Last Sunday was Mrs. Frank Gilpen’s thirty-eighth birthday anniversary, and about one hundred o f hetfriends gathered at her beautiful home two miles east of Bloomfield to remind her of the occasion. There was a baptismal service near that place and it was arranged for her to go there while others gathered at her home to prepare dinner. After the services at the water quite a crowd accompanied Mrs. Gilpen home. To say that she was surprised is putting it mildly. Ther ■ was a large table spread in the spac-l ious yard and th e guests sat down to one of the finest dinners ever spread in Richland township. The menu included everything that anybody ever heard of that is good to eat. Those from a distance were Mrs. Ed Wilson, Terre Haute; Mr. and Mrs. Charles DeFree and Mrs. Ervin Ray of Northampton. The day was too soon spent and the guests departed for their homes after wishing Mrs. Gilpen many more happy birthdays. ONE WHO WAS THERE. ■ O. ' u

SHORT SERVICE Will be Held at Maplewood Cemetery Thursday Afternoon for Noel Gentis. WILL ARRIVE HERE About 3:30 O’clock from Linn Grove — Funeral There in Morning. The many Decatur people who deeply sympathize with the Gentis family nt tne death of their only son.! Noel, who was drowned at Linn Grove; Tuesday evening, . w;il be interested in hearing that a short service will I be held at Maplewood cemetery, this city, tomorrow afternoon; A double funeral service will be! held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the Linn Grove Evangelical church for Noel and for his cousin, Roscoe Nussbaum, who met death with him. j The Nussbaum boy will be buried in ■ I.inn Grove, but the Gentis child will l be brought here. The funeral party will leave Linn j Grove in automobiles at 2 o'clock and expect to arrive at the Decatur cemetery by 3:30 o’clock. A short service will be conducted at the grave by the' Rev. I.ove df the United Brethren’ church. COURT HOUSE NEWS. The board ol review this morning took up the mortgage exemptions.' The total number is not yet known but it is thought safe to say they run up to a thousand, more or less. It is thought the- number is about the same as was filed last year probably a little larger. Hartford townshin complaints will be heard tomorrow. County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke is spending today at his farm picking i cherries, Licensed to wed: Elton Roth, painter and decorator, of Berne, born November 27, 1891 son of John Roth, to wed Emma Scherrer, of Berne, machine operator in the knitting■ works, daughter of Peter Scherer, born February 7, 1888.

T I 1 A marriage license was also Issued to Robert N. McDowell, barber, of ’ Bluffton, born July 3, 1893, son of I Erastus B. McDowell, to wed Zel-1 pha Hrandyberry, born June 8, 1895. daughter of Mathias Brandyberry. The couple were married just before noon by the Rev. R. N. Ball. Licensed to wed: 1 Ixtuis Rice, -drug gist, born February IS, 1881, son of Joseph Rice, to wed Lillian Harris,’ born March 30, 1888, daughter of .lor,- ! eph G. Harris. o FUELLING PICNIC. Preparations are under way for a big country picnic given by the Fuelling family near the Fuelling church on Sunday June 22. An invitation iextendcd to everyone to attend and a good time will be shown you. Just a few’ hours drive to the picnic grounds. o . Charles Helm and Henry Dellinger have returned from Defiance, Ohio, where they attended the firemen's convention. They report a big time.

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WALTERS--WRIGHT Wedding of Miss Helen Walters and Mr. Asa W right—Solemnized AT DELAWARE, OHIO Bride’s Grandmother, Mrs. Belinda Dorwin of This City Attended. Decatur people will be interested in the following account from a Delaware, Ohio, paper of the marriage of Miss Helen Walters, a former Decatur girl, residing the past few years with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. John Walters at Delaware, where she attended the Ohio Wesleyan university: At St. Peter's Episcopal church,

: Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, Rev. I A. C. Jones offi<|jited at the marriage | of Miss Helen Z. Walters and Mr. Asa jO. \\ right. Tlte bride was formerly ‘ an Ohio Wesleyan student, class of 1915, and th e bride-groom, now with the Southern Express Company at Chattanooga, Tenn., would have graduated in 1914. Attending the contracting parties I wore Miss Marguerite Walters, sister, I as matron of honor, and Mr. Floyd I Kerwood of Pleasantville, Ohio, as best man. The bridesmaids were Misses Dorothy Walters, Elizabeth Hester. Mildred Humphrey, Charlotte Weaver, Verna Hillard and Opechce Johnson. Ushers were the Messrs. B. F. Young, M. M French. H. M. Magee and W. B. McCullough. Miss Abbie Jones played the Mendelssohn wedding march and the weste<l choir of six young women sang very appropriately. The bride wore I white mull, and a wedding veil was ! very becoming. Pink and white were i the predominating colors in the church ; decorations, as well as at the Walte-s home on West Fountain avenue where | a reception was held for 50 friends. During tlje reception the bride and bridegroom slipped away for an extended wedding trip, and after July Ist ‘ they will be at home in Chattanooga, i The bride of Wednesday evening Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. i Walters of Delaware. The brlde- . groom at one time lived in Logan, and I they will visit his relatives there d r- | ing their honeymoon. He was a mera*Ccr‘ nued on Page 4) . o-.. ■ . MRS. IRELAND DEAD Wife of John Ireland. Residing on State Line. Succumbs to Heart Failure. HAS DAUGHTER HERE Was Mother of Mrs. Floyd Merryman—Funeral Will be Held Friday. Mrs. Mary Ireland, aged about fiftysix, wife of John Ireland, residing in ' Mercer county, Ohio, just across the state line front Blue Creek township, , died Wednesday noon. Death was

caused by heart trouble and she had been ailing for some time. Mrs. Ireland is well known to Adams county people and is highly e;• teemed. Her maiden name was Mary Smitley, Besides the husband she leaves th n following children: Mrs. I<m Sl;o, Mrs. Addle Sipe. Blue Creek township; Mrs. Dan Shank, Rockford, ().; ! Mrs. Floyd Merryman, Decatur; Mrs. i Nellie Ray, Blue Creek township; : Charles, of Michigan, and John, of .1 >f- ’ ferson township: Bert of Blue Creek I township, and Zeklu, at home. I The funeral will be Friday at the I Aft. Hope church in Blue Creek township. WEDDING. Robert N. McDowell. it young man engaged in the barber business at Bluffton, and Miss Zelpha Brandyberry were married at the Baptist parsonage by the Rev. Ball this morning at an early hour. The young people 3 will go to house keeping nt once iu Bluffton. Their many friends w'-.?. them a happy journey through life.