Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1913 — Page 1

mjrolume XI. Number 199.

NOW NATIONAL I vice president pJeorge Wemhoff of This Elected by National Retail g monument dealers Boston ConventionCongratulations from Boston Editor. — the ,k,sr ' ol ' Hi"‘ national conv. n ' I "tfon nt the K'tail Monumental Deal , trs Association of America. at Liosi ton. Mass.. George Wemhoff, of the Has elected vice preshl-nt of the 4RSo. tatiou, which inclining both the; T’nit'd States and Canada. first wont of the election was rweived hist evening by Mr. Wemhoff | P|^i in a telegram, as follows: to our m-w vice! ’/President," from P ,G. Mcl-aiighlin.: oi the trade journal. "Granite, I . 'garble 1111,1 Bronze." published in Bos I C- J. Hughes of Bridgeport, Conn. /, V.’ho has served two years as vice ? succeeds F. P. Stewart, as president. Mr. Wemhoff is in line for the presidency in two years, as the Older of succession every two years I has i een the custom. The association is made up of mon I • omenta! dealers, sculptors, etc., and' gF has many famous men in its ranks, sol fcc that the honor conferred upon Mr 1 Wemhcff is a great one. It is no' doubt due in a great measure to his M snco-ss in securing state legislation beneficial to the dealers. Mr, Wenthoff is also secretary of the Indiana I association. On account of his work at present in erecting the Adams county soldiers t monument Mr. Wemhoff could not attend the national contention, his sis-1 ter, Miss Stella Wemhoff, going in hi. ' stead Today she and her sister, Miss! •Celeste, are with the monumental dealers on their trip to the quarries at Barre, Vermont. The next convention will probable ‘ be at Milwaukee. FIS IN ITnE — Five Generations Will be Represented at the Simmers Reunon. DECATUR FAMILIES Will be Attendants—Will be Held at Paulding, Ohio. September 6th. Five generations will he represented i the Simmers annual reunion, which .> ill he held September 6, in the ■ u belonging to tlie eldest mem b< > Mrs. '.. A. Simmers, setter known :. "Grandma" Simmers, near Pauhl • i", Ohio Grandma Simmers is nine t. y.-at's of age and will have an honor not uncord 'd to many. This is of havin'. v Ith her on this day her daughter, h . glanddaughter, her great grandson and her great-great grandson, all in i the direct Tin* of descendants. The greater number of these are well known lu e. having at one time resided in this county- Her daughter, is Mrs 1.. II Frank, mother of L. W Fiank of this city. The next in line 3 Jr. Mr*. Dora Brookin, wife of -Io Brool.in. of ArkanMb "ho. with hei son, John Brookiti and his two-year-old run Bert Brookin. complete the filth E * generation. Besides the L. W. Frank family of this citv who will attend. George Simnrn of the firm of Wilder & Simmers, ' meat dealers of West Monroe street, ■by who is a grandson of Mrs- L. A. Sim- . ' t»iers, will be at th.' reunionDEPUTY GAME WARDENS HERE • Deputy Game Warden R. D. Fl-tn Ring of Fort. Wayne and an assistant from Anderson have been here a day L oi two. While their business is un K. known, it is supposed they are here K investigation certain alleged viola |K'-- tions of the hunting and fishing law

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

TO REMODEL STORE. _____ ■ Work on Bernstein Front to Begin Next MondayWork on the remodeling of the | Studebaker building occupied by the 'i Bernstein store will begin Monday i lie trout will be handsomely rebuilt ■'nd will offer excellent display advanIme-. bcshles presenting a most attractive ap|H-aruuee otherwise. The iitram-e will he in the center as now, " ii the cement floor will slope gradually to the door. The front will be ■-imilar to those of the racket stores, ami the two display window departments being outbuilt, ami the two tides bounded With large Plate glass windows. Work is also in progress on the remod -ling of th 1 ? upper front of the j Imilding adjoining on the south, a l.irie bay-window being made. IN LINN GROVE vVill 1914 Meeting of the Eel River Christian Conference be Held. ; — HAS A NEW CHURCH And the Congregation is Well Able to Extend Hospitality. The convention of the Eel River 'conference of the Christian church losed at Kimmel, Indiana, with the election of Buena Vista, or Linn i Grove, Adams county for the confer-■ nee in 1914 This congregation has ' mst erected a new church and is es- > "etially fitted for the entertainment ■o r th“ conference guests. Wakarusa ; had entertained a bid for the meeting j but withdrew when Buena Vista sub- ' mitted its urgent invitation. Wakarusa had the convention six years ago and none ever had been held at Linn Grove. The conference this year was remarkable in point of enthusiasm end attendance and was favored with idea! weather during almost the en- J tire session. One ol the most important subjects discussed by the conference was, .'hall the church People Favor Constitutional Convention in Indiana?" The discussion was participated in by Ilei O. A. Harris, Rev- E. T. Spohn, C B. Kerschner. Mr. Whitelock. Samuel Frantz. Rev. W H. Sando and others and the conclusion was unanimously in favor of the convention for tile revision of the state constitution. 0 W. Whitelock of Huntington who is president of the conference, urged the necessity of "getting busy now in the selection of a suitable candidate' nd standing by him through the eon-. vention." ' An early and concerted effort to de-' -at the so-called liquor forces in the i lection of a delegate to the Indiana 1 constitutional convention was favored) as it was thought if they got together! now tlie church could be instrumental' m the selection not only of one. but ill these delegates. They are to be, chosen from no iioliticnl party and a) man must have only the names of 100 | friends to place him in nomination. . - "■■■ O' 11 ■ ' ■ ii i— RETURN FROM WINONADr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith and children r'turned today from an automo- : bile trip to Winona Lake. They visit-: ed there since Wednesday with Mrs.. Smith's brother. Professor .1. 11. Cline,! and family of Silver Lake. Mr. Cline is a teacher in the Winona summer school and with his family spends the summer there. They will return! to Silver Lake in a week or two to lie ready for tlie opening of tlie Silver Lake schools. The storm which struck here yesterday covered tlie district between here and Winona and evidences of the storm were found along the entire way In one place i a culvert, had been washed away and the Smiths were obliged to wait until It had been filled In with dirt before they could get across and continue their trip here, DECATUR CIRCUIT. preaching servl~’at Washington Saturday evening; Beulah, Sunday morning Quarterly meeting service at Mt. Pleasant Sunday, 3:00 p. m. Pastor present at Pleasant Valley Sunday evening. Quarterly conference nt Mt Pleasant. Monday, 2.?<> p. m. KARL THOMPSON, Pastor.

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PIRATE PLAYER BEING NAILED AT HOME PLATE. (Copyright bv International News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) Alter stealing two bases on the Xew York Giants Voix, the second biAeman of the Pittsburg Pirates, was finally nailed at the home plate as shown in this picture. It is evident that Voix was going at some speed down tlie third base line as lie slid a good many feet past the home plate as if on wheels. The camera snapped him while he was still traveling in this fashion. Voix. beside performing well in the base stealing line also performed well in the fielding and swatting line. He pulled some Eddie Collins stunts around second base and succeeded in batting .500 for the afternoon, getting four hits out of eight chances at bat. Tlie Giants, w.ho look more and more to being again the "Champs" of the Xational League, beat the Pirates two games yesterdav. The Philadelphia club lost to Chicago: consequently, the Giants are now enjoying a eomtortable lead of 10U, games o'er their nearest rivals, the Quakers.

TD FRATERNIZE Branches of the Mennonitc Church Met at Berne— To Unite for More AGGRESSIVE WORK New Institution at Bluffton. Ohio, to be Maintaind by All Branches. Berne, Ind, Aug 22—A hundred and fifty delegates of a half dozen different branches of the Mennonite denom-1 ’.nation in America met here in con- 1 vention for the first time in the history -of the denomination to take the final steps to fraternize Tlie bodies represented are the most numerous' in membership of the denomination ' ar-d include tlie old or American Men leonites, with a membership of about : twenty-five thousand: the Amish Men I nonites, about ten thousand: the De fenceless Mennonites, about five thousand: the central Illinois Mennonites. al out five thousand, and the Mennon ite Brethren in Christ, about five thou-: sand members. The American Mennonites are the oldest and from them most of the 1 others branched. They have a publishing house at Scottdale. Pa., which formerly was at Elkhart. The general conference. Mennonites, composed mostly of Swiss and German nation nifties, publish their papers here. They have several colleges in tills' country. Tlie Amish and Defenceless and Illinois Mennonites branched out train the Amish Mennonites. They are , most numerous in Pennsylvania. Maryi hind, Ohio and Illinois. The Mention ite Brethren in I'jirist tire a progressive branch which separated from tlie old conservative stock. All these branches have been taking up tlie more modern and aggressive : ; methods of the church and missionary ) work and a desire Is awakening in the younger generation to unite for more aggressive work. This summer a number of tlie most progressive m n of these various Mennonite branches have organized a new institution which is to lie maintained, not by one branch, as heretofore, but by all of them. Tlie new institution is to 1-e at Bluffton Ohio, where tlie central Mennonite college of the middle district of the general conference Mennonites has been maintained for thirteen years, and which Is now to be j merged into the new Institution ns a (Continued on Page 2)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, August 22, 1913.

SIX FEET OF ALFALFA For Season is Record Growth by Harve Clarkson Dorwin Farm. Harve Clark, on the Samantha Dorwin farm in Root township, is one of the banner alfalfa growers. This morning lie brought to town a sample ot liis third crop cutting of alfalfa, also a sample of the second cutting. The three cuttings make a total of about six feet growth of alfalfa this season. If the wet weather prevails a fourth cutting may be in order. The alfalfa is of tine quality. someWmll j When Fort Wayne Blues Meet the Shamrocks on Local Field Sunday. IS A FAST BUNCH Flayers Picked From Best Men on Two Ft. Wayne Teams Will be Here. When tlie Foil Wayne Blues meet: the Shamrocks on the local field next Sunday it will be a battle royal for supremacy. The Fort Wayne boys I will be heavily strengthened by some! ' of the best players on Hit- Fort Wayne ! White Sox one of th" fastest teams) I In this part of tlie state, and by some of their ov. n best players Tlie local boys however are always ready anil i willing to b‘i shown that there is any ' other team playing independent ball | , that can defeat them and it will take | some tall playing to do It. Beason, a new pitcher who was supposed to' | have played his initial game with the' I Shamrocks last Sunday, but for some ' I unaccountable reason failed to maki his appearance, has written that he will be here for the game this Sunday ■ without fall and will deliver the goods. —— AUTO BICYCLE COLLISION ■ • A foreign beet worker, riding on a bicycle from Third street past th' Schlickman feed yard, ran Into the Albeit Arnold automobile passing on Monroe street, and was thrown in such ' away that his hand was cut. but not ) seriously. The Arnold automobile was ■ going very slowly and is said to be not t. blame in any way for the occur , reime.

SUNDAY WEDDING Miss Fredericka Heuer Will Become Bride of Mr. Henry Franz OF FORT WAYNE ! Bride is Sister of Fred Heuer of This City—Both Well Known. An announcement that will be of much interest to the friends of the <oii|.le. is that of the wedding of Miss Fredericka. youngest daughter of Mr. 'end Mrs. Henry Heuer of Root township, to Mr. Henry Franz, a well known carpenter of Fort Wayne, son ol a prominent I nion township family. The wedding will he Sunday alter noon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of I the bride's parents, the Rev. L. W. Dornseif pastor of the Root township Lutheran church officiating. Tlie wedding which will be very quiet, with only the nearest members of both families present, will be a very pretty one. The bride wil be attended by ! the groom s sister. Miss Pauline Franz and tlie groom by the bride's brother. Theodore Heuer- The newly married couple will leave Sunday evening for. Fort Wayne where their cottage, on ; Organ street, awaits them. The bride is a sister of Fred Hfitier. the Decatur druggist, and made man' Decatur friends on the occasion 01 her several visits here. The groom is a business man of ability and worthy of the excellent lady he lias chosen as his bride. are Wimps Compared to Buildings in Foreign Cities Says State Fire Marshal OF OUR BUILDINGS Foreign Countries Reduce Fire Loss Through Proper Construction. In line with his efforts to bring about better construction of buildings in Indiana, the state tire marshal is mailing to his 1,500 assistants in Indiana a printed exerpt from a statement made by Richard Lieber of Indianapolis, showing -r.ow European cit- | ies reduce their fire losses through I | roller attention to construction, i The contrast between American and * European methods and results is : forcibly shown in a comparison of i Berlin, Germany, and Indianapolis I Berlin lias a population of more than . 2,000,0011. Indianapolis has 230,00 b Yet the fire loss in Indianapolis, a cording to Mr. Lieber's statement. Is almost twice that of Berlin. "Our cities m e so poorly built,". says Mr. Lieber, "that a lire may i spread throughout the building in ■ which it started and from it to other ‘ i property. A spei ini consular report, 1 of 1906 shows that in such foreign ' cilies as Havre, Rouen, Milan, Rome. Brussels, Antwerp. Ix'eds. Sheffield and Bristol, every lire in |Sim was. - confined to the building in which B J crglnated while In Dresden, l-lotenee ! and Vienna and oilier cities, eV' r.\ i lire was confined to the floor on which it originated." "In Vienna there is no ease known where the fire has extended beyond ' the building In which it originated This is prevented, the report says, b.\ the solidity of the buildings, by strict l lire regulations, and by a well train'd ; fir,' <|e| arlmcnt, the hitter consisting of five steam engines, but seldom cull , ixl Into action, and a large and suffi : dent number of hand engines "Os course we smile, hut we should ■ ! also know how much that smile cost us. The nv'Tßge loss of Boston is I i $2,009,000. The loss of the average , city of equal poimhition in Europe is $150.0011. Indianapolis, which, by the way, was lowest in the list of : cities of over 200.0 ml inhabitants, has almost twice as much annual fire loss as Berlin Other citiesx.ro. of course, . far worse, but nil of them have this | (Continued on Page 2)

) GOING TO EUROPE. Dr. C- C- Rayl of Monroe Will Take Course in Surgery. _____ I Dr. C. C. Ravi of Monro -is prepar j mg to go to Europe where he will take] prolonged course in surgery. In I preparation to go he is offering his I beautiful and finely located residence iin Monroe lor sale. Dr. Ray! Is secJ retary of the Adams County Medical . association mid has bim associated : with Dr. M. F. Parrish in practice In | Monroe ,‘or a number of years * j “ *•' - — —O — ■ 8080 CIRCUIT. Regular service at Pleasant yillsj i Sunday nt |0:::o a. m. Quarterly meet | int> at Mt. Hope at p. m. Quarter-1 v conference at same place at lb:rto ia. m. Monday. Social at Pleasant ! ', Mills Saturday evening. -I. O. IIOi'HSTEDI.ER. Pastor HID IN CLOSET Little Marker Mount Frightens Parents for a Good Half Hour. AND DEMONSTRATED That Henceforth the Powers of Darkness Will Have No Fears for Him. ■ While his uarents, George Mount, manager of the Indiana Lighting coini'any's local office, and wife, were near ' ' ly frantic after a hauls-hour's unavailing search this morning for their lit ly frantic after a hait-hour's unavailMarker Mount, who had mysterious!' j disappeared, the little boy was standing safe and snug in a dark, closet. 1 where he had crawled from bed re solved to have some fun by hiding I from his mamma. The little hid has l-iov- n without a doubt, however.' that henceforth the powers of dark-; ness have no ferns for him, and if ; ny punishment is m-ted out to him . I it must take some other . form than that of a dark closet I The little boy slept late this morn ■ ing and was snug in bed when Mrs , dount went upstairs at S o'clock to', . make her toilet lor the day. Whib j coml ing her hair she heard a nois< below but thought it was the mail I man. When she went down a lev. i moments later she found the little boy missing, and th- bed clothes I turned back as he left them crawling I from the bed. She called am! search ' ed the entire house, but did not find the boy, who had evidently disappeat ed in his night cloth's Every room i | in the house except a large pars < loft was searched This closet was one in which a few day; ago Mrs. Mount, had confin'd the hoy for a short while - to punish him. As he seemed then Io be much afraid of th-■ dark and the I closet, she thought it impossible that j he would b" in there and did not , search there this morning. The, premises about the house were also' search' ll with the assistance o; ■ I the neighbors, but without avail.; Fearing that gypsies might have tak - ' i en tlie boy, or that something awful a i bad I ’fallen him. Mrs Mount, aftet'iu a half hour called her husband home t . i com the office. , t ; When li.- arilv'd horn ■ lie l.egan i whistling to the little boy and th y , '.ii'' astonish'd to have Hie little! i ■ chap answer Who, who!" from the! j depths of tlie dark dos t. He pres | ently emerged, laughing, saving, ."I I ( was only hiding from mamma," Like little Eppte in George Elliot's ; , "Silas Marner," he hits demonstrated ■ \ that thing: us"d as pi.urishment, are > sometimes great fun, and Hie closet! , I has lost its terrors for him. BOLINGER BABE DEAD. At tin home in Ft. Wayne at I ) o'elo'.k Thursday morning, on urr'd , the deatli of, Beulah, the four year obi daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ho j linger. Death was due to diphtheria j 'I he little s:rl war, tlie only child in tlie family and her death brings nim h ' grief to the parents anil relative: The body was taken to Bluffton yes ! teTilay nlt'.rnooii and burial win. made |in Fairview cemetery. Relative! lii tug near Cratgville were in the city to meet the cortege Clem Bolinger of Craigville, is the grandfather of tl.e child. The Bolinger family were : i ifsldents of Wells county several t years ago | <

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STRIKE RUMOR STILL HEARD Unless Second Demand ot Interurban Trainmen is Given a Hearing. A SUICIDE PACT Results in the Death of Two Young People at Indianapolis Last Night. il’iiitod ? , r< -»s Service) TihHji napuliH, ird., 22— ini to Daily D-mm ran-Rumorr. ol a I strike on -HI Hie interurban lines in I Indiana tommniw morning at 4 - h i lock were again heard today in tlie | <’:fference between th- newly organiz- ! ed conductors and motormen's union j end the roads over higher wages and lett- r working conditions. The ;ut lon -let:::inds hut- b*‘en |:re<rmle,| for the second time am! it is said that they have bean notified that if tin y <lo not make some arranr.ement to meet tlie grievance committee tie strike will be ordered The union leaders today declar'd that tliev have between Bve and six hundred trainmen who have agreed to walk out. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Aug. 22 — (Special to Daily Demof-ratl-—A positive promise that lie will not he tt;rnetl over to the Xew York authoriti s was made to Harry Thaw today by Ills attorneys after their return from Ottawa. Thaw was plainly told that wluthe he would be r turned to th" United States as an undesirable alien, o- given «S iiours to leave Canada v."lk nor decided, but Thaw's lawyers claim they have positive assurance that lie will not be turned over to the New York authorities. His brother-in-law, Giorge Carnegie, left for Xew York Inst nightIndianapolis. Aug. 22—Embracing each other, Roy Cress, aged 22. was found dead early today with MrsGrace Stewari, also aged 22, in liis room. They had tak'n poison in a (Contlnu' <1 on Cage 2) AfWESfyNTTY Adams County People Visit With Mark Yager and Jesse Rupp FORM ER Y OF BERNE Have Large Grain Elevator —Automobile Trip Was Enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. I.- L Yager and son, their mother, Mrs. Leim Yager, and Mrs. Elizabeth Ellenl" rger of Berre, ami sister, Mrs. .1. C. Moran and children, Maigaret and Richard, of Decatur returned last night from a. trip in Hie 1.. 1.. Yager automobile to West l nlty, Ohio, a nlnetv-mllc one-way drive. They visited with Mr. Yager's brother. Mark Yar.'-r. foiniirlv of Rente, who. with Jesse Rupp, own a hirg" grain elevator there and are doing "ell- They moved to West Fully from Horne in Hie past year. The party also visited st tlie Rupp home. Tlie automobile pint-, left here last Tuesiinv and return«d last ev.nlng. having had a most delightful trip Enroute home thev wore caughi in only u vi ly small shower and wore obliged to take shelter in a farm house. As they need Van W erl,. Ohio, Thnrsuny evening, wh-re it hart i>e n so very dry for many weeks signs of a heavy rain becam eapparetit. Between ' this citv and Van Weft there were eviI ilettces of Hi< very heavy rain of i Thursday afternoon, and water was I standing In very plenteous quantities Itn the road. There was. how ver, j much rejoicing o'er the rnitib that I roke a drought of long standing from many along the wav. Gladys McMillen of I’linsaiit Mills was in the city todav visiting with relatives. She returned to her home this morning a« coinpanied by hi r cousin, Miss Mary Erwin,