Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1913 — Page 1

| Volume XI. Number 211.

A FINE SERVICE Laying of Corner stone of Adams County’s SIO,OOO Monument. FOR P.RAVE SOLDIERS impressive Ceremony Car- [ ried Out With Program as Announced. — S.N<»i a thing occurred 1,, m:ir n,.- im 1 .gjSBJBS: i'''H< SS 1111,1 ,l "' |Hi-iir „ (S eXecdst-H attendini the laying <n th nil- .Vdcilus county's »lu.-i OWIt Hlouuuielit to its Incite soldi, - Sltlch were eariL ,| old -day ;l | ( ■’ o chick io Sain Henry; MIMNHMk No. 62. el the Indiana Grund I '■ Arun ol the lii-piiiflii . The program - 00 KSotinced la- ; week was car: ■ ,! *' out I'nlly in every detail. ■ More visitors Wt>r< present than the-®S-clty has seen in many a we.-k. ami the I Hf «Wt hwi- V " : ‘ l Wi,!i "' th SI " ' : tutors and uuditors L The -lia.se ul‘ ihf moHiiin nt wiiit ’nj d K< M, d idra ol th. size of th. ! lit H lie!) i oni |i ,• t oil, W;ls thpl HBbril’iti pla-e thus, partici I wen* i'oii>i;hlp I*. W I BtM'Bholt.. uUu> uas appoint <1 by CoinJ I-- Btamler F F. Free h to pr.-side. play-1 *. cd Ills part well and was in charge j p r . Ol the exercises that followed th-•A-Wlarcli of the G. A R. and W. It ( . - from the hall to the grounds, to mat-. : tic! music furnish d by a drum cor sj ? comprising Dr .1 Q. Neptune, John I ' Christen and Hen Pillars A prettvl •feature of the parade were the W. It ” Lair color b« ar< ,- f, <>i whom : ixtre a lari silken flag, these being! ltf"T Ones ttsed tor the hist time. Theguard of honci included II S. Fort flag, .1. \\ Kd wards. I.i 1-v Elzey.l EJU-sM’ilMaut Wetter, John B. Jolies The) [ carried arms and took part lit c -r WpS' the aei c'lc e In tlie unlurlmg of tin L flag A male quartet, comprising Dr. J. t Q. Neptune. Ilan Beery. Henry !)«•!-1 ?' Unger and Jonas Trinh. sang sev.rali patriotic songs during the syrtices, including “America," “Star Spang $,-d Bannei.' and "The Battle Hyntiii of the Republic.' The exercises proper were opened' \ Uh a short gpeech by Mayor Judson- ' Vi’. Toepie in which he expressed hi.- ; ' nDiiFKlatioii of tlie noidiers and hh . f-inipathv with th? for the. < r?» tton of th<* monument in perpet * . Itaj recognition of their services dm i-i- the lute war tor tlie detent of out | tL board of commissioners. in i I i Lit. but appropriate npeet-h. tume< > rlei to th? |x>Kt the monument f<» , tit* < <>rn« Tbtom laying, in the follow • »♦ words L Commander. Soldiers and Vet. > , Ln«: I-As preaident of the board of con I I Lingers and on Whalt of th. eu till people of Adami county, it a yl'Xumnnt for the pm pose . ■ th.-J ■l&Lmony of laving the eorimrstone. j the hope that when this menioi | i feS! tend a Scripture Bison, mi I ..M.ilh quart rmaater T. It Mnll»ne. I >l,: “'J ’’ h ‘ l‘ c,X Mnn *'l denied the ,n ‘° Stets-and the eoc nerrtc-no-l.i> Ing l> ... Mitldhiu! y.m fllllsh-d ( |(tz ()l| £= ' ■ 1 Votintr Alb' l " ■ ‘ .ti to natkhix from I rri'nuut-'«>- , -' ,, ' ! ' h,,ir rl '*?* ll, | 1 ’ ’'f' tb'lr' bor-s«s. nccetrted eonntv -until I** ctim|l‘ ,, ' n * • HEtWhlill Wdl (*|i tp « Hh..tn Jnahua H Parrlih. * • HE, 1 ;* ,i nmnun’oe* 1,,! crod ainund tn ■B h-vochl ar. ■l. Wbing ‘hole of th I nf monument Ann'i l.anian l A rhe

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-tone vault contain u complete record o' the movement for the erection ol I' l ' l monuim-nt and the names ol loose by whom, and for whom, the l 1 -ovement whs started and carried i out as follows: Cornerstone Deposit. I.lst ol charter m.emlieis. date ol j organization, by whom mustered, and name ol first c ommander of Sum Hen- ■ 1 Post, No. 63, Grand Army of the ; P' public, Ifepartment of Indiana, aa - follows: 'tarn Henry Post, No. 6:1. was organ ied on the thirl ~nth day of Fehrtl ary, iss:;, and euarter members were ii'iisic-red in by t'omrmle Robert S. ißbertson, el' Fort Wayne. The first post commander was Henry H. Hart. (Continued on Page 4) QUIETLY MfIRfHED Nuptials of Martin Heckman and Miss Caroline Wiegmann Witnessed ONLY BY RELATIVES Ceremony by Rev. Preuss— To Reside in New House on Heckman Farm. With only tlie members of the im- ! medhite families present, the wedi 'lk g of Martin Heckman, son ot i Henry Hec kman, of near St. John's. I :.t d Miss Caroline Wiegmann, daugh- ( ter of Carl Weigmann, of Frledheim, ;-s a c quiet one Saturday evening at 7 o'clock. The ceremony was i iier'ormed at the parsonage of tlie , Rei Pre ciss, pastor of the Friedheim i German Lutheran church. Ther> were | ’co attendants, tlie couple standing ■h ne Tlie lu ide wore a very pretty land becoming frock of white crepe <»e chine, tastefully made. \t eight o'clock the members of both famillec i served a dinner at the Wieg maun he me. The table decoration!- >■ i r carried out simply but richly with flowers, the bridal table having c enterpiece a basket of ros •«. The young couple l went to housekeep in- at once in tlie new house built cn t|..> It ' sman larm, across the road Horn the Heckman homestead. The bride is a very charming young lady :ml for sometime lias been engaged nr a milliner. The groom is an inter Hsing lining man. asd both are held 'n the highest esteem. IS~ NOT DECIDED Another Congregational Meeting to Decide Release of the Pastor. THE REV. WEHMEYER Will be Held Tuesday—Did Not Want Him to Relinquish Charge. \i the < oiigregntloniil meeting Sun ' ,|,n nlteri'oon Bt 3 o'clock at the lon's Lutheran church on West Moni <>. str. 11 the mutter of the releuae -il iih mis reipiested by th Rev. II I Wehmeyer. ' >a not definitely dec-id I d Tlu i'o was not a majority of the tm-iiibi-iship present, luime the vote could not be stihii lent, and h meetinu will be held again TueadHy evening IO decide th’' mutter. If the entire membership can h« iidged by those present Hunday aft ,-rmmii the Rev. Wehmeyer's request ’ io be released will not be granted 111 Ims proven so excellent a mlnlstet ntd line supplied the needs of the pastoral - so fully, that the congregation iics-i not want to lose him and thoae i resent Sunday would not c onsent to hi, leaving. Rev. Wi him-yer has been called to Ihe pustorstd of the Adans township. i|| P n county. Lutheran church, live miles south of Kort Wayne, to suered the aged Rev. Franke, who ve- , -tiH on account of old ng' after h»ug pastm there thirty years ■ -— ——o ■■ —— I re la Gehrig went tn Fott Wayne, this morning to Wok alter liualn-ss |

1 1 ■ — ! 1 O’ Tv ANOTHER NEW HAVEN CRASH—2I DEAD, 60 INJURED (Copyright bv International News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) The above photograph shows the great Mogul engine of the White Mountain Express crashed into and th rough the second sec tion of the Bar Harbor Express, near New Haven. ( onn., causing the death of over twenty people, thus adding one more fright lul disaster to the terrible record of the New Haven railroad. The photograph shows how the engine crashed through the flimsy wooden Pullmans. The wreckage is seen piled on the front of the big mogul. —",r~ ~ ■ — -—r rxrzr

FAMILY REUNIONS September Proving as Popu - lar a Month as August Was. THE ARNOLD-YAGER Families Meet at Manus Beeler Home—Simmers Reunion Held. Many Decatur and Adam* count' people were numbered among the one hundred silty present at the r-union if the Arnold-Yager families Sunday I ■ t the Manus Heeler beautiful coun try home east of Bluffton. This is the first time that th* Yager family has met with the Arnolds, but an organisation was formed yesterday and the joint reunions will be continu'd, held! the first Sunday in September. Ar-1 jtold Ashliman of Bluffton was elected 1 president, and Mrs. Mattie Russell. | secretary and treasurer. Many wen- ■ united Sunoay for the first time in many years, and as the day was ah en over to the organization and to, visiting, there was no program. but I steps were taken to have one next i year. A very good dinner was a tea t’ire of the day. Arnone, the primar members of the families, with their husbands, wives, chlldrn and grandchildren present were Mang Yager. Danville ill,; Gus Yager, Ohhian: 1 .Mrs. Lena Vnger. of Berne, and her daughter and •■on. Mrs. J. C. Moran, of Decatur. and Murk Yag-f, West I‘nity, Ohio; Will Yager, south of Pe tenon: Calvin Yager, Vera Cruz: Trank Yager, west of Decatur; Maretts Jahn, nrur Peterson; Will Arnold. Liberty Center: Finnk Arnold. Kirk land township: Lew Arnold, Jennings rtrnnty. Ind.; Mrs Robert Case, Decatur; Mrs. Charles Ashlmucher, Bluff ton. and the descendants of Charles Arnold, one of whom Is Mrs. Manus Beeler, where th*- reunion was held Il will bo held there again next year. Mr. and Mrs. George S/mmers and; son. Harry, and I. 11. Frank have returned from the third annual Simmers reunion held Saturday In the Him mere grove led w een Monroeville and Baldwin. Ohio, belonging to "Grund mH" Simmers. "Gtandtna" Is righty 1 nine yearr old and tho«" attending were her descendants and their fam I- ’ Ilea. People from Lima. Dixon. I’ayne, Ohio; Port Wayne. Decatur, MnnrowlH' and other Indiana towns were present, the total number being seventy-four. There was a good pm j tram, a bountiful dinner anil all the llmsur* that come from a reunion of rlth and kin, to whom the tics of fam 1 Uy are strong All are eagerly antlcl pntlng the reunion next year.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, September 8, 1913.

I The annual reunion of the Stewart ) family was ly.hl Sunday at the A.II am Vendrlck home, one mile south of i Huntington, and was largelv attend- - --d by the relatives and friends of the ’ i family. After the big dinner, which was spread on tables under the large trees in the yard, the election of officers was held, resulting in the selection of tlie old staff for another year. i About on.- hundred were in attend- , ante at Sunday's gathering, and as i the Vemlrii k home is aliout centrally located tor all members of the family. I this place was voted as the |wrma- , i is«*nt meeting place for the reunion. 1 Mr. and Mrs John Stewart and son. Medocith of tills city were among the number in attendance. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH. An Important meeting of the Zion Lutheran congregation will be held , Ti-esdav evening at x o'clock, at which all members are iwntly requested to be present. IN NEW QUARTERS Robison & Kirsch Preparing to Move Into Building Vacated by Ben Knapke. MANY IMPROVEMENTS Are Being Made and Room Will be Most Modern and Up-to-date. Unrpent' ra negnn thia morning to I make Improvementa and Install ip-w fixtures In the Moi-gey building, foi , merly occupied by Ben Kmipke, pre 1 pnratory to the moving in of the Rol.i | son <> Kirsch fruit store and <-and> I kin li n l-lxtenslve Improvement* will lie made In the building which ' w ill make It one of the myst modern I and u|et<Hlnt<i stores of its kind Ir ’ the state. White a comparatively new - flint n this city, having entered t'u- ; business circles only a few weeks j .ign, when they purchased the Joseph A- Ijuige fruit store. Irotli .Messrs Itch Mon and Kirsch have prov -u to b* wide-awake and progressive btminnss mm and have so.-med n huge circle ot friends and patron* who will bo picas ed to hear of thjlr change. The ; I.ifiMins occi’plofl by th.-ni nt present has already been spoken for hy sev- . oral parties, but it Is not known at , present who will be surtpssful In sc - curing it. - . — O-"- —mi. MONROE HIGH SCHOOL. Announcement Is made Hint the MonrtW' high school nnd the seventh - and eighth grades will begin school. Monday, September IS.

TO WED SUNDAY S. Bernstein, Well Known Here, Will be Married to lowa Young Lady. • •» 0 4 «0 • •• • o 04000* ON NEXT SUNDAY « ; Groom Has Managed Store j of Brother Here on Several Occasions. Simon Bernstein of Spring Vnlb-y, I!'., brother oi I. Bernstein the Decatur merchant, and will known here, will lie married next Sunday evening , nt 6 o'clock to Miss Dorotln Kohn, a | Des Moines, lowa, young lady The ; wedding will be at Spring Valley and : will be appropriately celebrat'd lathe nearest relatives and friends. Mr. I and Mrs. I. Bernstein of this city will I i robably attend. The young couple will make 1 th ir home in Spring Valley, where tlie ! groom Is assiM-lated with his fattier in business. He is well known here, having on . several occasions assisted in the management of the Bernstein store here Curing the time that his brother was taking his vacation. His last stay here was last August, when he had I I - harge of the local store two weeks WAS SOME CAME | Base Ball Game Between 1 Lew Scott's Bluffton Team and Shamrocks. BEST OF THE SEASON A Twelve-inning Game Re-j suited in Victory for Locals by Score of 6 to 5. The fastest and most exciting bats , ball game of the season was played . Sunday on the Shamrock diamond be-1 tween Lt w Scott's fast salaried team 1 of Bluffton ami the Imai Shamrocks. The game wan first in every resp ct.' I et'ch inning being intersperaed with 1 I (itiic k, snappy teamwork, and cm 'i J I player being on hi* tors. Tile gam . I started out with every indication o. the vfsltora returning home wi'h a I can tied to them, lint in the fourth inning they broke the hoodoo wh-H | Smith found the sphere for a long , drive over the center held fence. A< luck would have it, howevvr. he was the only man in the limelight at that , time, and the re«u)t was only one t score for Bluffton, latter in the gani< ' he again knocked a home run, as also i did Sits. The lo«'iils started out, counting up scores in the first Inning ! when t'offee came a< ro-s the holm I plate on a fumble, n second score lie i also made In the second inning, ait- > i whlili the visitors woke tip. and be , gun i laying ball and lu-hl th>- lotahdown iititll the seventh and eighth in ' ning when they again brought In | titree more scores. \t the end of the | i inth Inning the score stissl .1 to A and It was necessary to play threi I more Innings before the Rliamtocks managed to get u counter across ths I l ist'. The game was played In n neat ; land satisfactory manner ami the only i kick registered was on a few raw deals by the umpire for both sides. I end whit'll could neiesssrily be n.er iMtked. Tuesday th* biggest draw Itig card of the season will he h»n ] alien the Hhamrtw ks cross bats with the native llnwallnn loam. Thb team Is the fastest plsylng In mm ' professional comimnv. th-t havintlost hut thi er games out of forty - ight! and will suit' make the local buy-I put up some light. .Don't forget the hour and the day, Tuesday alternmm 1 at 4 o'clock. TO ENTER PURDUE. William Raavrrs. son of Dr and! Mrs. S. D. Bru vers, left thia timiniii - 1 tor laifayrtte, Ind. where h» «hi «n ' I ter the Purdue University to take up' Is course tn mcbnnli-sl englneertnp I William Is a graduate of the D eatut , J high sclmol in the class nf 1913,

’ COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Held Short Session Saturday—Ordered Jail Repairs. i The Adams counts commit- ion rhi Id a short session Saturday afternoon and made two .-iitr.es on (Inorder hook. One Is an order for rel.airs of the windows of the cell liousiat the county jail, as the present condition makes them ifiseeur.-. The ' sheriff is ordered to make the repairs :at a cost of not more than sl7s J which Is to lie paid from the appro 'I prlation already made. The other entI ;y orders are certain extra labor ami i material for the Muninia miu-adiim road, which Is not mentioned in the regular specifications for the road. EUROPEAN” STAY Os One Year Completed bv Prof, and Mrs. George W. Luckey. THEY VISITED HERE' Two Children Remain i.i Germany for Study of Another Year. An European stay of one year ha be> n completed by Profesgor and' | Mrs. George W. Luckey, of Lincoln, | Nel>., who sto|:|ie<| oft here for an' over-Sumlay visit with relativ -. on tl.eir way home to Lincoln, Neb. Pro- ■ I lessor Luckey, who was formerly sm | pt-i iutviideut of the Adams countv I I r< holds, is a member of the t.-> e' I Nebraska university, and must he I there lor the openn.■■ of th- mivsfty in a few days. Just a year ago he ami his family! left so/ EEurotie. Professor Lucke' , being a dei gate to the pea-e roa ' lereiK e. They were a< eompanled by their children. Bertha and Paul. who. I entered a university in (r tmiiiy. and: i the parents took trips to vario- t 1 iwilnts of Interest In Europe. ProfeaI T*in* cliildrwi iiuv<* r* for jiD’l rihor y«ar in th«* university there. The family utoppeil off here a year) iOn the return trip Mr. and M - I k i <■. were on tin wah r twelve tin's* Mre. Lucky is a sifter of Mrs. r s Boyers and Mr. Luckey in a brother ; of Mrs. John Brock* They also have ' other relatives here. SEPTEMBER BRIDE Miss Leona Harting Will be Claimed in Marriage by Mr. Harmon Gillig. SEPTEMBER THE 24TH 'Banns Published at the St.l Mary’s Church for First Time Sunday. The many friends of the two poptb ijtr yoistiK p>m| t»* villi receive with i

Harting and Mr. Hannon Gillig. 'I ■■■ | time Riindnv at tin St. Mary's Uslh I idle cburcii The cor tuun.v will le- 1 SO c ilis k. Septemlw-r L4th. al the Kt. Mary’s Catholic church bv the Rev ! wedding reception at tlie homo of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William I Harting, on North Third street. In which only the Immediate families oi the totipb* will partieiimto. Mr amt Mrs. Gillig will then leave on a wed | ding trip after which they will be at, i homo in this city. Miss Harting la one of the beat I I voting Indies of the city, highly aceoui | pllnhod In the dnm wtl< nrta. ns wi ll I :is the more aesthetic, mid Ise . He tn hei circle of voting friends Th- | gloom In an entmmining Imsims'i j . man of Deratnr. I»'itis nnsm lab d with i 1 'lie brother. Frank, In the milling iui> I I li.css, being owners of th*- Into Vnnt'nnip mill on First *tre«t. H< , 1. a non of Omrad tllilln. m * | tin* ' By, |

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ifOHNOTODSf NEAR NEW HAVEN — Miss Sophia Heuer, Who Has Been Missing Since I Thursday Noon Located AT II O’CLOCK TODAY Was Walking Along Road ■ North of Fort Wavne ■ When Found. «i nearcli of anxious davs *iud I nights for Miss Sophia Hmier, who ■ had been missing from th- uoine of i her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry | I lent r, in Root township since Thursday noon, a marching party of two anj to mob i I s was successful ill locating thre** and a half miles north of Fort , Wayne, traveling in a northerly direrI tion. She was iirought to the home | of her imrents about 12:30 o'clock amt j ureat was the rejoicing not only | tile home, but in the entire < ommun* I ity. For three days and four nights a i tno farms in the couuuunity. all efforts having proved unavaiHn • u : rent*' one from (’elina .and another Saturday »*'ening iHnn st Marv’y '| lev i e.t y» sterday, getting only alight dues. , and were then sent back to St. Mary’s, | they could not locate her. Lan night. Ernest U<mrad, s n ighhor. ,re 1 celled a telephone m *»sage from Geo. 1 S< brooder of New Haven, that a "■<»• ! man insweriny ’.er <iv-< !i;»tiou. .had m • i ’in • iionje that th* la* • he minting woman and th« rear, h ' the ti”st < onclusiVv’ evidence that *he the home and asked for some food. people fr<*ni here and her c»*aiihuioty

Fnrt \V»yhH. TIl» autnnu. sH * 1 III 1 ( * ai t* I li •' tiiill • h»iil M'» ii liot* Wltttfi I i I had been later In that -ommarniy. I th«* fjirtn fhi* v.irkMW up by tdeplKHW nnd tn a i An the oth<F ol tn lum'P hnr hr t<dd he*, nnd «l»» II !V ' ill’Mlt isHTII . *lv HI Im Mini Mil 'H ' CHI nvrr I niehf In «n afMindott ’d bnhdlu> &«*• I tvrrn lh<’ twV» honwrn* Thin wa« I f<dln*rd nnd the sptrtnrhitr 4 pvo- | < HMtwf frr» h chi*'* tvrre iMirniHl of , (<*nntinu<M| ou I’nro 3)