Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 279, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1913 — Page 1

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WILL RESTORE ’ COMMISSION' i High School Inspector Neal 1 | Announces Report Will : be “Favorable." ' t • ■■ -1 VISITS HERE TODAY ' Speaks in High Terms of the ; | Conditions and the Good 1 Corps of Teachers. I The commission of the Doeatur high school will |„. reinstated nt tlio ■toccl ng of tin- slate board of educa- ? tioi) on December 4th. ,\t least that ■ will be the report and recommend;.gijan'at that time of Prof. a. 0. Neal, ■s Btaie nigh school inspector, of Indi■anapolH. Who Vi-ited the schools here • today and who spoke in the very ■highest terms of the conditions here I as he found them. L Whil-s M|- xeal is not the state «” "board his reonytmeudalioti is practiKCtuiy final am. lia< always been comWith by them. After several HKbars' visit at the schools, Mr. Neal HMued at this office at neon today by Superintendent | Spaulding, and the members of the |&scho-i board ai.d raal.-tlo --i.itement ■ that the < .on of the Decatur K'Mthool.l w -r<- :. ;or titan the average' E iflndiana. He said: "I am more th?:; pb-a ed with the; KBecatur scher; amt 1 do not hesitate > fc to say that my report to the stat-' Kbo-r' o' ‘"Pi ; hall be favorable.! J know of t.o r.-.'v ■ i. why a .’ontniis-, E pion should I-- d-m.-d. ano in tact am y. sure Mint it will not be. Os courel B the school at crowded, but this is ■shtof tin unusual problem over this, (Sp-pit-tc and •’ io- al heard is doing ev MSthing i>." ■ live tlie situa Hh. T • ■ WOtrwith win! to build a new Sbllild iig m.d ’ ! opinion have done ■H #r'rf- , l 'to: j »----|4<- toward that end | cA*’ to the I.:-, r-. tl.-y are far. tar K’tbovi th“ a' ■ r..-;-- at.d tie- board i- to KAconp i a!..- >r ■■•-I-' Hen. 1 EVttt.iid th. tn school t-a. h-r< | ppreti. y and I wt-ti to say that they are unusually competent." |H" > ,r " ‘ l - 1 ‘' 1 individually K and epod'- a i.is; tein.-.d Mr. S|usMt tag. Il- "1 " :h,> boanl M ' l ■ Mr. Spi.ii!'!''.- --<tn • y did things Blu D-< o' ■ - ’ ■' arP tpd '»h ”* 1 TO GET VACATION Kpuhlb • ’s’A’Hl Dismiss WeJnod iv Evening for K Rest of Week. It t ■,N’'>G t V t NG day

I »To be Ol sN’ved With Many ' Reum -.s - Some Going B Out of Town. ' I The ■. u. 1 rh.it^'« ivlllK - | for the I" "" ' ,l 7 l^ r ‘ K>n d. Inn I - ■ Th' - u, \; t ;... [ Fw""" ' ' 1: Bl et, ■ ■ w.-dn.-i - " : .tudj M bell will '* Those t *«“" until M‘ '"I" ( town fr B Wlt« an-l " " uy » halt- ■ E, K*y I t> v . U..11' to Kfhnnl.M '>' . da „ of tli' B y*».r In th" t'tmi<' n ___ . B|thanksg'ving IRA'SE seBVICE ■brv'<- - ...i.k-m. K r Kedn-'b" ' .ill h- - 1l ■ Id w*K wft ' t l r..-" r 'in th- »«*•’” Flee T-" ' " l: gjtn ho proM-nt »n

DECATUR da tty democrat

**« MOORE HAS O ISA PP EABSD ’ e W M * L '" »■- ‘ “ Bennett of Montpelier. aw’uwM? W ” k, ’ OWn hmm. i *"• “'"■‘M.oared from his and nr.n,i U a ?' evM " n « Mrs. mL? , bW ' n * Pnr ' l rroml ‘l'nMoore, whose health has not •X * -« «««■- Il ih rumored that a woBennett, who eame X ml t ,,h ,r M «"‘- ■ *»«•- and to Whom Moore is said i,h ' rah1 '' -- w a il( ,, . at ,hp sail »' ilnte and the in Moor lfV,> thPy Wl hrr '' worn a , K " n " >bile - T,IP *nnott Madh u ’ Wn “ n,l,l <>y<<l at the Maj on House. Moore up untn (w<) IS ago had been agent for the Jord automobile. The police claim at Moore- S a( . ( . (iunts ar<i go(xl ■ japo and that there was absolutely famty troubles. Some of his frlfflds insist that he will yet return and etplain his absence. Moore’s fnmily include Ids wife and two sons. SECOND NUMBER Os the High School Lecture Course to be Given Friday, November 28. by ■■ ■■ MR. EVERETT KEMP Monologist and Entertainer of Redpath Lyceum Bu-reau-Big Feature. ■ The second number of the high school lecture course of this season i will he given Friday evening, Novem- ■ IbW S at the Bosse opera house, with .Mr. Everett Kemp, interpreter and i feature entertainer of the Rodpath Lyceum bureau heading the program. Mr. Kemp is one of the be;t enter- ■ talners in this line of work in the > country and his’program is looked for1 ward to with much pleasure. He is ’ known as the man with a "million dolliar laugh." His ability to create! ~ amusement among the audien. e is • sometimes man clous. i Mr. Kemp's subject for r.-.'ay c» Ecuing wtll lie "The Music Mastei." » one of Ida maaterpleces. This is the play made famous by David Warfield, and is a story of a broken heart full I. of self-sacrifice, a proud spirit always hopefl: ln ,I, ° !of concealment. The character. Von l Bsrwig. whose life is full of hope, hu- ' miliation. misery and despair, and hl* S final triumph over all the vicissitudes ’ of a life lived for others. Is one t hut ! appeab* w the best then- is in us and .ends us away with a new resolve tu live a better and more useful life, hr .ypopisls of tho Pr<* rani U:

\ct I. The desertion. "A woman « lot. for a ntatt may ao here, there. M where, but »l>* »<**“* ,ns “" C • imw t'iih thut chflnßf' let II The cotnlhi «>< ot-mn. -n>e "nppl „ * b. in the home, .l.ay* thOne ltnprud. nl »te> and the mother a XX U•- whN - 10 % J. ni The Music uetmn. 1 dX mt- ywrs > '>.-„««« JZ' n-»* *’ "** wak *;,r' ... Art The .uprente sacrifice. i m .e»th. I kt®* 1 “ hC,n ’‘ ’ -»- — - - ueM this P”**® ***’ Xt hat tbeynw-rreceltroa l » ,WO rJmtnethlM »"cth seeing. I v,n “' - —” lIdTH OF SON. Carroll Mr mother w»" formerly , MW Ruby A1 nf Adan! * . w iui ery»iP* lfl “ “ *• 'XTra* » * C ’ ’■ flMr ’

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, Noaember 25, 1913.

IN LINN GROVE i Will Next Indiana Confercnee of Evangelical Congregation be Held. A GREAT INTEREST Centers in Meeting—Was Held at Same Place Forty Years Ago. Rev. 1). R. Heil, pastor of Linn Grove Evangeli<;i| cliurch, sent word to R<V. J. 11. Rilling, that the next annual eonfereneo of Indiana will lx hold In Linn Grove, Ind., which wifi be the first week in April. 1914. I’lshop 8. c. Dreyfogel. |>. |>„ of Rending, !’a„ will preside. Over on. liundred ministers, twelve lay delegates. besides official men of the church ironi the ea t and we a, and a number of nppucnnts for ministers' licenses will bo present. Forty years ago tho eonfereneo wits held in tlio same place. Since then bottf the local congregation and the Indiana conference lias made great progress. At tho conference sessions the different ministers render their annual reports which arc observed with no small degree of interest. Tile conference missionary society annually pays SS,OOO to ministers in mission fields. This amount is secur ed by the lay members and ministers of the entire conference. This session will Is- of special interest as it Is tho last year of the four in which 127.000 is to be raised for Northwestern college. Salem Evangelical church, four miles west of Linn Grove will assist in entertaining tho conference, Q GERMAN MRN/tCE. At tho German Reformed church or\ Thursday morning at 10 o’clock spec ial German services will Is- held. The sermon will be delivered in German. RUNAWAY BOYS Wells County Farmer is Endavoring to Locate Boys Who Ran Away. i _ HE QUITS DRINKING I Father Thinks His Drinking is What Caused the Boys to Leave Home. ‘ - Nate Steffen, a well known farmer 1 cast or Bluntmi. Is searching for hh • two sons, Jonathan, seventeen, and ’ Toileld, hlneteen. who have run away I from home, and an- supposed to have gone to Decatur to get work on one of . the railroads, prohubly the Erie. Mr. - Steffen is using publicity as a medium • with which to get in touch with bls I pom and members of Hie family left I the following notice at tho News onicc this morning. I My name, Nathaniel Steffen. All , my friends read the News and know where Jonathan or iToflcld is. the sous of N. Stetten, tel) them to I come horn* or go to Seam Merer* - whef* we had promised him to help -' work. I know Jonathan done his parent* wrong but w» can forgive them. s I wish they could me because I done I wrong, too. an I used to toucli drink*, but I will never commence u drop, s Tell Toileld we sent hl* clothe* to « Swum Merer*, three miles east of the The members of the family did not explain Wherein Jonathan had done his parent* wrong. Bluffton New*. . — 1 ■■■" r K. OF C. NOTICff. o Every brother I* ettpeeted to meet v at the hall Thursday morning at 7 o'clock for the purpose of attending In a body tho retjule® high ma»« for Oll r deceased pn»tor and chaplain. Rev. Father Wilken. O. K. LIBRARY TO CLOBE. • Th* Deca'ur public library will be r)n«od OB “«T-

• NO SUCH "PRETTY BERNE GIRL" • I Last week some "Dr. Ferguson, of Berne” was sued al South Bend for "alienntion" of another man's wife. • No such doctor wtts ever known In or near Herne. Now conies a report from the lluntingtou Press of a "pretty Herne girl” (wo have many of tlieinl named Ruby Ester (but no .-ueh name Is known here or heret alsmt), a moving picture actress (sic!) having sued a Huntington show for pay. Ever hour of a "pretty Berne girl" as a "moving picture actress"? j Fortunately not. Some news reporters must take a fancy in locating any un loeatcablo ((pardon the monstrosity) notoriety on Berne. We should worry. Berne Witness. TRIES SUICIDE -— 1 Olive Dollins, Depressed by Parents’ Marital Troubles. Attempts TO TAKE HER LIFE Frustrated Twice—Mother Known Here—Planned to ! Open Beauty Parlor. i Mentally depressed over tho mari-j tai troubles of her parents. CoL Joint ■ W. and Mary Tate Dollin*, Miss Olive Dollins of Portland attempted suicide ’ twice. The mother is known to sev-i < ral here, as she contemplated open-: ing a beauty parlor here several i months ago. The Portland Sun says: ‘ "Miss Olive Ikdlins. agt-d about sixteen years, a daughter of Co). John W. and Mary Tate Dollins, attempted ■ suit ide twice Sunday forenoon but on each occasion her attempts were i frustrated. Site Is believt-d to la- tem-| porurtly unbalanced because of wor-. ry due to the estrangement of Iter ■ parents. "Miss Efoil in's first attempt to take her own life Occurred on Meridian I • street at about eiglit o’clock Sunday i ; morning. She was with her father, I at the time when, it is said, they me' ' I her mother While conversing with them it was seen that she hud a , phial in her hand that was dashed to (lie curb by her father. It afterward proved to bo carbolic acid. She later brake away from her father and ran east, Httppoaediy enroute to the Berg i man gravel pit east of the city where! It is believed site intended to plunge 1 herself into the water. "Mr. Dollh.s, after following hb I 1 daughter for some distance, stopped . at a livery stable nnd procured a rig. (Continued on Pogo 3) ; o THE BOND ISSUE Depositors of the Postal Sav- • ings System May Exchange Deposits f FOR U. S. BONDS' I " Application Must be Made on or Before December ' First. 1 _____ • ' Ry applying on or Wore Decombet * I. 191:1. depositors of the postal aav-i Ings Hyatem may exchange the whole or a part of their deposit* for United 1 * States reglhivr<sl or coupon bonds in . denomination* of 120, litwt. and IMO, . IM-*rina InterMt from January L 1914. > nt the rule of ? 12 per cent per an- * num. payable seinl-annuully. utid redeemable nt the pleoeure of tho Unit , I ed State* after one year from the date ; * nf issue, both principal nnd interest payable twenty year* from that date in United Slate* gold coin. Postal savin.-* I>ond* are exempt from nil taxes or duties of the United t Htntes. a* well as from taxation In 7 any form by or under state, municipal I t or local authority. r Applications for the conversion of | i, deposit* into bond* on January 1, 1914, mu»t be received on or before Dorombor 1, 1912, by the podmastnr nt tho depository office where the certificate* »"«re buttled. * Other lufortnstlon tnny be secured at tho poMofflce.

DIED SUDDENLY J ■ , Mrs. Florence McMaken Passed Away at Caleb Andrews Home. I I NEURALGIA OF HEART Is Cause of Death—Was in Best of Health Before Retiring. Shortly after retiring for tho night '.Monday evening. Mrs. Florence Mej M.-ken, whoso homo is at Fort Wayne. ! was seized witli an attack of neuralgia of Iho heart and within fifteen min utos had passed away. Mrs. McMak-<-n. In company with her mother hail arrived at tin- Andrews home only I yesterday, she lieing a cousin of Mrs. j Andrews, and the day had been most eujoyably spi nt witli never a thougi-t or hint of any kind of tho groat calamity nnd sorrow tliat was to fall over the liottselioiild before another day has passed. Altout nine-thirty I tlie family retired for the night ami I shortly afterward Mrs. McMaken was 1 stricken witli a smootherlng feeling. ‘ Dr. I’agrish was Immediately sent for I hut Is-fore his arrival she had dej parted from tills life. Mrs. McMaken I was Isirn in .Monroeville, September 16. 1864 and was the daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. F. P. .McDonald. She was i marriisl to Frank A. McMaken and then went to Fort Wayne to make I their homer- She is survived by the husband and four children, they being Harry. Raymond. Florence, and Rob ert all of whom are at home. She is also survived by her mother and j two brothers. Louis and Oren Me- | Maken of San Jose California. Tlte body wit| removed to the home In , Fort W«y>w» this noon over the tn ' tertirban. Ute time of tho funeral ’ lias not ht-en set hut it Is thought it will hold from the Methodist i shureh and interment w ill Is- mad--In Undenwood. SPINAL TROUBLE Daniel Bieberich Enters Son Edwin in McLain Sanitanum, St. Louis. TO TAKE TREATMENT ; Has Suffered from Spina) Trouble Since He Was Small Child. Daniel Bieberich. tho well known I and prosperous farmer of Preble I township rrturnt'd last evening from I St. Louin, Mo., where on last Saturday I he, witli his seventot-n yenrold son ! Edwin, went to »oc a apt-clailst about j the condition of tils son. a sufferer . from spinal trouble. Upou the ad I vice of the pltyslclans at St. latuls he enti-ri'd hi* son in the Mclaiiii sanij tnrium. one of lite best In tho country, and placed him in the care of a spec lallst. who will do all ho can possihy do to restore tho sou to good and perfect health nnd strengthen his spinal Is hi cs for hint. Young Mr. Diaberieh has been suf- { faring from spinal trouble since he I was a Hinnll child. This was the ver 1 diet of tho diu-tors at St. Ixtuls. Ho is in a very crippled condition und suffers Intense pain. His father ha* Ih-cii having n great deal of sickness to contend with during the last year. Aliout a year ago hi* wife had to un dergo a double operation und since ; that time the annliy lias had more or loss sickness. It I* hoped by both Mr. Blebcrtch’s und Edwin’s muny friends that he will be itenefited Ity the treatment al St. latuls and wlion lie returns to Deeatur he will be u strong nnd healthy young mint —y —O" 1 - | SPLENDID PICTURE* AT LYRIC. Three splendid pictures will lie tlie offering «i Iho Lyric today: “Lore Me, Love .My Dog;" "The Wlnnln* iXMlcr." and "Red Sweeney s llofnat" will make up the bill. "Red Sween ny’s Dtdcial** Is a nploadld western rmpedy drama.

f LOSES POCKETBOOK. Containing slßo—Found Later in His Barnyard. Il C. 11. Strickler, ;t prominent farm er. residing six miles south of Doeatur was given a had scare nftor ho reached thin city tills morning. When he went to (lie bank to deposit his mon <-y lie found Ills pocketlssik. which r contained more than SIBO. and some valuable papers, gone. Ho quickly retraced liis steps, going io the many 1 places in- had stopped, and also In the feed yard, where he had left his liorses and rig. but could not find it. He spent a liad half day, liut returning home, was made happy by finding ( Hie purse lying in ills barnyard, the same having ls-en lost from his pocket before lie left town, it contained '. $l3O in cash, a sugar plant cheek for ii $46, and a eheck on a hank nf Fort r Recovery. Ohio, for s:i; besides other papers. Th<- cheek had also been en’l dorsisl by him before heaving home. o ——— -. ■ — TAKE LIFE VOWS t ’ Ado W. Cron and Miss Stella Bremerkamp Plight Their Troth Today at I ST. MARY’S CHURCH II r ■ - Father Freiburger Officiated —Left Immediately on Wedding Trip. A very pretty and charming young bride was Mis* Estella Hremcrkump. n who this morning at 6 o'clock at the , St. Mary'* Catholic church was milted iii marriage with Mr. Ado W. Cron of I Celina. Ohio. The ring ceremony a* , pronounced by the Rev. Father Frei- , burger with distim-tness and solemnity wa.i eupeclally beautiful. Miss Bremerkamp wore a very Issoming tailored suit of Taupe broadcloth, the ( sliade of gray that i venwauitable for , her fair type of lieauty ahe Madame , Fi ke hut was of black pin h. witli metal brim, trimmed with ostrich, flowers und fur, nnd with her gloves j and shoe* of gray, <ompleted a very hanJiMMno comutne. She carried a white prayer ls*>k. witli murker nt t.wansonia und ribboa*, and IsHli tho bride and maid. Clara .Minch. I’ortland, wore corsage ItOuquet* of bride's rouee. Miss Minch was lovely in a ■> tailored suit of blue. Her hat had a gold lace crown, with fur brim, and was trimmed witli a largo ostrich feather, Tlie groom nnd his attend J ant. Haymond Bremerkamp, wore tho I regulation *ukts. A breakfast at 7 o’clock at tho home o (the bride'* parents, Mr. and Mrs. 11. H. Breni<-rkani|i. was attended by only tho nearest relatives of Ihilli (am Hies. Bowls of roses with smilax tni '* eery were the pretty table decorap lions, and roses and chrysantliemums. > slid potted plants and fern* were used f in decorating the rooms. i. At M o'clock good byes were said for 1 only n siiontime. us Ilin hride and r groom left for a wedding trip to To iodo and Cleveland. The trip will lie ? cut short, however, as they expect to I- return for the Thanksgiving n-unlon . of the Hri-merkamps. which will lie '• liekl nt tlie Ansol Bremerkamp home ■ Thursday. Mr. Cron, who I* a pho- '• tographor. expects to locate at AlI bion uutii after Christina*, when lie nnd liis wife will go to Texa* to make '• their home. Ml«* Bremerkamp. who is a winsom>* little woman, of the domestic II typo, highly skilled in music nnd nthI or accompUslimenls. Is a (Mipulur » member of tho younger circle. Hlie is » n member of tlie Poinsettia and Bach- '. elor Maids' dubs, and one of the best young Indie* of the Bt. Mary's pnrlsh, f nnd tlie fai t tlint she I* not to make ' her homo hero i* a matter of regret i to many. Rho I* the only daughter I of Mr. and Mrs. Bremerkamp Mr. r Cron Is a fine young man. and highly :i skilled in hl* pretension. U .. O— — ""■■■! ■ I REVIVAL SERVICES Two Weeks' Spacial Sana* Begin* at Concord * The Rev. A K. Mamma, of Hoagland * ha* begun * two weeks' speelnl Evan- " gellstlc aervicea at the Concord Luth »■ er«n church In Root township, begin- 1 tt nlng lart Sunday evening The ear-1 vices promise to i>« very good

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OFFICIAL LIST NOW COMPLETE ■ Mayor Christen Announces Names of Men Who Will Serve City of Decatur DURING HIS TERM Harruff Engineer, Dr. Costello Health Officer, Wai Wemhoff Fire Chief. ii******4**f* a a NEW APPOINTMENTS. * City Engineer—Orval Harruff. ♦ Secretary Board of Health—Dr. . Costello. Fire Chief—Wai Wemhoff. Street Comnmeeioner — luic - I - Chronister. 4 Marehel—Seph Melchi. a************* Mayor-elect Charles N. Christen tills morning announced Ills com-pli-tc list of appointments, as given above. In each case the npjMiiniment was imide with Hie Idea ot sis-uritig men thoroughly comp<*tent and wo believe they will tie endorsed by the people of Decatur. Mr. Harruff, who will after January 1 bo tho city engi ni-or, Is well known and well i|itall tied, having served for u numtx-r of years as deputy county surveyor. His new position will carry a salary of $7.1 per month ami lie will make good. As sv< rotary of the board of health. Dr. Costelln will prove eflieient and < apable. He is one of tho beat known physicians of the city, a close student and at nil times for the lie-t interists of Decatur. Wai Wemhoff. who will serve as fire chief, is well fitted for tlie place and lias been a member of the local fire rompaey <*r >•*•» >wwr». He knows how to fight fire*, how to manage men. is clear headed and the right mail In the right place. Mr. Ciironlster as street commissioner and Mr. Melchi as marshal will prove gisai officers, as wo have stated before and wo are confident that the entire list will la- mere than satisfactory to tho people of Decatur. The mayor has chosen well und will Insist that each man does his duty and doow it in a satisfactory manner. At the first meeting of the council early in January tlie liisird will appoint a night policeman nnd a city torni-y. - I A LONG ILLNESS Terminals in the Death of Mrs. Charles W. Hower of Near Rivarre. DIED MONDAY NIGHT Had Been 111 Two Years of Bright’s Disease—Funeral Thursday. Elmira IMUtoy Hower, wife nf Charles W. Hower, of TcunosMO, died last mgnt at midnight nt tho home nf Mr. Iloaer's parents neur Hlvarro. Mrs. Hower has been 111 the past two years of Bright'* disease, which was the cause nf her death. When Iter h<*ultli la-gun to fall thev rnme here front Tannoa**e and resided at the Hower homo since that time. Mr*. Hower, who was Imm In 1671. was a native of this county. She was a daughter of Jimeph nnd Hamantlia Dailey The father I* living In Blue Creek township, but th* - mother Is dead. Surviving also besides the husband and the father, Mr. Dailey, are the following brothers and slstora: Easais of the state of Washlnatou; Mr*. Nannie Gatos of Rockville. Ma- ! be|, L< onu, L<-ina. Wilma. WUda. Viola, al homo; Mrs. Mary Colter. Holm. Stanton and Stanley. *t home. Mr*. Hower was a woman ot fine qualities, and I* well known. Mr. Hower is a brother of Milton Hower. 1 the merchant, nnd l.uthor Itowor of ithl* city. Tho fuucral wul be held Thuradav j from the Mt. Tabor church and burial j will ho in tho nceatur cemetery.