Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1913 — Page 1

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LOST TO DECATUR gasket Ball Team of WinI Chester High School « Defeated by SCORE OF 55 TO 15 Monroe High School Also ■ Gives Victory to Decatur —Good Team Work I ■Two more basket ban teams v . rt ■B city last night reeling a little ‘■wn in the mouth" over the re tilts Os the games which they had played a f|w hours previous. One team felt blue because they were defeated by Meh a dose margin, while the other' fell a little ashamed of the overwhelm in« majority that Decatur had piled! over their •< ore. first game played was between ■becsttir's second t. am and the Monroo high school team. This turned (mt to bo one of the fastest and most itteresting games played by the local boys. Decatur took the load in the first half by a large score and feeling almost confident that the victory was won when tlie second half started, they failed to play as good as they did in the first hah. The Monox* five' went into the game with all the energy they could stir up, with the hop* of defeating their opponents. The score showed that their efforts were pretty well repaid, for when the! Whistle .blew at the end of the game. Deca; ir was only one point ahead, the score being 25 to 24. The line up for thw Second team was as follows: Dos? t ur Monroe MdPryman F Spuliler ■Smit i F Shirk Lnttnuui-MiUs ....C,.......... Adler Everet t Grana m . G TJe sler Pctoe-sru G Duer Goals-D'-.itai: Merryin-in. 7: Smi h. 2: Peterson, 2. Monroe: Spuhler, 4; Shirtk. 3: Adler. 4; Kessler. 1. ■but Goals 11.-, i tur M-tryman 1 Smith, 1; Peterson. 1. Monroe fouleu 13; time Decatur. 12. lillln — [y The big gam< b ••*'■(ll :!• Win'!.*' ter high school and the Decatur high rdribool opened With a loud the r from the Tooter for the local hoys, and a , determination on the part o : cut nr Ixiys that they would take tl. History for which they were ahout to FatlWgl' Tl;r ix. 'll' Ut team wor ’ l nf 1 the De< :.tur boys wa the main cause of MBdlng them to their success TwMty-f.ro field baskets were madby them during the game, » ide " in fJttiost-: only secured six. The first half ended with Decatur in the lead, but »ot satitied with their majority they contieu'd to pile up scor- .* .•• j score until they -cured the grand total of 55. against the small 1» WtacH su.'.eded in getting Both, twin' of the Decatur high ir | one that any high school ahouM proud of it'd Mr Wertbman. their ; «»<., U nd mnnag'r. eertamly I The B! - game will b*- play- J", Frida* ut Fort Mayne. 1 X on th. ,'tb- The line-up M W, “ W Winchester Templin Q»‘ n, ‘ F B»>** WP®* Stonerail V*wll <’«•«' * Cuy Brent'r ip " Miller Itales Si Eid Go-1- ri l 'tl' , "h ! k yu)nl ,.. •toner .11. 1: D»'ls 1 »; Vandl. 7. . lk J; i y*oul Goal - Quinn. 1: Vandl. 1 '""'i r'X RjhßOCk'> |i'r . I l ~ r .-.>«* * POLICE COURT I • ofl' l ' 1 11" 1 <lru " k * Two ca- *or ' ~( iurl yea- | brought before ■ - |in) , wa * » terdu* evening " wg|l irri >rted I that of Jack ' u(y Sherifft on Fourth -drert b> w „„ r Kelly Ho flue amountI Share" and wn* «■"" * U nH t lt» :■ ta< W »"• »■ '; - t‘“ •' t Jail- The second pi-aded I' Janins Knallsb * i 4 nir( .|ved th” I guilty to the r *ni ' *s aanm flnnof ill. ronl punlon t for the next t»

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I R£V| 7 A ~- hss'L'n'i/" 1 M,WI wM '' ' miiny plages made tu g( . t ,HI •' a " d *h the wli |!( , V . - Mills church in hopes tn lOwXT”' Tbf “ (l -ehHa rt .. f«i XL 7 0 L7 Rani7, ‘ d wi,h a “'nriotn. TIJ? X* ° rknr there again two weeks at '"to n. . K r mtomorrow lu iw Ur ’ nß l,lc ,wo w '*' ts the I wor was gre-w by gpl(bndw ( R gallons, the house being well i n 1 .nd the >aXX '7" ,aXed t 0 K” s-ating cap;,- ' ‘ y ’. Mitsbeln front the pulpit . , nUrinK the rueetinß there was not n, P I nast disturbance of any kind to mar i 'he sincerity of the service. HANG PRISONERS Rear Admiral Fletcher Requests Mexicans and Rebels to Stop Practice. OFFER BIG REWARD Fast Train on Lake Shore is Thrown in the Ditch by , 11 Train Wreckers. |i ; Washington. Dec. 13,—(Special t<i t 'Daily Democrat,l—ln full view of th- 1 i American fleet and before thousand ' of inhabitants of Pantico, both Mexi ! can federalists and constitutionists v tone Ji/njK'-d prisoners ot war. A» ; S result of thia violation of internation- r al preeed-nc-. Admiral Fletcher, com [ mander of the Aniem an fleet sent an official ashore and protested in the a behalf ot humanity against such pra< 'the. This Information was comuni ’ rated to the state department by i Fletcher in a wireless received this I noon. J * ! Cleveland, Dec. 13,- (Special to th- : Dally Democrat.t-A reward of »I.M" | ! has been offered by the I-ake Shoe , ' officials for the capture 01 the trai-i i I wreckers who attemptci to ditch the fast NW fint-'D'"! ,rain nw 1 last midnight. Steele coacho w»* | ‘all that saved the lives of score* ofpassengers. Fireman Huhoek of Buffalo wa» 'crushed to death heneath his engine, and Engineer Lamb of Cleveland w.*| i-*b-

theory that *** , In Jp,, <rf killine A. H.Smfch »l » I’cr’ •med ob 'ifo EASTERN STAR — ■“* Held Election of Officers Last Evening-Miss Anna Winnes Named 111—«• AS WORTHY MATRON Appoint Officers to * Hamed Later-Installa-tion January’• ■—■ hsJE*- MU " Anw w,n !>»*• T. nurk. I S 2* wor,h ’ M,,ron Mr « ,m M<>Or * -MH. (*»• •*****' “i S * fr * ,an ' i|o#» Hrn" k> '' , I M ill IM* llfll** ’ ” h ' j .WK’#-

• - - • - _ .... eca * llr - n( Bana, Saturday Evening, December 13. 1913.

JHt PIONEER DAYS ' Were R cca | led I nterKtingh n a t Celebration of 79th ( Birth Anniversary 1 OF JACOB SPANGLER Relatives Hold Reunion o‘ * his Day—Fine Dinner Served by Daughter. Tcsterdny the relotivo- of Jacob Spangler, n pioneer resident of Adan, counlv. rathf rdwi nt i*:. i . . .. at. r< at |*|v t )oniP nn embt street to help him celebrate his sever. ty-ninth birthday. At noon an elegant dintt'r **.,. .. rverf by his daughter, Miss Elin Span-.ler, wlo reside I with him. Corer-, were lit for the foiling tu -,ts; Mr. and .Mrs. Jacob I llenM-lu n and 1 hlldren. Cora and Fn n and Noah; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spanvl r, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Span-sler and daughter* Bertha and Ira; Mr. and Mrs. 8. I). Henschen and daughters Marguerite and Lucile. The afternoon was spent in a most enjoyable fashiion The younger people listened with astonishment as Mr. Spangler told in his jolly way of the hardships he endured when he in his hoy hood days came from eastern Ohio to settle in forest covered Adams couatv Hut when he ceased to talk of the hardship- including bad roads, wood ' splitting and poor schools, and began to relate accounts of evenings spent about the merry brightness of the lire ‘ place, the young people felt almost envious of his rare youth. Two of the children, Rev. C. W. Spangler of Peru, Ind., and Rev. 1). 11. Spangler ot Mishawaka. Ind., were unable to be present. The happy company did not depart untill almost evening, so hard was it to leave hospitality of Mr I Spatjgler, "Ma| you h»vw many; more hapy birthdays” was the sincere J parting word of all present. SENT HIM BRICKS John D. Rockefeller. Richest Man in World. Receives Donations by Mail. TAGGART IN LINE Favors Presidential Nominations by Primary According to an Interview.

I ruil'*<l PWMMI S*TVi< ’'> .Mhineuisdls. Minn.. Dec. 13 (Spec ' 1 t<> Dally DomtM rat 1-John D.! Him kefFßer won’t • van be eonipellcd 'to buy all »•'•<»"«* hlllMl hrtt ** use In repairing hi* Cleveland minion- Two and a half bricks , addn-ssod to the oil king, were, ! mailed hare todaj by pan*l ,wa» a l'n|o-d Press < L'lhputch Printed In the Dally New* I annum Ing that John D. »»- negotiat-j in the cu'ahogaenuntycommis- 1 Io rr« for second hand brick* to re 11 ' |glr bl* lK> m,, • Mutaie. I'" 1 - lh '' 13 ’® 1 case id tile 11 [tally Dcmocmt 1 me • ■ <tut«. ex rd. Ada I'nderwtxsl versus 1 L,|, Fisher ha* been Mt forlrial l> h , rtt „twr In the Delaware circuit j I irt h'-re Fisher l» accused 01 ba-11 I (i... father of the child born lo'| ! vl. 1 nderwond J I, ,‘a‘hh refusal"' rlaht the ..Ibged . f>ora t’nd<‘rw<Mxi. n i ■ i.-i m u her and the elder sister or ■ tn Shoot lhe you”* •*»'« r, * r " ' t'-ummer. Bhe was fitted In 1 !/trial for attempt'd murder. ! pn-nch Llrk. Ind * lhf < ~ jhiiiv Deni's rat ( Thomas rngrart. 1 Lire .J lb" ilemoerutlc onranl x'lonjl Indiana I* lileffmtl I'rlm Il'L'll 1 ", iire, t nomination of presidents. In 1 !' " m 1 query regarding thia || iXmemte’*”" of Preridmt Wilson'. 1 1 irwocn" | (iW> n „ rPM Hon why I e mnmmemlatton l«r ( i ! minatioa* « |< I'“'”.' ..dully c*rrl-d out. » J 1 make It mud' coder for the vari ( t ! “".„ to exprtM “> rir ”** pref ' I tf ' * ,nd will be • e»d«« ®f ' |X«.bedd..gde..hob ■

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL*

J tolor- at'rnded national convention j it will elmlnate the rocnlled ho ism, ' "■ "hlch much hat h( en printed, and "I which I hnvo often been mentioticd ’as a part. With each and every state v I voting Its own tentiments of prefer- ■ ' nee for presidents, there inn bi* no 'ine-tion then but what the nominee o * ole ti ll will ho the real choice of the nation. In trad of the choice of a plurality of the delegates to the con*ent ion " — (»- • AUTOfSY WAS HELD \n autopsy held on Mrs. J.. L. Dun bar. of Linn Grove, whoso death oc ' urred Thursday of liver trouble. I sitowed the ailment to have boon metastatic carcinoma of the liver. LOST AN ENGINE 1 ’■ I Hard Luck Follows the Poor, Little C. B. & C. Railroad at Huntington. I , OUT OF BUSINESS

Locomotive Gets Away. Backs Half a Mile, Falls I Into Basement. 1' Huntington. Ind., Dec. 13 Running at a speed of thirty miles an hour, a H. A engine crashed into tinfront of the Mayne's grocery store at the corner of Front and Jefferson streets, last night and lies In the basement of the store, a tangled heap ot twi-tod ■ led and iron. Despite the fact that the engine was fully tired up, the store building was not fired and a family living in a tint over the wrecked building was not injured In the least The B. A (’. company, known as Indiana’s hard luck railway, will be virtually put out of businoss .by the disa ti r. For months the company has "pirated two st'-um engine* and i the wreck of the engine Inst night leaves them with but one engine and a number of gasoline cars. Escaped from Round House. \'o one has been found who Is able I to explain how the engine got away from di« round house. It was fired I 1 up ready for the run and it Is sup j iiosed the throttle worked loose In ome fashion. From the round house. the track, of the company run for 1 half ti mile along Front street directly toward the bu-ine s section ot the town and in the halfmile course the | runaway gathered a speed 01 thirty) miles an hour. At the end of Front -tn et tlie engine left the rails and < rushed tetid' r first ai rows JeffenuM treet into the front of the store. 80 great was tlie *p ol that the entire, engine wax buried In the building and j ax the floor beams gave away under the heavy weight, the engine settled tu ‘ the bottom of the basement floor. i 0 - - - THANKING A NEWSPAPER That now-paper editors should give] freely of their lime and work and -.puce in promoting every movement for the general welfare, every cliarlt able plan and philanthropic purpose to athousand and one things that are 1 under way a>< the time is aorutblng that most people expect as a mniter of course. Their raking It for granted that In all such cases editors will lend a helping hand Is realy a high compliment to the newspaper*. It proves that they have been doing these thing so long, so willing and so insistently I that It Is a habit, and that tor them j to do anything else would mean a rad i leal change in tbelr policy. For our part we believe that a newspaper would fall In its mission if It did not j support conllully measure, to advance t the general wcllfure In any way. We doubt however, If tlie average man! or woman has the least Idea of tin sum total that a metropolitan paper | devotes to this kind of work In la bor. or In dollars and cents. There are a few otlur points that came to! mind In this connection. One In that If In the pressure of making and printing a newspaper, any particular matter of this kind Is neglected or even ' partly overlooked, criticism Is quickly heard. The other Is that nn matter how much aid a new.paper may give to uny particular project or •nterprisei of a public nature, coinendation la| seldom sc-nrib'd In uny way. once In . s while, however, somebody does ( opinion, a little regonltlon of help rh'-erfully given by the press does tljv edltpr snu the newspaper, no harm

HELD A MEETING Willshire Business Men Confer With the Officials of the Clover Leaf. ABOUT THE DIVISION ,r * lrl Appoint a Committee to Take Up Matter—Ask for Forty Acres of Land. For several years past the Clover lauif officials have been figuring on a I plan to remove their shop- and round I house from Delphos to a point more I nearly half way between Toledo and Frankfort and with this removal would go the terminal. On Wrdne-.dny afternoon. C. I. Din kle. general superintendent; J. It. Ramsey, chief engineer; E. M. D.ivl-J' division freight ngent. and J. ,L. McPherson, sntistlcian. met the busine-

men and other citizen of Will /ire. with a suggestion to locate these railI road facilities here. Mr. Hinkle was spokesman for the | clover lx*af and stated to our citiaens, I assembled in Bauer's jewelry store, j that his company would need forty ! acres of ground. The citizen*’ meeting organlM-d by electing Wilbur Dull chairman and after the subject was more fully di* I cussed, a committee of four wns ap 1 pointed to confer with the railroad officials from time to time as follows* I 1 Wilbur Dull, chairman; W. A. Colter. John Beam and J. A. Bauer, tills com nilttee to select three additional mem 1 bers. At the close of the mooting all |>er | sous intgrested went out to the rail ' road track beyond the stone quarry , to view favorable sites. j The Clover I-oaf's monthly pay roll |at Delphos averages 417,15 k, with 11 j total yearly pajT roti of Will ! shire Herald I REPORTED WORSE Brother and Sister Summon i ed to Miss Eva People’s Bedside in Ft. Wayne. IS WORSE TODAY 1 Patient is Very Weak---Wis Operated Upon Tuesday Afternoon. — , F. A. People* and .Mrs. 8. K. Brown! i were called to Ft. Wayne today ixmiii I by a message that their sister. Mis -1 I Kva People., who was operated upon) I Tuesday for stomach trouble, wm worse. She Is said to lie so very weak, her strength having lieen mm li de ' plot'-d when the operation was under taken, ou account of the nature of her* . ailno-nt, whit h would not allow tier to take or retain much -nourishment, for several years. evening when a relative iulle.l on her she was so weak that she was ' unable to speak, and word t-anu* today that she was worst*. If her sirctigtli 1 does not fall she will have every! chance for recovery, as the operation was successful, and no dHea.t-d eondl ! lion was found. The operation was t« i provide a new opening at the outlet: i»f the stomaiffi. on account of the -tonimh having thickened at the nat ural outlet. .Mr*. Brown will remain' with her several days. 1- ■'' - O 111 WILL HAMMELL MOVING - - - Occupies Suite ot Rooms Over Inter urban Station Attorney Will Hammell, who has had his office over the V’anee a Nit* store for a number of years. I* mo* • I Ing today Into the suite of room* aliove the InterurtMU station, formerly occupied by Prosecutor R C. Parrish who ha* moved to the Smith < Schor l ger room*. The new rooms arc light , and specious and will provide fine quarters for the well known young attorvey. Mr- Hammell h> tlto Drm * m ratlc nominee for cL*rk of the Ad ' am* rlrrult court.

jLINN GROVE FUNERALS SUNDAY. The funeral of Mr- L. L. Dunbar 01 Linn Grove, who-" death occurred Thursday- after u year's illness, will be In-Id Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at the Evangelical church, with Rev. It 11. Heil officiating. Interment will be In the Ureenwood cnnictory. The funeral of Mr-i. Emil llandolier. whira death o<. urrnl the .ante day. will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 :to i o'clock nt tin* mine church, with the I -.ante miniver officiating. Burial in, Greenwood cemetery. -— 0 - SPECIAL SERVICES TOMORROW At the jerviccs Sunday evening at, the Dre byterian church Dr. HotTniatr will give tin address In the Interest of health. The statement that ho gave the address last Sunday evenin g was an error but the public Is Invtte'fj to attend tomorrow evening. Anoth<r| feature of the program will lie a dmby Mrs. Anker and Miss Estellu Dor kins. SHOT IN LEFT ARM I' Wm. Roop. Eight-year-old' I I

Son of Nathan Roop, Shot in Left Arm by MYSTERIOUS BULLET In Wood-shed When Bullet Hit Him—Sender of Bullet is Not Known. A mysterious shooting affair occur I red this morning nt aleiut 11 30 I o'clock at the home of Nathan ll<>->p in the south part of the city, when . William, the oight-year-old son. was shot in tlie left arm by a target bullet, 1 it is believed, while in the wood-abed getting some wood for the kitchen ) : love for hl* mother. He had just entered the -Ind when he was stnn k by the bullet, and lit* mother hearing hi* cries for help ran to bls aasixtame. •The little teiiow was suflering great pain ,11 ml told his mother that he hud been shot. He was Immediately lak- j >*n Into the house and Dr. C. 8. dark sent for. On examining the wound it was found that the bullet had gone through the left arm of the ls>y. nJ wus dr -ed by the dis tor and oth< gs tm*dicul attention given It. The injured lioy i» at a loss to know ; where the bui<e> come from, as he did 1 not see anyone about with a gun at 1 the time of entering the wood house.' Home HUspicioi is cant upon a few ( youngsters who are In the habit of 1 shooting a target gun without the) least bit of caution. Tii« main dan ger In the wound Iles in tlie fact that It might cause bliMsl polHonint. THREE VISITORS From Ft. Wayne Attended! Meetings of Adams County Medical Association. ON FRIDAY EVENING At the Office of Dr. W. E. Smith—Dt. Duemling Had the Paper. The Adams County Medical »s*'*lu tlon hold lt« December meeting Fr! . day evening at th" office «■( Dr. W K. I Smith, the niretlng being one of the best in several months. The Im al' Ui'-mlw-r- of the association had the, presence and Inspiration of thr**e Fori * Wayne physicians Dr IL A. Dueui I ling, who Is clilef surgeon of the Lu thernn hospital. Dr. Hlnger, who Is Interne at the Lutli'-ran. and Dr Morgan. Dr. Duemllng had a very good piper. which treated of abdominal ailments, which he divided into two classes One <-|as« i» that attended with Inflammation, where the dlirose given warning by pula, Die other is 'hat nf non Intlammatiou, which gives no warning sod era quickly »*riou» and speedily fetoJ. The election of officers was not held ' ! at thia session. |

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PRIZE WINNERS In Tuberci is C'n contest in Decatur Publi Schools IARE NOW ANNOUNCE > Best Will be Sent to County and Then to the State Contest. The prixe winners tn the contest I for the writing of the coinpoahlom* | about tuberculosis under the allspices of the Indiana Association for I the Study and Prevention ot Tuliervu Insls, and approvsl by t'hiirle- A. Greathouse, superintendent ot public instruction, have been announced n the Decatur public schools, a store ahout tuberculosis wa- r*.id by Heteachers of tin* fourth to Hi-- eu-l th grades, inclusive, lust Monday and the pupils wore required to write a story therefrom, being furnished an

1 outline covering the point to IsI touched upon. For the best compositions In each ) room, same to be determined by th • j teacher, the Indiana A**o< inti<in for I the Study and Prevention >1 Tul- > - (ulosl* will give prljc- <>f bln i d and white riblmc >'• r 1! 1 e;»ch county, to Is bsitil I county superintendent fr > all winners of fir»t prb'* In r r . . :* bronze im-dal will Is* given I . beat In the tat- to I I. ! Indiana A -wm-iatinii fr- all t'ty prip* winner* the !■ t — . a tlon ** ‘II give •"!•' ar t Tlie pupils wrote tb-Ir r the tern hi ra «<-| >. d th. t •- e and th « ir. turn w< re >m- t • iity- m 1-<><»l l int- ■ »•. • Spauldb’g, who aim 11. •• j Inr n« ih»- • 'em 1 • ' ■ 1 ribism* Wett Ward. <'lark -pliur. t< e h - •:! !*■ Irr, firth rad*. 1- p ' ('herryholtm * -ixth -a nice Kern, sill s r >1 : Neva Brandy h. ,r> " . iiei M la Kern, fifth grad Ist. Mll'tr *1 I. , dy, fourth gr. '> Marie Hill, {grade,'3rd. t Na- th W*i<J John IL risli. Itachcr llu Jluumgnrtm I ith grade, lot; H-l» . |fi{. 11111 hi ’ad 2nd V' r. ' ■ [ell IXI . T • Marra r. t - I Kirsch, tilt It i< hr. fifth crude. . i. ... • 1 . fifth grade ird South Ward Harr* Fleming. t.-u< her D -r---{William*, sixth grade, i t I Miclutud. fifth grade 2nd: All-'-n .M . h>r. sixth grade. 3rd. lailu l.inkeiiaii. tearher Vera DFrance, fourth grade, 1 t lira* e lluv ter, fourth grade 2nd; Mae Bake,-, f fth grad* 3rd Cantral. Matilda Sellrmeyer, teucher Jose phlne Myers, seventh g/ade i«t Waynn Spaulding, seventh grade. 2n« Harold Maglcy, seventh grade. 3rd Kila Mut-clihr. teacher Halp' Tvartnll. seventh grade. Ist: Uliillh Bryce Tliomns. seventh grade, 2nd. Jesse McClure, setentii grade, 3rd. F 8. Christen, teacher Jin; N Kills. eighth grade. Ist. Iretn Butler. • Ighth grade, 2nd. laiuva Htonelmrc•r iigiith grade. 3rd (Irmo t’olfw. teacher Harry Fisher, eighth grade. Ist, tl'-raldlii.’ Itrnn dyln-rry . eighth grade, 2nd Nante I Mayer, eighth grade. .'lrd The first prize winners storte- will Im- Hcnt to the countv conte-t. and then tn tlie state contest. CATHERIN IfRRY DEAD Mrs. Catherine KUaabetb P>rry, ', j wife of Marfiiu Perry, m-'l u l-t -r . ' irtuu paralysis Thursday algiii •>' , Bluffton Hhe wa- stric ken ju cf’er , a talk at prayer meeting Hli- * 1 • ' ' | daughtar of Josiah Biian* .m l I hM* In Jay county. 8! ■■ *a •m-.- - to Marlon Perry In |xr I , (I • | they niov-d to Bluffton in D‘' children born i'» Uta u: 1 '■ I'M" ' • the mother tn d- uh si , iclilWrcn lit'- llnkiu Pe"tj. Cl an- # 1 Parry. Howard !'• ■ ..I' * and Mr» Ruby F'-ra .*,ra' Glen ffKilth. of Wh'th , • i»4*rvl'wv will st • fr*“xxidiiir iu me v- r r ! church in charge oi ti e $ r, I IJ. K. Ki. ton Buriil '“t'l * j I’alr'iev Ccn el.-iy