Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1913 — Page 1

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Volume XI. Number 294

OTHER CITIES TALKING SHOP Delphos and Frankfort P a . pers Discuss Possibility of Division Change OF THE CLOVER LEAF Indications are That Decatur Will Get the Preference from Officials. Papers at Delphos and Frankfort, present terminals of the ('lover Leaf ure dlseussins the proposed change of division, the general opinion being that the shops will corns to Decatur. The Delphos Herald said: A movement is again on among the officials of the Clover Leaf, for the changing of the division terminal of the first division of that road from Delphos to Willshire or Decatur, the latter place being most seriously considered. At present the first division extends from Toledo to Delphos. This would of course place the econd division between the point selected and Frankfort, instead of extending to this city. The Clover Leaf has had this change under contemplation several times in the past few years, but this time it is said, it is being more seriously considered than upon any previous occasion. Foreman 0. M. Rosselit, of the Delphos shops states that the men employed on the first division have just made a report to the officials at Frankfort, in which they refuse to work on an actual mileage basis between Delphos and Toledo. The distance from Delphos to To Sledo is 74 miles and the engineers, firemen, conductors and brakemen when making a trip only on« way in 124 hours, over this division, are allowed pay for 104) miles in place of 74 jlf they make a trip each way in 24 hours, they are paid for actual mile nge. It is understood that the men were asked to work for actual mileage on this division. whether they make one or two trips in 24 hours, they being informed that if they would not do so the division point woulu be changed The question was put to a vote of the men interested, which resulted, it is said. In a decision to not accept the actual mileage proposition, and the officials at Frankfort are now proposing to move the division point to Decatur. and have been looking over th* ground there. Mr. Rosselit says that the moving of the repair shop, now fixated here is not contemplated at present, but that this might also follow if the division terminal were changed. Rumors concerning the action tak en by the officials in this matter hav» been in circulation for several days That the official* are getting hus . v along these lines and that the reports are not only rumors is evidenced in the f J low ini .-i from the Frank fort Morning Tlmea, which w« doubled I y given out by Ute ollicto ■ “That the city of Delphos. Ouhs may goon Hud Itself ’ vision Shops of the Toledo. St.W* A Western railway and ah* o * ‘ tun Claim to the railroad other t!a that of talus but » •““ 0B ltonK ' Hoe. la quite probable. "For several years the ik'' 1 ' officials have wfit'W I *'* the tarminnl of the first division and wffh that point in, 'lew •■«) ary repair «** ‘"t e shops and no Improvemen ri building or property th*«* " -s.. «■ pi nation given nut from •ourcc. •‘Official of tin' r,,J ' ' | lx . contemplntim the , (our dilug the distant e lMt * vlalous. making the < • * R . each division «- > ni | B *.oir. Bible and with this pom wor uims cars of the company « re on the preposition " 1 conalderetl four years J ‘ n >rp M “Two points along ’ " Ing consider. .I -<s tprnl)nil | tion of the first |„d. Willshire. Ohio, and ra#( I both places having (oßipan , many Inducements 1 ( ,| t y would locate the shops I “Decatur. Ind.. ,1 ’JT ‘ locl teUkely choice It Ih o 0 n near a P"!"’ an •>"' •' 1 tween this city i,n

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d 4 (By Mrs. Samuel M. Ralstony 4 Now that we are approaching the an , nua! Christmas season when all the t world is—or should be—happy, it bee hooves us to remember that there are y duties due the community In which we live. Greatest of all the ills that affect humanity is “The Great White Plague, This dread disease is no re ( specter of persons. It mows down each year the flower of our manhood 5 and womanhood in Indiana and let u net forget tor a single moment the appalling toll it reaps among the little h children. The beautiful custom of haying and using Red Cross Christ I t mas seals has grown year by year >tn til it is now recogniied the natio'i I over as a worry Institution—perhap- ( I might say the most worthy of all pub- (! Ik movements. The I’nited States government grants special privileges to the Rea Cross seal. In the aunual campaign ' for the sale of these cheery little ’ Christmas stickers, workers are drawn from every walk of life. Ba< k ! ed by the beautiful influence of the 1 American Red Cross, the committees 1 selling Red Cross seals in practically ‘ every county in Indiana is now facing I 1 the “whirlwind" period of the cam ’ paign. They are urging men and wo ‘ men of every station in life to contrib- ‘ o te a small percentage of their Incom to this great movement which ‘ has for iU object the ultima:- eradiation of tuberculosis. ■ Let the peopl- of Indiana join hands ’ for this cause. Let them work In har t mot’ with the Indiana Association for ’the study and Prevention of Tuber.. |osi« and its various county and ci. I ■tramhes In nearly every county it, ‘lndiana there now crisis an organ " ti on which is striving to reduce th. - mbk death toll caused by consunP . 1108 | flhW e bone in ymtr .ommt. . .ks. 4 Indian- I between and t r ' •‘’""‘‘"'J front this disens- *•*" *“ ff an«» l ro “ r ,MM * 1 f me* by buyl«« t d . .re on sale at'hr ' “ T Help I- ’ fX y»ur o* n ''on,uni'3re and thus h"P ?0 —. J ’ fln ' l ' Ur * r ; “' J n Manar' »• " rln ggeld. m* * ,th I- Port way* ‘ ; Sund ,r afternoon Pat the thumb of hl‘ !• Ir« "** “as dressed. «•* *“' j < The * nUl ' 4 «i|| pfohalhy T i<iedderj«b'» n * Lhlna a*'H Mr 7. r. I” I a. ou« «»• "" '• "7t*Kl" c ** C * TION h lt ■ hat* ff o4 * cl,tfl .nd H' k "“ f H.erht**"' , . . - I» H - ‘

SETTLE MONTHLY Congressman Adair Has Introduced Bill to Pay Pensions Each Month. THE BILL IN FULL Provides for Six Groups. Each Payable on Different Day of Month. Washington. D. (’. Dre. t , (S|) , j to Daily ltemorrn( ( ( . ( ; nKr(>ss n,an "*“ ir " as Introduced a bill which i rovoh-s for the payment of p.. nsiotl I monthly, it has been referred to the fontmittee on Invalid pensions. The' >ill '•.ads as follows:n° it enacted by the Senate and j House of Representatives of the I'ni ' ted States of America | n Crongrerel assembled, that the Secretary of the J Interior be. and he is hereby, author! I ] ■ted in the payment of pensions to ar

range the pensioners in six groups a he may think proper, and may fron time to time change any pensioner n ! class of pensioners from one group t< .another as he may deem convenien ifor the transaction of public business I Sec. 2. That the pensioners of tin I first group shall be paid their pension! on the first day of each month; tl.i pensioners of the second group shal lie paid their pensions on the lift I day of each month; the pensioners o' J the third group shall be paid thei: I pensions on the tenth day of each ' month; the pensioners of the fourth j group shall be paid their pension- on I the fifteenth day of each month; the [ pensioners of th* fifth group shall be Jtaid thdlr pension* on title twentieth day of each mouth; the pensioners of the slxtli group shall be paid their pensions on the twenty-fifth day < f each month: Provided, that any pay ments of pensions due for any frac tional part of a month hy reason of the transfer of any pensioner from one group to another shall le- made in any manner prescribed by the Sec retary of the interior. Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Ac t are hereby repealed. ANNUAL MEETING Os Sunday School Board oi Methodist Church Held Sunday. OFFFICERS NAMED For New Year—C. L. Walters Re-elected Sunday School Superintendent. The Methodist Sunday school hoard In session in the patfora “f the. cliunh Sunday at 3 p. nt., elected of , f.cera and started .some v-ry good I thing* for the coming year. , An adult teachers' training class , n d u young P-'l-l- * ,r " ln I mgcla s were conducted. Some new| Xea *ere created and th- W"rit ► tnlng systematised to meet the de manda of th* «rewtoE Sunday school. < T l,e follow ing office™ were el« ted: < Superintendent «'- I- "alten.. I, Assistant Superintendent John 11 Stults Secretary Je«»e H»lm. Aaslstant Scretary Lloyd . "Sod As-lsin-' tacretary-Ken- < Usurer A. D. Suttlei ibrarian -Charlo* II Colter. i Jinn As.lst.nt Librarian Harry . As.lst.nt Librarian Fred , Chorister William Sutton. Xt Assistant < horister- Ml.. Ab blr Blghanr , Ml „ »4f»c4in(l A • j '■**" I'l.o fp'"' ' c "“ f. L Wa"**' • ‘ ‘

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I ' Istant Superintendent of Attendance—Joh. D. McFarland. Superintendent of Cradle Roll Mrs. Dr. J, M. .Miller . Superintendent of Home Depart ■ tnent -Mrs. J. McFarland. Superintendent Infant Department Miss Nellie Blackburn. Superintendent Grade Work Miss ignes Krick. <y_ . MASONS TO INSTALL OFFICERS. The new officers of the Masonfi lodge Will be installed Tuesday even mg and every member should be present. After the ceremony there will be a smoker and general good time De sure to be there. GETS REPRIEVE Henry Spencer Gets Thirtyday Reprieve from His Death Sentence. < MOTORMAN IS KILLED ' i Benjamin Utt of New Castle Killed in Head-on Collis-

ion at Muncie. I — ■" 1 Chicago, Dec. IS.—(Rpeeial to thDaily Ifi-mocratj- Governor Dunn an nounced that he would grant a re prleve of thirty days to premit the I council for Henry Spencer, convicted , murderer of Mrs. Rexroat. tango teacher, to appeal to the supreme court. Spencer was found guilty and was sentenced to be hanged next Frl--1 day.

New Hamon, Conn., Dee. 15.- (Spe i ial to Daily Democrat.)— "I have nc desire for further political ambition' declared ex president Taft in an interview today. He joined the boomers of Klljhu Root for republican nominee for president in 1914. ■' Washington. Dec. 15.—(Special to i Daily Democrat.* The water supply * tor I’antico has been cut off by the teltels according to despatches received here from Rear Admire! Fletcher. I The rebels themselves are withdraw- , ing from the Immediate vicinity of i the city. The Ward liner Morro Castle held by the American government Is lying off the I’antico port. When the weather mAderales sufficiently tl.o refuges will be transferred from the war ships and taken to Galveston. Muncie. Ind. Dec. 15. —(Special to Dally Democrat Benjamin Vt’ of New Castle, mot or man. was Instantly killed this morning in a head on collidon lietvreen two L'nion Traction company cars. A heavy fog is supposed to have been the cause of the accident. No passengers were injur'd, The motorman on the other car escaped death by jumping. New York, Dec. 15, (Special to the Dully Democrat,)- Business Is booming in the southern Atlantic states. In the west and south west, but other sections are only fair, according to the New York Herald who today published a report as to the industrial and .<>fi>rner<-(al cnudltlnri IndlHttH eltley report business to be below par. The re port shown that Intrenchment is In force In the cast. Working forces are iut down and many workmen are without employment. ———<e— — JOHNSON RUCKMAN Tita Evangelical personage was the scene of a quiet wadding Haturday i veiling at 4:30 o'cloc k when the Rev J. H. Rilling preformed the c eremony uniting the Ilves of Charles Augustus lohnson, son of Willis Johnson, and Miss Fannie May Ruc kman, daughter if Jacob Ruckman. The groom has ieen employed ou the Ed Ahr farm •ast of the city for some time and le and hie bride will continue their esideme then* this winter. Both tra fine young people and have the ■storm and gooei wishes of a host erf fiends. Miss Rue kmati has been nuking her home with the A. D. Saties family east of the city CARD OF THANK# ■■ -« I The widow and children of the late ' leanq Williams extend their sincere hanks to the neighbors and friends, ha rhurch, the Odd Fellows and R<* ■•kahv. who were ao kind to them luring the illness and at the time of i he death of .Mr. Williams,

' IS COMING HERE E. F. Yarnelle of Ft. Wayne Will Address Methodist Brotherhood SUNDAY AFTERNOON Is Big Business Man Who Finds Time to Assist His Fellow Man Often. Mr. E. F. Yarnelle will address the men of this community at the Method Ist church next Sunday afternoon, the tcervic** being In charge of the Meth odist Brotherhood and the first of ■* series which it Is hoped will prove as popular as did those of last season. Mr. Yarnelle is a sweet singer, an eio Client speaker and aside from that is one of northern Indiana's greatest men. While his business at Fort Wayne Is large, he finds time to take part In many different affairs for the

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MR. E. F. YARNELLE general benefit, church work, lodge work, public enterprise**, etc., and In bears a reputation that any man could well feel proud of, that of aiding mor* Individuals than any one person in l city. His addresses are always alive interesting and the kind that will heli men. Every man in this communit) should hear him next Sunday after noon. A gocul musical program will also la* announced later. BOOSTS PIKES Conrad Gillig Tells Tiffin People What He Thinks of Their Roads. DROVE OVER THEM Was a Sorry Looking Sight When He Returned to His Brother's Home, Conrad Gillig, of Deogtur. Ind., who Is visiting his brother, George, started to visit familiar scones in Clinton township Thursday morning. He* took his brother's horse ami buggy and started early. His route lay out on the North Greenfield road Ihence In an eastward direction through Hie towns.lip He returned about l<> o'clock, was mud bespatter ed and the liorse and buggy l>M>k**d us if they had Is'i-mlilt by a mud storm Here* Is what he said to hla brother as lie drove up In front of the store of tlio latter "Muy, George, you have* the worst remits I ever bumped Into. If we had such roads out our way every farmer In the county, who had to use them, would leave the county. The one I struck a while ago 1s absolutely the worst at ret ch I ever saw anywhere. Evcryrcacd In our county 1s piked and, well. I've got Io get some where anti get my clothes cleaned ' Mr. Gillig will confine the rest of his visit among friends who live dong piked roads and In the city. Tiffin (Ohio) Dully Advertiser REV. GiebON PREACHED ■uaMswrawß Rev J. M Gibson prect'hed » very fin** sermon Sunday morning at the I’ieasant Grove church m ar th* city.

P TO BECOME NURSE. M>ss Nellie Lammiman to Enter Hog pital at Warren. Ohio.' C Miss Nellie luimmiman of Monroe, for the lam few weeks has been visiting friends in Ohio, retnrnrs! home and pent Sunday with her sister. Mr ibiy Runyon, and family, east of the city. She left today for Ossion to Spend a few days with her slater. Mr* 1 11. ('. I’arkison. Miss Uimmlman will leave the first of the year Io enter the city hospital at Warren. Ohio, to tnki I u course in nurse's training. Her many friends wish her success. DEATH RESULTS From Shock Attending Op-eration-Miss Eva Peoples Passed Away SUNDAY AFTERNOON At St. Joseph Hospital, Fort

1 Wayne—Body Brought | to Home Here. I The many friends of Miss Eva Pe-i I plea will be grieved to leurn of her I death which occurred yesterday after I noon at 12:50 o'chw-k at the St. Jos •ph hospital. Fort Wayne where on lust Tuesday afternoon she submitted to an operation for stomach troubi* She had been a sufferer from stomach trouble for several years am! being unable to take or retain nourishment, her strength was at a very low ebb when the operation was undertaken, hu* without winch there was no hope of re lief as every known remedy ami means of alleviating her suffering hud tieen tried by physicians, among them being the very best specialists. Her weakened < onditlon wa therefore against her recovery and death ensued from the shock thereof. The opera Hoc. it-elf. was a successful one. and had she* been able to withstand the | -hock, she would have • had every ' ' chance for a return to good health. A. thickened condition of the stomach at' the outlet was found and a new open ' IniQlnto the intestine was made to<hus do away with the cause of the atom | ach trouble. She grew weaker -day hy day. and Saturday her brothers and sister*, Ferd A and John A I’i-oples, and Mrs. S. E. Brown of this city were calhsl to her bedside. She grew weaker and Saturday evening all hope for her recovery was uliandoued. All her near relatives who reside* here, were with her when she passed away. She was Imrn In Root township. November it. Ik7«. and at death was thlr ly-aeven years, one* month and all days of age. She was a daughter of John It. and Sarah I’eoples. The mother la not living, but the father j has resided for the pust few years al ■ Ayr. North Dakota, with his son, Sam uel, and his daughters, Maggie and Sue l’c*oples. A sad feature of the case la that Mtaa Sue Peoples, a sister of the deceased. Is also In a hospital In Fargo, N. D.. where In last Monday she was operated on tor gall stones and a complication of dls**a*<*s, .No late word has been rpcelved but It la l« lieved that she is doing well. Besides the hrollic-rs and sisters named before*, a brother, A. D. Peoples, , of Algos, Texas, survives, besides many other relative* and friend*. Miss Peoples spent the* oealer part * of her life In this county. She was a tine t'hrfstlaii lady, of splendid clear cuter and ability, and will be gnsctly , milled In many ways. She was a fine < muah lan. possessing mu< li natural tai , ent. which brought out by u thorough i coiirse In the* musical department ©f Taylor I'nlveraßy at Upland, of which * she was a graduate.' After graduating sh» taught music for s numlmr of , year* until obliged to r**lln<iutsh h«r work an account of Illness, , Rhe was a devoted memlter of the i Methodist churcli aud was an actlv* , worker In tin* Christian cause. Hhe was a memb«<r t*f the Yeoman home- , stead of thia city. i The istdy wag brought to this city , on the k od.M k car last evening and| taken to the hotn« of her slater, Mrs. |i b. E Browu on First street, witnli whom ata* bad be»u residing for the'* past several yaarv t No arrangements will be made* for < the funoral until word I* received t from the relatives in North Dakota. r. (Continued on Page I) I

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|A NEW PASTOR IS APPOINTED Rev. Julius Seimetz of Lafayette is Named to the Rec- > torship of the 1 , ST. MARY'S CHURCH Rev. Freiburger Will go to Lafayette to Take Charge of Orphan’s Home. The appoint inent of a new pastor to the irremovable rectorship of the Si. Mury’s Catholic church In this city, suvi eeding Hie late Rev. H Theo Wil ken. was made yesierdav hy the HI. Uev. Bishop Herman J. Alerding of Fort Wayne The new paator. Rev. Julius Helntetx, Is at present act ing ill the capacity of su|6 > rlntendotit of the St. Joseph’s orphan asylum and manual training school at latfayettc. Ills

place will bi* taken hy R**v. Edward J. Freiburger. assistant pastor of the St. Mary's church in this city. T.-e change will prohaidy take pl,*. .* so**,,- . time this week. Th** many f.i -i.ci- of , j Father Freiburger regret v<-ry t:n*< o r | In his leaving Dec atur, but vi h l* m all kind- of success in the Important position to which he has been appointed. The Fort Wayn<- Journal Uao-'tc* l say*: I ' Rev. Julius A. Setmotx. for more I than five years superintendent ol Ft. !' Joseph's orphan asylum and mannel | training school, lacfayette. has been ’ I appointed rector of st. Mary's church. • Decatnr. succeeding the* late Rev. HerII man Th.-odor*- Wilken. j Rev. Edward Jo-eph Froiltt’rger. ct* ' slatant at St. Mary's church. Deca:w. ■lnce July. IPI2, auc-cerds Father Seiim-u at Lafayette. Both appoint 1 ' ments follow the * cittcurette recently held ut the Episcopal re-ideme. vrbott j an examination conducted by the ayn- ■ odlcal examiners wa* held for Hopurpose of deciding on the* -election * lone of the diocesan clergy for tin* Irremovable rectorship at Decatur. "Tli« choice of Father Helmetx for | the Ik-catur parish i* an excellent one. j He la a capable, energetic and xealoq* i young pries; of marked ability ami Is held In high regard hy the clergy and laity threuglumt the dioces** He w.*s i horn In .Michigan City, April 17. I»7I. i After the completion of hia c laaaicfcl course of studie- at St. Joseph's col lege, t'ollegevillc-. Ind., his phllos-qihl- < cal and theological course was pur sued at Ht. t’harle*' Seminary, t’nrthagenla. Ohio, add at Kt. Franc I * seminary, St. Francis. Wis. He w.>* ordained priest hy Rt. Rev. Blshot* Herman J. Alerding. D. D at the 4 tliedral of the Immaculate Coiu*-ptio , Fort Wayne, June 21, )<tc*| ||i- fir t appointment was that of assistant to Rev. John H. Geun ding. pn*tor of St. Charles church, Peru. Ind. After per forming the duties there from July IJ, 1901, to June 3®. 1 h>s, he* was appointed pastor c»f St Jose ph's church. Raynolds, Ind . and lt» mission. Francis villa and M<*dar lll*March 11. 19<> . Father Selmetx was appointed superintendent and t-hapluln of st. Joseph's orphan asylum and manual training achool. Mfayetu*. and ha a continued to fill that office wltti marked aurceaa till the present time As a result of bls efforts Ilia finance* of St. Joseph's, the dlcsnsatc orphan asylum fnr boys, are in «'iirouraging condition Much of the lnd<-lHc*ltir*s had lieen liquidated and affairs of Hie Institution have been most abty run ducted thnmghout his administration 'Rev. Edward Joseph Freiburger, who becomes the new attperihletMlent icnfl chaplain at laificyett**, la cmnsld c red well qualified for hl* appoint mem. He was horn al Sheldon. Ind.. October 23. ISM. After attemllug St. Aloyslus partMlilal schcsd there, hr entered Kt. Joseph's college, <’n|lap>ville. Ind., where he pursued Ills cla shal studies, Hi» phlleauqtlilc-al .cud theological course aa* pureucsl and completed at Kt Mary's cd the W»*t seminary. Elletmra, Ohio. He was one* of a < lass of six ordained by lit. Rev. itlshop Alerding al the Cathedral In ihi* city June* 21. I»I3. He eel* ebrated his ffrwt mass at St Aloysltts rliunh, Stic bion, Sunday, June 21. 1912. and early in July was appointed assistant at St Mary s, Decatur H** has b**eu located there Since that time, and following ibe deuiiaa rrf Ibtbtr Wilken lu Octntaw ha» periortuerf all of Ute puatnral dutlwt ||* has urnpy relatives and trieuds in thia ■ |ty afid rwhrr points crim will he* Interested'in Illa ex* ellent appointment •