Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1913 — Page 1

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Volume XI. Number 300

CHRIST’S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY Will lie Observed in Several Churches in the City Sunday. SPECIAL PROGRAMS I By the Children—A Sacred Cantata-Santa Claus and Christmas Trees. A number of the church* are ! 1, rating the birthday of the Christ i n advance of Christmas day and nn Sunday several of the church... win give sacred cantatas and Christma programs, in which th*, ii U | t . , ni ]| take an active part. At the Christian church on Stmdr. evening at 7 o’clock, then- will be a short program by the children, after! which a pantomime "Christmas vis-! ijtns," will be presented. This will' represent the grandmother dr< amirs of Christmastides gone by. T r will be a tine large Christmas tree .nd a Santa Claus will g *. a treat to t . . hildren of t part in program hat. h... ;; ,;,Mulir drilled by the .i* Mabel Welt’r Huth Daniels and IM -r Elm are cordially invited t« co: e. At the Evangelical ~ Sunday eveainc at 7 o’< h>< k a .. r d cantata will Im* rendered by the choir ami fifteen members of th. cantata, f • personnel of the cantata i- as foU--v. - King Christina J' |,in». Princess Hally Mabel Lrimer. Princess Mistletoe —Zelph.i Hrhbte. Paula -Clot. It* :> Guards \\ Macy. Pages—Mary Fuhrnrin and Ik.’ri Sihnitz. Courtiers—Byford M.uy and Ih.lpb Koop. The r< * Tern Het bin McConnehey. I? * l!"l’ Hilus Kern and Cleo It The musical nun.b. r * los by Hope 11. mid Eola Genii' mixed ladies’ voices. For some tw<> w I Dr.. as has Ih’i-ii traiun -a la the special- Christi ■■ 1 rvi l Methodist church t<>ii.<iw. will sing in t anthems, "The > Herbert, anti "fh*- t 1 lehem.” by H. P Dunks ing they will sing "I M :|l O Lord,” and l» the morning ant these seni i special Chri»tm» [ o'clock in th as rl nolle of Fort Waj Men's Brot ua of tn* I | vited to the nf I eryone to the H "*" I A splendid pr 1 I the entertuitin •nt I Baptist chun |l lowing the ' I lesson. The exirci . I 10:30 a. nt Kv. ryi«« U invitation t<» • on"' 11111 I CARD OF THANKS. . .. nticit® 411 ** I Mr. nnd II thank the llelghl |ckn‘”* I the help nnd 1 I mid «t. th >•' Imvn til"’** * I Hooper A !•' I title caae entltl'd I Bey lon. I; ’ n p Dec. I * Washlncto" ' .t.nHH-mt 1 I efflpeelnl to I’ lll h r ,f lM iwi I * The house 'ld 11 ' '' (1| pt I *by a vote of : 1 ' ' ~ - rb i» I * the senate * ” rr ”“' u re * lll I * means that •:•'■ . ~a ßt er I » hasetobe thr"“ |h , I » ence. The I »’antee of del" pr mriidon •’ I * erable debate l ir i ' n,t I » insurmn ' || * coming into t E ♦ f*<l. . ft # $ Us ft *. .re u. .V *'

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!: tr m ONOay ' b* ; llere R! ‘l be three ~1 .. > >.». ~X m ™l. The n 0,.. , entertairiforand t< n wn “! MMiteH wl |, ™ *<lultd IB£SfME Pn,a " Burial This Af te ,_ tor Little Clara Domseif. RE V. H. WEHMEYER Officiated-Funeral of Late Mrs. Elizabeth Leyse to be Sunday. • dti this afternroa for Clara, little' *iaa?ltter of the Iter, and Mrs. L W. , Omseif. altoso death occurred Fri ■ day afternoon fn® a short dlw»s l nd dipht 'cria and croup. A prayer ' ..ad the reeulnr burial wrvlce wa-i , i oMutted at the pare. In the Fuel. Hnc churrl >-i p 1 to the catunp of the Rev. H. 1 Wehmeyer, pastor of the Zion's Ln r ]»e *>urul wes b very yud ooe, owine 1 tn the fact that the family !>■ qtanui it* eoQiiohttoe thet would be Bfforaed yapalhy. Funeral of Mrs. Leyse. Leyse. show death occur *1 1 • Ly | : torning suddenly from pend) -. r I bHd Sunday • ><* neral processtou »iU ' as her daughter, Mr?. Jesse Shafer, ■ ■ hrtFiiau ApiHolM* * ' r ‘ Mr*, wa “ ‘ ‘ STOCKS W UP Passage of Currency Bill Causes Favorable Rise in Stock Market. —I — ANOTHER attack — , Expected Ho® l )' - J*'I*'* 1 *'* M w"- wllFißh ' : to a Finishd i .—- <bo I,M ' i** hm. »,«<• i* ’***;*» TtW'a? 1 ’ w " .. -y fjrorabiy > F th* !li , , ,rttt t' ' v' the t the Wod*** 1 » c . ?lc»’ b* ’ j t .in <*'' utiite ’b'r , op.l’™ '...pr, k*>| , ltr n piH'd' ’ tii 1 *■ “** til V' 4 1 's»D. r TatnP ' ' 1 ' .< St Lt attack b" L k eitn'idrf* 4 ” LfiMNd 3 * .wtoF '' fl* ‘♦‘is tw** n^’ ,rfc m f . i«M" Low" , ltd I" lW — H'* “ m »n '* 1 Kt? *| ,M (Crte’”** r-' • .

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ftWAYNEGUESTS l: ' lli ” ruwil by Decatur '-uiheian Yount; People's Society. AN AD DRESS is given ! Congregation by Profcssor Klein Before Society Meets. —a The young p Mpl „. )f "-“.■“"'.Tr I ', Fort w Prenin K having nevoral "i” "''''lHilohtpreM.nl. Pri.tr t 0 society Illwl |, lK t||erp was on KH'Kanonai llKS p mhly (n (h(i d)uri h " |,r " f ' Kh-in. a field secretary of ! "' lh,li: "> : ‘ district spoke. 11,. told of tl'v importance nf |„t,. restlnK th(> jounr people and keeping them ln the ! ■nurch. He gave an excsdlont address Mid aft<*r thi th« un. i.ji • in ® society udjouHHMi loolhouse where the society! held its regular meeting Prof. Klein ! also spoke there, as did Mr. Pfeifer, of | . or, Mayne. .Mr. Pfeifer is in charge "f j the Ft. Mayne hospice. In which theyoung strangers are welcome and asMsted, somewhat on the order of th-« 'I • . A. W. Koch, of Fort Wayne, -on of Ker. Koch of Preble, and Mr.' : Miller, son of Bev. Miller of Fort i i V.’sype, with two other young Fort I . V.'ayne men were guests and gave' 'talks. They represented the Walther' branch of the general Walther l>agile, I '.anted for llev. Walther, the founder * • ■’ the Missouri laitheran synod. They ! urged the Decatur society to Join this I t.rolsilile that I they will become Identhsi with it.l I . hey gave some interesting facti about the Icagu* and Its work, and ■t motig other thib* told cf Ua char--table work. The denomination has a ■uiitariuni for consutuptMa in Den-' *er. and the Walther Laaguo assisted ' In the good work by erecting seveni i,«a tents for the patients. SUREIWEKNOWIT I And the Best of It is That. Ft. Wayne is Convinced That We Have a BASKET BALL TEAM, j Decatur Boys Showed Them • How to Play—Score Was 43 to 28 in Our Favor. went io Ft Waytw i Wortliman s •• ■‘ui r „, |,lived the Ft Warmsj ; <d at the Library hail, hut i ~, . r entered hi* mind I ■ ii«I I ~r -a they really! 2’ Th. ' Fort" Wayne Jounml UM- . a some I- | pecsiur high *■ h '"' “ ( Fiirl IMt hall t*» 111 l ”“ l "‘. , be i Wayne Mk«*' r ' , '' ,n 7‘^. v t „ „ n . a reran the near by my » ™ l"’ 1 . "ore .onsfderatlon whv- • Itte'l to >iste awards In "cU The visilini . ... the dots', winning , oil. tidy ,n , • I 1 he kwrl high «fc«’l M "* d / ■ w hail by a st'OT" "» 4:1 "• •’*' Uirntry h,^ tM . pdw , |tM . visitor* b,,i, "' r "r r i'T that udvantage In rem I’** l. de for the Fort wnyne wa , respon*'™ j nmatur Krt " .sed nmre than height ' f h°n»glng “ hr * , ’ ,l “ f , '?" 1 HTt ich *»• '*“'** ” y m. 8 I l ** , i,,h certainiy go* reauitn. -rt* WH*’ ” With 1 I, itur . rowd go* * i ™ O IIS rredll »* * ,wt b. fore Fort W*yn« me <!,, "7 I f‘enn..tlna with the haehnt 1 5 th. dub from th* . taken n*" l “ lng n» advantage by idty k-F •' po " ,t rr Wayne was trailing *h«lr I .pee >nrt p, fifteen points. lAt "b*

I • atui- was in front with the score 23 ) to 13. Big Vancll starred for the visitors and when he was not slipping the hall through the netting he was help Ing one of his teammates to score. Falk and Quinn, at forward, worked well with the big center, while the Decatur guards had the Fort Wayne forwards burled the greater part d I the time. The shooting of sprang. , •■ pedally in the second half, and the 1 allround play of Gerherding feature I . the work of the locals. A monster crowd saw the game. The line-ups . j and scores. Decatur (43) Ft. Wayne (28) Falk R. F Gerherdliu; Quinn L.F Edson i Vancll C Sprang (Miller R. G Wt liman Gay 1,.G.... Diffendorfer Field Goals. Falk 6. Quinn 4. Vancll 8, Gay 2, Gerherding 3, Eillson 2, ' Sprang 5. Diffendorfer 1. Goals on tree throw Vancll 3. Gerherding f>. THE COURT NEWS — Cause of Jacob Rupe) et al. Drain Petition is Reset For December 31. — AFTERNOON WEDDING At Clerk's Office TodayJudge Smith Unites Well Known Young Couple. * The will of Eva Peoples, executed lus-ember 8, and witMaaed by Wes Hoffman and Susie Mayor, was prorailed lute tills afternoon. Iler watch she gives to her sister, Maggie, in tyr, N. I)., and at her death to her niece. Miss Esther Peoples. To her friend, I*lllllo T. Reasoner, nf Oklahoma City. Okla., she gives the sum of S3OO cash from the sale of certain notes hi the Old Adams County lank, the same to be held in trust for him, until he is eighteen years old, and to Is- used for his education. Should he die liefore he reaches that age. It 1 is to go to her brother. Samuel Peoples. or If he Is deceased, to his chll nn n. Two rings she give* to Mrs, Ol ! ive Reasoner, mother of said Philip Reasoner. Her piano and music cab j inet she gives to her niece. Alma Fav ! Brown. To Mary Margaret Brow md .Naomi and Esther Peoples t .lives her undivided one-half Inter-e-* | in forty at res of land In LaSalio coun ty. Texas, and u lot In IJardendale. i Texas, which she owned in common with her slater. Susie Peoples. All the I rest of ho restate is to be divided raiually among Mary Margaret and i Alma Fay Brown and Esther and Na * „mi Peoples. She asks that I’. 1.. 1 Walters serve as ex«-* ulor. Stuart Brown vs. R Rudolph Dau man et al. RoplF *<’ second paragraph 'of answer of all defendant*. Demur ' rer to third paragraph of answer ot all defendants overruled; exception* i Reply to third paragraph of answer iof all defendants. Motion to require defendants lo ele« t as their defense. Herne Hardware t’o. va. MathhoMiller. Demurrer to flrat, second. , third, fourth, fifth and sixth pam gniphs of defendant's answer; demur I rer to first paragraph of cross-corn plaint, and also Io second paragraph. The case of Jacob RupM el al. pe tition for drain, was reset for Decern j her 3i. '' Isabel 1-iby ♦* l-nl«-l l.lby. admin , Ist rater, et si., partition rase. An llswer Hb-d by IhsvM. Berth* “» l > •>•"• Whitehurst. The Inventory tiled by Kver-tt C. Arnold, administrator of the Blulne H'ONTINI'ED <IV PAtIE 41 , APPOINTMENT confirmed. Washington. D. !»" • * !, (Special to Dally Democrat! 4 , * ♦ 'rank <’. IMil*y ° r »•■»<*• ,nd • * i! « ana today confirmed by the I'nlt w I e ,-d Hutes senate to be United 4 ' » States district attorney ot Indi • ana. The recommendation was rI k handed Into the senate last Tues » ,* * day by Indiana tUnator* Kern ■ . * and Shively. Mr Dailey will « i y take hl" office January I. and will i j e succeed Charles It. Miller,

OFFER THE LAND I Willshire Business Men Decide That Forty Acres of Ground is the Limit FOR THE SHORS Have Asked Company if that Would be Tny Inducement for Division. A well attended meeting of Will shire citixens was held Monday even Ing in Bauer's Jewelry store- for the purpose of discussing the proposition of Clover Lens officials to change tln-ir railroad terminal from Delphos to Willshire. The Clover Deaf will require 4(' acres of land in a strip possibly 300 feet wide ana parullel with their main track. The ground most favorable for this project. Mr. Hinkle, general superintendent of the Clover Ixaf. believes lies east of town and is now part of the Henry Schinnerer farm. Mr. Hchlnnerer was present at this meeting and gave encouragement to the project. In fact every man pres ent entered Into the discussion and expressed a desire to see Willshire wie out. The Clover la-as officials have made I no deflnate proposals, but our citizen-.| are unanimous In the opinion that they know just how far we could go * in the line of bonus ami that th*- pur . < hase and gift of the land would Is | about Willshin's limit. It was finally decided that the com mittee appointed last week shou’d i confer with the officials of the Clover, 1.,-af and ascertain If a donation o! * the forty acres would be worth their consideration. Thia c uinuiill<*v ba>-power to calli future citizen meetings and as soon I as word has been reesdved from thrailroad company Willshire people' will know where- they stand on this question Willshire Herald. EGG WITH A PAST Turns Up at New York Tabic for Breakfast the Other Morning. IT BORE A NAME! || Os Young Lady Written on It Ten Years Ago—She Has Long Been Married. Egg romance* are numerous. Bitt from Bellefontaine and New Tori . comes a story ot an "egg with a past ' ( that call furnish some information 1 relative to cold storage egg' and the egg famine. The Bellc-fontnine di* * patch says: Four years ago last July, or It may I have Ia «-Ii five ~r nine or twelve, years ago, a young woman who w.i-i then Miss Clara Baker, was employed as a cratereaa at a local grocery store. I Whmev-r there were eggs to be crated In that particular stor- Miss Baker | who Is now .Mrs. John Wright, attend ; ed to It. She was in alu-olute chnrg-'l ot that department. Well, one day, Just as the errntul' boy of the store was bucking up to take out a delivery on his arm. thoj then. Mias Baker, who could crate! crate eggs so rapidly that she had j plenty of leisure despite the rush of, work, playfully wrote her name and address on the chin of an egg. Hie-1 never gave the mutter anotl>-T| tliought, Tile egg pasted from her mind directly Into the storage. The other day Mr. John Sweeney, lot No. 173 West Niney,fourth street. New York, came to breakfast and pre pared to eat 4»o hard boiled eg t" i One of tlien- imiked like malt matter. and he exumlnral It closely, it read . •'.Mias Clara Baker. Ih-llefontaine. <>“ He opened the egg d-flly and realised | at otic >' that tt had a past, lie deter mined to write and find out when the i telltale name had been Inscribed. Miss Baker, married, and far from ■ the maddening whllt of grocery bus I inees, became the news center of Bell | futilnlne, where nothing ha* orrured i simo the discovery of natural gu<

years ago. Five reporters, startled by I the fact that u letter from New York had arrived nere. Interviewed Mr. Wright and when they came to com pure details of the interview the ro tnanee of the egg extended back it easy stages to ten long years ago. Q. DECIDE FOR NEGATIVE. The program delivered by the I'to plan society at the high school terday afternoon was a success, each number being greatly appreciated. The debate was especially Interesting, and while each side prreented a good ar gument the judges gave their division lor the negative side, that the I'nltisi State should not further restrict Im migration by a literary test. GIRL MAY DIE Dorothy Harbor of Near Ft. Waytie. Who Stuggled to Outwit Robbers AND WAS INJURED Is Under Care of Trained Nurse—lnterna! Injuries Arc Feared. Fort Wayne. Ind. De*. 19 Dorothy* Harber, the brave eighteen year ol I j girl, who straggled to outwit robbers' at her home near here on the Bluffton j road, may die. She- is unconscious! and suffering from Internal Injuries. We 1 ley Carpenter, arredral on -u p! cion, was returned to* jail when it was found that the girl was in no condition to attempt Idelitith al lon. Mb . Harper was cruelly beaten,’ i gaggwd, tied to a bedpost and her * I glossy black hair clipped by the rob-! i I ere. prtdsildy to Im- sold. The role * Iters then turned on the gas in the room for the purpose of asphyxiating I her. She was tortured for refusing to reveal Hie hiding place of money and * | valuabl- s. It Is from the effects of a kick in the : I abdomen adminlster.si, she - ays. by I on- of the robbers that the girl l« suf j i ferlng and It Is feared that she has i btett hurt Internally. She has np|t«r ently recovered from the gas with! which her bedroom was filled when I h<- was found and her other injuries are comparatively slight. A trained pure- 1 was summoned from Fort Wayne y,-sterday to attend tn her. She may Im- taken Io the hospital In Fort Wayne. • GAVE HIS LIFE Cornelius Moynihan Dietl at Bluffton Home Today from Consumption. SAVED HIS BROTHER ' From a Watery Grave and in so Doing Contracted the Dreaded Disease. Cornelius Moynihan, fourteen year I old son of Jack Moynihan, died this morning at (he horn" ot Ills par I enta in Bluffton, from consumption. The disease was contract»-d a year ago last August when a younger l-rother, John, with aeveral other Ismail boy* were swimming tn a gravel ! pit near that city. J«ditt was not a * very good swimmer and in some nmn- ! m-r got beymir hla depth In the pit * Cornelius wan standing on the lutnk, I and when he saw the pr-slicament his Iqruther wav tn. he leaped into the water with all hi* doth*’* on. He man aged to get John out with a great drel of trrmble. and quick thinking. The pit war quite a distance from the i imyc home and CwtteUus was for*--d {to walk the distance with hla wet ctetiiing <>n. As a result of thia he J < mt trailed a severe cold, which later I ileveloped Into consumption. Every possible means of cure had been u ed | hut all of them proved to be of no . avail, and the young hero gave hla j - lean young life Into the hands of hla Maker thia morning. The father, Jack Moynihan, wan for *< venj year* I manager of the Indiana t.ightlng com (Ccntinuvd on l*ai|« r >>

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MANY SPECIALS — , Business Men Are Offering j Many Fine Sjiecial Premiums for Poultry > AND CORN EXHIBITS ' Show Will be Held in This l( City January 6-10—Big Event. b The business men are offering the i ny 11"- tpm tai premiun ■ tor the corn mid poultry exhibits of the Adams county show to Im* held in this * j city January (i 10, The s|ms lais follows: Special Premiums for Corn. (For Adams County Fanners Only) Champion Ten Ears Corn In Show — I Full Idisnl-'d Hampshire pig. C. S. Mumma. Best Ear Yellow Corn Gold watch I fob I). M. Hen,ley. Bert Ear White Corn lavad of tile, value |5.#9- Krick A Tyndall. Best Ear Mixed Coni 15Ot) in cash Burk Elevator First Prix** Ten Ears Yellow Corn * Two sacks latki Erie Guana fertili-.cr Jarecki Chemical Co. First Prize. Whit* Two sacks Dake : Erie Guana Fertilizer Jure* ki Cluon i leal Co First Prize. Mixed Two sacks latke i Erie Guana fertilizer Jarecki Guana FertllEer Co. Second Prize. Yellow Corn One tmg i fertilizer. Second Prize, white- corn One lav fertilizer. Sis'uui! Prize, Mlxe*l One bug fer- ‘ tHiker. Third Prize, Ynliow Corn IZ.oo in cash Bower-Niblick Grain Co. Thlril Prize, White Corn l.’Ot) in L ash Bowers Niblick Grain Co. Third Prige. Mixed Corn 12.1 M) in * cash Bowere Niblick Grain Co. Fourth Prize, Yellow Corn II M I can Smoking tobacco. Fourth Prize. White Corn Enter I prise Drug Co 91.99 Dr. Roberts* hog I tonic. Fourth Prize, Ml red 26 Ibz. Batchfordi Cult M-al To the Oldest Exhibitor Pair of House Slippera Peoples z Gerke. To Youngest Exhlldt*»r One setting Black laing- hang egg* E. F. I Miller. longest Ear of Corn One Rhode Island Red lltatsler C. <’. Miller, To Man Having Most Entries Ouo Meal ticket. Girod a Baker. To Man Having Moat Entries ttr package Fleck*a stock tonic Callow I 4 Rh e, Poultry Spaoalz til C. Imholi'. Auburn. Ind . Judge) latdy Making lairgt • Number of Entries -Piece of fancy neckwear, vain*I il.oo Ga»* a Melben*. Oldest Exhibitor Pair house slipper- People* a Gerke. Youngest Exhibitor 50c pair of euff button; Van** A Hite. Third Prize Barred Rock Cock - Two pair hone Myers Imiiey Co. Third Prize, Barred Hock Hen One I 2 gal. drinking fountain Sehatt'e Dowlipg Co, Third Prize. Cockerel- Three I’glr Gauntlets Warit x Glove Co. Third Prize, Barred Rock Pullet — Meal ticket tllnsl a Baker. Third* Prise Bronte Turkey Tontf.O*' Package of Dioß*e F.n*i*rpri»*- * Drug Co. Third Prize Bronx,* Turkey Pullet - I'Two pair hose Myers Iktlley Co. ,1 Third Prix*. H. C. R. I Red Co* kerel I Three pair gauntlet* Waring Glove Co. Third Prise H. C. R I. Red Pullet , —Two pair ho»*« Myer* Dailey Co Third Prize, H. C, R I Red I **■ k One otio-hnlf Gal drin' Inc hmntaln i K* haul- l«>*vllng Co . Third Prize. H. C. It I Red Hen We s enameled kettio-- Meelo Itacket More. I Third Prize, Hlngh- CiHnh Brown t lawhorn Cockerel <»ne onelialf (Ml. * drinking fountain — H*-hauh Dowling r 1 Co. r! Tlilrd I’rlte ». C. Brown l-eglmrn - I i Three pair gautitlc-te Waring Glove I (*<>. » Third Prize H. C. Brown Leghorn—60c pa< IM" Pie* k'a Ponltry powder * j Callow A Rico * Heaviest White Kmleb n Uo*» e j Three pair gauntlet* Waring tllov* l |cm