Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 35.

FORETOLD DEATH Father Flaherty Last Week, While in Good Health, Predicted His Death —III—WITHIN A WEEK Told Friend He Would Take Vacation in Eternity Funeral Wednesday. j Funeral services for Rev. Father , \\ illiam F. Flaherty, the young priest who was formerly assistant to Father Wilken of the St, Mary’s Catholic church in this city, will be hold Wednesday morning at the lit. Ann’s : church in Lafayette, where ho lias i lately been assistant to Father | Byrne. The remains were *aken front > the St. Elisabeth hospital in Lafay- | ette, where his death occurred Sunday [ evening at 6:45 o’clock, to the SellerI Harrington parlors to be prepared for ft burial. This afternoon the body of L the young priest will be placed in the • sanctuary in St. Ann's church and will E remain there until tn o'clock Wednes- ■ day morning, when the solemn reqW Uiem high mass will be chanted and ■ the remains will b. committed to a ■ grave in the St. Mary'- cemetery. K While renting tn the church the body ■ ■Will be guarded and tan lie vi v. <l by B friends.

Premonition of Death. According to a Lafayette dis|iatcli ■ to the Indianapolis News. F.-''i<-r Plait- ■ <rty had a premonition last week that K he would die before the week ended. ■ The dispatch s-ys: "A week ago today the Rev Patlier I Flaherty told a young member of the I congregation he was altout to take a |r long vacation, and that it would be f spent in eternity. At that time he r aparently was in perfect health. He g also told another member of the couR gregation Ida body would lb' in state tn the church before another week "roil'd around. Saturday nig! he was .•trick.-n with pneumon’a. and in leas than twenty-four hour-- lie was dead.” dispat. •>! Ga-' zette says: "He was stricken by pneumonia at St. Ann s rectory, where he was serv ing as assistant to the Rev. M. J. Byrne. and was taken to St Elizabeth hospital at 9 o'clock Saturday night. His condition was critical from the very beginning of the attack and the disease refused to yield to the most skillful treatment. Father Flaherty met death bravely. He was conscious to the very last and calmly dictated the arrangements for his funeral. "Father Flaherty was liorn in Cannonsburg. Fa., in 1884. When he was » boy his parents moved to Muncie and ne was reared in this state. Whet, the derision came to enter the priestUorxi ha attended St. Joseph college at Rensselaer for six years and there received a classical education. He then entered St. Bernard seminary at RoL chest.-r. N. Y.. and spent two years in studying philosophy ami four years tn studying theology. **Hc was ordained at Fort Wayne in June. 1909. by Bishop Alerding. and Ms first assignment wan as assistant at St. Patrick's church in Kokomo ■When the Rev. Robert Pratt left Wa iash to take a special course in Wash fcgton. D. C.. Father « abprl ’ r pent to bis eftureh to act as rec-tor un til Father Pratt returned. Ho wv then sent to the St. Mary'" < llUn - b a ‘ Dc<atur a* aaahtant and went from t there to the Cathedral In Fort Wayne. I He came to Lafs/ette last July to act I as assistant to Father Byrne nt St. ■ Ann's church. . F "Father Flaherty was not a rugged ■ num In physique, but he was younger ■than he looked and «as admired for ■bls geniality. »" ■w « favorite with them. He tried I te .«ako.hurrh work as Inviting and Ker. ting as posal for them and Kmnued a branch of. th" society of ■th.- Holy Name. He was a man of ■pl,w-n.. personality and was popular Kith an He was well developed taElrctually and bad « very promising I life before him. The death was r." Edrd.d as untimely and was deeply. ■deplored. .. Father Flshert'- Is surv.v.sl by his imoth.r. Mr-. Br.dget Flaherty, who ■ liven In Pittsburg, Fa.. and by two ■ataters. Mrs. Peter J McArdle, of ■ Pittsburg. and Mrs. Mary (TConneU. ■of Mundo. Hr also leaves one broth- ■ er. James Flaherty, of Muncie.' Hevrral Decatur people will attend K the funeral.

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Those going from this city to attend Father Flaherty's funeral areEd Ehlnger, Hen Smith, Thomas Ehlnger, Ada and Frances Deininger, Eugene Smith, Leo Ehlnger, Elmo Smith, Will Myers, Raymond (lass ami Francis Lose. Father Seimctz and Sisters Henrietta and Aloysius left tills morning for Lafayette to attend the funeral. oDATE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Because of other matters of importance the engagement of Miss Overy of Fort Wayne to deliver an address on temperance at the Baptist church lias been cancelled. Tin; lecture was advertised for Wednesday evening, but will not take place. ASK THE_REnfRN Os Pastor and Wife, the Rev. and Mrs. D. T. Stephenson to THE CHURCH HERE Their Work is Commended -Trustees and Stewards Are Elected An interesting quarterly conference was held at the Methodist church last

evening. This being the last quarterly conference of the year, many tilings relating to the close thereof, came up for consideration. A motion that a resolution be presented to the general conference asking that the Rev. D, r. Stephenson and Mrs. Stephenson be returned here for another year, was unanimously - carried. The work of both the pastor and wife, and their helpfulness in all departments of the church was commended and their return Is much desired. The Rev. J. A. Beatty, of Ft. Wayne, district superintendent, presided. The church year is closing with an excellent record, and reports from all departments were good. The conference year closes with March, after which the annual Northern Indiana conference will be held. The following trustees and stewards wc/e elected: Trustees —John W. Vail, A. J. Smith, Henry Krick, Sylvester Spang ier, Mary J. Niblick, A. R. Bell. Daniel Sprang, C. L. Walters. John T. Myers. Stewards —John Niblick, L. D. Ad ams, D. N. Erwin, W. H. Fledderjohanu. J. C. Tritch. A. D, Suttles, J. T. Merryman, Henry' Heller. C. D. Ix-wton, J. N. Parrish. W. J. Archbold. P. B. Thomas. J. It. Parrish, B. J. Rice, F. V. Mills. Charles Colter. Dan Beery, Clark Sphar, Harvey o FINE LOT OF HOGS Sold by Abner Chalfant—Ninety-aeven Brought $2,140. Abner Chalfant, living southwest of Decatur. In Harrison township. Wells county. Saturday marketed one of the finest bunches of liogs shipped out of this part of the country. He sold a total of ninety-seven head. for shipment to Buffalo and received for them $8.50 per hundred, the total for his bunch of ninety-seven hogs amounting to $2,140. Mr. Chalfant related to a reporter of the Bluffton News his experience also with vaccl nation against hog cholera. He said that fortunately none of the bunch of ninety-seven hogs sold Saturday contracted the disease, but ho had another bunch, fed on another farm about a half mile distant, that suffered from the cholera. He lost twenty three hogs from this bunch before any of them were vaccinated, but says that not a single one of the remaining hogs vaccinated before they contracted the disease, succumbed to tile cholera. He therefore believes the vaccination Is a good thing as a preventive measure, ’ aven if it has a low percentage of cures after the hogs have contracted ’ the disease, ■ii i - -—o —— GAME POSTPONED. i On account of the lecture course > entertainment this evening the Bluff • ton and Decatur Boy Scouts have 1 post|>oned their basket liall game until . Thursday evening. They will play • nt Porter hall, this city, the first and second teams of both orgnnlxntlons 1 playing. Ten and fifteen cents will be charged. # 4*

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, February 10, 1914.

LETTUCE_NIPPEO Moses Greenhouse Suffers a Slight Loss from Cold Cold Sunday Night. LOSS IS ABOUT $50.00 Private Steam Systems Was Disabled for a While— One House Touched. The Moses greenhouse was a sufferer front the recent cold snap to the extent of SSO. For a while it was feared that the loss would be much heavier, as one house of lettuce was severely touched by the cold. The larger letture, however, was that which suffered most, the younger plants being very slightly nipped. Much of the frosted lettuce came out quite nicely, however, and the loss will not be more than SSO. The greenhouse does not depend on the city steam alone during very cold weather, as it has two boilers in Its own steam plant, which are used when the very cold weather conies. On this occasion, however, a bunted flue disabled one engine, and a pump bringing the tVater into another engine, was also out of repair. This crippled the private steam system for a while, until repairs could be made, and as the city steam pressure was not quite strong enough for the greenhouse, the

lettuce in one house suffered. Four men worked all night Sunday at the green house to help alleviate the danger. The' thermometer ranged from five to eight below zero during that, the coldest night of the winter. — —........ MADE A BIG GAIN ■ — — 1,1. Adams Made Gain of 27.2 Per Cent in Ten Years in Taxation. DISTRICT MEETING At Fort Wayne a Success— Adams County Well Represented There. Those from Adami county who attended the district assessors' meeting in Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon were; George Gent is, county assessor; Frank A. Mclntosh, Vnion township assessor; J. A. ( line. Root town ship assessor; John Clino, Root township deputy assessor: Ed Gallmeier, Preble township assessor; Janies Brown, Kirkland township assessor: William Blackburn, Washington township assessor; Jesse Steele. St. Mary's township assessor: Samuel Nessliaum. Monroe township assessor; James L. Ixive. Wabash township assessor. Reports submitted at the meeting of the township and county assessors held in tho assembly room of the court house yesterday afternoon presided over by Dan M Link, of the state tax board, shows that Kosciusko county leads the state in taxation increase with a total nt 42.7 per cent. In tho last ten years or an average of about 5 per cent each year. Present at yesterday's district meeting were representatives from Huntington county, Whitley. DeKalb. Steuben. latgrange. Blackford. Allen, Jay. Adams. Wells and Noble. E. 11. Wolcott and James A. Houk, members of the state tax board, accompanied Mr. Link to Fort Wayne and different topics regarding taxation problems were discussed among the tax board members and the assessors present. The Ismrd members urged the assessors to list everything at Its actual value and to make reports to the state the same way. The state board, however. will deduct twenty-five per cent to determine the taxable value of the property. After explaining In detail the taxation question. Mr ijnk read a report of the different count!'« in tho dis trict and the percentage of gain In the past ten years ns follows: Allen, ten years, 26.4 per cent: one year, per cent: Jay. 9.9 per cent in ten years: about 1 per cent a year; Adams, 27.2 per cent gain in ten

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| years; 2.7 per cent a year: Wells, 10. G per cent in ten years; 1.1 per cent a year; Steuben, 14 per cent in ten years; 1.4 per cent a year; Lagrange, 11.5 per cent In ten years; 1.2 per I cent a year; Blackford, one-half of one per cent loss in ten yijirs. Taxable property in DeKalb county increased one million dollars last year. Tlte report showed that losses were general in 190 S, but tills is accounted for by the fact that the assessors I changed that year, which usually interferes seriously with the returns to tho state. Noble county’s gain In the last ten years was 30.9 per cent, or 3.1 per cent average each year. "More pay and longer terms of service’is what ’we want to give to you assessors,” Mr. Link said, “and you can rest assured that the tax board will do all it can for you. t’o-opera- ■ tion is what we want. If you find some one —and you will —who objects to paying his tax because he thinks it is exorbitant, you tell him that he didn’t make the tax law and he can’t (Continued on kage 2) o THE ROYAL ARCH Will Have a Big Night in Decatur Next Tuesday— Ft. Wayne Team WILL GIVE WORK To Three Candidates—Forty

Visitors Expected—Banquet at Pythian Home The Royal Arch Masons of Decatur are preparing for a big time next Tuesday evening when a class of three candidates. Will Lehne, Milton Girod and Albert Sellemeyer will be initiated into the order. The work will be performed by the Fort Wayne team who will arrive in a special car over the interurban, leaving Fort Wayne at four o'clock on that date returning when they are ready. It is reported that at least forty of the Fort Wayne lodge members will be here, bringing their own paraphanalia and the occasion promises to Im 1 a very happy one. The party will take supper at the Girod & Baker restaurant. and after the Initiation a banquet will be served at the K. P. home by the Phythian Sisters. The Decatur chapter is growing steadily and much interest is being manifested by the members. . —o 11 ■ DIED ON A VISIT William Ralston, Civil War Veteran, of Near Geneva, Died in Illinois. if*--! '• LEFT LAST WEEK To Visit Daughter-Death Came Suddenly—Will be Brought Home Today. Residents of Wabash township war" shocked to hear of the unexpected death of William Ralston, a civil war veteran, who has resided mnny years six miles west of Geneva. Mr. Ralston left lust Friday, apparently in good health, for Illinois, to visit with a daughter. Later word was received that he hud died suddenly. Details were unknown, but It is supposed that death occurred from heart trouble, al though he is not known to have been subject to that. Mr. Ralston was about seventy years of age. and fought in tlie civil war. The body will be brought hack to Geneva for burial and It la expected that it will arrive this afternoon. The party was expected this morning, but failed to arrive. Bur lai wilt take place In the Alberson cemetery, but further arrangements for the funeral are unknown. His wife passed away less than a year ago. Several children survive, among them being a daughter. Mrs. Chauncy Buckmaster. _ ' w. R. c. SPECIAL MEETING. > 'I The W. R. C. will have a special meeting Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Al| arc requested to attend.

FORDO STORE Will be Opened in Noah Ark Building by Messrs. Hower and Stewart. A STOCK OF PARTS And Complete Line of Parts for Repairs Will be Carried at the Store. Decatur is to have a new place of business soon and it is one that will please many people, all of those in this section who own Ford automobiles and the hundreds of travelers who each year drive their cars through this city. It is a Ford store, strictly, and will In no way interfere or compete with any of the garages or machine shops in tills locality. The proprietors of the store will be Luther Hower and John H. Stewart, two of the best known young business men of Decatur. They have rented the old Noah Ark building from J. O. Niblick and will open as soon as the room lias been refitted for their convenience. Tlie new concern will be known as tho Decatur Auto company and will carry a line of Ford cars and all the parts of the machine. Similar stores have Ckcj ♦•> Ixl tea 1 > *>*l rail 41, z.

been established all over the country, making It most convenient for users of the Ford. This territory is under the supervision of H. L. Norris and O. E. Shafer of Bluffton, licensed dealers for this district. t 0 GOOD INSTITUTE ■ ■ ■» ’ Good Institute Held by the ‘ Teachers of Root Township at Elzey School. - ; A UNION DINNER At Noon—Vital Questions I Discussed Interestingly by Teachers. , The sixth institute of the teachers of Root township was held at District No. 8, EHey school, last Saturday. In spite of the bad weather the institute . was largely attended. The program rendered was as follows: Opening Exercises—Miss Caroline Dowling. Sociology and Modern Social Problem*: Chapter 13, Crime. Miss Evans; Chapter 14. Socialism, Miss Dok- ’ necht; Chapter 15, Education and Social Progress. Miss Gay. In teaching the No. 6 school, should a teacher do all that is possible to be done with it before beginning any work with any succeeding No. 7— Mr. Nelson. Using the Institute us a class, develop the Idea of ‘‘decimal fractions,” to a class In the grades- Mr. Hoffi man. I Drainage of Soils —Trustee Charles : E. Magley. i Show how arithmetic may be vitalised through the teaching of subjects i as manual training, agriculture and i domestic science—Miss Perkins. I Chapters VI and VII. Teaching Pu i pits to Execute: I Automatic facility l in execution: (al Spelling; (bl Hund writing; (c) music; (dl drawing; (e| i arithmetic—Miss Dowling. i At the noon hour a very templing dinner was spread hy the teacher. . Miss Dowling, and patrons, to which I all did justice, proving beyond a i doubt that there are some good cooks I in that district. Tho next meeting will be held March 7lh at Monmouth. i - -o i BENEFIT SHOW. i ■■■ —- Tho Indies’ Aid of the Christian i church will give a benefit show at the ■ Crystal theater tonight, the proceeds to go to the church. • The Sunday school orchestra will deliver a pro gram in connection with the show. A two-reel feature and a splendid comedy I film Will tr .ke Up the complete pro--0 gram. A matinee will be given nt I. 3:30.

BONE WAS FRATURED. ■I 111 " ■ As tho swelling did not go down, and it. was feared that the injury might lie more than tile bruise or sprain supposed at first, a physician was called to the home tit is morning, who found that tlie bone of the wrist of Mrs. Barbara Spuller’s right arm was cracked. She fell Saturday when she slipped on tne ice amt injured tin* arm, but it was not considered sori OUS. o BANKS WILL CLOSE Roth banks wil be closed Thursday. ebruary 12. on account of the day being u national holiday, it is tlie anniversary of Lincoln’s birthday . A DROP IN STOCK New Record in Oil Stocks on Wall Street Today—Big Fire in Milwaukee. CARVIA IS ARRESTED Charged With Aiding in the Wreck at Cumberley When 50 Were Killed. (United Press Service) New York, N. Y.. Feb. 10 —(Special

■ to Daily Democrat) —A new record was established on Wail street today, when the stock of tlie Atlanta Refining company sold for 705. a decline of 23 points, shortly after the stock market opened. Milwaukee, Feb. 10—(Spacial to Daily Democrat! —Tlie main building of tlie Blue Mountain sanitarium, this city’s tuberculosis hospital, took fire this morning and the entire building seems doomed. No loss of life lias been reported. El Paso, Tex.. Feb. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Emilio Carvia. who says he was a lieutenant in tlie force that wrecked «a passenger train al the Cumberley tunnel and sent fifty passengers to death, was arrested today in New Mexico by United States authorities. He will he brought to Fort Cliff. He said the bandits would not have wrecked tlie train had they known it was un ordinary passenger train, but it came so swiftly that after they discovered it they could not stop It. Dispatches from Cumberley say It will require a week to recover the bodies. "THE WAY TO HAPPINESS" GREAT FEATURE AT LYRIC. A magnificent three-reel feature of the Warner brand entitled "The Way to Happiness" will be the attraction at the Lyrte today. The startling scenes of this most unusual photo drama are bound to bring tears to your eyes and a lump to your throat. You will lie shown tlie true way to liappiness llenot in riches nor in the pleasures of the world, but in rendering a simple service to your fellow-man. Tlie story deals witli a sincere, cleaillivlng. young man, who sets before himself the task of bringing a smile to every one's face, and who succeeds in accomplishing his purpose In a wholly delightful way. After al! is said and done, life's greatest problem is the at tainment of happiness and the surest way to find it is by unselfish service Tills splendid sermon Is not a dry sermon by any means. The characters are types taken from real life and tliey |»lay their parts with an earnestness that la most convincing. The prices for today will be fifty cents and the Lyric will no doubt be packed lo the doors as it was yesterday to aee these great now features. COMMITTEE IS NAMED. By Ministerial Association to Invest' gate Matter of Evangelist. At the ministerial meeting at th' library yesterday afternoon, the new officers elected the week before, took i tlielr places. The Rev. W. 11. Glois • er Is president for the year, tlie Rev. * Benjamin Borton, secretary. At this f time a committee was appointed to i Investigate tlie matter relating to the l securing of an evangelist for tlie pror posed union revival, the cominlttee to i report to the ministerial association, t The committee comprises the Revs. Rilling. Love and Gleiser.

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THE EGG MARKET Prices for Fresh and Cold Storage Eggs Have Gone Down in Eastern Points FOREIGN EGGS Shipped to This Country Play an Important PartInteresting Notes Tlie following article is taken from the produce news, a daily publication at New York City received here by Hurry Moltz and other produce men and will be of interest to all local dealers and consumers of eggs. This is rather a critical time with eggs. Prices have gone down for fresh and storage rapidly. There have been more fresh eggs all the week than could be sold, with lower prices expected. Receivers are looking for a 25c market and -holders ot storage stock are glad to sell at almost any price. Another week will probably see all the storage eggs out of the way. Foreign eggs have not done well during the week and the receipts have been light. The principal topic Is the price of April eggs at seaboard. Every New York receiver is in a conservative mood and the highest price that any of them has talked is 17c for Aprils

storage packed. A few have said that they would advance 15c on Aprils to store but the general feeling is that l«c ought to be the maxinum price under all the circumstances. Much will depend upon what is done at the annual meeting of the Carlot Poultry & Egg Shippers, willed occurs in Kansas City March 2-3. A number of the receivers will go to that convention with their minds made up to pay much less for eggs than they did last season. Quite a year at 19c but the most of them cost 20 and 21c. Big profits were made on all stork thus carried and had it not been for the foreign eggs the profits would have been even larger. Jim Weitz, tlie Chicago operator who carried 170 cars, declares that he cleared up 3900 a car. He got out before the slump came and says he is not in the game this season. A number of shippers from tho West have been on the market within the last 10 days to sound tlie receive rs. These shippers would not acknowledge they were here to feel of egg receivers and try to make contracts for April delivery hut that was their mission. Tliey inquired closely into the foreign deal. As far as could ho learned no contracts have been made. Tlie receivers say they would pre! ‘r to hold off just now and take their chances later. Extensive preparations are going on for marketing European eggs here in the spring. There is an extensive operator here, perfectly familiar with the deal in Russia, who Is offering to put Russian eggs In New York in April which will equal an extra first, storage packed, at a coat of 12 to !«<• dot. He lias relatives in a Russian town who ship 2 ears a week In the flush season and he will probably make a joint account deal with some receiver here. This is only one Instance of what Hie foreign deal is to he. Several representatives from New York and Phildelphia are now In Germany looking after Spring <‘gg‘ The flush of the Russian season is May, June and July. In Austria Hungary. Bulgaria and other southern portions of Europe tlie flush comes on at the same time as In Amercia. 1 in the European points, wlir-re eggn are most plentiful, operators are preparing to store heavily with n view to bringing them to New York.’ In Europe a number of the large operatolrshlrv whole floors in a storage plant and keep men regularly there all the time to watch e«u und examine them from time to time so that If there is any deterioration the eggs are immediatuly token out and used i up. Tliey are stored in th" large 12» daa. cases. . W* CONDUCTS SERIES OF MEETINGS. The Rev. John Glbaon recently conducted a splendid series of service* ■ at several of the ehurclies of the coun . ty and met with good Miccess, as he Is an earnest and deserving worker for the cause. .> itt