Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 148.

ARE PRESENTED WITH DIPLOMAS Splendid Exercises Mark the Awarding of Diplomas to Five Graduates of the . ST. JOSEPH’S SCHOOL Rev. J. A. Seimetz Delivers Class Address on Subject of “Good Principle.” CLASS ROLL Dreda Parent. Aloysiua Schmitt. John Clark. Andrew Hint*. Leonard Deininger. The nineteenth annual commencemerit of the St. Joseph’* Catholic school was held last evening at the Bosse opera house and today the events (to down in history as being oue of the most successful and impressive commencements ever held. Standing room was not available in the opera house, it being one of the largest crowds ever sheltered under the roof of the building all of whom ware more than plen«««d with the grad sating exercises and the splendid programs delivered. Tlie class roll, although small, consisting of four young men and one lady was one that the St. Joseph's School ami the surrounding community esn feel very proud of. and the old saying of "Priced articles conic in smalt packages" could e fittingly applied to the 1914 graduating class Rev. J. A. Helmets pastor of the Bt. Mary's church delivered the c lass ad dreaa, his subject being Good Principle", and was delivered in a. most powerful and impressive manner. He brought out very plainly that a man or woman with a good principle was* worth more to the world than « man j or woman highly educated, without a good principle. A person without a 1 ‘Good Principle" will never be sue ceaa- j ful in the many undertakings that be encounters and will not be respected The address was one of the most splendid ever beard on such an occasion and was a masterpiece in oratory, lie closet! hit stress with thanking the many patrons for their attendance and extended the best of wishes to the graduates who now started out on the ocean of lift* A splendid program aside from the Saluatory and Valedictory was also rendered. Ilrst being a piano setertluu by the Mlsaes Preoa Parent and Jew ste Holt house Thro earns the wel come chorus by the class lauinard lielninger had the tumor of delivering the salutnry and much praise is due 'him for the masterful piece. Mias Agnes Kohne rendered a piano solo. Immediately following the class ad dress by Pather Helmets and Miss Dreda Parent followed with a rerlts lion, entitled "Water and I". John Clark lire poesesaor of a beautiful utro pleesed the large audience with the song of "Itays l<oog Ago" Aloy sins He limit t followed with ■ recitation on "True Heroism" The honor of de livertug the Valedictory was bestowed upon Andrew Kmti. and who proved that he was worthy of addraosto*. the people in behalf of hla Haßi. Rev J. A Helmet* then distributed the diplomas to the live graduate* and offered hla congratulations. The sere well s«ng by the class then followed A much WMccaw: p:»**o seen, was play ed by Mia# Ague. Kohne followed hy the operetta. "Dtarantrotod Judith" by the Junior girts "Judith was the dan ghler of rich parent# sod was very discontented wtht her Ideal life and thought Hull she would jib* i« rl, aa«e pis, . , wiih some UUIe poor girt Rbe * did but Isler on rhanged her mind »nd went hack to iter own home The glory was a fairy tale, The Hen Hur c harlot race hy the Junior hoy* cloned the evening# etnercniomeot MARRIAGE OF THI TOT*. The IMtle folk* gre getting read) for their entertainment "The Marriage of ihe Tot#" Friday evening at fke Methodist church. Tb»y meet totnor inw aftuntnon at the church when the parta will he assigned, the costumes jHvro out and rehearsals arranged C* Tha entertalnmeni will be a delightful one and all should secure tickets of the Mile society Ml# ■—Cs-L»-■ • «

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT “DECATUR CAN AND WILL'’

DEATH OF GRANDMOTHER. Mr*. Ed Urwton Attends Funeral In Fort Wayne. Mrs. Ed Lew ton has returned from Fort Wayne where she attended the lunetal of her grandmother, Mr*. Caroline Wltery, which was held Sunday. Mrs. Whery was eighty-four year* old and had been ailing for sometime from diaheteß. nevertheless, her death which came Wednesday, came suddenly. She leaves five children, five grandchildren anil four great grandchildren. Mrs. I.ewton’s mother died when she was a very little girl and she was reared hy her grandmother, Mrs. Whery. RENDER^ CANTATA Presbyterian Choir of Twenty Voices Will Give “The New Jerusalem” SUNDAY JULY sth Wi'ii be Assisted by Miss Kathryn Egly of Berne and Other Noted Singers. Because of the warm weather coming on and the fact that several members of the chorus are contemplating leaving for Ihetr summer vacation. It has been decided that the Presbyter lan choir under the direction of Or. Fred Patterson, wilt render Charles Davis cantata. "The Mew Jerusalem on one waek from next Sunday. July 6th The choir is comprised of twenty members, including some of the heal local talent in the city, and liaa been assisted In this work by several new voices. While the number of rehearsals have hero comparatively few. they having hero prortCrlng only Surma Abe past month, mealr lovers will be more jthaa pleesed with the beeuty of the i cantata. Miss Kathryn Kgly of Herne la the ( soprano soloist and admirer* of Miss . Kgly's voice realise what a treat Is In I store for them The cantata will take ■ tlie place ><f the regular evening ser vice and the public Is cordially Invited to attend this musical feast AT CONVENTION Decatur Epworth League Represented at District Convention IN FORT WAYNE Otvened Today—Rev. D. T. Stephenson to Give Address Wed. Morning. Ruth tlowefU, Ruth I twit tell. Ken vote Walters, Tom Vail, as delegates from the lierstur Rpworth league »r< at Fort Wayne reprearotlag the local *» riety at the Fort Wayne District Kpworth league croveuUua which I* In j session today aad tomorrow at the At Paul * Episcopal t hun h. Rev John U Itenson of Itraall log Professor Wray, an Mat no tor la Hihfc.lasses *l Taylor university and aleassistant editor of the Cbrtatiaa H«r aid *nd Rev ijeorge It Druse pcesi deal of HrPsuw unlver.ily are the print iput speakrrv at the convention p per ini music la one of the ten lure* of ihe prugram aad Howard Freeman director of the fft Paul's choir ran duels the onveuliuu slag me Othe* features of tlie musirol program were the preeeUcc of the Young Iwdtos quarlec at ttoatan and the Huy itrout* i quartet of Auburn who so h rendered several aetcarthms Rev H T btephenatm of thin Hty la on the pfwd.sm tor Wednesday morning at II P'rlork tor an addree. Hla -uhjerl I* “ A FumM* Ural" Many from here uraldm the dele - gate* named before are ptfeuitna . ii—*i . Mias tilady* Mr Milieu has return i ed lo Mu#cle to reaum# her wnrh Hi . the Mum le Normal Institute after an I over Sunday v»»R wtfh her purewt*. f Mr and Mra Ana Me NUUro <4 Plnasanl Ultfn I * . * -

Decatur, Indiana.Tuer.day Evening, June 23, 1914.

THE BIC PICNIC At Berne-Splendid Program Announced For The Big Affair. DECATUR PEOPLE On Program—ls It Should Rain, Program Will be Given in Auditorium. The program for the big Fourth of July Sunday School picnic at Lehman's grove. Ilr-rne, has been announced. If It should rain, the prugram will he given In the auditorium The Berne hand will give a rpncrrl on the street* In the morning before going to Ihe grove. The program: 9:00 Band t'oncert. 9:30 —America. Audience. Devotional. Revs. W. 11. Qieiaer and K. M Dunbar. 9:40 —Song, intermediate Chorus 9:50— Address (Germanl Rev. Conrad Huber. Richmond, ind. 10:20—Hong. Ladles' Chorus. Mennonite Church. M>;30 —Address. Rev. Aaron Worth. Fountain City, Ind 11:30— MuskI—" Der 1 —"Der Tlroler" (German) Announcements. Music—Mean. I aulies' and Male Chorus. INTERMISSION. I:3o—Music Hand . 2:00 —Music. M E. Church. Decatur. Evangelical Church. Herne. 2:16 —Invocation 2:20 Music. Geneva M. E, followed by Intermedinte Chorus 2:36—Adreas. Hon W. H Hickman. Pennville. 3 06 Music. M. E. Sunday School Geneva. Musk, Union Male Chorus. Music. Hand. BITES TORPEDO Lloyd Ahr Has Face Badly Lacerated and Burned —Torpedo Explodes IN HIS MOUTH V " Was a Narrow Escape—ls First Fourth of July Victim in This City. The flrwt arc ideal caused Icy a premature cwtebralkm of tha 41b of July, rroulled last night about 9 o'clock whew Lloyd, the youngest sou of Mr sod Mr* Kd Ahr, residing east of the Hty. placed a large proxy torpedo In hla mouth and Muag un It. earned it to exphsl*, taffy lacerating the , herbs aad lip#, and abut burning hint severe ly The littlo fellow la company with hla mother aad older brother waps alt ting to tbo Abr auiaami.d* in (nun u< the Smith, Yager t Falk drug store The hoys Had * supply of the torpedoes whtrh they wore eaptodlna beside the eutomobtle aad were having a greet Dm* Lloyd's curtomiy was uadouia edty aruuaed to aee what made the hlg uotow. and ptming one m his mouth attempted to rm kit opro Hr > did not waMrlpH ' 'he result hoeryet I and whro hla teeth grocind lata the •up. R exploded with a terridr ton*, shoot lag the small pebble* *t which . this torpedo was ma*ttmi#4, lain the • heeb aad Hps The top of Ihe toy , redo *u pwteted outward which lart atone undoubtedly *sl< d Ihe (Hlle tel tow from getting t >c|ull ton*#* • > exptosioa Into the throat A pbyab tan ■ was standing near and Uoyd was lab ro into the drug store where hi* tn I that the upper Up bad hero badly torn sad the right rbeeh larerated white - both side* «r ale fare from Ur* cheek t tomes down were uadly >ura«d Reports from the home this moro n* state tnat be ••• up bright sad r«rty •ad wn* ready to shoot off more of ihe torpedoes Tetanus to aftro a result «f an injury of tuts nature, toil to every thLig possible waa dune to prevent I Ibis. It to thought that to- will get atoeg l Ktoely and earape Ibis dreaded ftoUR I it that the tongue and rjwf of Ihe mouth wero md *vro touHted by Urn

| explosion hut the full force was re ■ , elved In tho cheek and upper lip ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT MAGLEV. 1 An Ice cream social will be given at Muglcy on the night of July Ist. the day of the big opening of the Colter Bros. general merchandise store. Tlie Tocsin hand will also be present and n general good lime Is assured, , -n ’ TO CONVENTION. Mrs. John Hotter and Miss Josephine I Pennington of the United Brethren Young People's society or tills city, left today for Huntington to attend the convention. Tills will la* In session three clays. PECULIAR EVENT t __________ Barn Door Blows Off, Strikes I Horse and Rider. Glen fr tsher Is Thrown Off. HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS For Fifteen Minutes—Only Slightly Bruised—Getting Along Well. Glen, six year old son of Mr. and Mrs Jonas Fisher of south of the Hty met with a very peculiar accident yea terdsy afternoon, when Dm storm came up about t;M o'clock, whoa he was thrown from a horse that waa struck I by a door that was Mown from the harn by the wtnd from the storm. The story of "The House that Jack Built" is not mots complicated The little boy had been helping un the Kmery Mattonee farm, and was driving a horse used M pul'mg up hay. | When Ihe horse tamed wear the turn, the wind blew off uae of the heavy barn doors This s.ruck the horse, it jumped and Uttto Giro was thrown off He wa- unconsc lons feu- ten or fifteen ' minute- but aoou recovered HU head and arm where be struck the earth, were bruised, but otherwise lie was all right. i i.i -—-I mWRIST SONS BROKEN Mr*. Jam** K. Ncblich Suffers Fall On Rcfict Arm. I While atiemptlag to chase some rat tie (rum a held, at the# country home southeast of the city at nine o'clock this irnirnlag. Mrs James K Nlhlhk found it necessary to climb a fro-e Her foot caught and she fell oa her right arm The little tome in the wrtot was hre-hro Medical attroima soon ' ea*ed Ihe pain aad although she till 1 be somewhat disabled for a while, she * 1* getilag along very nicely, CHANGE IN POSTMASTER*. I ‘ Announcement to made at the Sp iroatmroi of the following pwtmssf 1 ,fs IJsi Grove. Adams t‘n„ A Y*r j dy; t'mtffvtlto. Wetto rouniy, A. R Ab 1 tout, Cabmdaie, Wells county F. t’ liarrtrk. • >ren a Rawlings will sm<~d A 1 J From as patimdsf at Port la h 4 July I. Mr Frost held the afire eghf * rror* •T. JOSEPH SCHOOL PICNIC ’ The sasual M Jcwepa srhool pi. an was held today la the Kttmu Wood* » stuMh of the cleg and a tano* crowd * attended Hacks were tout dUMaa *h» ‘ roue- moron** .atag the people cat * A aam her at ama»cmro«* were fur 1 I at* bed for the IT boot rb ltd fee r g - ' ENTERTAINMENT WAR FINE ■ i The lyrrom eatotoatomeat utvro at * the fbfWiaa rttotoh km* cento* by * Mto* Verms Itouar ami Ml** Mabel Wrt S dy waa rxceedf itt Mm Roth lad toe I wfp Itm> Is etor-UlMKatt »"fb and the pronto* ro a rtvh and tnrtod cam l give* with crototte perftoctioa r —< —— • - —- OATS OCTTINO »hORTER > The day* am beginning to get abort I er Rends* June II waa the bmaeet I day nf .he year Tito sun arose at tarn icsroty wins aad m at thirty fror mto * utes part seven • start. making the f «ro minutes. — -

GOTO MISHAWAKA i To Make Their Home—Raymond Bremerkamp and Miss Clara Minch i MARRIED MONDAY At Portland—Decatur Relatives of Groom Attended Wedding. The Portland Sun says: "Miss Clara Minch, daughter of Mr*. J M Minch, of Ka*t High street, and Raymond Bremerkamp of Decalur. . were married Monday morning, the ceremony being solemnised at nine o'clock *1 the Catholic church. "Rev. Father Travers read Ihe service in the presence of Ihe immediate relative* and a few friends of the young couple. "Mis* Mlnc-li wa* beautifully attired in a wlilte silk c-repe with a tunic of while silk crepe embroidered in robin's egg blue, wearing with her costume a lovely while hat. Hhe was attended hy Miss Marie Jiklison who *tu> dressed exactly like the bride except that her gown wa* embroidered In deft blue' Raymond Minch attend.-.NMr Bremer kamp ’"Mr and Mra. Bremerkamp left on the two twenty G. It. * I. train. Mon day afternoon, eo route to Mishawaka, where a home lias been prepared for their orrupancr Among the relatives at the wedding, were the parent* of the bridegroom. Mr. and Mr* H. If Bremerkamp and win. Earl, of Decatur. “Mr. Bremerkamp wa* employed for several years as a traveling salesman. but bo recently located in Miah awaka. where he la engaged as a photographer" GOT A BAD SPILL Dust Obscures Sight of Harold Cline. Motorcyclist— He Is Thrown INTO THE DITCH Rendered Unconscious—Hip Was Thought at First to be Broken. "Harold nine, IX, a son of Jay (Tine, of Decatur, a former Itluffinp resident took n h*rd tumble Into a ditch at-oui tour mite* north at Blulftoo Sunday, at about roe o'clock, whro a motor cycle which be was rtdtpg struck some obstruction ro the pike, nr skid , d«d to the du»i and be tort cuair>d of 1 R," say* the Htuffvro News. "The young man was rendered an jroasrtous and was brought to Bluff ’ too to the itosiman A Mlltor garage, jby a motoring party who arrived ro the srroe shortly after the «■ eldest The motorryrto •»* partially *f«W cad was left at the Qeorge Msstefwaa farm, near live srroe of Cl toe* spill i Tine said be was ro bis wav to th> tores at Proeto “i line s mart painful Injury was • i Sadly bruised and spratoed hip and he frored as Brat that R had hero broken, ton D» J W M- Kinney, who was railed to see him. said that there was no frartur* and u» serious m jury inner attoM injuries were a bruised tod and au abrasion es the right tempt* * M hro he was able »« girt* an ar cront at lb* aertdrot • line said that ha bad flirt met a buggy »*d (lull to (he dust raised by Ihe tehb to be irotd nut see ble way rtaarty an* sapproe* he struck a staul'whlrh de netted Ike moiarrytto into tkn dHrb He exhibited an I jury an hit rlgbl torasim. rot elved *n SSothef Split •bout a weak ago tltae waa able to go borne Ruaday mil— * Mr t'ltae rwsidro to Root township K. OF C. NOTICE, amammx I tMI at i y m to make anal artaag*

MRS. PONTIUS' FUNERAL. Will Be Held Wednesday Morning At Linn Grove. Tim funeral of Mrs. Worley Pontius will lie held at fie Kvangelhul church at Linn Grove at ten o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be at Linn Grove. Her death occurred at three o'clock Saturday afternoon within thirty minutes rid.- of Chicago. She was enroute Pome from (’olorado Springs where she had gone a year ago for tuberculosis of the throat, lier husband and three year old daughter, Louise, were with her. SURPRISED MEN Policeman S.yitley Surprises Men Who Broke Into Wear-U-Well Store RAN FROM BUILDING And He Traced Them to the River—Recognized Men As Home Talent. ■ Night Policeman Smitley, early Monday morning Just before day break, nipped what would probably have been a robbery In the bud. While making III* rounds he heard a noise at th-1 rear of the Wear t'-We|| shoe store in | the Gregory building, corner of Mad | Iron Third street.- He Immediate-! ly investigated and surprised three! men who had broken to. They ran from the building, down the alley east i with Mr. Smitley to pursuit. He final ly lost sight of them hut easily traced I Diem to the river, lie t* confident that he knows who they are. and that they i are home talent. A Horn- watch will he kept ro them tn the future. The rror room at the store had been broken Into through a rror window . There la a double partition between! tht* and dV mam store room, which ] the men had been unable to get through. Had they n<4 hero frighten ed away so soon, however. It to quite likely that another of the many robber lea that have been perpetrat.-d here In > the past wt-ek or two, would ha*, j lieen accomplished. GROWTH IS BIG The Chautauqua Movement Is Spreading Very Rapidly Over Country GROWS FROM TEN To More Than 2.200- Decatur Chautauqua Will be AuguHt 24-30 The part year's growth of the t’bau | tauqua movement to the Putted Nats* has hero little lens tbs a marvelous ! The number of tro I'hautauqwa* la thl. I country ha* larrrosed from I torn last year to more than 2jaa this summer ttoe thro*and nf these t'haatauqua•re under RcdpaP. maaugrtnent There are about Mu mo Redpaih Chant an qua* this year than tart Never before to a yror has surh wide paWMiy hero aivro ibe name I hastSWins to the prom at the cron try Thl* injmrt. at course, wa* due to the wide disruestrut at Mr Drysa • Sp proran.c. on the • hautauquu ptaiform lart summer, The army of people now employed to alt lb* different troiaro* of rbaa taaqaa work over the wide expanse as the A merv so <rotto.it a too eerro. Thto seuaou the Rsdprth Cbaulatt qua* begin to Mouth Curotlaa sod Move am up thru North * srotn|. Georgia Xla hams Troaessee. Rro'Urliy. thdi aim and Mhhlgaa The thsvrttu Chautauqua will be August 24 Jd - I* '■ was Ml. Mra. Jafksr to somewhat bet i tee. I

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ADOPT THE TIMES Conditions Show A Decided ' Improvement in the Vari- , ous Parts of State ; WORK IS PLENTIFUL » mn ■ ■ And Prospects for a Big Harvest Bright—Railroads Put on More Men. (Democrat Nows Bureau.) Indianapolis, Ind.. June 23- (Special to Dally Democrat I—ln spile of the claim* of the Republican* that tliero is a severe business depression in the country there are indications of a steady, improvement right here In Indiana that hears out the reports that have been coming to Bernard Korbly. chairman of the Democratic state committee. The information comes from South Prod that the Oliver Plow Works has arunged to operate at full capacity and that it will put on hundred# of men at once. The reason Is that the hlg crops In the country calls for more farm machinery and that liusine## lias started to boom in that line in spite of the misrepresentation# of the Republican leaders who are saying that Die farmera are having a terrible time getting along. A still more significant report Is the !.gte from Wasiiington, Ind., that the lit)*. S. W. railroad car shop# are jto bo operated to the limit from now ion. Several hundred new employes are being added to the list. The siginitirant thing nhrot Die action .4 the ; it. O. 4 i S, W Is that it shows an im- ! provement in railroad business which ! lias not l>een regarded as satisfactory 1 for some time. Most of the railroads, however, were , lilt hard by the floods tn 1913. The ! loporl-. made by the roads to the sta.V jtax board showed a# a nil* that their Igru#* earning* were larger in 1913 than j Pur the proceeding year yet the flood losses cut into revenue* so that tlie net earnings were decreased. There ore many line# of hu#lnes* that are improving right along There are more inquiries lor steel and iron j product* than there were a month or I).x weeks ago. One hlg manufuctur- • r said here today that hla business Is aliout the same as It ha* been for several month* but that the large num--1-4 r of Inquiries he Is receiving Indi- ■ ale* to him that 1916 U going to lie a fine yror for pra< iirally every line. While NMttie of ihe Republican* are trying to have fun with the President is-, aase be ha* said that a part of the • depreaskui to "paychollgh-al" more fair | minded people are inrtitt4Hi to IHe to*I lief that he bit the nail on Die head. t ndouht4vlly a groat many nu-n are i.ugag4-d vigorously In rahimity liowtj mg borons* they want to go buck lo Jthe conditions that were permi't.-d tn I exist under Republican rule :<ttd I against which the prsqtle finally reI tolled If crop, are as (nod In Indiana tliif j yror as they now protnisa the coniltiff I fall and winter ottglil to he aa pro#I I e..in- as the state has expert.-m .-d tn I many years, Al any rale It apiM-nra j that hnslitos* to ph king up in spite of i'the It. <pul.lt- mi opportttoa and Dint there I# rapidly growing a better f4H*llag over present condition*. q» UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Failin’ I' Dad a beau Diet pie**# all her relations, Includin' th‘ unde*, swats aad forty *o4-ond cus.lnts Iwlct trtnnved. Ito Rimmnas finally tuk who •he wanted, got tmifried and to livin’ happily ever stlur Diet o* she ex up F iltno at tola' t‘ pros* uv th' rmpur my saw. Had. wnrh* un - — # ATTKNO DRUGGIST* CONVENTION. • Mr and Mra. Fred Iteucr are at • Wawasoo Labe, attTOdltig the druggist.' roavrotion l)eld there Monday, Tuesday aad Wednesday. They shipped off at W inona take romtite *nd ttoited for a white with Ruth 1-ryso tad farollae Gerber who are attendtoK *4 bwd thoto f ST. JOHN S FtCNIC. The .ommtiisws sra doing everythtog possible to make Iho HI. Johns > pb so • ert funds* sftertnswi • happy > affair for alt gaesto The Dor-alar Mind la— mmotr m *' l w *** l **