Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1915 — Page 1

ilume XIII. Number 51.

HUNDREDSTURNED AWAY Crowd Estimated At Twenty-Five Hund- | dred Attended Tabernacle Revival Last Evening

* S: $ * * :[i * * ... * : i ; * £ * COLLECTION. * * « # Previous $179.20 * * Saturday night 32.87 ;.t ♦ Sunday morning 61.75 « * Sunday afternoon 22.43 # > Sunday night 160.42 # « * Total $456.67 <« The Sunday collection alone * was $244.60. $ * « ♦ * ♦ * * * * * * $ sis .f. crowds which heard the tab•rniiCle services from Saturday night Until Sunday night totaled more than Jijglit thousand, a showing of religiou interest heretofore unheard of in this locality. It was the largest at■pdance for any twenty-four hours ever known in Adams county. The crowd Sunday night was the greatest sc far of the campaign, and is estoB stated at 2,500, while several hundred • wer. turned away. Every foot of spase in the big building was Mr. Honeywell assisting the ushers in making the crowd as comfortable as possible. This morning a Ace of men began replacing the •eat placing them closer together, and it is believed the new arrangement will take care of at least two l|jmdred more people. The program for this week will prove an interesting one and will be found in another •Mflunit) Every service of the overSpday session was an interesting onß and there is no doubt of the success of the Honeywell campaign. Tne -«flttai'e prayer meetings have grown tn; interest and attendance to such en extent that nineteen sections have been provided instead of nine as at first. The nursery attendance is increasing each evening and more toys. Koks and blocks are needed. Send them to Mrs. John Everett, the chairman Tuesday afternoon the second chart lesson for personal workers will be given. Among the announcements of particular Interest were: The men’s quartet from-the Berne Mennonite church, to assist in the fKgram Wednesday night; Tuesday night will be old soldiers’ night; Mr. and Mrs. Clase will organize a Bible class among the high school boys and girls Thursday afternoon at 3:30; a banquet will be given to the business women at the M. E. church Thursday evening at 6:15; next Sunday afternoon Rev. Honeywell will give his Maying the Fiddler" sermon to men only. The sermons of Rev. Honeywell and Rev. McCombe were delightfl ful and the expressions on the faces of the listeners indicated that they were effective. The music was also ■ - ■ REV. HONEYWELL At He Appeared Last Night When He Said: “Say, you can take any side you choose—but lam preaching real gospel and you will realize it some day, if you don’t now.”

DECATUR DALLY DEMOCRA'I’

HONEYWELL HITS a All the wonders of civilization heaped together are less wonderful than the twenty-third Psalm. • « * Hell is so full of hypocritical church members that their feet are sticking out at the windows. * « * I hate to see a spineless fellow in office. He is usually controlled by the wrong people. * * * I like to see a brave man who will stand by his wife when trying to keep her little brood in the right paths. • * * In the average town the devil is allowed to pull the lid off and run things as he pleases. * * • I am going to preach God's eternal truth without fear or favor if I do not get a nickel. If you think I am here for your money, you are mightily mistaken. * • • The idea of a little frizzle-readed sissy who can’t turn a flap-jack without splashing the grease over her, having a fellow. If that girl were mine, I would dust her good and send her to bed. * * * If the people of Decatur had more sermons like this one, there would be fewer whip-por-will widows around town. * * * The average woman is not halt so careful about her company as the young men are. a great feature and the big choir, led by Mr. Clase, is becoming a great part of the services. We give a short account of each service. The Sunday Night Sermon At the night service Rev. Honeywell delievered his powerful “Kill or cure" sermon, saying in part:Author's Note —A chapter in M. B. William’s book. “If Any Man Will,” inspired this sermon, to whom I am greatly indebted. 11 Kings V—l. Naaman. Nothing so interests me like a brave man. Nothing so interests you like bravery. Though you may be the greatest coward in your community and your day, nevertheless you admire bravery in others, you hate a coward. Courage ever draws forth our admiration. A friend said to me the other day “Nothing seems so to captivate the average woman and win her heart as the display of uniforms and brass buttons and the thought of bravery." We all admire a brave man. But many men are physical giants and yet they are moral cowards. I Fitzsimmons, Corbett, Jeffries, Sharkey, O’Brien, Johnson, Kaufman, Wclgast, McFarland are physical wonders and moral nonentities. Many a man has shouldered a musket and faced the cannons mouth without a tremor, but he has trembled like an aspen leaf, and fallen back when he stood face to face with some great moral issue or duty. It is said of Napoleon that one time he told his men that he had a very difficult duty, a hard fete to be per- | formed. Said he: "It will call for I bravery. It may mean death. Certainly it will mean great hazard. But I It will also mean great honor. I want 1100 men to volunteer the task. At the word of command let those who fear no foe take three paces to the front.” When that word of command , was spoken, not 100 men, but the en- ■ tire regiment as one man sprang to the front and drove their bayonets in the ground at his feet. Tears ran down the cheeks of that great warmer as he said: “Men I am proud of you, with such a band of men I need never fear a foe." Great Leader And that mighty general, the greatest military leader that ever martialed men, backed by such men of loyalty and bravery, rolled up the map of (Continued on Page 4.)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, March 1

GRAZES HIS EAR Bullet Grazes Ear of Son ■ of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Romberg. OF FORT WAYNE Former Residents of This City—Accidentally Fired by Companion. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette tells of the narrow escape of a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Romberg, former residents of this city: “Aytholston Romberg, aged eighteen years, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Romberg, 123 East Jefferson street, is carrying one of his ears swathed in bandages as the result of a bullet from a 22-calibre target rifle boring a hole through it yesterday afternoon. The gun was accidentally fired by a boy companion, with whom he had been shooting at a target in the basement of the Romberg home. “Here is the story as told by llomberg to his friends:' The boys were shooting in the basement of the home ‘against orders,’ and hearing someone coming downstairs, Romberg’s companion swung the rifle around to get it out of sight. The gun was discharged and tiie pellet found Romberg’s ear for a target." atlOHge Mrs. Amanda J. Stewart Succumbed at Age of Seventy-four Years. WELL KNOWN LADY Funeral Services Will be Held Tuesday Afternoon at Wren Church. Another pioneer woman of this community, residing seven miles east of this city, across the state line, sucsumbed, surrendering her life to her Maker. The deceased is Mrs. Amanda J. Stewart. At death she was sev-enty-four years, ten months and five days of age. Death resulted Sunday morning at 2 o’clock from dropsy. Mrs. Stewart was a native or Ohio, being born April 23, 1840. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Decker. For fifty-four years she had been a ■ resident of the community where her death occurred. She leaves two children—Mrs. Ada Woods and Miss Eva Stewart, besides ;wo grandsons; also a slstef, living n Essex Center, Ohio. The funeral will be Tueday afternoon, the procession leaving the home at one o’clock for the United Brethren church, where the Rev. Hamilton will officiate. o TABERNACLE PROGRAM. Monday, March 1. Rest Day —No Services. Tuesday, March 2. 10:00 a. m. —Cottage Prayer Services. 2:15 p. m. —Afternoon Services — Rev. McCombe in charge. 7:15 p. m. —Evening Services — Subject, “Hot Off the Wire.” W. tl. C. and G. A. R. special guests. Wednesday, March 3. 10:00 a. m. —Cottage Prayer Meetings. 2:15 p. m. —Afternoon Services. 7:15 p. m. —Sermon —“Nuts for Skeptics to Crack.” Music by Men’s quartet, Berne Mennonite church. Thursday, March 4. 10:00 a. m.—Cottage Prayer Meetings. ’ 2:15 p. m. —Afternoon Services. 6:ls—Banquet at M. E. church for business women. All women invited • who work for wage. I 7:15 p. m. —Evening Services. ■ Subject not announced. Friday, March 5. 10:00 a. m. —Cottage Prayer Meet- ■ ings. 2:15 p. m.—Afternoon Services. 7:15 p. m. —Sermon —“Sit ye here; f watch and pray: if it be possible this cup pass from you.”

| SUSTAINS BAD INJURY. Mrs. John Everett, who is chairman of the committee in charge of the tabernacle nursery, met with a 1 very bad accident Saturday evening, when the ligaments of her right wrist were torn loose, this being worse than a fracture. She was entering the library room where the nursery is kept, and at the place where the offset in the walk is, site ■> slipped and fell, the injury resulting, o • MISS MOYER RETURNS. Miss Neola Moyer, who has been here for three weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Spuhler, recovering from an operation for the removal of tonsils, returned last evening to the Hope hospital, Fort Wayne, where ’■ she is in training to be a nurse. r A HALF INTEREST 1 ■ I 1 Chas. Pennington Sells Half t Interest in Independent Meat Market to I I MR. JOSEPH KNAPKE ' New Partner Began Work This Morning—Both to I > be Active in Concern. A partnership between Charles Pennington and Joe Knapke was entered into this morning when Mr. Pennington sold a half-interest to Mr. Knapke in the Independent meat market located on Monroe street. A short time ago Mr. Pennington bought out his former partner, Mr. Lichtle, and since that time has been in sole charge of the business himself. The patronage of the place Vas so large that he could not take care of the shop himself and therefore decided to take in a partner. Mr. Knapke lias been engaged for some time in the insurance business and is one of the hustling business men of this city. He enjoys a large circle of friends, all of whom will be glad to see him located in the meat market. The firm of Pennington & Knapke will still be known as the Independent meat market. o BURIAL JUNDAY Funeral of F. A. W. Lindsey, Former Pioneer Merchant of Linn Grove. WAS HELD SUNDAY At Geneva—Was Merchant and Undertaker at Linn Grove 41 Years. The funeral of F. A. W. Lindsey, of Geneva, was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the United Brethren church at Geneva. He was in his eighty-fifth year, and was a pioneer of the county. For forty-one years he was engaged in the hardware and undertaking business at Linn Grove. Ten years ago he moved to Geneva, ■ where he and his wife had since made their home. The following are his children: Frank, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Elizabeth • Fouts, Bluffton; William, Marion; Eugene, west of Geneva; Fred, Geneva. o_ THE STORK’S STOP. Harvey Marion is the name of the • son born to Mr. and Mrs. Harve Bakj er of Marshall street. This is the first born. The mother was formerly Miss Gusta Ketchum. UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. r There come a time in everybody's 1 life when he er she goes t’ their pile uv discarded shoes an' picks out th' . best pair. — o— - - BUYS A FORD CAR. Charles Cooper, chief engineer at the sugar factory, has purchased a ; fine Ford car from the Kalver & Sikes s agency. This makes the sixth car sold by this hustling firm last week.

, 1915.

A SMALL BLAZE Does Slight Damage Sundav Morning in Kitchen of Bernstein Home. " * PIPE ARRANGEMENT , I I In Flat Roof Set Fire to the < Surrounding Roof— Very Small Damage. i i An overheated stove pipe leading j through a primitive chimney arrangement in the flat topped roof, caused . a small blaze in the kitchen of the I. I Bernstein home, in the John Niblick | residence property on Fifth street, Sunday morning at 8 o’clock. The pipe lead from a Wilson heater ust 1 ( to heat the room, in which a gas stove is used in cooking. A simple holo in the roof, is the chimney arrangement and the overheated pipe soon had the surrounding wood blazing. This was noticed in time, fortunately, and the fire department soon had it out with I the aid of chemicals. The tin covering on the roof confined the flames to the wood beneath and prevented a . rapid spread. The stove was lifted out bodily and thrown into the yard, being damaged in so doing, but the loss is confined to the stove alone, except a slight damage done to the house. The entire damage will probably not exceed $25. o FATHER'S DEATH: .—. v c Called Mrs. Jacob Atz to i, Kendallville — Henry .. [ Kunderd Dead. e I AT THE AGE OF 78 [’ s b Funeral Will Probably be? s Held Tuesday—Mr. Atz b Will Attend. J r Mrs. Jacob Atz was called to Ken- ■ dallville by the death of her father, I Henry Kunderd, which occurred Saturday evening. Mr. At:; will leave la- ■ ter to attend the funeral. The Fort j Wayne Journal-Gazette says of his death: “Henry Kunderd, 78, died at his home in Kendallville last night, after a brief illness. Born in Switzerland, he came to DeKalb county, near Indian lake, with his parents, when but / a mere lad. Growing to manhood j there, he was united in marriage | more than half a century ago to Miss 1 Mary Jane Zonked Surviving are the widow, and the children—A. W. Kunderd of Goshen, Mrs. Libbia Atz of Decdtur, Ed Kunderd of Angola. Mrs. Margaret Autenreith of Kendallville, Mrs. Savh Schumann, Wayne township; Miss Lydia Kunderd of Johannesberg. South Africa, and Jul- u ius Kunderd of Fort Wayne. The I'u- p neral hour has not been arranged, but will likely be held some time Tues-i day, and owing to the illness of the , n widow, there will probably be short? services at the house, with the funer-! g al proper at the St. John’s Lutheran'S church. Burial at Lake View.” I n Mrs. Atz had been at' his bedside a iuring his illness. 1 o a THE CRYSTAL PROGRAM. ]) a Another episode of the the interest- 1: ing drama, “Perils of Pauline,” will c be given at the Crystal theater Tues- c day evening. The title of this epi- t sode is “Doomed to'a Living Death." Don’t fail to see this most interesting of all episodes Tuesday evening. I This evening “A Foul Deed,” and I “Henpeck Gets a Night Off,” Bio- i graph comedy, will be shown. Also : “Hope Foster's Mother,” a Vitagraph, i in two reels, featuring Mary Maurice, I comedy; drama, “The Peach at the i Beach,” Kalem. ' o. BARBER FIRM WILL DISSOLVE. - The Ixise & Schrank barber shop i will quit business June 1, according to present arrangements. Mr. Lose will . begin work with his sons in the new i bank block and Mr. Schrank will rest ' during the summer. Mr. Corbett has. . not decided where he will locate. •

HAS NAMED THE APPRAISERS. William Blackburn, township assessor, has announced the appointment of J. B. Holthouse and A. N. Sellomeyer as appraisers of real estate. The work is necessary under the law each four years and must be done this year before May 15. They will start to work at once and expect io finish within sixty days. The work Is not very remunerative, paying but two dollars a day, and requires some sacrifice on the part of the men named, who are well qualified for the duty. o— K. OF C. NOTICE. Important meeting tonight. Arrangements for joint initiation with Huntington will be made; also other important business. G. K. o — LAND MARK GONE Old Mann Grocery Building. Seventh and Adams Streets, Torn Down NEW BUSINESS HOUSE Will be Erected at Once— To be Occupied by Jacob Buhler Grocery. When the old frame building at the I corner of Seventh and Adams streets 11 was torn down today, a land mark of |, the city was removed. This building j, was occupied by the Harlo Mann gro- 1 eery in the days when the older mon . here now' were but lads. It was built, forty three years ago and for a long time did a thriving business. Os late ■ years it has een occupied at different times but for several years has been used as a ware house. It will 1 be replaced by a handsome cement block building, fronting on Adams ! street and work on the basement was' 1 begun today. The property is owned j by Mrs. J. W. Vail and Mrs. D. W. J 1 Sprang and the new building has I been Jacob Buhler who will 1 install a modern grocery there, which he expects to open by the middle of ! May. |' 0 £ EXPENSIVE WARjj England Has Spent Total ofp Nearly Two Billion Dol- ! s lars and Still at it. i s 11 ANNOUNCES EMBARGO? : a • • 't Turkey’s Loss in Constantly nople Siege 5,000 Dead 1 and Wounded. . i ' r • London, Mar. I—(Special to Daily i Democrat)—Great Britain today made 1 public her answer to German's notice 1 i if embargo. Premier Asquith an- , lounced to the house of commons that Lt had been decided to lay an embargo against the shipment of all foodstuff and other commodities into Germany and to prevent the shipment of all German goods to other countries. The premier asked the house for an appropriation of $185,000,000 for the period ending March 31. This makes a total of $1,810,000,000. The war has cost England alone $7,500,000 a day, but it is announced that England ’ can stand the drain for years without an autcaul crisis, London, March 1, —(Special to the . Dailyy Democrat)--'Turkish losses in the bombardment of the Constantinople defenses thus far total 5,000 dead and wounded according to a cablegram from Salonika today. Troops trains from Constantinople are clogging the rail ways on the European side and the Turkish wounded lie behind the fort without medical attention. Sixteen miles inside tho Dardanelles the greatest fleet ever assembled for a bombardment is smashing the defenses into ruins. A light house on the European side had been demolished. Hurling 1,950 pound projectiles, the mammoth dreadnaught Queen Elizabeth already has I (Continued on Page 2.)

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NEW SENATE BILL Introduced by Mr. Fleming of Portland Would Purify Our Elections. TO APPORTION STATE Separate Bills Have Been Introduced in the House and the Senate. (By Lew Ellingliam.) Indianapolis, March 1, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Senator J. R. Fleming of the Jay and Randolph district, has offered a bill in the senate which upon its face seems to be a solution of the many election scandals in t»ls state. The bill is designated as a simple, method in behalf of pure elections, and prescrilies qualifications for all officers and full citizenship with a one year residence for thoso entitled to vote. The prime object of this bill is to strike a blow at the wholesale debauchery of the ballot in ‘lndiana( Statistics from the records in the department of labor in Washington show that in the eight years from 1906 to 1914 there was filed there 36,712 intentions to become citizens of the United States and the state .of Indiana, and out of this number but 3296 took out final certificates of citizenship. This means that more than thirty-four thousand votes were cast by foreigners who only swore that they intended intention. If the records could be disclosed it would doubtless be found that most of them were voted in Lake county, and that the Republican county committee there aided and abetted by the state Republican committee here, were the forces behind this wholesale blot upon the good name of cur state. It was all done with a view of political success, and after they had achieved success by thus disfranchising that number of American citizens, the Republican leaders, their newspapers and their politicians talked loud and long about the beauties of the American flag, the patriotism of the American people and the blessings of the high protective tariff. It is this sort of politics and this sort of fraudulent statesmanship that has caused socialism to flourish in our land, and it has much to do with making prominent the forward looker and the independent in politics. If the simple bill proposed by Senator Fleming will cure this evil and put the crooked politician out of business, (he rules should be suspended and every member of the senate and the house ought to stated up and be counted on the side of right and justice to the good old hoosier commonwealth. You may talk all you please about the many fads and fancies of the present day, but before we engage in any of them we should get right with ourselves by denying the right of suffrage to any man not entitled to suffrage. Our political morals need that spiritual revival that will make us see that might does not make right; that political victories gained by such fraud Is worse than no victory at all. Tho correction of this great wrong is the most important measure pending ! n the present general assembly, more important in fact that the appropriations which are necessary to carry on the administration of state government. Should there be any reader of this item interested in the question of a square ballot as well as a square count, it is your public duty to so indicate your sentiments to the members of tho house and senate. Do not be a sluggard. The men and ' women interested in woman's suffrage and prohibition are alive and active. Before this or any other I question receives legislative sanction, lets see to it that only tho men who have the right, are privileged to vote. The first round of legislative apportionment came in the introduction in the senate of a bill fixing the apportionment for senators. Another bill will contain the apportionment for representatives. Usually both representatives and senators are contained in one bill, and two bills were likely made so should the house apportionment be attacked the senate would stand, and in this same line of argument should the senate apportionment be attacked the house might stand the grill. As is usual there is much contention in the align(Continued on Page 2.)