Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 8 April 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 84.

MADE A BIG GAIN Methodist District Has 3,- ■ 500 Members Added to Churches in Year. Brepcrt IS MADE At Annual Conference at . HU IHMAuburn —Eight Ministers Died in Year. I Auburn, Ind., April B—The report I 1| ,r . J. A. Beatty, supepintendMit of the Fort Wayne district of the ■pH thodisl Episcopal church, before Bib' North Indiana M. E. annual con-' Hrerence here yesterday shows that Bifluring the year just plosed 3.500 memhave been added to the various Echurihes in the district. This is the' !?' most remarkable report ever made F from the Fort Wayne district at an annual conference. The session was opened at 8:30 Wednesday morning by Bishop W. F. McDowell, of Chicago. Shortly after the business session began a motion was placed to have the next meeting place chosen Friday afternoon. Fort Wayne ministers leaped l to their feet immediately upon the hearing of this proposal and started i to fight against it. They finally won by having the date set for Saturday., following roll call. Fort Wayne will make a strenuous fight for the next convention and a large number of" . 'laymen are expected up here when the time comes for deciding the 1916, meeting place. She will be opposed by Huntington, Marion and Bluffton. Following the administering of the' Lord’s supper, Drie U. Williams, secretary of the last session, called the roll. One hundred and ninety-four an- 1 swered present. By the record of the ■ secretary eight members of the conference have died during the last, year. The conference stood with bowed heads while the names of these deceased members were read. Then Bishop McDowell led in the morning prayer. Telegrams of sympathy were di- i reeled to be sent to Dr. Milton Mahin. i Bick at his home in New Castle, and M. A. Harlan, whose wife can sur- : ■vive but a few dyas. F. A. Reichelderfer was elected statistician of the conference and S. S. ■ Jones, treasurer. Eugene Allen, of the lowa confer | ence, John Jones, Vermont confer- »■ ence; A. B. Burkett and H. T. Har- & mon. Park River conference, Ephraim s Leese, Detroit conference. J. R. Sell I and J. W. Gruber, Indiana conference, A and C. Wishmier, Nebraska conyference, were announced as transfer h red to this conference and will take | appointments this spring. Bishop McDowell called the fourth teen disciplinary questions, and unit der this call Dr. J. A. Beatty made | his report of the Fort Wayne distyt.J Following these reports Dr. >l. GarI land, Pennsylvania secretary of the / F’reedjpan’s Aid society, was int.roS duced to the conferc’.ice. His address j Kihowed remarkable progress made by B the negro people of the south. He j ’ raid the negroes have raised SBO,OOO for educational purposes. He said: “While Jack Johnsen lost the championship as a brute slugger to a white, nan, a negro student in the Garrett Biblical institute has won the chainj ionship as a student from the white' students.” After this address other districts of the conference were called upon, for their reports. Dr. Freeland, of the: Richmond district, showed an increase in salaries to pastors and benevo-| Jences of more than ten per cent, and cn increase in membership of 1,400. Dr. M. S. Marble, of Wabash 'district, in his report showed that he had held three or more quartely conferences in conjunction. I ive new churches have been erected in this district, he reported. More than SIOO,OOO was raised in the Wabash district for benevolences. More than 2.500 people have been added’to the various churches. At the close ol this . report the North Indiana conference quartet sang the Welch revival hymn. Dr. Madison Swadner of Indianapolis delivered the address at the an niversary of the Church Temperance society in the afternoon. Rev. Frank P. Morris of Winchester delivered the missionary sermon. He was followed by an address on “Evangelism” by Dr. A. E. Smith, of Ada, Ohio, president of the Ohio Northern university. During the year, according to reports at the evening session, 8,000

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I new numbers haw been added lo the churches of the conference, which is the largest net increase ever reported In one year by the conference. Dr. Harry Wilson of Chicago, sec- ’ retary oi the board of Sunday schools, gave die chief address of the evening. He spoke on, 'The Superiority of the Graded Sunday School Course Over the Old Filiform Course.” Following his address Dr. A. E. Smtlh, <|.’ Ada, , Ohio, led the evangelistic services, ' which were of great fervor and interest. o „ INSURGENTS ATTACK CAPITAL Berlin, April 8, -(Special to Daily Democrat)- Six thousand Alblan insurgents are attacking the Albian capital of Durazzo stated despatches toI day. They are supported by several field pieces. One shell •is reported ,to have shattered the house of Essad. | Posha minister of war. SELLING Three Young Men, Selling i Razors in Vicinity of G. R. & I. Depot TAKEN INTO CUSTODY' — I By Marshal—Will be Held Pending Investigation I 1 of Razors. A call from the G. R. & J. depot this morning by Marshal Melchi brought that official to the scene,', where he took into custody Walter , Warren, nineteen, and Georgy Moore, . eighteen, two yc\tg men giving those 1 names and St. Louis, Mo. their resi- ( 1 dence. They had been trying to sell razors, so the call stated, and as_it was thought that there might be | something crooked about the work,! the officer was notified.. Mr. Melchi found them in posses-1' sicn of five fine, new razors, of sev-1 oral varieties, and <V excellent make, | and also one pocket knife, .made by one of the firms manufacturing the razors. The men were taken to jail ■ and a charge will be filed against | them to hold them until the source of ’ the razors can be learned. They stat-! ed that they had found the razors, i hut as there is a question of this, an - investigation will be made. One of ' the razors bore the name of a St.' Louis firm, and it will be communicat-1 ed with. One of the boys stated that their | brother had been with them, and Mr. Melchi started out, after taking the two to jail, to look for tie third. Later investigation revealed the fact that the boys had been successful in; selling five of tho knives and a razor | to employes at the filler factory. The ' third bey. however, hail not been loI cated. One of the boys finally said | that his brother had bought the in-, struments cf a fellow and had given them to him to sell. Robbery at Payne, Ohio. Every hour brought forth some new . feature of the case and at 2 o’clock this afternoon, according to informai tion received by Marshal Melchi, it is believed that the goods taken here wore a Part of that stolen from the John Sullivan hardware store at. Payne, Ohio. Marshal Melchi receiv-, 'ed a card from J. G. Matthew, Payne; [town marshal, giving an account of, the goods stolen. Among the goods | ! stated were listed 100 Keen-Kutter, j and Toledo Blade pocket knives; .three dozen razors of the same make: I $25 or $35 in silver; five dollars In Canadian silver change. The make of the kniVes and razors held here tai-1 lies with those stolen at Payne. Mar-1 shal Melchi also found in the pockets | of one of the boys some Canadian money. It is believed, however, that the main one of the robbers got away with the greater part of the goods, as the one who is missing is said to have carried a grip. — o — VILLA MEETS SEVERE DEFEAT Washington, April 8, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A riot by Gen. Obregon of Gen. Villa’s army jiear Cela-1 ya, Mexico was cleamed today by I the Carranza's agency here. “I am : just in receipt of a communication ifrom Gen. Obregon” said a message : from Carranza to Arredondo, “advisI ing me that the enemy’s loss was over j 2,000 dead and wounded and a large: number of prisoners. Obregon is in j 1 pursuit of the fleeing army.”

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, April 8, 1915.

TAKE LIFE VOWS Rev. Harman Officiates at Wedding of Ruth Zerkel and Frank Drake AT THE PARSONAGE Wedding of Walter Thieme and Paula Bienz Will be Next Sunday. The wedding of Frank Drake, a well known young man of the city, and Miss Ruth Zerkel, one of the triplet daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Zerkel of east of the city, was solI emnized yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the United Brethren parsonage by the pastor, the Rev. Harman. With tlie young couple, were 'the triplet sisters of the bride—the Misses Frances and Esther Zerkel, who witnessed the wedding. The bride wore a luv’y frock of light blue poplin, of modish and giro. ... ■’ooiom and tlie hat worn with this mateneu the dress. After tlie wedding the party went to the Zerkel hottje east cf the city. Tlie newly married couple will be at home in a week on North Fifth The groom is a son of John Drake and is an employe of tlie LnFontaine Handle factory. Both are exemplary young people and are receiving the hearty good wishes of their innumerable friends. The wedding of Walter Thieme and Miss Paula Bienz will take place next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 instead of 3 o’clock at at first announced ill this paper. The wedding will be solemnized at the Bleeke or Emanuel Lutheran church by the Rev. Hoffmann. o !N CONFERENCE Evangelical Ministers Open Session Proper at Kendallville Yesterday, REV. J. H. RILLING Is Re-elected Treasurer of the Conference Missionary Society. The first session of the Evangelical conterence proper was held ai Kendallville yesterday. The Kendallville News-Sun says in part: The conference missionary’’ society held its session this morning. The meeting was called to order by the Rev. Levi Newman of Mishawaka, Ind., president of the society. The other officers are the Rev. A. A. Knepper, Urbana, secretary, and the Rev. J. H. Rilling, Decatur, treasurer. Tlie same officers were re-elected, with the exception of the president, Rev. E. W. Praetorius, Elkhart, be' ing elected to succeed Rev. L. Newman. The money secured through this organization is for the support of ■ ministers on charges too weak finan- ■ cially to pay the minimum salary. ' The secretary reported that enough ' money had been raised during the I year to meet all obligations along I this line. The total amount will exceed $7,000. It was reported that several new churches are being built in the conference. South Side Chapel, ElkI hart, will be remodeled to accoinmo- ' date the Sunday school which has ' outgrown its present home under the efficient ministry of Rev. J. L. Buyer, sr. Tlie society at Brazil is completing a new edifice. Rev. G. A. Weishaar, pastor. A new mission was launched at Evansville, Ind., during the year and a pastor will be appointed for the work at this conference. Tlie Indianapolis First church, Rev. J. H. Breish, pastor, leads tiie conference in its missionary contributions. During the past year the church raised $3,362. The society is supporting two missionaries in China. In the afternoon there was a large audience for the formal opening of the conference proper. Mayor Case delivered the address of welcome. I Bishop Thomas Bowman, D. D„ providing conference officer, responded.

| CHANCE FOR A GOOD BOY. County Superintendent E. S. Christen has been asked to select from the high schools of the county, one boy t to take part in the Summer Camp or Military Instructions, maintained by the Cijlver Military academy, for two weeks this summer. It is understood that the boy selected have no expenses except those com , ing and going and it will be a splen- • did training for the young man who is selected. Mr. Christen will choose the lad who makes the best showing > in his grade and who passes the best test for moral and phyical qualifications. The plan has been endorsed by the state board of education and Mr. Christen will make his selection soon. ! BOARD MET TODAY 1 _ County Board of Education Meets — Arranges for Taking of Census of SCHOOL CHILDREN Will Continue Township Examinations- -Petition For County Agent. The county board of education, comprising tlie township trustees, 'the presidents of tlie town school boards, and County Superintendent E. S. Christen, met this morning at the office of Mr. Christen. Arrangements were completed regarding the supplies, instructions, etc., for taking tiie annual school census. This, according to law, must be taken and completed within the time from April 10 to May 1. It was decided to continue the township examinations for county diplomas. These are held on the third Saturdays in March, April and May, in each township, instead of having one or two general examinations in this city and Geneva, or other central points as heretofore. The petition of tlie farmers for a county agent, together with the preliminary fund of SSOO, was presented to the board and ordered filed with the county council, asking for an appropriation. The date and place for the county commencement has not been decided. o THE "JITNEY” SIGN? The Fort Wayne News says:Is your car equipped with a jitney sign? It not you are not one of the regular rascals of a fellow, for everybody’s doing it now. Everybody’s ( wearing one of these signs on his, ihachine when lie is filling one of those date things with a lady that is not his own wife. Even the young married men who have reached the point | where their cars drive up and stop automatically at the same door every j Sunday evening are getting into the] game. Tlie idea is simply this: A fellow any time may find himself seated alongside an attractive young woman in a jitney wagon and friend wife would have nothing to complain about and friend finance would have no reason for sending back the ring. There’s the answer. When out slrivin/ with some attractive miss, with whom you wouldn’t dare have your wife see you, simply hang a jitney sign over the side of the car, hire some young fellow to drive and there you are snug as a pair of bugs in a rug. If returning from a spin in the country drop the sign over the side when you ■ strike town, drive up to any come drop your passenger and everything's ■ serene. I , o SPECIAL INTEREST IN MEETING. The prayer meeting at the United i Brethren church last evening was the - best in many months. Ninety persons - were present and almost t'f.r many • participated in the services. The revival held in that church this winter and the Honeywell meetings quicken- - ed the life in this church and the entire winter has been one of develop- - ment in all lines of church work. Johu ; Kiracofe is the efficient class leader, and he knows well how to handle that s line of work. His theme was, “First f Steps for Young Christinas,” and the 3 advice given was splendid and ap- . plicable to the development of _ the - Christian life of the many young con- . verts present.

THE CHAUTAUQUA ( k ■.■■ HO. ■ I ■■ Meeting of Committee and Those Interested Will be Held Friday, ' AT THE LIBRARY Will Organize for Care and Sale of the Tickets for the Season. There will be a meeting of the Chautauqua committee at the library Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of organizing for tlie care and sale of the Chautauqua tickets for the coming season. All those who signed the guarantee for the return of the Chautauqua, all the members of the Civic Improvement society, and all those interested in the coming Chautauqua, are urged to attend this meeting. Chautauqua Comes July 14. The Chautauqua will open here for the week, beginning Wednesday. July 14. Many new features have been inaugurated by the Redpath Chautau qua company, and the third season here is expected to surpass the two prior seasons. HONEYWELL REVIVAL. Ray Collins, manager of the Morris i store, is in receipt of a letter from his mother, who lives at New Castle, telling of tlie good attendance at th« ' Honeywell union revival tabernacle | services, which opened there last j Monday. On the opening night there , were 5,000 in attendance, and the. ! building could not accommodate all who wanted to go. 0 | ANNUALMEETING, Carl C. Pumphrey Elected Last Evening to Fill Vacancy cf Trustee for THE PRESBYTERIANS I Reports from Various Departments Show Excellent Financial Condition. — The annual congregational meeting held at the Presbyterian church last evening was one of the most enthu- ' siastic meetings of its kind ever held in the churdh. With an exceptionally good attendance, tlie reports of all branches cf the church were given. I In all of the reports a neat balance j was left in the treasury and with ’ not a debt against the cnurch, it is at . I present in a most satisfactory financial condition. The meeting last evening was presided over by J. C. Pattersen, serving in the capacity of moderator. Following the reports,' the election of a trustee for the ensuing three years, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the retiring of Dr. Fred Patterson, was then in order. Carl C. Pumphrey was unanimously elected to fill this office. E. S. Moses and Dr. Fred Patterson, delegates to the presbytery to be held at Warsaw next Monday, were instructed to select three ministers to officiate at the installation services of Rev. J. C. Hanna. This installation will probably be held the latter part of the month. The following is the list of officers of the church: Elders, C. J. Lutz, Amos Biggs, W. H. Lee, E. S. Moses; deacons, W. A. Lower, D. B. Erwin,. J B. Atz, Charles Steele, J. C. Batterson, A. W. Gerard; clerk of congregation, Miss Laura Alban; trustees, Henry Michaud, E. D. Enge'ler, C. C. Pumphrey; music committee, Mrs. »W. A. Lower, Miss Elizabeth Schrock, Miss Estelle Perkins; choir director, Dr. Fred I. Patterson. The annual election of officers for the Sunday school will be held next Sunday morning. o MYERS FUNERAL FRIDAY. The funeral of John William Myers of south of the city will be held Friday aiternocn at the St. Paul church. The procession will leave the house at one o'clock for the church. Interment will take place in the Decatur cemetery.

i BRILLIANT MEN. I Brilliant men are but ordinary men who at Intervals are capable of bril- . Hunt performances. Not only are they ordinary most the time, but often they are dull, perverse, prejudiced and absurd. However, they are sometimes right, and this is better than to he dead- ’ drong all the time. So here Is the truth: Your ordinary man who does the brilliant things • would be ordinary all the time were it not for the fact that he is inspired by a woman. Great thoughts and great deeds are the children of married minds. When you find a great man playing a big part on life’s stage you'll find in . sight, or just around the corner, a - great woman. Read history.—Elbert . Hubbard. , o LARGE INCREASE Field Men of Holland-St. Louis Sugar Co. Hold Meeting Today. NUMBER OF ACRES I Contracted for This Season i is Almost Double of Any ■ Preceding Year. I A general meeting oi the field men . for the Holland St. Ixiuis Sugar vOtnII any was held in the new suite of I offices in the postoffice building today. !It would have been an impossibility to have found a more enthusiastic | bunch of hustlers than was gathered .to make reports. The first year that ' the company operated their f int in this city an acreage of 5,200 was j signed up and this was thought to have been a wonderful amount ofterI ritory, going beyond Hie fondest expectations. This year s report, however, shows 9,000 acres signed up, and with a majority of this ground already broken and plowed. The first year the plant operated for fifty-five days, while this year it will require between 100 and 105 days to complete the run, which will carry the j season well up into the month of Janu- : ary. The year gives every promise ’of being an exceptionally good one , for the growing of beets and with the j excellent force of field men to oversee j the cultivation and harvesting, one of I the best crops since the company ; located here, is expected. The new i office suite is a dandy, including a general office, private office, stock room and a large assijibly room. 1 Manager F. H. Hubbard is greatly elated over the prospects for the coming season and his untiring efforts to make a success of the sugar beet industry, both for the farmer as weli as for the company, will certainly be crowned with the greatest glory this year. I o I FAIRBANKS IS SUBPOENAED.” I Indianapolis, Ind., April B—(SpecialB—(Special 'to Daily Democrat) —lt became ' known late today that Crawford Fairbanks of Terre Haute, one of the recognized leaders of the organization in ' control of Indiana democracy, has been subpoenaed before the Marion | county grand jury, which has been ’ investigating the recent election herej Ed Holler of Terre Haute and Sid j Onyett. Terre Haute attorney, were 1 subpoenaed at the same time. It is understood that they were called to .testify concerning the charge that. Terre Haute repeaters were brought here. o — CRUISER IS INTERNED. Washington, D. C., April B—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Secretary of i the Navy Daniels today ordered the ' German cruizer Prinz Eitel Frieder- .! ich officers paroled. He directed that > the cruiser and crew be interned at I Norfolk, adding that the men were - to be given as much liberty as rossi1' ble. o PASSPORTS ARE RECALLED. Havana, April B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily s Democrat) —United States Minister - Gonzales, who yesterday issued pass.'ports to Jack Johnson and wife, this t: afternoon demanded that the pass- - ports be returned on the ground that r'they were obtained under false tenses.

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VIEWS DISPLAYED Decatur Woodmen Have t Privilege of Seeing Views of Sanitarium FOR THE TUBERCULAR 1 In Colorado—ls Maintained r for Free Treatment of Woodmen Patients. i t The Decatur Woodmen had a fine meeting last evening, having with them the state deputy, Mr. McGath, and the district deputy, Mr. McKenzie. Mr. McGath had with him the views of the Woodmen sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, located at Woodmen, Colorado. These viewfl were shown by stereopticon and those of the local members who were net present, missed a fine treat. The .sanitarium is maintained by the Woodmen for tlie free treatment of any tubercular members of the lodge, and is proving a boon to them. The 'sanitarium is located on a ranch of j 1.400 acres. Besides the large gener|al buildings there are one hundred eighty-five individual cottages for the ! patients. The ranch has its own dairy, | its own power and water plant, and ; is in fact, a little town in itself. The views showed the ranch and . the buildings in detail, and also the I Woodmen buildings at Rick Island, 111. o MAYy'OIN LEAGUE i Mart ClcaTy. for years manager of the old Fort Wayne Shamrocks, and one of the best known baseball men in these parts, was, last night, elected president of the semi-pro league, ,<lllOll will be made up i*7 teams representing six of the nearby cities. Tlie offices of secretary and treasurer go with the presidency. The league will be known as the in-diana-Ohio circuit and the first steps toward launching the organization were taken last night at a meeting held at the Anthony hotel. Monroeville, Payne, Huntington and Fort Wayne have already joined the league. and a committee will call upon the baseball people of the following cities to select the two remaining members of tlie league: Auburn. Garrett, Decatur, Paulding and Butler. Another meeting will be held at tiie Anthony hotel, next Wednesday night and at that time the make-up of tlie league will be completed. The representatives at last night’s meeting voted that each team post a forfeit of fifty dollars, a move which is bound to make the circuit a sure go. The season will probably start on Decoration day and games will be played every Sunday and holiday thereafter until tlie schedule is closed. Izmis Heilbroner, president of the Central league, and Bade Myers, man!ager of the Fort Wayne team, were 'on hand last night and assisted the semi-pro magnates. Others in attendance were: Dr. Kauffman and Charles Krick, of Monroeville, Dr. Evans, O. F. Brady, W. W. Brown and B. R. Hoaglin, Payne; Cy, Alberts, Fred Rabus, Fred Miller and Fred Klopper, Fort Wayne—Fort Wayne JournalGazette . i MAY INVADE HOLLAND I Ixmdon, April B—(Special to Dailv llemocrat) —Wild reports that both Germany and Holland were quietly massing troops along the Dutch-Bel-gium frontier, coupled with almost incredible rumors that German was I about to invade Holland reached here | today. For obvious reasons the LonI don papers laid great stress on these reports. In neutral quarters it was ■ said that while public opinion in the ' | Netherlands is becoming more con- • cerned over German attacks on Dutch - j shipping, no situation exists to war- : rant expectations of an open break. o * PLEDGES SHOULD BE PAID. There remains uniraid pledges amounting to about fifty dollars each on the tabernacle expense fund and the Honeywell fund. The committee - would like to settle the business part -of the tabernacle campaign and will - hold a meeting for that purpose withi in a few days. If you hqve not yet • paid the cash on your pledge, you will ; confer a favor by doing so at once. I It can be paid to Mr. Kirsch at the 1 People's Loan & Trust company.