Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1916 — Page 1

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J. COFFEE WRITES "" 1 • Interesting Letter from Former Citizen Describes Vividly SUNNY SOUTHWEST ,lle ( reates Desire to go and Share the Beautiful Climate. The following is an Interesting letter revel veil by Mrs. (leorge D. Brown, from her brother. Jerry R. Coffee, or I*os Angeles, Cal., former Decatur man: Los Angeles. Cal., Dec. 8. 1916. Dear Sister and All:—At this writ ing we are all well and hearty, and I thing as happy as a nest of skunks, hoping this will find you all so. Well, the election is over and so is Thanksgiving. and only a few days more and Christmas will be here. But Christmas time always seems funny, as everything is green and getting greener, and those white Christmases we don't have. I suppose your autumn and Indian summer is past for this fall, and everything begins to look dreary and hazy, and the birds have all gathered in swarms and skiddooed for the sunny south. I noticed they began to come about the middle of September. The little gray bird which gets there so early in the spring, was about the first that I noticed. Then the meadow lark, the mocking birds, and then came the black birds, and now tbe air is full of music. 1 think they just go north to the mountains and timber to rear their families and return early. But I suppose everybody rather appreciates the change front the sultry days and the pesky fly time to the cool fall weather. The following lines on the early autumn day have more truth than poetry: “When the frost is on the pumpkin. And the fodder’s in the shock. You hear the kiouk and the gobble Os the strutting turkey cock, The clacking of the guineas And the clucking of the hens. And the rooster’s hallelujah. As he tip-toes on the fence; Then’s the time a feller's feeling at his best, And the sun is up to greet him after a night of peaceful rest, A»d as he leaves the house, bareheaded. And goes out to feed the stock, When the frost is on the pumpkin. And the fodder's in the shock.” But I guess the most of that program is over with and the house-fly has disappeared and the heavy black snow clouds begin to bang low and the snow flakes will soon cover the ground and then what will become of ■ the poor little bird? The weltering storm in the distance is heard and the ground is all barren and bare. But what a wonderful contrast between here and there. W ben we get our winter’s rains everything takes on new life—the vacant lots, the pasture fields, the hillsides ail get green and the wild flowers shoot their heads out and the wild poppies, like the dandelions there, cover the ground In places with their bloom. The farmers are plowing and sowing oats, wheat, barley and rye and will plant potatoes about the first of February. The roses the callalilies, the Shasta daisies, the geraniums and hundreds of others are blooming. The shade trees, the vines and in fact all the foliage is ever green and do not shed their leaves entirely, but drop a few occasionally. The varieties run into thousands. Our peach trees have just shed their leaves but the orange and lemon trees hold their leaves and stay green the whole year and have from blosoms to ripe fruit on the same tree. Ours are drooping with fruit now, hut the fig tree shed its leaves last month. They never bloom. Just a little bud comes out of the limb most anywhere and grows to a full sized tig. We had lots of fruit this summer, such as peaches, nerarines, blackberries, grapes, oranges and lemons. The English walnut did not bear any yet. The trees have a wonderful growth here on account of soil and climate. It would take eigh years to produce trees there as big as ours in three years. The acasia trees which line the streets do thenblooming in February, and the pepper trees are blooming now. They have foliage something like the weeping willow and produce great clusters ot red berries that are about the size of black pepper, and a great variety of palms, such as the fan palm, the cocoanut and the palms. I think the if you were to drop in here in the dead

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oi Winter you would think you had | discovered a new world or a paradise. lr, ' sh vfi K«tablo wagons loaded w,th everything green and fresh from i tie gardens swarm the streets, such ;»s green beans, peas, strawberries, lettuce, carrots, beets, cauliflower, 111 ■ Grandpa Batter was here lie 111 -first refused to eat oranges, but alter he got started on them he used to buy them by the bucket full asd bad lots of fun dickering with the peddlers, and when he started home, packed all the spare room he had with oranges, six dozen for twenty-five | < t '" ls - ~e Sl ire enjoyed California and sat on the porch all winter with his corn-cob pipe and the daily paper apd said he never felt better, but was looking badly and feeling badly when be got here. He said that Now Mexico didn’t agree with him. The next day we got word that Father Wilkins was dead. He said, p V brashens, if I stay in New Mexieo much longer, I be climbing up the ladder now with Father Wilkins.” The second morning he was here he came out of his room and said: Sharey, what kind of poorts are deni krattlen all night? I tot at furst it wus somebody after de little chickens.” I said they were mocking birds. "Sheemeny krouts, ! dank dey sing ! enough in de day time.” Well, they do sing a great deal at night, espec- I ially when the moon shines. Yes. out where the larks are, their 1 operas sing from dawn until glorious noon, and the mocking birds sing them 1 over again at night by the light of the j moon. Mother and Ag and Dorothy ! and Dick went to call on Crawfords. Had an invitation to supper. Edna Crawford is going back east soon on i a visit; wants to get there for Christ- 1 mas. Those spells of homesickness won't let lip with her, she says. She is going back for a while and shake it off I guess. How dear to her are the scenes of her childhood, when fond recollections present them to view—the Boston store, the court house, the deep, tangled dry goods, and every love spot that her infancy knew; ha! ha! let her go! Well, now, the election is over and the war lords’ special interests got a good heating, and that means a guarantee of peace for America and is a God send that that vicious lion killer. Teddy, will have nothing to say about j the destinies of this grand and glor- j ious country of peace and plenty. The I election was a close shave for Woodrow, but he got there just the same, j He is like the beg bug. He has no! wings nor crown, but he gets there just the same. There are forty-seven I states that blame California for elect-! ing Woodrow, and it is true, for Cali- j fornia is a rock-ribbed, standpat re j publican stronghold, hut when that i million-dollar train, loaded with suf-1 fragettes and Hughsettes came rumbling down over the Southern Pacific railroad lengthwise of California, it j set the California women on fire with jealousy, and they sneered at them wherever they stopped. They said those aristocratic ladies from the east don’t need to come pussyfooting around here telling us California wo j men how to vote. Hurrah, for Wilson! and they stuck to it, and when the returns came in I was at head quarters down town and the first doz- ] en precincts that came in gave Wood-1 row majorities, and of all the shout-1 ing and swinging of hats. I yelled my! best, hut didn’t hear it. The women yelled, too, and the din that went up | fairly shook the rafters of the big auditorium and now the people out j here say, "To hell with New York; j we can elect a president without her." It used to be said, as New York goes, so goes the nation. Well, let’s hurrah for Woodrow; he's the man, and you’ll not find his photo on a lobster can. But Hughes and Teddy and Taft and the rest will choose to get ready with their raft, ; 1 guess, and up Salt creek they'll go all in a bunch, for Woodrow has given them “the knock-out" punch, and 1 it’s "Hip! Hip! Hooray; Teddy will have no more to say; for he's on his way to Oyster hay. and he'll have no more to say; he’ll soak his head and hit the hay. Hip! Hip! Hooray! Well, let's change the subject. We never say much about the weather to each other here, for it’s almost the same the year around, unless it rains. Then they complain of the bad weather. u usually rains at night, and when the sun gets up it seems to • scatter the clouds and we never have any thunder, nor lightning, and sel- : dom any wind. Just a quiet down- '! pour. Then is when I like to crawl - i in the hay and with one ear open lis- .! ten to the music of the patter of the , rain on the roof. The people hardly ; C ver say it looks like rain today, or !■ it's hot today, or it’s cold today. » Thanksgiving day was fine and t e , family was all here for dinner and ,! supper, and the usual turkey’ *nd f , cranberry "sass,” and "smashed poI HJontinued on Page 2.)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, December 22, 1916.

TO GIVE CANTAB n _ h I Choir of Methodist Church and Its Director, Mrs. i * ii Dan Tyndall ii | ! PREPARE FOR CANTATA 1 | i Will Render Christmas Muj sical Sunday Afternoon at Three O’clock. 1 j * The choir of the Methodist church - and its director. Mrs. Dan Tyndall. . will render a most pleasing Christmas cantuta, Fred B. Holton’s, "The ■ Christmas King," Sunday afternoon ] at 3 o’clock. ■ ! The cantata is of about one hour’s duration, and the following numbers, i included in the cantata, give an idea i: of the treat in store for the auditors; Introduction and Opening Chorus—- “ Prepare Ye the Way.” Soprano and Alto Duet—“ O’er the Silent Eastern Hills.” Chorus—“ Follow the Guiding Star.” Chorus —"Glorious Morn." Contralto Solo and WJoinen's Chorus—“And There Were Shepherds.” Soprano Solo—“ The Song is Ringj ing Still.” Chorus—“ Joy to the World." Chorus and Soprano Solo—“ Cradle Hymn” and “Praise Ye the Lord.” i Soprano and Baritone Duet —“Fairest Lord Jesus.” Chorus—“ There is Room in My Heart." Chorus—“ Come and Worship.” GNUILTY OF MURDER (United Press Service) I-afayette, Ind., Dec. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Henry Brock was today found guilty of murdering 1 Edward Manson, colored high school student, and punishment was fixed at! life imprisonment. The verdict oi guilty was returned after the jury had deliberated, sixteen hours. Brook killed Mansdh last April when Manj son brushed against him on the street. The jury for several hours stood nine j for fist degree murder and three fer j second degree murder. IS MAKING GOOD ____ Howard Wisehaupt is Now Musical Director for Ed Courts, Evangelist. MEETS WITH SUCCESS . Have Concluded Meetings at Logansport and Monticello —At Anderson. i—- ; Howard Weishaupt, a young man j who was reared and educated here !.< j making good in a new field of i n- ; deavor—director of the chorus for Ed | I Courts, one of the leading young evan- J i gelists of the country. Mr. Courts j j was known for a number of years as j the boy evangelist and conducted ser-1 vices all over the south and west. Mr. j Weishaupt studied for the ministry j 1 but later'gave up the work to travel! for the Vail companys of this city. In the meantime he paid much attention j 1 to church work and became one of the leaders in this state for the Ep--1 worth League. Last summer while 1 conducting a convention at Huntingj ton. he was approached by Mr. Courts I who told him he had been looking for him for fifteen years and immediately , | employed him at a good salary to act , as Itis musical director. Mr. We;«- ■ haupt had already won a place in the work. He likes it and will succeed. They have just concluded tabernacle J 1 meetings at Logansport and MonM- > cello and will open soon at Anderson. 5 Howard is here today visiting friends. | THE CHRISTMAS MAIL. * The following routine will be in es--1 feet Christmas day at the Decatur 9 postoffice. Mail distributed at the r general delivery window from eight r. to nine o’clock. The rural free delive ery will make the regular daily trip, J and one delivery will be made in the J city at 7:30 in the morning. During )• the balance of the day the office will he closed.

ION COLLEGE “REP" TEAM. Charlie Hop house, youngest son of Mrs. Wilhelminu Holthouse, returned last evening from Collegevllle, where I he is a Junior at tho St. Joseph college, and was feeling quite elated over his athletic success in being se- | lected as one of the basket hall playI ers on the college "Rep” team, the allstar players of the college. The tryouts were staged the day before L [ school was dismissed for the holidays and on the evening of their departure ! the athletic director informed him ■ that he had made the team and would he given the playing position of regular forward. Six or seven big games have been scheduled for the coming j season, among them being Lyola eolJege, in Chicago; the Indianapolis , Dental school and the Lafayette (Ind.) city team. Charlie will travel with ] the team. WAS A SISTER » _ Os ex-County Commissioner David Werling and William WYrling OF ADAMS COUNTY Was Mrs. Rinehart, Whose Funeral Was Held Today in Fort Wayne. Adams county relatives of Mrs. Margaret Rinehart were at Fort Wayne today attending his funeral which was ; held at the St. Marys Catholic church, f the Rev. Mgr. J. H. Oechtering officiating. Mrs. Rinehart who was eighty-three years of age, was the widow of Joint i Rinehart. Two brothers, are Ex ! county Commissioner David Werllngj ■ and William Werling of this county. Mrs. Rinehart as bom in the town of Frankenthal, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, but came to the United States and immediately to Ft. Wayne! when she was seven years of ago. She j had resided there ever since. She was united in marriage to John J Rinehart, April 25, 1854. in the old; St. Mary’s Catholic church. Her hits j hand died forty-two years ago. The deceased was a charter member of St. Mary’s Catholic church and of the Altar, Rosary and School societies of! the same congregation. Mrs. Rinehart was widely known )>■ • the city for Iter many charitable deeds j and her many acts of kindness. Sh i will long be remembered by the peo j I pie of the city who were benefited j by her innumerable acts of philan | i throphy. Besides many friends and acquaint I ances she is survived by two (laugh-1 ; ters, Mrs. Ernst Geerkin and Mrs. Jo-j ; seplt Zurbach, of Fort Wayne; three! I sons —John, the Pensylvania engineer I William, the carriage man, and Mar tin Rinehart, the grocer, all of thip rlty; fourteen grand-children and six 1 great-grand-children. GRANDPA TWICE IN ONE DAY. H. H. Bremerkamp Has Two Grand children Born on Same Day. —— H. H. Bremerkamp, well known j I miller of this city, was highly honor-j ! ed in being made a grandfather twice lin one day. Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cron, of Hot Springs. Ark., December 15. a girl baby. This is the second child in the family, the first being a boy. Mrs. Cron was former- | ly Miss Stella Bremerkamp, of this j city. Mrs. Bremerkamp is with, her daughter at Hot Springs. Born, on the same day, to their son, Raymond Bremerkamp. and wife, at Fremont, Neb., a girl baby. Mrs. Bremerkamp was Miss Clara Minch of Portland. ATTEND HORSTMAN FUNERAL Funeral services for Otto Horstman were held today at Fort Wayne and attended by many of the Adams counity relatives. Mr. Horstman's death! i resulted from injuries sustained In a ! j fall from a wagon the day before. His j | wife was formerly Miss Cora Ooldnar |of Preble township. Mr. Horstman is i a brother of Mrs. Fred Eltlerding of j Preble township. The FTed Ehlerding family, Mrs. E. A. Goldner and Mrs. Alfred Goldner were among those i who went to Fort Wayne to the t'uni eral today. UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVF.B. Th’ Little Jewel restaurant ’ll not j raise ’th price o’ doughnuts hut they're thinking' uv’ increasin’ th’ size to’ th' | hole.

.READ) TO CHANGE 11 R t New Officials Will Take Charge of County Offices on January First. ■ . * I OLD ONES TO RETIRE *! * \ j With Splendid Records—i , Mosure to be Auditor, Hajrufi', Surveyor. ; —’ * j Several Adams county officials who 1 i have served faithfully in the positions to which they were elected are enterj ing upon the last week of their terms. Thomas Raltzell, county auditor has I a splendid record and leaves the office with the knowledge of having performed well his duties. With him . will retire Paul Baumgartner, the efficient deputy who has for many years had charge of much of the important work in the auditors office. John Moser will assume his duties, January Ist, having moved his family here from French township. Martin J.therg will become the deputy. On the same day, January Ist, Or- , vttl Harruff will succeed Phil L. Macklin as county surveyor. Mr. Macklin has had charge of a large amount of public work during his term and has has done it well. His deputy Mr. Dick liongshore will continue under Mr. Harruff. Mr. Macklin will have enough work left over to keep him busy for a year or two and lie will be assisted by Dick Boch who has been in his office for four years. Chris Richer, president of the board of commissioners will retire this year | and will lie succeeded liy Robert ! Schwartz of Waltash township. Mr. ( Richer has proved an efficient and ! honest officer, has tried to fill every requirement of his important office' and lias made good. Fred Fruchte as prosecutor, Ed GTeen ns sherUL and George Kinzle, treasurer will succeed themselves, j Joseph Walker will assume his place ! as representative with the convening j of the legislature early in January. HOOSIER BRIEFS — Twenty Years Did Not Erase Memory of $2.50 Debt—Sent by Mail. • A VALUABLE VIOLIN — Worth Fifty Thousand Dollars, the Property of a Kokomo Office Man. (United Press Service) Wabash, Dec. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Twenty-five years failed j to erase the memory of a debt of s2.:>o! | and when Mrs. Basil White returned j to her home here after a few' days; | visit, she found an anonymous letter i awaiting her. The envelope contained a $lO bill. The writer stated that! he had borrowed $2.50 from the for mer husband of Mrs. White 25 years ago and that he was paying the debt with interest. Elkhart —Banking systems have been established in many of the j schools of this city to instill into the] pupils the wisdom of saving. Kokomo—Kokomo will soon have a new interurban terminal station. It! will be constructed liy the Indiana* Railway and Light, company. Elkhart —Steps are being taken to j create the office of police captain in j connection with the re-organization of the Elkhart police department.! There will probably be a day and night captain, after January 1. Kokomo —One of the two authenticated Stadivari violins, valued at $50,000, is owned by J. A| Kincaid, of the office force of the Kokomo Bale Tie Works. o CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT The Methodist Sunday school announces its Christmas entertainment! for Sunday evening at Seven o'clock. 1 This will be the annual “White Chrlatj mas” each bringing a gift for the ! needy. A good program will be givejj. j | The public is invited.

■ . TRADE MOUNTING HIGHER ■ (United Pres* Service) Washington, Iter. 22— tSpeclal to Dally Democrat)- Prospects that the k United States foreign trade for the '! year will total $7,800,000,000, was announced today liy the department of commerce. The foreign trade for eleven months was $7.145,000,000. November exports topped the list'with , $517,900,000. November itniiorts show ‘ a slight falling off from those of October amounting only to $177,000,000 ’• i:t exceeding those of last year. - o ONE MAN KILLED (United Pr**«s Service) Kalamazoo. Mich.. Dec. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat) —One ntan was killed and six were seriously Injured ’ today at a rolling mill when a large ’ fly wheel hurst. THICOURT NEWS Judge Smith (Jives His Finding in the Christo* 1 pher Schultz Will. > WILL IS CONSTRUED Sale Authorized in Estate of Anna (Jlaus—Other Court News. , Judge D. E. Smith today construed ! the will of the late Christopher ’ Schultz He finds that it was the intention of the testator to divide his estate equally among his children. K any were deceased without issue, it was to he divided equaly among those living. If any died witty issue, the ! children were to get the share of th-• ir parent. He finds that it was the intention of the will to allow Adolph and William to purchase the forty acre faint for $3,000 if they so desired; and that Christian Eickhoff was to serve as executor. A codicil to the will did not made the meaning quite clear and a friendly case was brought in court to have the court decide the exact meaning. Mary Johnson, executrix of the Anna Glaus estate, filed inventory number one. which was approved. A sale of personal property was authorized to bo made in market for cash at not less than appraisement, without notice. Report is to he made’ within ! thirty days. In tilt 1 estate of Robert Galbroalh, appearance was entered by Merryntan, for Harriet Mann, George W. and John C. Galbreath. In the case of Sulvia M. Oliver vs. Charles A. Oliver, the defendant was ordered to appear and show cause why he has failed to comply with the order of court regarding alimony. Notice was ordered to the sheriff of Blackford county. The case of Oswin F. Gillio vs. CRM ford E. Stuckey w'as reset for Janu-I ary 12. Marion P. Gould vs. C. F. Schwartz Motion to strike out was overruled: exceptions by the plaintiff. Atty. E. IT. Adants, for Attorney <’. i J. Lutz filed a case for The First National Bank against Charles and Hen- ; ry W. E. Dirkson, on note, demand SSOO. A case received in the court here! from the Allen circuit court is entitled Harry Isler. by his next friett i, Blanche Stout, vs. William D. Rule, on note. A marriage license was issued to William Rich, bom January 11, IS'.)5, son of Nicholas H. Rich, to wed Clar-i ice Rosella Fox, born August 11, 1895, (laughter of David Fox. TO REOPEN CASE (United Press Service) Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 22 —(Special t< i Daily Democrat) —Janies Earl Barton an Adants county ntan of near Monroe, faced a child desertion charge here today. It was learned that two years ago he was granted a decree ! of divorce In the Adams circuit court ! and an arrangement was made by j which the divorce proceedings will he re-opened, Barton to pay fifteen dollars down and sixty dollars a year for the support of the child, and the charge will then become in-effectlve. Barton agreed to this and the case will he reopened at Decatur. • - I

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ENGLAND ANGRY ! OVER AMERICAN PEACE NOTES i ii 11 Press of England Attacks Wilson for Action in Dispatching Notes. RESENTINTERFERENCE s ‘ ! In That it Will Not Allow t» j England to Dictate Poli icy of the World. (United proa* Service) (By Ed L. Keen) ? London. Dec. 22—(Specvial to the Daily Democrat) The more England digests President Wilson’s note the more bitter t it feels. This was the conclusion to be drawn front editorials In this afternoons papers which went even farther than those of the morning editions in denouncing the Am°ri- ! can executive's move. The afternoon press was a unit In its resentfullness. This bitterness was particularly manifested against Wilson's assertion that the objects for which each belligerent was striving were virtually the same. "It is singular Indeed," The Evening 1 Standard declared,” that Wilson can r labor under the delusion that any move of his toward peace would bo , welcomed by the allies. The whole t facts of the situation should warn him , that intervention is not desired.” Ijondon. Dec. 22 —(Special to Daily * Democrat) —The attitude of the Brit- ' isti government on President Wilson’s - peaee note canot be defined until Eng--1 land has consulted her allies, chan- ' I cellor of the exchequer Bonar 1-aw enounced in the house of commons to- - day He spoke in reply to a question ’ seeking England's position on the 1 note. i! , The Hague. Dec. 22—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Germany will 3is- ! close her chief peace terms imwe- ' dlately if the forthcoming note front - the entente powers should reply to . Bethman Hollweg's peace proposals, I leaves the peace door open. German dispatches said it was setni-offlcially . announced today. Petrograd, Dec. 22—(Special to (lie Daily Democrat I The greater part of the Bulgarian detachment advancing eastward in Dobrudja was forced into laike lholota and many were drowned todays official statement declared. Ijondon, Dec. 22 —(Special to Daily Democat) —After two year occupation by the enemy British forces have tuki en El Arish according to a war office anouncement today. El Arish la a fortified Egyptian town on the Palestine border It is located at the mouth of the River Egypt on the Mediterranean sea. London, Dec. 22— (Special to Daily Democrat)-AdJournment of parliment today until February 7th King George added the weight of his words to the allies stern rejection of a Germani made peace. "The vigorous progecu* tion of the war must he our single endeavor.” de declared. THE GOODFELLOW CLUB. If you are going to help the Christ--1 mas tree fund you should do it at once: The list to date: Reported $33.00 Michael Miller 50 Mrs. O. H. Odell 25 A. R. Ashbaueher 25 Yager Bros. & Reinking 2.50 Merchant 50 Ed Neuenschwander 2.00 | Lydia Klrsch 25 i Leo Kirsch 25 | H. C. Pettijohn 50 Roy Kalver 25 Total $40.25 VILLA AGAIN ACTIVE (United Press Service) ' El Paso, Texas, Dec. 22 —(Special to > Daily Democrat) —Villista forces at* • tacked Torreon at four o’clock this I morning and a battle for possession of ’ j the city was raging at daybreak. This ’ information reached Mexican officials here today. Torreon is a etty of about rj forty thousand and is the railway key - to northern Mexico. Military obser- . vers here pointed out that Villa t should have'little difficulty in taking Torreon. 1