Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 25 January 1912 — Page 1

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|BiG HRE LOSS iarn and Contents BelongHenry Aumann in toot Township. — ED TO GROUND Origin is Unknown—Was Mr. Avnann’s Intention to Thresh Crops Today. — 'd A tire, Which had its origin b.-tw ..■ ; and i Wednesday morning, trom .u, mknowt: source, destroyed the big iarn t«)Miging to Henry Aumann, a yell kaojrn farmer of Root township, jn» fflile iitirthwest of Monmouth, and ' : Letter Mown as the Evans farm, totether wit . the entire hay and grain *»• of tst year, in the presence of lonfc'i'sers. who were unable to buildinu. and mass < ■ <■!:.; is io account for this loss will be known, as everything was Hut I the entire building was in flames when it was diswas the intention of Mr. matin to thresh his year's crops today, esdpverything was in readiness ■T the [day's work Tuesday wood •awyers Spent the day sawing wood, tat early n the evening left the place and upon heir leaving, there were no ■N oftfire, and the loss is not in any way ittributed to them However, a Bpark from the engine might have blown to some concealed spot, and with the slowly but constantly fanning Os a breeze, kindled it to dry material hear it, until after hours in this manner obtained a start and brought |on the destruction. The neighbors who noticed the blaze soon gathered at the place to lend their aid in whatever way they could, and succeeded in getting out the horses which Were also In one portion of the barn, While the remainder was rapidly consumed by the flames. Mr. Aumann carried some insurance on the barn, but it will not be sufficient to cover bis loss, which will run up into several of dollars. The flames which lighted up the skies for some Man ce could be plainly seen from this city and many were aware of the fact that a big fine had occurred in hat vicinity. MAKING BIG HIT. [‘When the Right Little Girl Loves sou '—has been the inspiration of the treatest and grandest acts in the lives If meet men, and Mr. Joe Bren, the popular composer and song writer, is •Io eiception to the rule, as his latest llong hit proves ■1 There is a pretty romance connected With his < ourtship and recent marriage. On day while strolling along Ke beach In tow of Dan .Cupid, you |My be: sure, drinking in the pure ozone, filming new chords and themes th the dealing of the waves upon the sand, in the whistling of the wind and aeves-Masing cries of sea birds he met •The right little girl.* ,-:| Dan fcuuid always has one eye open for just ‘the right little girl" for some a sudden, Dan Cupid spied, ,Kfler F e depths of a big parasol, ths ■mßmious blue eyes of “Just the right ft tie girl,” and he tugged and Bnd tugged at hie companion s ntil he, too, stopped, looked overed those same blue eyes nptly decided that Dan Cupid right man on the right job nU followed a pretty romance—- — lovers*—- engaged — I l ®!’®' 8 —the quiet marriage father’s forgiveness —then that happiness that comes from of 80u^8 That the hapis exceptionally pretty and an wnMlonly adds heart Interest to ths e I Wits his danity bride as muse, Mr. portrayed the romance of |Ue in the words of his latest, beau- * song, “When the Right Giri Loves You,” which is rapa itself one of the big popuy hits of the season, both |M|||tlie profession and the public. lt I Thf»sjon< as well as Mr. Bren’s poput K. “Just One Word From You," •i, You But Knew,” is published j I J " • Jenkin’s Sons Music Co., City, Mo.

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ATTENTION, ELKS! The attention of all brother Elks Is called to the fact that they are to be at the hall at 1 o'clock sharp Thursday afternoon to attend the "Session of Sorrows," which will begin at that time In memory of their deceased brother, Samuel J. Laman Following this the lodge will march in procession to the home and from there to - the Methodist church, where they will attend the funeral services in a body. Every member is requested to be on I hand at that time. BEREAVED FATHER William Oliver Heart Broken Over Death of Daughter, Miss Beatrice. THREE WITHIN YEAR A.other Died About a Year Ago and Son Was Drowned Short Time Previous. The death of Miss Beatrice Olive* of Huntington, of whlefi an account ap- : eared in Tuesday evening’s paper, w as anottier heavy blow to the father, William Oliver, who has recently lost three members of his fatnilv ►>« death. The Huntington Herald ot Tuesday I contained the following: “Monday evening at 5:30, Miss Beatrice Oliver, passed away after a short illness of two weeks. Though she has been failing in health for, several weeks she has not been con-. fined to her bed only about two weeks. Almost one year ago her mother itassed away after a lingering illness of several years. Both were victims of the great white plague.' that is removing a host of people of this age. Mr. Oliver has suffered some severe shocks and much gi*eat personal loss in the last few years. A boy by drowning tn Little river a few years ago, then the wife, and now the eldest daughter, makes the inci-: dent of great sorrow. “Beatrice Oliver was born in Hunting, March 8, 1893, and had spent all her life here. She attended the public schools and was for two years m the Huntington high school. She was a most faithful member of the Central Christian church and a worker in the primary department of that Bible school. Her love for children made her a valuable worker in the Mother's clubs of the city, and she will be greatly missed by the children of the moth-; ers la these clubs. She was also a member of Uniform Lodge of the K., and L of H. She was also an active member of the degree team. She leaves besides her father, a brother.; John S., a boy of fourteen years. “Her funeral will be held in the Cen tral Christian church on Thursday aft- j ernon at 2:30, Rev. Eimer Ward Cole officiating." i o NEW INVENTION ATTRACTS. Record-breaking Business at the Star Theater Last Evening. —— The chronophone talking pictures that are being presented at the Star theater this week, drew more business than this theater could take care of Tuesday night. Manager Stoneburner has secured a real novelty in this attraction, as the pictures presented by this invention are altogether different from anything ever produced in this city before and are little short of wonderful. They are projected from a special type of moving picture machine which synchronize the words ( and music in the movements in thej pictures. The accuracy of this ma-1 chine may be realized from the fact that it produces the sound within onehundredth part of a second with the lip movement shown In the picture. The inventor. Mr. Gaumont, spent over seven years in overcoming this , great difficulty of producing the sound and movement exactly together, but with his chronophon* picture machine ' the trick has been turned and motion . pictures that sing, talk, dance and act . are now a realized fact. These pictures will be shown each evening this . week at the Star, with a new program t of five subjects daily and you will find it well worth your while to attend. , — —o— ' • The Evangelical ladies have post--1 poned their meeting from Thursday to ,' Friday afternoon when Miss Beatrice • Van Camp will be hostess.

THE FACTORY NEWS F. Bleisener, Expert Millwright, Arrived from Colorado Yesterday. WORK GOES ALONG George Mumma Signs Contract for Drilling of the Eight-inch Wells. Frank Bleisener has arrived from Colorado and will be employed here during the year by the Larrowe Construction company as an expert millwright. He has -.<aG much experience ■ in building sugar factories and will j have charge of an important pait of i the work. Other experts are expect- ' cd soon and within a very short time i the bunch of seventy-five men non ai ! work will be doubled. The work at the site is progressing. Just now the men are employed at concreting the trenches for the boiler house and are digging trenches for the pulp warehouse. Another gang is at 1 work on the big sewer to the river. George < . Mumma, who was awardled the contract tor drilling the wells for the local committee#,!! the sugar inctory site, today signed the contract and furnished bond in the sum of SL--000 that he would complete the wells according to specifications by April 15th. He will begin work on the first eight-inch well next ’Monday morning and if no bad luck follows, expects to have the two wells read.' for testing by the first day of March. I E. M Wagner, the field manager, and L. A. Thowas, who is assisting hini are out this week visiting the farmers and taking up the question of labor, tools, etc. They have many ques- ! tions to answer and are ready and willing to do so. < THE BOY-SCOUTS Os Chiistian Church Organize Basket Ball Team for 'i Season. CLOSE TO NATURE Will be Their Motto —Captain is J. M. Dawson. Pastor of Church. The "Boy Scouts" of the Christian | church, under the leadership of their captain, J. M. Dawson, pastor, are planning for trie organization oi a basket ball team, to be known as the ‘Christian Sunday School Boys." The boys held a meeting Tuesday evening i at the Dawson home and planned ways ■ for earning money for buying the basi ket ball outfit and their suits, and have decided to do it by holding a pie so- ■ cial, three weeks from yesterday. When it comes to anything connected with "pie” the boys generally make : things hum. and this pie social will no i doubt be a success. The team is to comprise the following members: Hartl old Daniels, Harold Smith, Harold ■; Magley, James Dawson, Elmer Dar--11 wechter, Paul Daniels. The “Boy • > Scouts” and their captain are plan ■, ning some great things for ths coni- : ing warm season, and expect to enjoy ■ out-door sports, to camp, take long exi cursions into the fields and woods and . live close to nature. The scouts have : elected the following officers: Captain, 1 J. M. Dawson; president, James DawI eon; vice president. Paul Daniels; sec- : retary, Harold Magley; corresponding i secretary, Harold Smith; treasurer, i j Harold Daniels. t • — TO BUY SPRING GOODS. I i Dan Niblick of the Niblick company. 1 left on Wednesday for Indianapolis, where he will meet Joe Rice, traveling representative of the large suit and , cloak company of Cincinnati, Ohio, > from whom he will buy the spring s stock of suits and coats for the Niblick store.

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BASKET BALL. The Warren team has called off the game scheduled for next Friday night, and in the place of that team a date has been secured with the Fort Wayne high school. The preliminary game will be between the second team and the Peterson high school. No reason j was assigned for the withdrawal of the Warren team, and local fans are at a loss to understand the action, unless they have caught a bad case of 1 cold feet. The preliminary game will be started at 7:30 and will be closely followed by the principal game. COURT HOUSE NEWS Very Little Business in the Clerk’s Office Thus Far in Vacation Time. A GOOD TRANSLATOR Is Clerk Bleeke—Auditor Given a Short “Breathing Spell.’’ For once the work in the auditor s office has slowed down so that the auditor and deputies can be given a little breathing spell, or as Auditor Michaud stated, a chance to "loai, though this blessed privilege is a rare one, indeed, if tins uusy place. It will be fc- only a short time, however, as uie making up of the sixteen books, ready lor these officials to begin duty on March first, will soon be in order. The February, session of the county commissioners .is also due to c&?.vene next Monday, morning. I — I A curiosity in the clerk's office was brought to light this morning by E. B. Lenhart, while looking up some old papers. It was a final report in the Eli Zimmerman case. The unusual feature was the great length of the re--1 port, the report sheets being pasted 1 together tn such away that it made a long, narrow strip about four yards long. The report was a very long one, as can be inferred when it is known that each item or payment is set out, the sum total amounting to nearly fifteen thousand dollars. The report was filed April 23, 1896. when John Lenhart was clerk, said E. B. Lenhart deputy. | Attorne J. C. Moran and Harvey Clark.have returned from Tipton county, where they attended court Tuesday in the interest of the Townsend guardianship case. The ease is relative to the guardianship of John L. Townsend, aged eighteen, step-son of Harvey Clark, of near Monmouth, and grew out of the exceptions filed to the report of William Pratt, guardian, and a petition filed asking for his removal as guardian. When the current report was made prior to this two years ago. exceptions were also made at that time, resulting in the court charging the guardian with , about S7OO more than he had account - ed for on his report. When this last report was due, similar conditions , were believed to be existing, hence the exceptions and a petition asking i that the -guardian be removed. The arguments rn the case were given Tuesday and the court took the matter under advisement. The ward is ■ the owner of an eighty-acre farm in < Tipton county. The case is being . tried before Judge Combs of Frankfort, special judge — Real estate transfers: Mary E. Eley et al. to Robert N. Leichty, 80 s acres. Monroe tp., SBOOO. Attorney Shafer Peterson went to Fort Wayne this morning to make up the issues in the SIO,OOO damage case brought by Herman Bosse against the , Pennsylvania railroad company. Henceforth the county assessors will be required to serve on the board of review without extra per dieffi pay. The auditor and treasurer will be al- . lowed the usual extra $3 per day for such services, according to the notice sent out by the state officials, accord- , ing to the new ruling. County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke I finds his knowledge of German very , valuable during his official capacity ; and he is often called upon to serve as translator and Interpreter. This | ON PAGE EIGHT.

HOME FROM HUNT ( Perry Andrews Returned from Arkansas Where He Spent Several Months. SOME BIG GAME Was Captured by Him and Other Decatur Parties— Clipping of Their Hunt. Perry Andrews, who last November. : in company witli Peter Franks and I Clem Vogiewede, left for Arkansas on I a hunting tour, rturned home this I morning feeling fine and well pleased ■ over his success whifh he and other | members of the party enjoyed, lb-; was never feeling better and says the i rest of the Decatur "bunch" are feeling likewise. Mr. Franks is still there ; and will remain for a while at least. | while Mr. Vogle-vede returned home | several v ago. Tne Daily Pi'ess 1 of Paragould. Ark., of Monday, says I the following of tiieir recent hunting trip: ”whl Middleton, H. S. Porter and Perry Andrews have returned from ‘ Poinsett county, where they si>ent ten ’ days deer hunting, witn headquarters i at the trapping camp of Pete Wil- j helm. The boys say the deer is plen-1 tit'ul down in that section of Poinsett! and the hunters have enjoyed a veritable fe<a>t of venison during the past two months. Middleton made the rec-1 ord kill of the hunt, bagging five fine deer, while Porter brought one down, 1 making six for the crowd. On ac-1 count of the impassable roads and the i consequent inability of the hunters to; secure a conveyance from the camp to ; ’ the railroad it was necessary for them to leave all their game and hunting I 1 outfits at the camp. Pete Wilhelm' will take care of the venison and when he returns about the middle of March he will bring home as rare a consignment of cried venison as can be found anywhere, for Pete knows just exact-1 ly bow tc cure it." ANNUAL REPORT I Os the Fort Wayne Catholic i Diocese Has Been Issued from Bishop’s Hands. ■ ARE 105,320 CATHOLICS With 216 Priests Make Up Population—Decatur Included in Diocese. * Statitstics of the Fort '.Jayne dio-; cese of tne Kontan Catholic church, in which Decatur is included, compiled since the opening of the new year indicate that marked progress has been made during 1911. Notable has been the advancement in the diocese of which Rt. Rev. Herman J. Alerding, D. D., is the persevering and apostolicbishop. Parishes have ben organized, schurches, schools, pastoral residences, and convents have been erected; sites purchased for parish buildings and church property throughout the length and breadth of the diocese generally improved. The total Catholic population of the diocese ol Fort Wayne is 105,320, a gain of 2,700 during the past year. The number of students enrolled in the ‘'parochial schols, not Inclusive of those in higher institutions of learning, numbers 15,066. For the oast year 1,700 funerals and 4,420 baptisms are recorded. The number ot square miles in the diocese is 17,431. i Resident pastorates number 118, not including several parishes that are now being srganiaed. Thirty-eight missions have churches, besides which there are six stations and fifty chattels. Secular clergy in the diocese number 138, religious. 78, a total of 216. There are only 39 diocesan students. BAPTISMAL SERVICE. The closing baptismal service for those who made the confession during the recent revival will be held this evening at the Christian church, and all candidates are requested to be present

| B. G. 4 C. RE ELECTS DIRECTORS. "■ Bluffton, Ind., Jan. 23—The Bluffton, Geneva £ Celina Traction company, at the annual election of the stockholders, re-elected the old board of directors as follows: H. C. Arnold, W. A. Kunkle, R. F. Cummins, Samuel Bender, L. A. Williamson, D. W. Brown and A. G. *Brlggs, the last from Geneva. Pros- ! peers are bright for the extension of the line through to Celina and possibly I to Ohio City during the coming sunt- | mer. The line is now in operation only ; us far is Geneva. RESULTS ARE GOOD From All the Revivals That Are Being Conducted at Different Churches. MANY CONVERSIONS; I Good Work to Continue for; Some Time and Many Are Being Benefited. — Methodist Church. The service at the Methodist church I tonight promises to be one that is worth any one s time to attend. It I I is “business men’s night.” and every ■ one is Invited. The minister. Rev. R. ‘ I L. Semans, will preach on the text, i | “What Think Ye of Christ?” The ser- ■ mon is one upon which a great deal of; work has been put and is a very I j thoughtful and earnest treatment of ■ the theme. The male quartet will sing , | some special selections. The meeting will open with an enthusiastic song 1 j service. | Baptist Church. 1 Rev. Jones of the Baptist church I took as his subject Tuesday evening | "What Mutt I Do to be baved,’ Acts I 16:30. We also find an aswer to that assertion immediately following the question which reads, "Believe on the ; Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.” We must believe he is the Son of God and that he is able to save, for the Son of God is the only i one who can save us. We must also ' believe that he is our Savior, and that he caqte to save us. Also that he is 1 our Lord, so much so that whatever he tells us to do we will do. Rev. ( Jones changed his subject for Tues1 day evening and tonight will use I "Quitters” for his subject. Services at 7:30. Come. IS CHARTER MEMBER. Dr. Connell on List of Northeastern Indiana Veterinarians. The Northeastern Indiana Veter-! i inarians’ Social club, organized at Os-1 sian on December 20th, held its seci ond meeting at the office of Dr. William F. Myers, 1224 Webster street, last evening and a number of applica- ’ tions for membership received favorable actloi. At the Ossian session, when organization was perfected. Dr. Myers was ' named as president: Dr. E. M. Bron-1 ' son of Hartford City, vice president, | • and Dr. A. H. Stoker of Ossian, secre- j tary and treasurer. i The purpose of the club is to pt'o- ■ mote a fraternal feeling between the ' veterinary surgeons of northeastern 1 i Indiana, and at the meetings, which will be held monthly, topics of interest to the members will be discussed. When the charter was closed last, '. evening the enrollment was as follows: 1 j O. L. Boor, Muncie; E. M. Bronson, ' Hartford City; F. W. Anderman, Ken--1 i dallville; J. E. Laidlaw, Bluffton; V. C. ' i Fretz, Bluffton; A. H. Stoker, Osian; H. G. Bowman, Ossian; J. E. Anderson. ' Woodburn; George E. Frye. New Ha ven; G. E Emick, Linn Grove; C. V. Connell, Decatur; H. E. Bricker, Ken- ’ dallville, and William F. Myere, E. B. Leach and George W. Gillie, of Fort ■ Wayne.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette NAMED A DELEGATE. — Dr. Boyers Appointed by Governor to International Congress. The name of Dr. James S. Boyers of this city is noted among the list of delegates appointed by Governor Mar- ■ shall to the fifteenth international ; congress of hygiene and demography t to be held in Washington, D. C., Sep--1 teaber 23rd to 28th. Dr. J. J. Thom- - as of Winamac is another delegate from the state.

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LOVE’S SPARKS DIE Thirteen-year-old Mrs. Blossom Sparks Di Blasi on Trial Today. IN CLEVELAND COURT Officials Have Reason to Believe Her Birthplace Was Here—No Record. The trial of thirteen-year-old Mrs. Blossom Sparks DI Blasi, on the delinquency charge, which took place in the court at Cleveland Wednesday, and whose young love dreams have I been early and cruelly blasted, has a .little bit of local interest here by (son of the fact that Monday the offij cials here received a telegram from i Cleveland attorneys asking for acerI tificate of her birth, that her age might I be legally certified to. Whether they had reason to believe she was born in 1 Adams county, or knowing that Indi--1 ana was her birthplace, sent messages to all the counties in the state is not known. At any rate she is not known 1 here, but her mother, Mrs. Effie Sparks, resides at 734 Lord street, Indianapolis. Cleveland dispatches say: "Mrs. Blossom Sparks Di Blasi, a thirteen-year-old girl, who says that she eloped from Indianapolis last August with Salvatore Di Blasi, and was married to him in Toronto on September 1, 1911, appeared in juvenile court here today to answer to a charge of ' delinquency. The case was continued. The girl was arrested with Di Blasi last Saturday. He is charged with contributifig to juvenile delinquency. . The girl told the police that she ran away with Di Blasi because he promised to take her to Italy. She says that he has made her work in a glove i factory and has taken all her wages." According to the following in the Indianapolis Star the mother greatly desires her return. “Mrs. Effie Sparks, 734 Lord street, mother of Blossom Sparks, the four-teen-year old girl who disappeared several months ago with Salvatore Di Blasi, visited detective headquarters Tuesday. Mrs. Sparks desires her daughter returned, and said that sits would prosecute the Italian, who, according to dispatches from Cleveland, was arrested there charged with contributing to the girl’s delinquency, and released under bond. It is expected Di Blasi and the girl will be returned to Indianapolis the latter part of this week. Mrs. Sparks, it is said, told CaptaJn Holtz ot the detective that she would pay the expenses incurred in bringing the girl to this city when • the Italian is returned. Mrs. Sparks. ■ it is alleged, credits the reports that I her daughter has been held in Cleveland as a sfcve. and believes that the Italian is entirely to blame. She refused to discuss the case with reporteds yesterday. Di Blasi's trial in Cleveland is set for Wednesday.” i As the examination of the birth ret • ords here fail to show that of Blossom Sparks, it is quite likely that tho I officials erred in believing this to be : her birth place. The county health officer has the birth records from 1899, those prior to that being kept in the county clerk's office. UNION INITIATES. A very enthusiastic meeting of the American Federation of iatbor was , held Tuesday evening when nine new members were taken into the new organization. The work was conferred by the home members and was carried out in excellent shape and to the sattefaction of all. The membership is increasing rapidly and within a short while the roll will be between seventyfive and one hundred. The Modern Woodmen have issued a call for this evening when their regular meeting is scheduled. There will be business, which will require the presence of all members and a good attendance is asked. The Yeomen held their regular weekly meeting Tuesday evening and a goodly number responded to the call and enjoyed the evening's work. This lodge, too, is becoming quite popular and numbered among the most enthusiastic in the city. Jonas Myers returned to Bluffton today after a visit with the J. D. Myers family. e