Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1912 — Page 1

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THE INTEREST IS INCREASING Letters from Former Adams County Citizens Who Will Join in Festivities. HERE OCTOBER 14TH Names Are Still Coming in Bunches and Invitation Committee is Busy. Interest in Old Home Week continues Whenever one meets an old Adams county man or woman, or whenever we hear from them, it is with a promise to come if possible. It all means that more former citizens will be gathered here than ever at one time before The letters that come in are of much Interest x Simeon P. Beatty writes from Des Moines, lowa, thanking the committee for its invitation and with hopes nt Mni able to be here for the big week, after an absence of many years, i S E. Shamps acceptance is as follows: Ft. Wayne, Tnd., Aug. 20, 1912. Dear .Mr Quinn, Decatur, Ind.: We acknowlege receipt of your letter of recent date, extending to us an invitation to attend the home-com-ing week In Decatur, October 14,1912, We thank you kindly, and assura yon that we will be present part of the time at least It is said that Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity and grants us the crown of life, and why should we not look back upon this home-coming week as the golden key of true friendship which opens up the pathway of life toJ happiness. We should have no time | or taste for bitter memories and no ■ heart for the destruction of the hopes, of our fellow-men. Our aim in life should be to benefit and not to in-1 Jure. Deep down in our hearts are chambers sacred to our memory for the many friends we have in Decatur, and we extend a hearty welcome to all, in our home at Fort Wayne. Wishing you one and all prosperity and happiness Tours truly, S. E. SHAMP. | Mr. Coppock and family are coming. l too. He says: Mr French Quinn. Decatur, Ind.: Dear Sir: —This will acknowledge 1 receipt of your invitation for “Old Home Week in Decatur” October 1419. I sincerely thank you for the invitation and will surely be on hand , a portion of the time, at least. Wishing you a rousing good time. I I remain Yours .ery truly, L. W. COPPOCK. _____ Ertnan Smith of Richmond ac-j knowledges receipt of his bid and. says he will sure be here for a part of the time at least and all week if possible, and expresses the sincere hope that the event will be all that is anticipated The names continue to come in and it looks as though no one is to be overlooked. Go over the lists and if you think of any one, send in the name and address to French Quinn. How about the slogan? Have you fflsent one in. The time is up at 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon and you should offer a suggestion, whether you need the ten dollars or not. Decatur wants a slogan and she ought to have it. Mrs Margaret Mann Harrison, 402 Ashland Ave., Muncie, Ind, Walter F. Mann, 114*6 S. Elm St., Muncie, Ind. John Touhey, 1014 W Ist St., Muncie, Ind. Patrick Touhey, 417 E. Jackson St., Muncie, Ind. Claude Allegar, Marion, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Fry, 1230 McClellan St., Fort Wayne, Ind. Richard Blossom, 1230 McClellan St., Port Wayne, Ind. Belem M Blossom, 1230 McClellan St, Fort Wayne, Ind. Joe Beery, Mott, N. D. Chas. Beery, Mott, N. D. Harry Berry, Cor. New York and Blake St, Indianapolis, Ind. 3. 3 Baker, Mott. N. D. Roy Beery, Fort Wayne, Ind.

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Charles Hunter, Mott, N. I). Thomas Allegar, Marion, Ind Miss Nettie McLean, Denver, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. James McLean. Blackwell, Okla. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colchin, R. R, 4, Geary, Okla. Tony Colchin, Geary, Okla Messrs. Joe and Leo Braun, 614 Jefferson St, Toledo, Ohio. Mrs. Josephine Rodd, care Secor Hotel, Toledo, Ohio Jesse O. Robinson, 208 Frances St, St. Joseph. Mo. Mrs. C. R. Uhl, 1302 So. 19th St, Toledo, Ohio. Theodore Snyder, Elkhart, Ind. John S. McLeod, Garrett, Ind. John L. Albers, 421 Division St, Toledo, Ohio. Will R. Phillips, 816 S. Main St, Lima, Ohio. (Continued on Page 2) THE STATE MEET Os Board of Charities Will be Held at Logansport October 12-15. THE LOCAL BOARD Will be Represented—Good Program Prepared for the Event. i Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 21—The state conference of charities will be held at Logansport, October 12-15, for which the following program has been arranged: Saturday evening, October 12—Address of welcome and response. President's address. "Assets and Liabilities,” Mrs. Emma Lee Elam, member of the board or state charities, Indianapolis. Remarks by Prof I’. G. Weatherly, Indiana University, chair- ' man committee on children. Address, i “The Preiwration of the Child for Its Life Work." Mrs. Eliza A. Blaker, president Indianapolis Free Kindergarten and Teachers’ college. Sunday. Morning—Addresses in the i local churches by visiting delegates. Sunday Afternoon —Mass meeting; address, Governor Thomas H. MarI shall. Sunday Evening—Committee on so- ■ cial welfare, Dr. Charles P Emerson, dean, Indiana university school of I medicine, Indianapolis. Addtess. “The ' Church and Social Service," speaker I to be announced. Monday Morning—Round tables. Program to be announced later. Monday Afternoon —Committee on state’s wards. Dr. W. C. Van Nuys, ' superintendent village for epileptics, ’ New Castle, chairman. Address. Alexander Johnson, secretary national I conference for charities and cortec- ; tion, Angola. Monday Evening—Committee on I neighborly helpfulness. Prof. T. F. i Fitzgibbons, secretary associated char 1 ities, Columbus, chairman. Address, 1 C. A. Prosser, secretary national society for the promotion of industrial education, New- York City. Tuesday Morning—Round tables. Program to be announced later. Tuesday afternoon —Visits to local institutions. Tuesday Evening—Committee on the offender, John B. Stoll, member i board of trustees Indiana state nriron, i South Bend, chairman. Address Dr. J. T. Gilmour, warden central prison, ex-president American prison association, Toronto, Canada. The Children’s Bureau. The children’s bureau of Indiana I will hold its first annual meeting at i Logansport. Saturday afternoon, Octoi ber 12, 1912, and a luncheon Monday noon," October 14th. Prof. U. G. I Weatherly, Bloomington, chairman; ! J. A. Brown, 93 State House, Indianapolis, secretary. o THE LAND OF THE VEDAS. A lecture on the social, political and religious conditions in India as they are today, by Mr. and Mrs. Forest B. Whisler. Mr. and Mrs. Whisler have spent more than five years in central India; have also traveled extensively in all parts of this vast empire, and have made a careful study of all conditions existing there. They will tell you about ffiiTa in a different way than you have yet heard. Do not fail to hear this Intensely interesting lecture Tuesday evening August 27, 1912 .at 7:30 o clock, at Antioch, known as the Beery church, four miles west of Decatur.

WIRES WEDDING Dick Townsend Receives Message Announcing Wedding of Son, Burt . TO CHICAGO GIRL I Groom is Proprietor of Whitney Hotel at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Although expecting that the wedding would occur at some time in the • near future, Dick Townsend was surprised Tuesday evening when he was handed a telegraph message from his son, Burt Townsend, of Ann Arbor, Mich., announcing that his marriage, I had taken place Monday. The message was sent from Detroit, Michigan, and brought the brief message that “Ruth and I were married yesterday.” The bride was Miss Ruth Parsons, one of Chicago's fair young ladies, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Parsons, one • of the prominent families of that city, with whom the Townsends have long been acquainted. Further particulars [ than those conveyed in the telegram are unknown here. Mr. Burt Townsend Is proprietor of the Whitney hotel at Ann Arbor, Mich., which he purchased last October, and where he and his bride will reside. He is the son of Mrs. Jessie Townsend Deam, i now of Chicago, and his boyhood days s were spent in this city, when his fa- , ther, Dick Townsend, was proprietor of the Burt hotel, which was later de- ‘ stroyed by fire. After leaving here. Mr. Dick Townsend went to Peoria, • 111., where he was engaged in the hotel business, his son being with him at that place. The groom is a grandson of Mrs. R. B. Allison of this city, and has many other relatives and ' friends here, who will be pleased to learn of his marriage. WILL SOON BE READY. S . The building owned by Mrs. A. C. j - Gregory is now presenting a veryneat appearance, with a front of yel- ’ low, while a large sign bearing the words, “Wear-U-Well,” shoe firm, just : being established in this city, and ■ gives Decatur another up-to-date place of business. The interior is being ' improved in various ways to meet • the requirements of the new firm, and f Howard Burdg, who is to be the mar ’ ager, is overseeing what is necessary r for the line to be installed at this I time. They will open for business ■ August 24th. ■FATHER’S DEATH 1 • John Litterer of Madison, t Ind., Father of Ferd Litterer, This City ,1 i SUCCUMBED TODAY J 7 ‘ i /At an Early Hour—Died ; Suddenly—Had Visited r | Here Only July 16th. ’! —• ’ The many Decatur friends of John ' | Litterer of Madison, Ind., father of Ferd Litterer of this city, will be i grieved to hear of the death of this t well known aged man. which occur- " red this morning at 1:30 o’clock at his ‘ home, death coming very unexpected- • ly. Such was the brief word that >. came this morning in a telegram to Mrs. Ferd Litterer from her husband, who had received word of his father's ! illness, and who bad left Monday j ‘ morning to be at his father’s bedside. y News was very meager and the exact ; cause of his death is unknown here. B That it came very suddenly, howev--1 er, is known, as he was here visiting <- only in July, coming to attend the ~ wedding of his son, which took place 1 July 16th. He had visited here on 1 numerous occasions and has many v friends here. Mr. Litterer was about eighty-four years of age. His wife prey ceded him in death, but he leaves ;, three sons, who are: Ferd, of this t city; Charles of Nashville, Tenn., and i, Will of Chicago. The funeral arrange- , ments were not yet known here.

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DECATUR EAGLES. In Large Numbers Attended the Fort Wayne Picnic. The members of the lodges of Eagles of Fort Wayne and every city and town of any size in this vicinity gathered at the Driving park Sunday afternoon to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the local aerie, which Is iso. 248. There were several bands, some of them brought here by the Eagles from other cities. A number of the athletic features were pulled off. The cities which sent the largest delegations to the picnic were Muncie, Hartford City, Warsaw, Columbia City, Decatur, Syracuse and Garrett, Ind., and Fostoria, Delphos, Lima and Van Wert Ohio. GRAND STAND FELL More Than Hundred People Hurt When Stage Fell at Marshall Meeting. WAS LUCKY ESCAPE A Number of People Well Known Here Hurt—Program Carried Out. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 21—(Special to Dailv Democrat) —No fatalities will result from the collapse of the grand stand during the notification of Governor Thomas R Marshall when five hundred persons were hurled to the ground and one hundred injured, according to reports from the hospitals and other places where the injured are being cared for Eleven are i still in the hospitals. Governor Marshall expressed himself as being very thankful when told the Injured would all recover. “As sure as I am here I would give SI,OOO if there had been no accident,” he declared. z — Indianapolis, Ind , Aug. 20 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The notification meeting Tuesday was marred by a rather serious accident when the temporary grandstand or speakers’ rostrum collapsed, hurling five hundred people into a frightened and panicstricken heap. Only for a few moments, however, were the proceedings stopped, beginning again as soon as it was learned that no fatalities had resulted. The stand had been built by one of the best contracting firms in the city and was supposed to be absolutely safe. Luckily the crash came slowly and the falls were not severe. Most of the injured were caught under the seats or were hurt when some other or others fell upon them. The accident dampened the spirit of the occasion, but the program was carried out as planned. Speeches were made by National Chairman Taggart, S. M. Ralston, Hon. Alton B. Parker, Governor Marshall and Senator Gore. Following the notification a reception was held at the governor’s home on North Pennsylvania street. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 21—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Among the people injured in the collapse of the grand stand at the notification meeting at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon were a number well known in Decatur. It is estimated that not less than two hundred people were injured, the greater number,, however, suffering only bruises. It was a most remarkable accident and the fact that not a fatality resulted is considered nothing short of miraculous. Among those injured of particular interest at Decatur were Mrs. H. L. Confer, bruised about chest and legs, lip cut. Mrs. Frank Christen, Muskogee, Okla., bruised and suffering from the shock. W. A. Dehority, Elwood, of the state board of accounts, back wrench©d Joe M. Rice, Cincinnati, ankle sprained and legs cut and bruised. Duke Stoops, Petersburg, blood vessel bursted in right leg and hurt about chest. Maurice Neizer, Fort Wayne, bruised about legs and arms. , William Volmer. state treasurer, injured internally. Thomas Brolley, state statistician, legs cut and deep gash over temple. i The seriously injured are: Mrs. E. B. Hartsock, Indianapolis, internally(OmARM M FM« 2)

[SET ASIDE A DAY ■t I ,f Sunday. October 27 Will be * I Known as Tuberculosis Sunday for Nation. ► I - e s SPECIAL ATTENTION e| e 1 i- To Prevention of This tDread Plague Will be / Given on That Day. Churches and religious societies to the number of at least 100,000, will I be urged to give special attention to the prevention of tuberculosis on Sun- „ day, October 27, or on some day during the week preceding or the week | following the date. This season has been set apart and designated as the third national tuberculosis day by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, which 3 makes this announcement. | Tuberculosis day was originally set on April 28th, but was postponed because of a conflict with conservation * Sunday of the men and religious forI ward movement, which was held on I that date. The observance of tuber- ' culosis day in the fall this year will I be utilized by anti-tuberculosis workers not only for the general education ~ of church-goers on consumption, but also for the purpose of interesting b them in the sale of Red Cross Christe mas seals. 4 Every one of the 700 and more citn ies' anti-tuberculosis associations al--0 lied with the national association, will I, be urged to promote Tuberculosis Day t- in their respective communities. -. While last year over 50,000 churches p observed this occasion, It is expected -. this year that this number will be y doubled. Millions of circulars and d other forms of literature will be dls- [ tributed. The support of every religa' ious denomination will be asked for. | That tuberculosis is a serious probI lem among church congregations is ,1 evidenced by statistics which the na--1 tional association gathered last year, which show that 10 per cent of all £ deaths among church members are ‘ | caused by tuberculosis. Based on " these figures and on the mortality ' statistics of the census bureau, over ‘ 52,000 of the 33,000,000 communities In churches in the United States die s from tuberculosis every year. This s figure assumes that the death rate of 3 1.60 per 1,000 population in the regisI tration area applies to all churchs goers, when, as a matter of fact, the ’’ rate would probably be higher. ii i — t HOME FROM TRIP II e J Rev. Semans Absent on I Three Weeks’ Vacation, >ll Returned Today. g I I HAD A GOOD TIME — ,* Rev. E. B. Parker Accompanied Him—Spent a 11 Week in Adirondacks. I5 1 Rev. Semans returned home this j morning after nearly tnree weeks' vat cation trip and which he enjoyed very d much. He, with the Rev. E. B. Parkg er of Richmond, made the trip togeth,t ler and visited Detroit, Buffalo, Ro- | Chester and other cities of interest t along the water course. On Lake OnI tario they sailed down to the bay of t,' Quinte, this being one of their most e 1 interesting side trips. The beautiful I trip down the St. Lawrence and the e* visit to the Thousand Isles afforded i- also interesting sight-seeing, and where some time was spent by the e two ministers. They also spent a week in the Adirondack mountains, »• traveling as high as four thousand t feet above sea level, and carried packs of their daily necessities along i- on their backs, camping and sleeping out in the open. Owing to the rainy i- weather they were subject to, the air was quite heavy, and for several days i. they traveled among the clouds. The trip was one of interest throughout their absence and one highly enjoyed s, by them. Rev. 9»mans left this morning for CONTINUED ON FaGE THREE ©

FRED ISCH SELLS FARM. Two big farm deals were closed in Adams county In which Fred lech the well known farmer, living eight miles east of the city, disposed of his farm and purchased another. Each farm sold for $165 per acre, and the amount involved in the two sales was $32,000. Mr. Isch sold his farm of 160 acres to John Aschltnjan, and two of his brothers, Ernst and John Isch. Mr. Aschliman secured 53 acres and his brothers secured the remaining 107 acres of the hundred and sixty. The part of the farm secured by Aschliman includes the house and other buildings. Mr. Isch in turn purchased the John Hyerly farm located near by. The Hyerly farm contains 16) acres of land and $165 per acre was paid for this, a total of $16,450Bluffton Banner. ART HALL BURNED Fire of Unknown Origin Completely Destroys Fair Ground Building. EARLY THIS MORNING At Steele’s Park—Association Will Probably ReBuild at Once. Fire which broke out this morning at a little before 7 o’clock in the large and beautiful art hall, the central building at the fair grounds in Steele's park, east of this city completely ate up that structure, and in thirty minutes all that was left to mark the plice was a pile of smoldering ashes. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is thought that it was kindled by some traveling representative of the public, known in common words, as hoboes, who may have taken shelter there for the night. When Willard Steele, owner of the park, who lives near the grounds, passed that way early this morning, the building was apparently in its usual good state. Two strangers or "bums" were sitting near the building, but he stated that nearly every night some one takes refuge there, and in the many other buildings on the grounds, and he thought nothing more of the fact that these were there, except that they may have stayed there during the night also. A little later the Fred Schafer family, which lives east of the grounds, were riding to a corn field to meet Mr. Steele, to gather the daily supply of vegetables to sell, and noticed the blaze, they in turn informing Mr. Steele, who then heard of it for the first. The fire had gained too great headway, however, when noticed, to be extinguished with the meager appliances at hand. Perhaps the first ones to see the fire were members of the Grant Meyers family, living along the road, west of the grounds. Members of the family were attending to the cow in the shed at the rear of their lot, when their attention was called to a puff of smoke issuing forth from the top of the building, and later the flames bursting forth in full force. The art hall was a large building in the shape of an X, perhaps a hundred feet square, with a large glass dome in the center. Though unplastered, it was a solid structure, and it is said could not be built at this day for less than $3,000. It was built about nine years ago by the Great Northern Indiana Fair association to be used by them during their fifteenyear lease of the park for fair purposes, and would no doubt have reverted to him when the lease expired. The building is one of central attraction and in it are located the fanck work of art, flowers and merchants' displays, making it one of the buildings of chief interest because of the great variety of its displays. Only about three years ago a new roof was built on the hall at a eost of S3OO. A quantity of tools, trestles, seats, etc., belonging to the fair company, had been stored in the building and : these were consumed. Grant Meyers, , residing near, had a number of valuable machines, including mower, hay • rake, etc., in the building, and Mr. i Steele had stored some hay there, but > fortunately these had been removed t only last week, thus saving greater I loss. The building had not been kept r locked, as Mr. Steele said, in his pro fCeattnueti ou Page 2)

COUNCIL DOINGS (1 h B Not Much Business Before the City Council at the Regular Session. D 1 ON TUESDAY EVENING s Petition to Brick Fifth St. r i from Marshall South Was Filed. s Only a short session of the city dads was necessary Tuesday evening for . the disposal of the city's affairs and ' I as the officials all had a complimen- | tary ticket from Mr. Gentry to witness , the big dog and pony show, the bust--1 | ness was such as to allow them an I opportunity lo attend. The reading of the minutes was the first of the evening's business, and they were approved. All of the members were present, excepting Councilman Hale, who is , at Rome City for the summer months. ’ A report from the engineer stating that he had made a thorough investigation of the Merryman street sewer - and found everything in excellent condition, according to the specifications laid out and that there was now due the contractor, Henry Stevens, the sum of $1,495, and an additional $5.00 to be paid to him. The engineer was authorized to make a preliminary assessment of same and have it ready -for filing in the neaur future. A peti- - tion signed by twenty property ownj ers was filed for the bricking of Fifth street from Marshall street south to j Adams street, and this was referred j to the street and sewer committee. . 1 The contractor in charge of the Ward I Fence sewer was on hand and comI plained that there was an obstrucI tion of some kind in his path, where t - the proposed sewer will connect with i the Marshall street sewer, and he asked for light on the subject. He stilted that it was either a large boul- , der or an iron pipe, and which would I I have to be removed by digging some ,; feet deeper, which he was authorized 1 1 to do. The Lister sewer in the north • i part of the city is also giving some , | trouble in the way of obstruction, and > i the matter was referred to the com- > i missioner who will look after same , i and see that the drain gives the prop- >| er satisfaction. There seems to be t ! some misunderstanding among the . officials and the various departments of the city in the way of purchasing . supplies without first reporting to the purchasing committee. At this time it was moved that the clerk notify all f departments and officers that hereaft- > er any person in need of some necessity will first have to secure the cons sent of the purchasing committee bet fore havingpporerw r er to act, which was ) seconded and carried The marshal - was also authorized to notify Mrs. t Chrlstena Niblick that the building f just north of the Winnes shoe store, ; formerly occupied as a junk shop, - was declared a nuisance by the city, > and unsafe, and that she should have f | the same removed at once before i i some accident should result. The r I city clerk was also authorized to ad- , vertise for bids that the city council 1 will on the third day of September ? at their council rooms, receive proposs als for twenty-five new street arc ? lights and furnishings for same. OnFy i recently fifty were purchased, but this , number Is not sufficient to cover the 3 city and the additional twenty-five t will have to be purchased. The street t commissioner stated that he was in > need of some filler for the city hall - alley which has been torn up for the • placing in of a man-hole and raising - the driveway, and he was authorized - to secure sand to the amount needed. 1 Superintendent Martin Mylot filed a s report that he had sold junk to the • amount of $47,83, and with the treass urer’s receipt attached, was received I and approved. The following bills were then allowed: i G. R. * I. R. R. Co $ 55,01 t C. L. Walters 1° Commercial Elec. Supply Co.. 16.30 i, John Coffee 29.89 , P. ,T. Hyland 56.09 1 Standard Oil Co 9.52 i, J. B. Buhler 136.00 The Crane Co. 25.20 v Bass Foundry & Machine Co.. 70.00 ’. National Exp. Co 2.95 t Ohio Michigan Coal Co 22.25 d Clarence Stevens 12 3S r Zion Office Supplies 3.50 .t I Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lower went to >-| Monroeville today to visit with her i brother, Hiram Congleton. ©

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