Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1912 — Page 1

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PLAN big merger M IIIIH !■!■■■ — Russian Capitalists Want •he Decatur Interurban and Others. SOME ONE ELSE May Get Ahead—Agreement Under Way to Buy B. G. & C. Line. *n agreement is under way, says the Bl fftou News, which will form the ba- ■ s of a deal by which the Bluffton. Geoeva & Celina Traction company's 'operty. about twenty miles of inter■rbaa tracks between Bluffton and Gewill be sold to the Kokomo, .War (ffl £ Western Traction company. | which company some weeks ago enter hI into an agreement with a bondhold i committee of the Marion, Bluffton k Eastern Traction company, for the purchase of the M. B. & E. properties. T « latter depl has been held up. how I ver, for several weeks, pending Inestivations of propositions by which .'re of th® stockholders both of th, M. 1’ S K. and the B. G. & C. hoped io secure a ■basis for a deal of a more tntaeeous nature Big Merger Planned « -•‘• ■•esentative of A. S Terrell & Company of Chicago, in behalf of vr-i local parties have sought an -lectric lighting franchise in Bluffton, vu in Bluffton Wednesday to look o'er the local situation, says the News further, and be did not have a very e- o icing report to give to local parties interested with him. It is understood, for one thing, that he could not tire any definite promise at present it to the sire of the power house his vorciany wculd be willing to build te», if any. The reason for this con- ( t or was explained Tne Terrell company has been en denoting to put through a big deal r which it was proposed to merge interurban lines and one steam niiway The company proposed to injure the C. B. & C. line, the M. B. ' i E. and B. G. & C. lines into Bluffton, ib- Fort Wayne & Springfield electric line between Fort Wayne s Decatur, ' and k> extend the latter line from Hewn- to Portland, paralleling the G R. ! i v«>m line The Terrell company representative Hated that no immediate promises 1 could be made, for thereason that it would require at least until December 15th. possibly longer, to determine ’bether the options desired could be | feared on the various properties « twated If all of those lines could be secured and merged .then the com- i »ny would be in a position to state ’bat it would be willing to do in the ’ay of h power house, and that in case 1 « the big merger would be willing to i ■'■'t a 1300,000 power house here. i . The statement was made that the that would be furnished to itaaca the big merger proposition, In •We It could be carried through, i *ould <ome from wealthy Russians ’ho are seeking investment in 'meric*. o- —- HOME TALENT PLAY. Will Be Given Here Tuesday, ■ November 19. Behrarsals are being given for the talent play, “Redacre Farm. •hirit win be given at the Bosses ■Hi house, Tuesday night. November under tho auspices of the Ruth Cirto, for the benefit of the Christian pttreu. a good cast has been secured w<l is working under the direction of , Mabel Weldy, a talented elocu- i ! toiat. Any seat in the house, twenty- , fl '« cents. Plans for the play were , "a- nt mated last evening at the meet,a? held at the home of .Miss Esther feou. — .<> — FORTIETH anniversary. Today Rev. Theo Wilken celebrates i 'to fortieth year as a priest, and his ' i •Mie's day, which also comes on this j As a mark of respect to Father ~ "■flken the Sisters have arranged r ‘ i ■■'grain for bls entertainment this • !f temoon. Each room of the school j kas some part In the program. They also presented him with a beautiful Wldhandled umbrella, a lace surplice * B d a large bouquet of beautiful roses. o — 8080 CIRCUIT. '"gilar services at Salem Sunday at ‘ 30 and at Mt. Hope at 7:30 p. m.

| WEDS GIRL; SAVES MONEY. Bluffton, Ind., Nov. 8- County Clerk Adalgo Wandel Thursday afternoon isnued a marriage license to ■ Miss Auzalah Brelner, 22, a daughter of James Brelner, of this county, and John E. Zimmerman, 23, a young farmer of Adams county, a son of William Zimmerman. The marriage is a sequel to a $5,000 breach of promise suit filed by the bride ten ' days ago, in the Adams circuit court. ■ o mayor teeple officiates. Mayor Teeple Thursday afternoon officiated at the wedding of Mr. John H. Eckles and Miss Anna Schoenstedt, i The groom is a cook and the bride housekeeper at Holty's Case. Both are well known and highly esteemed and have the good wishes of many friends. 1 hey will reside on Winchester street. A CONSTITUTION The New Constitution of the Adams County Teachers’ Association. WILL BE ADOPTED At Meeting Held at Berne Saturday Before Thanksgiving Day. Name. ARTICLE 1. This association shall be known as the Adams County Teachers' association. Officers. ARTICLE 11. Sec. 1. The officers of the association shall be a president, vice president. treasurer and secretary. Sec. 2. The officers of this association shall be elected at the annual ' meeting of the association. Sec. 3. The term of office shall be for one year and no officer shall be eligible to two terms in succession. Sec 4. At the annual meeting of this association the president shall call for nominations for officers for | the ensuing year and the association shall proceed to vote by ballot for nominees for each office separately. The nominee receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. 1 ARTICLE 111. Sec. 1. The place of meeting shall be decided by vote of the members present. Sec. 2. The time of meeting shall be the Saturday before the Thanksgiving vacation. ARTICLE IV. The annual dues for membership in this association shall be , and shall be paid to the treasurer at the annual meeting. ARTICLE V. Sec 1. The executive committee shall consist of one member from each township and each school corporation of the county. Sec. 2. The executive committee shall be appointed by the president of the association, and announced at the county institute. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the executive committee to prepare a program for the annual meeting. Respectfully submitted. V. C. MILLIKEN, Geneva. .1, M. SNYDER, Berne. J. C. TRITCH, Decatur. To the Teachers of Adams County: The committee appointed to draft by-laws for the Adams County Teachers' association met in Berne and made the proposed constitution above printed. The constitution will be read and discussed by sections before final adoption. Yours very truly, COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION o . / hard luck dance. The local order of the Knights of Columbus has issued a novel invitation for their annual hard luck dance to be given at their hall on next WedInesday night, November 13th. The ■grand march will begin at 8:30 sharp. ■ Everybody must wear their old clothes l or they will not be admitted. Get the fever and come. roads are accepted. Among the last acts of the county commissioners in their November session was the acceptance of three macadam roads—Water Street, Berne; the Parrish and Davis road*

DIED IN ASYLUM Harry Rosenthal, Former Decatur Merchant, Died in Toledo. HAD BEEN INMATE There Since 1898—Was a Brother of Gus Rosenthal. A message was received here Thursday evening announcing the death of Harry Rosenthal, a former Decatur clothier, which occurred at the insane asylum at Toledo, Ohio, where he had been an inmate since he was adjudged insane September 22,1898, in Allen county, Ohio. The message also asked for the adIress of his guardian, his brother, Gus Rosenthal, who is now located at Boscobel, Wis. The guardianship case is in the Adams circuit court. The deceased '.'as a nephew of Ike Rosenthal, who conducted a clothing store here many years ago. At that time the two brothers, Gus and Harry, worked for him. Harry and Gus then went to Lima. Ohio, where they conducted a clothing store, which they later moved from Lima to this city, into the building in which the Frank McConnell store is now located. They were engaged in business here under the firm name of Rosenthal Bros. Harry later became insane. — — o- ■ THE BASKET BALL. The first basket ball game of the season will be played at the Porter hall tonight between the Decatur high school team and the Bryant high school team. A double header game is scheduled for tonight the sophomore teams anticipating a clash. WAS FOUND DEAD In Bed-Heart Attack Claims the Life of John Stepler, sr. OF NEAR HONDURAS Mary, Wife of Jacob Heller, Succumbs After a Long Illness. John Stepler, aged seventy-nine, a prominent farmer of near Honduras, was found dead in bed at 6:30 o’clock this morning, having suffered an attack of the heart during the night. He was a native of Germany, being a son of John Stepler, sr., and was born July 5. 1833. He had been a resident of Honduras for the past forty-one years. Surviving is his wife and one brother, Dr. J. 11. Stepler, of Cleveland, Ohio, and a sister In Germany. He was a member of the St. Luke’s German Re formed church. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the house, and interment will be in the St. Luke's cemetery. Rev. Schroer will officiate. Mary, wite ut Jacob Heller, a resident of Kirkland township, died at 10 o’clock this morning after a fourteen weeks' illness from what was thought to be ossification of the liver, although the real cause will not be known until after the post mortem examination this afternoon. She was 63 years, 3 months and 24 days old, and was born in Darke county, Ohio. Three sisters survive. They are: Mary Oldham and Malinda Sherman of Darke county, Ohio, and Elizabeth Hoover. Kirkland township. She also leaves two brothers, David Land,s, Darke county, Ohio; Daniel Landis, Manistee, Michigan. Besides her husband she also leaves six step-children. The funeral will be Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at Pleasant Dale church and burial in the church cemetery. REV. SCHENCK TO PREACH. Former Adams County Boy to Prea.-h at Pleasant Mills. Rev. John W. Schenck, a former Adams county boy, now a minister of the gospel of the Methodist church at Au-

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rora, Minn., is here for a visit with bls mother, Mrs. Amanda Schenck, of Pleasant Mills. His many friends here are eager for the privilege of hearing his preach and an invitation has been extended to him to do so next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at the M. E, church at Pleasant Mills, which he has accepted. Rev. Schenck is the brother of the late Miss Ella Schenck, a mis sionary, who met death several years ago in a Turkish massacre. o r— LATEST ELECTION NEWS. (United Press Service) San Francisco, Cal. N,ov. B—(Special to Daily Democrat) —There was to day still considerable doubt as to the column in which the California votes will finally rest, latest available news unofficial, gives Roosevelt 280,255, and Wilson 280,125 votes. New York, N. Y., Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special lo Daily Democrat)—With returns complete today although unofficial ,it became certain that Wilson s total vote in the next electoral college will he 442 with 77 for Roosevelt and 12 for Taft Wyoming went into the Wilson column today, and although some progressive leaders were still claiming they would get California, impartial sources insisted that the district that was still missing was all in democratic territory and was sure to increase the Wilson vote.

SOME INTERESTING FACTS About President-elect Wilson—“ Tommy" in College. He is 56 years old. He has a charming and beautiful wife and three charming daughters. His daughters all look much more like him than like their mother. They are all grown and unmarried. His first name is "Thomas." but lie has not used it for many years. They called him Tommy in college. He does not use tobacco Drinks a little wine sometimes and a Scotch highball when very tired. Buttermilk is his favorite beverage. He is nearly blind in his right eye as the result of an accident in youth. When reading he holds a monocle in front of his damaged eye. His favorite recreation golf, but he walks much. He never drinks ice water. Sleeps from 9 to 12 hours out of every 24. Likes automobiitng, but often goes to sleep in the motor He is a shorthand and typewriting expert. Writes all his speeches, lectures and books that way. He uses the "Graham system" of shorthand. He is 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs 177 pounds. He can run a half mile at a good pace without losing his "wind.” Dislikes military display. Except for a few thousand dollars which he saved from his salary as president of Princeton, he has no money or property. Considers “13” his lucky number. There are 13 letters in his name, and in his thirteenth year as a professor at Princeton he was elected its thirteenth president Likes to go to the theater. Prefers comedy or light opera. His best speeches are impromptu. He has enormous ears and a large mouth, with large, irregular, somewhat discolored teeth. He wears eye-glasses all the time. Was a good baseball and football player when a young man. He is Scoteh-Irlsh. His father was a Presbyterian minister and he is a Presbyterian, too. When away from home he sends his wife a “lettergram" every night. WILL BUY HORSES. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Asbill, brother-in-law and sister of John L. Case, arrived in the city Thursday night and will spend about six weeks visiting with friends and relatives and attending to business. Today Mr. Asbill will visit the stock farm of Frisinger & Co., with the intention of buying some of the famous horses that Mr. Frisinger imported about three weeks ago from Belgium. He will try to introduce this famous breed qf horses in the new state. TUBERCULOSIS DAY. Drs. Smith, Boyers and Miller will speak at the Christian church Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Dr. Smith will talk on “Etiology, Histology and Bacteriology;” Dr. Boyers on “Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment,’’ and Dr. Miller, on “History and General Survey of Tuberculosis.” You are invited. GEORGE E. OWEN

A DURPRISE GIVEN Edward Kleinhenz and Miss DeEtta Baltzell of Fort Wayne WEDDED LAST NIGHT In Ft. Wayne—Take Wedding Trip to Indianapolis —To Live Here. / Miss DeEtta Baltzell, a daughter Os .Mr. and Mrs Dayton Baltzell, of Hugh street, Fort Wayne, was quitely married Thursday evening to Mr. Edward Kleinhenz, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kleinhenz, of this city. The ceremony was performed at half past seven in the parsonage of St. Mary's church hy the rector. The bride wore a pretty cream colored voile dress trimmed with pink messaline satin and lace. She wore a white beaver hat trimmed with pink ostrich plumes and tinv rosebuds and she carried a large bouquet of bride's roses Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Henchen were the only attendants. Immediately after the ceremony a wedding supper was served at the Wayne hotel. For traveling, the Wide wore a becoming tailor suit of black and white and a trim little hat to match. After a wedding trip to Indianapolis Mr. and Mrs. Kleinhenz will make their home at Decatur, where Mr. Kleinhenz is a well known and prosperous young man. He is bookkeeper for the Schafer Hardware company. The bride is a talented young lady, who is a good musician. She is a cousin of Mrs. Vada Martin Chronister of this dty. and one of her last visits here was at their wedding a few weeks ago, she playing the wedding march. FEARS CONFIRMED

Frank McFadden of Bluffton Receives Notice of Death of Niece. PEARL McFADDEN Formerly of Geneva Which I Occurred in St. Louis Hotel Fire. The fears of Indiana friends of this vicinity, as stated in Tuesday's Democrat, that the Mrs. Pearl McFadden, who met death last Friday by burning in the St. Louis hotel fire, was th? wife of Carl K. McFadden, former oil operator at Geneva, were confirmed when her uncle, Frank McFadden, of Bluffton, Thursday received a letter from his brother, George McFadden, j notifying him of the terrible occur- : rence. ! Mrs. McFadden lost her life in a fire which destroyed the Hotel Berlin, where she and her husband had been making their home for some time. Mr. McFadden was not at home at the time and it was several days after his wife's tragic death before he could be located. He is an oil operator with extensive interests and was away on an extended business trip. Mrs. MeJ Fadden and husband are well known iin Decatur and vicinity, having freiquently visited here'while they were living at Geneva, and later when he 'was located at Fort Wayne, where he I was foreman for a gas and electric 1 company. BROTHERHOOD MEETING. | The second meeting of the Method- . ist brotherhood will be held next Tuesday night at the church parlors, at which time a “father and son meeting" will be held. The program as now arranged will be: "Some Funny Boyhood Experience" —A. R. Bell, Sylvester Spangler, James Hurst. “Some Real War Stories"—Joshua Parrish, Daniel Kitson, Fred Freeh. A Short Address—“ The Boys,'— John W. Tyndall. A boys’ lunch will be served. The program committee will meet later and formulate the full program for the meeting.

FREAK ELECTION BET. As the result of an election bet Frank Hoffman, living at Mt. Zion, will furnish entertainment for a group of his neighbors. The bet was one of those of the freak nature which are made every election, some place. In this case Frank was so confident that Beveridge would run third in the race for governor of Indiana that he laid a wager with a neighbor on the result. The agreement was that if Beveride ran second Huffman was to roll a peanut uphill for a distance of about fifteen rods, and if Durbin beat Beveridge the neighbor with whom the wa ger was made had to roll the peanut down hill the same distance. Now Huffman's friends and neighbors are •preparing to watch him roll the peanut the distance agreed.—Bluffton News WAS RE-ELECTED Mrs. Martha Hayes of This City Again Honored by District W. R. C. IS DISTRICT VICE Convention at Marion Proved a Good One—Mrs. Lyons Honored.

Marion, Ind., Nov. B—Disagreeable weather conditions had no terrors lor the women who attended the annual convention of the eighth district of the Women's Relief Corps at the I. O. O. F. temple in this city and the gathering as a whole was most satisfactory. Many women from every county in the district arrived in Marion Wednesday morning to attend the session, which adjourned at a late hour Wednesday evening and a number of business matters of importance were considered. The annual election of officers resulted as follows: Mrs. Flossie Weston of Montpelier, senior vice president; Mrs. Martha Hayes of Decatur, junior vice president; Mrs. Lucia Kintz of Fort Wayne, secretary; Mrs. Mattie Ellis of Fort Wayne, treasurer; Sarah Daugherty, corresponding secretary; Nellie Buck of Fairmount, guard; J. F. McDomain of Montpelier, assistant conductor; Mary Pope of Jonesboro, assistant guard; Laura McAfee of Bluffton, past master; Vinnie Lyons of Decatur, press correspondent; Lydia Devore of Montpelier, musician; Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Mentser, .Mrs. McCoy and Mrs. Heffeimen, color bearers. o REV. JONES' NEW WORK. Resigns to Become District Evangelist in Southern Indiana. December Ist, Rev. T. L. Jones, pastor of the Baptist church will close his first year’s service here. He and his family will at that time go to Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, where he will become a district evangelist. This i sa new departure of the state Baptist evangelistic association, which is establishing district evangelists instead of general state evangelists, hoping to bring about a more systematic work and result. He will have supervision of several churches in Lawrence Greene and Martin counties. They will be principally country charges, especially those which need a reviving influence. His work will also be in the social line, organizing societies which will not come under the district supervision of the church, but which will be goverened by its moral influences. Beginning January first, he will begin a series of evangelistic services of from twenty to twenty-five weeks. His work here has been a great one, and the departure of himself and family is exceedingly regretted by their friends here. o RETURNED FROM TRIP. George Gells and daughter, Gertrude, have returned from their southern trip, through Oklahoma and Arkansas. They visited most all the large cities in these states and all places of interest. The trip was enjoyed by both. MRS. HELMER'S FUNERAL. Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Helmer will be held Sunday morning at ten o’clock at the St. Paul’s church.

WILLING WORKERS From the Fifty-six Sunday Schools of County in Convention IN THIS CITY State Workers Here Also— Mennonite Male Choir Tonight. It was an inspiring assemblage of Sunday school workers and their friends that gathered at the Presbyterian church Thursday evening, when the annual convention of the Adams County Sunday School association held its initial session. The seating capacity of the church was taxed, and a very pleasing sight were the hundred or more young children in the gallery, where they sang two choruses during the service. Nearly all the fifty-six Sunday schools were represented at this convention, and while not all w ere present at the opening session, there was a goodly number. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion with roses, chrysanthemums and potted plants. Prior to the arrival of Jesse Rupp, from Berne, a fifteen minutes' song service, by the congregation, was conducted, with Howard Wisehaupt chorister. President Rupp then took the chair, the convention being formally

JESSE RUPP Os Berne, who has been Adams Co. S. S. Superintendent since 1905. declared open. Rev. G. C. Owen of the Christian church gave a very appropriate scripture reading from N'ehemiah in which was set forth the basic plan of the present day Bible school, for a systematic study and acquirement of Bible knowledge Hon. C. J. Lutz, who is superintend ent of the Presbyterian Sunday schoo'. gave the welcome address, extending the glad hand to all the visitors to the "sweetest city" in the state. He stated that the keys of everything in the city were handed over to them, except the keys to the saloons, and a forecast of coming events was given in his statement that he hoped that within a year, the keys to those could be given over. Rev. P. R. Schroeder of Berne, responded, and in an excellent address, bespoke the pleasure of the attendants and gave a "thank you” to the greeting and welcome. The address of Miss Hazel Lewis of Indianapolis, elementary superintendent of the Indiana association, was one of the best addresses ever heard in this city. In her clear, sweet voice, she spoke on “Our Place in the Line," and told of the distinctive work of the Sunday school in the religious life of the boys and girls, and emphasized the fact that it should be evangelistic in its nature. George N. Burnie, the general state secretary, gave an address equally good on “Some Things that Inspire.” These are, in part, he said, the wonders of nature, living personality, and the personality that speaks and lives in books, giving the Bible as the greatest and best of these. Special music was rendered by a double quartet from the Presbyterian church, and also two choruses by the one hundred children’s voices. One of these was accompanied by a boy’s whistling chorus, and both were very fine. Miss Lulu Atz accompanied the children at the piano, and Miss Jean Lutz, the congregational and quartet singing at the pipe organ. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. Gleiser of the Presbyterian church, after the announcement was made that today's sessions would be held at the same (ConU”'>e<l on Page 4)

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