Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1913 — Page 3

Th , young ladle*' cla** ot the Calr*rs Evangelical Sunday aohool. known M the Willing Worker*, spent t very pleasant afternoon at the home o( their teacher, Mrs. E. W. Jackson, oa Wednesday, from 2 to 5 o'clock. ! Tbe class meet* o nthe first Wednesdar of each month at the various Monies of the members. After an Interesting business period, a ioclal hour was spent. Interspersed with mujlc. Dainty refreshments were served The class adjourned at 5 o'clock with an Invitation to meet with the Misses Oda and Eda Gay on Wednesday, Mary T. The husbands of the ladles of the Xeedles and Nods club joined with them last evening again in a social good time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Miller. A music guessing contest was in order and prizes were won by Mrs. Dallas Hunsicker and Ferd Peoples. Then came "five hundred." In which prizes were won by Mrs. Frank Carroll and Fred Blosser. Refreshments in two courses were served at the luncheon hour. Miss Ruby Sheets was a guest last evening of the Needlecraft club, entertained in a pleasing way by Miss Sue Mayer. Sewing and games were in order until luncheon time, when delicious refreshments were served. Miss Sheets will leave Saturday for Colorado Springs, where she will spend the summer. She had been there for several years prior to this winter. One of the most pleasant social events of the week was that given by the Nikillib club Tuesday evening In Garrett to their lady friends at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Cole, their son. Thurman, being a member of the club. The home was artistically decorated in the club colors, black and yellow, and beautiful palms were used In every available place that would add to the beauty of the rooms. The event was for the purpose of inaugurating their officers, who are as follows: President, Lawson Talbert; secretary and treasurer, Robert Bass, and the Messrs. Arthur, Gallatin, Othmore Moore. Archie Childers and Harry Landis as governors The club wcs organized four months! ago and is composed of eleven prom inent young men of Garrett. Besides the above named members there are the Messrs. Oakley, Cobler, Lowell Bowers, Clinton Hersh, Fred Llndorfer and Thurman Cole. The guests on this accosian were the Misses Gladys Hathaway, Mary Jack. Mabel Steck-j ley, Ruth Lindorfer, Florence Rene-■ man, Elizabeth Hinger, Gladys ■ Herschberger, Esther Cobler, Madia Barretta and Leisle Bruce. The young 1 men provided delightful entertain- ; ment throughout the entire evening . for their guests, but the elegant ban- j Quet proved the climax of the occa-. •ion. The table was beautifully ar-1 ranged and their colors were used profusely in the dining room. Arthur | Gallatin r.< ted as toastmast>\ and the guests were ready when called on for | responses. After the banquet a flashlight was taken of the happy group,: which the boys will present to their guests as a souvenir of the occasion. A very pretty wedding took place at 9 o'clock at the St. Patrick’s Catholic church, which united Miss Marv Shea and Mr. Bernard Coffee. The nuptial mass was said by Rev. Father Delaney in the presence of a number of friends and relatives. No formal invitations were issued, but the church was filled with tbe many friends of the popular young couple. Miss Nora Kane served as honor maid and Mr. Thomas Sholvln was groomsman. The bride wore a charming gown of pale blue charmeuse, trimmed with handsome aplique and baby Irish lace. The hat was of blue chiffon trimmed with uncurled plumes and a corsage of bride’s roses and lilies of the valley completed the pretty costume. The honor maid wore a frock of tan crepe de meteor, trimmed with handsome Ince, and her hat was a white Panama with French flowers In warm tones of brown. Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carr, in Dawson street, the home of the bride’s brother and sister, with whom she has been making her home. The house was decorated with a profusion of white roses and carnations intermingled with palms and ferns. The guests were the Immediate relatives and a few near friends. At noon Mr. and Mrs. Coffee left for Chicago for a short trip, and on their return will 8o at once to housekeeping in their »ew home in Pontiac street. For traveling the bride wore a handsome tailored suit of blue whipcord, with a blouse of white voille, trimmed with Irish lace, and her hat was of blue to tuatch her suit. Both Mr. and Mrs. Coffee are general favorites among their friends and the bride has been honored by a series of pretty prenuptial parties during the past several w ®«ks. Mr. Coffee is employed in the' offices of the Zurbach Coal company.] —Fort Wayne News. The groom, who formerly resided here, is a nephew of

Sheriff T. J. Durkin. , . ] The C. B. L. of I. ladles are plan- i • nlng for a public, pedro party and I , dance to be given at their ball Tues- t day evening. April 8. Everybody is i Invited. Fifty cents a couple will be < i charged. ( I |j Mrs. F. H. Clark entertained at a6 ,* ■ o'clock dinner party last evening that ( proved most delightful. Covers were 11 : laid for the following guests: The t i Misses Huldah Mutschler and Lydia i Kirsch, and Messrs. Ben Schroyer and < Leo Kirsch. , J Judge and Mrs. J. T. Merryman en-L tertained the Sewing club ladies and , their husbands, with a few other guests at a 6 o’clock dinner party last I ; evening. Tbe dinner was nicely served by Robert Merryman and Avon ] Burk, and then came evening hours < spent in the general informal social f mingling so conducive to happiness that no set form of entertainment is i necessary to round out an evening of , genuine enjoyment. ( i The life and works of the musician ] Edward Greiff furnished abuondant , study for the Euterpean club at the , home of Miss Bess Schrock last ev- | ening, Mrs. E. B. Adams and Mrs. i Jesse Dailey having charge of the pro- 1 gram. . At 3 o'clock this afternoon Attorney , Walters filed ten more names to the .remonstrance, making a total of IS2 and thirteen more than the number | necessary to put the saloons out of; I the Second ward. Mr. Walters stated j< that he believed this was about the l ; limit, though a very few more might ; be obtained before the auditor’s office :, closed for the night. < |i At 8 o’clock this morning, Milton ; Miller, attorney for the “drys,” filed't a remonstrance at the county audi- ’ tor’s office against the granting of li-1; censes to any of the applicants in the 11 Second ward, and the matter will be j , duly presented to the county commis- | sioners next Monday. If held suffi- i cient, this will prevent the granting i 'of the licenses to any of the five retail dealers in this city and to Scott Ellis, wholesale dealer. The only license 1 that could be granted would be to j Isadore Kalver, who is in the Third ward, and who will have the license to conduct a wholesale liquor store for a year at least. The saloonkeep < ers or any one else could apply for a i license in the Third ward, which ] . would come up at the next meeting of 1 the board in May, but the ‘‘dry’’ ! ' forces say they will immediately begin ' a campaign to make that ward “dry.” t The remonstrance filed this morn- f Ing was in three sections, two of them t signed by C. L. Walters, attorney in , ■fact, and the other by L. A. Graham, i under the same title. During the past j i month workers have been busy secur- i Ing tile signatures to cards giving 1 these two men power of attorney to t sign the remonstrance which was filed I; today. The first sheet of the remon- j strance is signed by forty, the second ■ ' by sixty and the third by seventy-two. t a total of 172. The "drys” kept up I their work today, they being allowed until tonight to file remonstrances. | The contest is based on the vote cast ■ 1 at the last general city election and the remonstrance must contain the j ’ names of a majority figured upon the h candidates for any office at that elec- < tion receiving the greatest number of 1 votes. In the election of 1908 in this 1 city the vote for mayor was the high- ■ i est, in the second ward being 336. It s would therefore be necessary to se- t cure 169 signers to the remonstrance, 1 and as the list filed this morning con- 1 tained 172 names, it is sufficient, un- I less some of the names are declared 1 to be those of illegal voters, that 13, i parties who could not vote in this t ward if an election were held. ’ R. C. Minton, of Indianapolis, state i i attorney for the anti-saloon league, is I here today and will assist in conduct t Ing the contest. |’ The remonstrance heading reads as t follows: J 'We, the undersigned, legal voters t In the Second ward, in the city of De- t catur, in the county of Adams, and 1 state of Indiana, do hereby respect- t fully represent that we are opposed to 1 the traffic in intoxicating liquor and 1 we hereby object to the granting of 1 a license to any person for the sale s of intoxicating liquor In said ward." 1 The first name on the remonstrance 1 Is that of J. D. Andrews and the i cause will therefore be docketed “J. D. Andrews et al., remonstrance peti- t tlon.” The "wets" had the right to file < withdrawals up to last evening, bat < none were filed. * If the fight is taken up in the Third ward it will be necessary to secure 197 signatures, as the total vote cast there for mayor was 382. At the re- I cent local option election, 197 votes were cast for the "drys,” and it promises to be an even warmer fight than was that in the Second ward, as sever- 1 'al different arguments will enter. Cairo 111, April 4—(Special to Daily I Democrat)— Sand banks which would i

give away In a twinkling should a high wind sweep the water toward* this city, was all that separated Cairo from destruction. The river 1* above the Ohio levee standing at 54.7 feet. Water I* sweeping through the hastily 1 constructed bulkheads and soldiers, and citizens are fighting desperately to save the banks but are ready to seek refuge in 50 boats awaiting them should the situation go out of their hands. Barges and steamers are patroling the river front in order to aid in rescueing workers should the water over take them. Yet the people are hoping the fears of yesterday that the bulkheads would give away were groundless and today it Is believed the water would fall before any high wind arose. London, April 4—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Great Britan today is fearful of an attack on militant suffragettes who are starting oue to revenge the conviction of Mrs. Pankhurst. The railroad station at Oxles was blown up by an alarm clock contrivance similar to those used by dynamiters in America. The London Northwestern railroad train was wrecked near Stockport but the coaches were almost empty and no one was Injured. In London two hurrying women carrying suit cases aroused the suspicion of the police and were arrested. An investigation showed the suit cases to be filled with explosives. Havre, France, April4—(Special to Daily Democrat) —With all military honors due a commander and witnessed by 29,000 people the body of J. Pierpont Morgan arrived by train today and was immeadiately transfered to the steamer La France which is scheduled to sail for New York tomorrow. When the casket emerged and audible gasp of awe went up from the multitude and hats were removed. The body was placed in a special prepared morgusey of the steamer. A battalion of infantry lined the gang plank and presented arms when the body passed. The military salute was fired, military bands played funeral marches and American hymns. o THE THIRD OPERATION. Mrs. Philip Meihls in Dangerous Con- | dltion. Ms. John Rex, who is with her daughter, Mrs. Philip Meihls, of Monroeville ,at the St. Joseph hospital, at Fort Wayne, telephoned the family here of Mrs. Meihl's serious condition, Mrs. Miehls was taken to the hospital Thursday, where she underwent her third operation. The operation was for stomach trouble, the removal of the appendix, and other serious complications, and was performed this morning at 9 o'clock. Her condition is dangerous and it is feared that she may not recover. She was formerly Miss Bertha Rex, and resided here until going to Monroeville a few years ago. O’ ■■■— THE BURKHEADS’ EXPERIENCE. I In the Indianapolis Floods—Luckily Escaped. Decatur Democrat: We wish our friends to know that we escaped the flood direct, but felt the effects of it very much, as we are on West New York street, near the high water, but above it. We have had two families, with their children, with us, who lost all they had. Our sister, Miss Dessie Merryman, was in the inundated parts of West Terre Haute, Ind., and lost everything she had, except thd clothes she escaped in. Miss Maggie Merryman left Terre Haute at 4 o'clock on Tuesday evening and sat in a Pullman coach within sight of Indianapolis three days and night and could go neither way. Our water power was off for four days, our street cars did not run for five days, and the Indianapolis gas was off. We assisted in the care of over 500 men, women and children at Manual Training high school that had lost all by the flood. It was a common sight to see houses and furniture go down the river to hit the White river bridge and be crushed like eggs. One lovely piano is sitting on the street near here that was dragged out of the water. It resembles an old pair bed springs. Five of the neatest little houses which Mr. Burkhead had just finished laying hard-wood floods In, were destroyed completely. Mrs. Burkhead is a sister of Leonard Merryman of Decatur. His mother and his other sisters and families escaped. Mr. Burkhead is a son of G. S. Burkhead, and is a hard-wood floor contractor of Indianapolis. CARS RUNNING. O. K. Interurban Car* Now Running on Good Time. The interurban force was jubilant this morning when the regular schedule was resumed, after eleven days’ disablement since the flood. The first >ir left hereat 5:50 o’clock this morning and kept up the regular schedule

’ I making good time. The freight car also made good time and everything i i passed off fine. The cars weer thor- i oughly overhauled in the past several 1 days, the damage done having been < ' effected by the high waters of the riv-1 ler which came up in the car barns . over the motors. The damage done to ;' the Interurban was much less than 1 that experienced by the railroads and . they have good cause for congratulat- I ing themselves. |' —. . ■ , , 01. ,■ - - 11 MISHAWAKA GETS CONFERENCE. Tipton, Ind., April 4—The next *es-J sion of the North Indiana Methodist, i conference will be held at Mishawaka. ]i No other city has asked for it and it ,I will go by consent. The district su- 1 perintendents of Fort Wayne and < ■ Goshen districts reported large gains in membership during the year and an increase in the value of the church property. It was a pathetic scene 1 when the Rev. Jesse Bowman Young, I of Bluffton was placed on the superannuated list after forty-five years' : work. Mr. Young, when sixteen years i old, was a soldier in the civil war, and on motion of P. J. Albright, it was agreed that the veterans in the coni ference give Mr. Young a soldier's ■ welcome. Twenty veterans formed a I circle about him and shook his hands ■ while the conference sang “America.’’ Many people in the great audience . gave way to tears, and Bishop McDowell was so overcome with emotion that it was several minutes before he , could proceed with the business of the session. o CLEANER SANITARY CONDITIONS. Editor Democrat: > Replying to an item on “Cleaner i Eats” in your Monday's publication, ■ I wish to ask the question, 'Why do I dealers wait to be forced to cleaner sanitary conditions? Our local dealers should have look- • ed to bettering their conditions long ago. I heard some time ago that the loi cal hutches had talked of buying the i packing plant here, and to do all of I their own butchering there, which cer- i tainly would be much better than the conditions you have related. Or, if the city would buy this plant, and use it as an abattoir, it would, be a ■ profitable investment. They could put some one in charge who could do all the butchering and deliver the ■ dressed meat to the different markets • they belong to. A nominal fee could be charged for each animal slaughtered, which would , bring in enough revenue to pay the I cost of maintaining the plant. If con- ' ditions are as described they should i be investigated. A CONSUMER. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. ' In the death of Sister Verna Keifer, the Epworth League of the Salem M. E. church, Bobo circuit, has lost a valuable and honored member, and the community a beloved friend and neighbor; be it Resolved, That in the death of Sister Vefnia we recognize the fact that ■ in the midst of life we are in death! and Ruler of our destiny is no respecter of persons, and to whose command we must humbly bow. Resolved, That our chapter be draped for thirty days. She was our . sister and we deeply and sincerely , mourn her loss. , Resolved, That we extend our sympathy to the husband and the bereaved ones. Resolved, That these resolutions he , put upon the records of the chapter , of the Salem Epworth League; also a copy be sent to the bereaved family. ‘ MABEL DAILEY, MARY BURKHALTER, CORA DAVIES, Committee. . 0- ——— (United Press Service) Auburn, N. Y., April s—(Specials—(Special to i • Daily Democrat)—Two companies of , ! state miiltia and the police force ' drove back 300 twine and rope strikers who endeavored to stone other , workmen entering the mills. None ,' were injured and no shots were fired. , Militia officers stated that in a fight such as yesterday when six persons . were injured, that the militia was un- ' der orders to shoot to kill. Martial law is enforced in the two factories , j affected. Ayr, Scotland. April s—(Special to I Daily Democrat)— Suffragettes fired . I the race track course stables and grand stand and all the buildings were i destroyed. The loss is estimated at ■ $150,000. II | New York, April s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—On the morning of April 15, just one year from the time the Titanic went down to its watery I CASTOR IA For Infant* and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of i

'grave, two women who were left widows by the great disaster, are planning to stand on the deck of an ocean liner and scatter flowers over the location. Mr*. Jacques Futrelle and Mr*. George Thorne sail from Boston April 13, and according to their plans will arrive on the scene at the exact time which the Titanic went down. A short memorial service will be held by the liner’s chaplain. Several other widows of the Titanic have been invited to be present. Detroit, Mich., April s—(Special to Daily Democrat) —On Monday the womans' suffrage amendment to the state constitution will be voted on by the people of Michigan. The final appeals by the women were made today. Mondak, Ala., April s—(Specials—(Special to Dally Democrat) —A mob lynched J. C. Collins, a negro, who shot and killed Sheriff Courtney and his deputy. A posse caught Collins and placed him in jail, when the mob dragged him out, strung him up to a pole, fired his clothes and filled his body full of bullets. ACCEPTS RESIGNATION. Tipton, Ind., April 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Expulsion threatened, the Northern Indiana M. E. conference accepted the resignation under compulsion of C. C. Cissell, of Kokomo, formerly district superinintendent, charged with immoral conduct. Rev. Marble presiding, told of the minister's- disgraceful conduct at Minneapolis last year. Men and women wept when Bishop McDowell prayed for the disgraced minister. Politias over appointments of ministers for the coming year were red hot. Delegates of laymen lobbying in the interest ot certain pastors were numerous. Bishop McDowell and the committee were working on the list, but it is not expected to be given out until next Monday. The resignation of Rev. Young of Bluffton, who for fortyfive years has been a minister, caused a pathetic scene. o WRITES OF DAYTON FLOOD. Mrs. C. S. Young of 601 Russell street, this city, received a most graphic account of the Dayton flood in a letter from a friend, Mrs. W. F. Peters, who resides there. The letter follows: “No doubt you are worring about things here. Your place is all o. k., but say, you surely would have had a wet house if Mr. Johnson hadn’t had the spouting fixed. It rained here from Sunday noon until Thursday, just as hard as it could, without stopping even an hour. Your spouting bill was $1.25 and Mr. Johnson took it out of the rent. He had it fixed just two days before it started to rain. I teh you it was awful. The water is up the the third floor in Rike’s store, and spreads from High street almost to the Soldiers' home. North Dayton and Riverdale are not yet heard from. At the little market house on Wayne ]avenue, yon can’t see a cottage. A woman with a tiny baby crawled on i her roof, when the water first came ■ up, and the cottage floated from under . her. She grabbed a telegraph wire, I but could not hold on and was drowned. Neda and StcHa were at Fifth and St. Clair streets when it came. Neda jumped into a wagon and came home, but Stella was caught. She ran into a building and had to go to the third ! floor. She was there from Tuesday ■ morning until Wednesday noon without anything to eat or drink, and she ] was finally taken to High street in ( three different boats. Freddie and Fred Guthrie were up town and Fred got into the Home Telephone building ! and remained there until it caught on fire. They then jumped out on a ; livery stable roof and boats took them | to the Lyric theater, and they lived ■ on raw sweet potatoes, until this morning (Saturday) when they came i home. Mamma and papa were almost crazy. Every church and school is packed. I have seen people brought in in boats that did not have even a wrap. Saw a man lose his mind,- and another so nearly drowned that they had an awful time bringing him back to life. This morning they found a fifteen-year-old girl under a porch. ! She was naked, but still alive. They (turned the Hoffman avenue park into a camp for the soldiers. There are about 2,000 here. The big plate glass windows down town are broken and jewerly and dry goods and everything else is all over the streets. The water is about gone now. J. H. Patter'son has 5,000 homeless people at the Cash Register plant. Thursday morning we had an awful scare. 1 was at Bomberger park and an alarm came in that the other reservoir broke. Mrs. Wetzel and I never stopped running until we got to the top of Hoffman hill. Everybody ran. Some grabbed bed clothes, some eatables and some ran bare-footed and bare-headed. People haven’t slept since it happened. Fire breaks out down town and the fire wagons can’t get to them because the streets are blocked with houses

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