Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 256, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume V. Number 256

HEAD ON COLLISION Occurred at Portland at Noon Today CLEM BOWEN WAS KILLED A Geneva Man Caught Between the Cars and His Life Was Crushed Out. Portland. Ind., Oct. 23.—(Special)— Two G. R. and I. freight trains, No. 40 southbound and No. 61, an extra, running north, collided at the curve in this city at 11:30 this morning. No. 61 was derailed and considerable damage was done to both trains. Clem Bower, a young man from Geneva, who was riding between two cars on No. 40, was caught and instantly killed, his body being crushed to a pulp. The special was just coming off the switch onto the main track when the collision occurred. The track damage was small and the section men cleared the debris without calling out the wreck crew. None of the passenger trains were delayed.

WAR HORSE AT RAILROADING. W. I. Babb, Formerly of Clover Leaf, Visits Bluffton. W. I. Babb, of Aurora, is in the city representing Chicago capitalists interested in the C. B. and C. extension to Huntington. is an old warhorse in the line of railroad building and he will be remembered by a few of the older residents as one of the men who was responsible for the life of the old narrow gauge Clover Leaf railroad, when, like the C. B. and C. it suffered all sorts of hardships and misuse and finally landed in the hands of a receiver, William Craig, of this city. He remained as one of the attorneys for the struggling line until it finally regained its feet, the receiver was discharged and was well on the way to the prosperity It is now enjoying After leaving the employ of the Clover Leaf he returned to Aurora, set up as an attorney and was later elected judge of the circuit court at that place. He has now retired from active practice and. as in the matter that brings him back to Bluffton he is representing Chicago money kings as attoraey.—Bluffton Banner.

THE BALLON RACE “United States” Landed at Hamilton Ontario travel seven hundred miles Already Held Record of Four Hundred Miles Made in France Last Year.

st. Louis, Oct. 22.—The beginning £ of the end of the greatest ballooning < race ever held in America, the second j contest for the International Aeronau- 1 tic cup, was signalled tonight by the landing of the American balloon < “United States” at a point twelve j miles south of Hamilton, Ont. The j “United States” is believed to have 1 had the lead in the race at the time , of landing and in its twenty-five hours . of flight from St. Louis had covered a distance of about 700 miles. The « ' of the cup and the reco , race, having established it in the flight from Paris last year at 402 miles. The pilot of the balloon m Major Henry E. Hersey of the> Lnited States weather bureau at who acted as aid to Lieutenant Laium of the United States army, who pilot the balloon in its winning race of 1906. Lieutenant Lahm was too i ticipate this year. The nearest rival to the States is believed to be the big c rome yellow German cruising • the Pommern, which was last reported as whirling across Lake Erie. Alex Parks, of Van Wert, was a business caller to ou rcity today. Miss Fanny Heller is on the sick list today, suffering from a slight attack of stomach trouble.

DON’T YOU BE A GROUCH. Fight Life’s Battles in a Manly Way —Not Cowardly. One of the most appropriate words that ever sought entrance to the language is the word “Grouch.” It is expressive; it tells things; it calls up a mental picture of somebody disagreeable, surley, sour-faced. A “grouch” next to a dishonest or vicious man, is the worst specimen of human being. But all of us may, in time, become "grouches,’’ if we are not careful. “Grouchiness” is insidious. It creeps upon one like a burglar in the night. We meet a financial reverse, say, or a friend we trusted deserts us, or a dear relative dies, and the sunshine goes out of our lives. That is the beginning of "grouchiness.” One incident alone may not do it, but before we know it we go around with a frown upon our faces and bitter thoughts in our minds against all mankind. Just so surely as man was intended to fight life's battles, just so surely it was meant that he should be, at times, defeated. The greater the defeat. the greater wa should be stimulated to renewed endeavor. A man in good physical and mental health who will allow the world to defeat him and not fight until he is victorious, is a coward. And he is the one who develops soon into the "grouch.” Don’t be a “Grouch.”

EIGHTY-FIVE TODAY Daniel Welty Celebrated His Birthday BIG DINNER WAS SERVED A Crowd of Relatives and Old Friends Enjoyed the Day’s Festivities. Daniel Welty, a pioneer of this county, celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday today at his home on First street. The affair was a joyous one and many people were present to partake of the sumptuous dinner and other festivities of the day. Mr. Welty has a celebration of this nature every year and all previous events have been most happy ones, as well as that of today. Mr. Welty is un-

usually healthy in consideration of the fact that ne is more tnan four score years old, and from all indications he will live to enjoy many more such occasions. He is the father of Mrs. Noah Mangold, Mrs. Arthur Fisher and CHrisc Weldjy of this city. The many people who attended declare that the affair was a success from every point of view. The guests were as follows: George A. Snider, Philip S. Snider, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Mangold. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Beery, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Mangold and daughter Gladys, Arthur Mangold, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Weldy, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Beery, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Beavers, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Fisher. Mrs. Sarah Boyer, Union City, Ind.; Mrs. Mary Beery, Greenville, O.; Rosa Baker. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Gault, Frances Gault, Frank Gault. Eva Gault. Francis Lehman, Harry,Weldy, Mrs. Frank Amrand. Vernon, Mary, Ruth, Elizabeth and Robert Aurand. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Beery, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Snider. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Beery, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wedy, Mrs. E. W. Johnson, Miss Edith Beery, Seth W. Snider, Joseph Shady, J. H. Stone. John H. Schug, wife and George, Robert E. Brown, Mrs. Geo. W. Woodward, Mrs. S. P. Sheets and son Merle, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Weldy, Edward Brown, Miriam Snyder.

David Miller, a brother of Mrs. E. E. Snow, who for years has been traveling over the county doing acrobatic stunts is at Fort Wayne all this week at the Temple theater and the Journal Gazette in speaking of the show has this to say concerning him: Cauture and Gillette as the football acrobats did several turns not ordinarily seen in this style of an act, and they were well received. David Couture, the senior member of the team is a De--atur, Ind., boy, and the citizens of his home town may well be proud of him. His name in private life is David Mil•er.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, October 23. 1907.

TAFT IS UNEASY His Managers Would Like to Hear from Teddy WHAT IS AND IS NOT A TRUST The Government is Trying to Determine this Knotty Problem —New Federal Building. Washington, October 23. —Will the President satisfy the managers of the Taft campaign by reiterating on his' return here that he will not accept another nomination? It will be a disappointment to the men who are promating the candidacy of the secretary of war if the president does not say something or do something which will make it possible to segregate the TaftRoosevelt booms. Arthur I. Vorys, the chief Taft manager, revealed the feeling that exists among the Taft people in a statement he gave out last night, in which he said: “The Taft movement would not have been inaugurated, and would not now be pros ecuted, except on the assumption that the president will adhere to his resolute determination not to accept another term, and except upon good grounds for that assumption.” Washington, October 23. —In ordering the seizure of a shipment of 8,000,000 cigarettes belonging to the American Tobacco company, at Norfolk, Va., under section 6 of the Sherman anti-trust law, the department of justice has, in the opinion of corporation attorneys in Washington, undertaken to determine what is and what is not a trust without preliminary resort to the courts. The move is regarded by them as an attempt by the government to evolve out of the anti-trust laws a short cut to raise the trust issue, and, as such, it is predicted the trusts will fight the new issue to a finish before accepting it.

Washington, October 23. —Supervising Architect Taylor, of the treasury, began advertising this week for bids for the construction of the new SIOO,000 federal building for Marion. The bids are to be opened on this work in the supervising architect’s office on November 29. Q ._ THINGS POLITICAL Some Think New York will Head Ticket WATTERSON’S CANDIDATE AGAIN His Dark Horse for the Presidency is Again Being Much Discussed.

Washington, October 23. —All this talk about Lieutenant-Governor Chanler, of New’ York, running for the Democratic presidential nomination and the favor it seems to be meeting with, has caused all sorts of comment here, but the chief thing that the politicians of both parties are discussing in that connection is the fact that the Chanler boom will smoke out Roosevelt. Roosevelt knows that Chanler is popular and strong in New York and that it would be dangerous to the Republican party to have him nominated, unless a New York man was nominated also by the Republican party and a man at that, who has proven his strength there. That means only Hughes or Rosevelt himself. Everybody here knows how Roosevelt hates Hughes because the latter was too independent and refused to be bossed by Teddy last winter, and that Roosevelt would gc to any lengths to kill the Hughes ambition. That would be going back on his word not again to be a candidate under any circumstances, also mashing his pet candidate, Taft, in the ground with a maul. If the Chanler boom continues to grow Teddy has a bad half hour ahead of him when he again lands in the White House and picks up the political ravelings. In fact, he is K°iuß t 0 be pestered powerfully. The interview given out in New

York, a few days ago by Henry Watterson, declaring that Chanler and Johnson would suit him as well as any ticket, has attracted more attention in Washington than any other political event of the week. The great Kentucky editor has written more Democratic platforms, state and national, and been prominent in the work of naming more successful candidates of his party than has any other Democrat alive. No other living American is listened to with keener interest by all sort and conditions of politicians in the national capital than is "Marse Henry.” When early in the summer, he announced that he was grooming a dark horse that would run under the wire in 1908 several lengths ahead of the Republican nominee, whoever that might be, Washington sat up and took notice. The Kentuckian started a guessing contest here that reached even into the White House. For several weeks Colonel Watterson continued to speak and write cryptically of his candidate. Finally he described rather indefinite geographical limits as the range of his dark horse. “He lives west of the Alleghenies and north of the Potomac and Ohio,” said Marse Henry, when persistently pressed for a fuller description of his dark horse. This narrowed the guessing bee down somewhat, as it eliminated the southern man idea from further consideration. Mr. Watterson's next concession to the guessers was that the last time he had seen his candidate he had “a dark mustache.” o TO REPEAT SHOW Another Performance of My Uncle from Japan TO BE GIVEN THURSDAY NIGHT On Account of the Demand for Seats at Tonight’s Performance —Tickets Now on Sale. The seat sale for “My Uncle from Japan” opened at eight o’clock this morning and many people were waiting to secure tickets for this popular show that is to be put on tonight at Bosse’s Opera House. Owing to the fact that Mr. Thomas always desires to accommodate all the people who secure tickets and inasmuch as the capacity of the house is inadequate to seat all the ticket holders, it has been arranged to repeat the performance on tomorrow, Thursday evening, Oct. 24th. The members of the cast are all well up in their lines and tonight’s entertainment promises to be the best home talent show that has ever been produced in the city. The musical program is one of the best ever arranged from all the big musical successes, cannot fail to please the music loving people of Decatur. The proceeds of both night’s performances will go to the benefit of the fire department. If you were unable to secure a seat for tonight, buy one for tomorrow night. Your patronage is earnestly solicited and you are assured a pleasant evening's entertain ment If you visit “My Uncle from Japan.” See the Maids of Japan. Tennis Girls, the Tourists, the Daughters of Uncle Sam, the London Society Belles, and the Peasant Girls of Heidelberg. .—o —— SAFE BLOWERS CAUGHT AT LAST In the state of North Dakota where safe cracking is becoming a trade by itself, a gang of these gentlemen entered a hardware store and proceeded to crack the safe. After trying without success to drill it, they placed a charge of dynamite under the safe. This not having the desired effect, they placed a charge on top and one underneath it. The explosion was something terrific, the whole inside of the store was wrecked but there stood the safe as good as ever. They then proceeded to find out what kind of a proposition they had struck, and to their amazement they found that they had been trying to blow up the Malleable Steel Range .made in South Bend. It Is made of malleable iron and steel and cannot be demolished even with dynamite. The merchants and bankers are all buying the Malleable now to bake in by day and to keep their valuables in by night. The gtnve is sold in Dec’tur by the Schafer Hardware company.

COURT HOUSE NEWS A New Quiet Title Case Filed Today RICE CASE BET FOR TRIAL Sensational Divorce Case Will Be Heard Next Week—Action Taken in Other Causes. Hooper and Lenhart are attorneys for the plaintiffs in a quiet title suit just filed, entitled Abagil Painter, George, John and Silas Schroll and Dora Merica vs. Anson and Samantha Roll, People’s State Bank, International Harvester Company, Roscoe Kimple, W. S. and Clara Hughes. Peterson and Moran have entered their appearance for the defendants in the case of The Old Adams County Bank vs. John and Herman Yager, to foreclose alley improvement assessment. C. J. Lutz appears for H. S. Porter in the case filed by the Old Adams County Bank to foreclose an alley improvement assessment. In the case of Mary Rice vs. Clement J. B. Rice, divorce, and $350 alimony, the defendant has filed an answer and the case was set for trial on Thursday, October 31st. Cora Knepper vs. William H. Knepper, divorce and SSOO alimony, answer filed in one paragraph. Clara Watkins vs. John Watkins, suit for support, demand $1,500, reply filed to answer. Emanuel Woods vs. John S. Bowers, account, demand $2,500, motion to make complaint more specific sustained. A new appraisement has been filed in the Lewis Evans’ estate, showing the property value to be $465. Q Fred Hoffman this morning started work on his cement sidewalk at his residence on Madison street and expects to have the same completed within the next few days. a seriouTcharge It Causes the Arrest of Lemuel Wormcastle FORMER RESIDENT OF DECATUR Indicted by Allen County Grand Jury and is Now in Jail at Fort Wayne. Lemuel Wormcastle, a former resident of this city, but who for the past three years has been residing in Fort Wayne, is in the toils of the law, he having on yesterday been arrested bySheriff Grice and his deputies of Allen county on a charge of criminal assault upon an alleged feeble minded woman of Ackerman, Ind., a small country town near Fort Wayne. The arrest w r as due to an indictment returned by the grand jury and from all reports Wormcastle will be compelled to face a very serious charge as the evidence in the hands of the prosecutor is most damaging. Wormcastle is at present lodged in the Allen county jail, he having been unable to give bail. The charge of criminal assault is a serious one and carries with it a term in the penitentiary should the defendant be proven gulty. Wormcastle, however, denies the charge, and says that he can readily prove his innocence when the proper time arrives. While here Mr. Wormcastle, although a hard working man, was held in high esteem by all who knew him and his many friends here believe there is nothing in the charge. Mrs. Kline went to Berne this afternoon for a vsit with Edward Rice and family. M. F. Rice went to Berne this atnoon to make a short visit wHtk his son Edward j

IN THE ENEMY’S COUNTRY. W. J. Bryan Hailed as the Thomas Jefferson of Twentieth Century. New York, October 22. —W. J. Bryan who spoke at Cooper Union, under the auspices of the Progessive Democratic League, was greeted by a large and enthusiastic crowd. He dwelt on the evils of centralization, advocated the federal licensing of corporations seeking to control 25 per cent of the total output of a commodity and the limiting of the business that such corporations migh do to 50 per cent of the total business in that commodity. In opening the meeting Tammany leader James J. Hagan declared, without fear of contradiction, that "the rank and file of the Democratic party in this city and state are true to William Jennings Bryan, the Thomas Jefferson of the twentieth century,” and that "all the professional politicians and political editors from Buffalo and California put together” could not prevent the people from insisting on their choice. There were cheers at this, and Bryan did not attempt to qualify the statement. Water Worlds Superintendent W. E. Fulk is making all preparations to install a water main from north Fifth street across the new addition to Decatur to the Automomible works. The piping is all on hand and the next move will be to get some one to dig the trench which is no small task. The line is expected to be completed within the next four weeks. crFditTrembled A Big New York Bank Emptied Its Vaults THEN CLOSED THE DOORS United States Treasury Secretary, George B. Cortelyou Rushes to Its Assistance. New York, Oct. 23.—Secretary of the treasury George B. Cortelyou made the following statement shortly before 1 o’clock this morning: "The national banks of New York City are in an exceptionally strong condition. The general situation here seems to be well in hand and is being loked after by many strong and influential men, such as those whose recent action in the clearing house received emphatic public approval. The movement for similar concert of action among the trust companies should have a helpful and far reaching effect. I shall spend the day tomorrow at the sub-treasury.” New York, Oct. 22.—Credit, the under surface foundation of all business, trehmbled for a time today and before confidence could be restored. New York’s second largest financial institution had emptied its cash vaults, under pressure of the biggest run experienced here in a generation; a stock exchange firm had failed for $6,000.000; Wall street’s principal securities had settled from $5 to $8 a share; call money had risen to 70 per cent; and local bankers, unable to stem the tide of distrust, had been forced to appeal for relief to the secretary of the treasury at Wasnington. All this was in the face of reassuring statements by the acting state superintendent of banks that the suspected bank was solvent; declarations by prominent bankers that there was no true basis for alarm and assurances from Washington that Secretary Corte(you would not hesitate to act promptly in any situation where legitimate business was threatened.

H. C. Offcut, chief engineer, G. R. and I. railway, Fort Wayne, was in the city this afternoon, looking over the site of the gas plant. He said: "You can tell your people that all arrangements have been made, and that we will build a siding in here as soon as men and money can do it. The gas people will be in the clear before cold weather comes so far as we are concerned.” Mr. Offcutt will spend the evening with Dan Beers, who has been mighty busy today. The siding is coming, and coming quick. —Kendalville Sun. o P. L. Andrews left for Indianapolis this morning, where he will be a delegate to the Grand chapter of the Royal Arch Mhsons of this city.

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ENJOYABLE AFFAIR Was the Party Given by Miss Marie Beery A HUNT IN AUTUMN LEAVES Will Be Given by Presbyterian Ladies —Rev. Bergman to Lecture at Passion Play. A party that was most enjoyable to those who were fortunate in receiving invitations, was that given by Miss Marie Beery, of north Fifth street last night in honor of Mr. Raymond Gerould, of Warren, Pa. Music and dancing was indulged in by the merry crowd and an excellent time prevailed. The party consisted of Misses Lucile Hale, Frances Merryman, Pansy Bell, Winifred Johnson, Alma Daily and Messrs. Jesse Helm. Von Burke, Arthur Mangold, Dyke Frisinger and Jesse Helm and Mr. and Mrs.’Charles Loch. Special music was rendered during the evening. Tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Jesse Sutton the ladies of the congregation of the Presbyterian church and their friends are requested to gather and indulge in an autumn leaf hunt. All should be present at 2.30 sharp and enjoy an afternoon of pjeasme. The special evangelistic services that are being held at the Methodist church are proving qute interesting. Rev. E. E. Bergman, of the Baptist church delivered an excellent discourse last night which pleased a good sized audience. Great success is anticipated in these meetings and Dr. Wilcox is doing all in his power to make this series of meetings most memorable. At last nght’s session at the Rebekah hall, initiatory work was conferred and the members enjoyed an evening of pleasure. The meeting was most interesting and refreshments were served during the evening. Large posters are out announcing the Passion play that will be put on at the Electric theater under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society of (Continued on page 2.) HE HAS SUCCEEDED

i Peter Tonnelier Becomes Bank Director AN ADAMS COUNTY PRODUCT 1 Owns Valuable Real Estate at Ben1 ton Harbor—ls Visiting Relatives in This City. i Peter Tonnelier and wife of Benton Harbor, Michigan, are guests of relatives and friends here for a few ’ days. Mr. Tonnelier was reared in ■ this county going to Michigan about twenty years ago. From a poor boy he has worked himself up to a point ' where he is recognized as one of the wealthiest and most prominent men of his community. Recently r state savings bank was organized at Benton Harbor and Mr. Tonnelier is one of the heaviest stockholders, and a member of the board of directors. Speaking of him the Benton Harbor News-Palladium said: “Peter Tonnelier is a well known capitalist of this city, one who has probably built as many if not more brick blocks than any man here, and one who is always public spirited and a willing worker for the good of the city.” It is with pride that we point out the success of Decatur products either at home or abroad and Mr. Tonnelier certainly deserves mention. - o The proof of true greatness is nowhere more evident than in the little everyday courtesies of life. Nearly all the great people of the world have been simple, courteous and kind in their manner to all thrtr fellow-men In all stations of life. The other sort of thing, nine cases out of ten, only designates the snob.